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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
15
The restaurant in the Syndicate Block, formerly Geo Coontz, was sold last week to W M Sherrets of Waterloo. New management takes possession immediately and local activity includes visits, moved families, and community events noted in the week’s items.
Daily notices from Mt. Auburn list residents in Vinton La Porte City