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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
12
La Porte City notes rough 1910s society at Masonic hall gathering with dinner, officer re elections, Red Cross gauze pad work, birthdays, visitors from St Louis and Chippewa Falls, and local clubs planning meetings and charity events. Norfolk area, Dumont and Waterloo links, Odd Fellows lodge to dedicate, Farmers Co operative Elevator officers re elected and dividends declared.
Mrs. A C Manross reports from Deer Creek Minnesota that Kyle and wife have a son born December 3 naming him Lyle Dale. Seaton Triumph visits from Alnois to be employed by Eugene Fora. B Camp sold about 45 fattened hogs to Fairbank Friday. Paul Sasse ill with threatened pneumonia. W T Francis underwent throat operation at Waterloo last week and recovering at his sister’s home. Ehrmen loading car to move to Missouri this week. Mrs. August Rebberg heard from brother Joe Griswold transferred from Camp Dodge to Camp Pike Arkansas after 50 hour trip. Climate at Camp Pike like June weather. Mrs. Mary Pierce of Larimore North Dakota departed for home Saturday. Mrs. Mary Sankey and Mr and Mrs George Sankey of Glenda North Dakota visited Waterloo relatives.
Plainfield locals report M B ladies plan Saturday afternoon apron sale at Mrs Erma Stufflebeam's cafe with lunch. A thimble bee is set for Thursday with Misa Ameala Gruener. Stanley plans five to six weeks in Chicago studying to be an auctioneer. Will Lynes enlisted in engineers corps at Waterloo and left for Jefferson Barracks. Mrs Houts visits sister in New Hartford while Mr and Mrs Houts visit. Baptist ladies thimble meet Thursday with Mrs H A Roach.
Louis Coffman and another will attend the funeral of his aunt Mrs Eveland at Spring Lake on Wednesday. Mrs Blanche Liddle, formerly of this place now of Charles City, married on December 1 to Mrs John Drexler of Minneapolis. James Watters has gone to Duburne to visit relatives. Mrs Kerr of Waverly is wintering with Mrs Piersem.
Brandon and Ed Miller families depart Tuesday for Florida to visit their father Henry F. Miller. Williama of Boscobel Wis. visiting for the winter with his family in the A. C. Jaeger M. R. Albert loads a car with household goods and moves to a Tripoli area farm. Mrs. Albert and baby stay here briefly. William Urtis of Manly plans to move his family there. Clyde Bosley, son of Editor Bosley, plans to join France bound M C A work after a summer in Waco Texas saunas. Ladies' Aid dinner nets about 120 dollars. Roy Hayes and daughter Ort Longmont Cole stay with B. Alerding family. C. B. Hopkins trades sale and feed barn for a Minnesota farm. Ed Ellsworth visiting Mora Minnesota. R. H. Jamaiaon returns from two weeks in Minnesota settling renters on farms. Branton item ends with Tha Wil re.
Orange township updates report visits by Francis and a Greene county family, a cattle shipment to Chicago, an Ankeny birth of a daughter to Orville and Mrs West, the marriage of Orville L Hamer and Bertha Dutcher in Orange, and upcoming gatherings. The Orange Ladies Social Circle meets December 20 at Mrs J Wilburt Miller’s home. The Orange Literary Society held its first program of the season with officers elected. A community Christmas program and tree are planned for Friday December 21 in the school auditorium, with gifts to be brought and labeled.
Geneseo reports Ralph Mitchell enlisted in the army and left the first of pen e wreck to join naval forces. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. J R Thompson. Ernie Nation and a Pioneer were very ill suspected food poisoning from oysters. A church bazar last Friday raised 80 to 108 dollars. Mrs G H Lambert was sick withPossible pneumonia but improving. Mrs A J Meeker expected home from Iensas City hospital. Farmers await ice harvest after a week of real winter.
Frederiks December items report Mrs Chas Blume ill, Ida Link of New Hampton and Lowell Hewett wedding announced, former local teacher. play Somewhere in France to be staged near Tonia with Helen Mass’s school program. Chas Alcock donates houses to Red Cross for sewing. Bertha Taylor operated in Waverly hospital. Mrs Geo Mathews called home to Poplar due to ill son. Social Hour bazar and oyster supper scheduled for Saturday.
Chrie Strubel delivered several loads of hogs at Hudson Tuesday. Frank Gillis is at St. Francis hospital recovering from an appendicitis operation.
Mrs G Follett and daughter of Spencer Iowa visited briefly. Chas Boxwell moves to a farm north of Dunkerton. Schmite returns from two weeks in Oklahoma. Ladies Aid meets Mrs Albert Meyer for Red Cross sewing. M E church Christmas trea and program planned. County agent Burger warns seed concerns for next spring. William Tilogen of Wharman Oklahoma enlists after visiting relatives. Mrs Albert Schmitt recovering well. Readlyn notes announce birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Win Frutekie. Mrs W Olekman hosts Frauen Ve te. Mrs F L Bleria to Rock Island Illinois for visit with Elvin. Aux Panzer ships two carloads of stock. Farmers Stock Co. ulage ships two carloads. Mr and Mrs Wim Berger return from visits. plan to move to Sumner. Lecture by Dr Berns on Dec Li promoted.
A Friday hut party honored three enlistment suspects Lin three boys Clyde Hayward Aloaisius and Dodd Smalley. Troy Grosch a local businessman ends a closing out sale to pursue other work. M H E church ladies plan their annual bazar and dinner Saturday in the church basement. About 26 friends surprised Mr and Mrs Freeman Pollock Saturday evening with a pleasant gathering and refreshments.
Rev. Ul rich, German minister at Pleasant Valley near Nashua Iowa, died suddenly December 6 while conducting confirmation class in the little church schoolhouse. He was about 300 pounds, suffered rheumatism, and his heart is thought to have failed. Survived by widow and five children, oldest under 22. Funeral arrangements involve Mrs Alrich’s father from Belle Plaine Missouri. remains sent to Clarksville Hills then Missouri. Mrs Alrich to Weshua.
A letter from Otho Thomas in Waterloo argues for strict food conservation during wartime. He criticizes large public banquets, describes his family’s meals with graham, corn, and rye breads, and urges all classes to live on a common standard, pledging to follow government requests.
Waterloo tonight features Burlesque Thea Girls From the Follies with Athena Hananiae and chorus in a lively show. The Air farce stars Fred Binder and Tom Robinson with supporting cast for laughs. Major Waterloo Theatre vaudeville closes week with The Corner Stores and Over There and Here. Plaza Theatre screens The Secret Game starring Sessue Hayakawa and Marion Fairfax.
A Waterloo grocer touts Adler-i-ka as a quick cure for years of stomach trouble. The ad claims buckthorn bark glycerine and Adler-i-ka flush the entire bowel, relieve sour stomach gas and constipation, and prevent appendicitis with instant action. Wangler Bros. Drugista.
Weather delays restart at the Citizens Gas and Electric plant as the smokestack, after tearing down a bulged section, is nearly finished but needs five more feet. Work resumes when conditions improve. previous week stalled by bad weather. A nearby hat sale at 07 Franklin Street is noted in an advertisement.
Dr A L Paulson of New York promotes Orlex powder as a home gray hair remedy. Dissolve in water to darken gray, brown, or light brown hair. Box priced 25 cents with a $160 gold bond guarantee of no silver, lead, zinc, or coal-tar derivatives. Claims no rub off, non greasy, hair appears twenty years younger.
Amsterdam December 14 Belgian newspaper Jcho Belge prints a protest addressed to the German governor general in Belgium. Belgian senators and Brussels deputies point out that beyond the 60 million francs monthly German war levy, the Belgian budget bears 68.5 million francs for German administration and for the administration of posts and railways.
Public protests challenge a 7 900 000 franc cost of administration, arguing the burden should be borne by the German levy already discussed. The dispute centers on who should pay and how the total is allocated within the mandate.
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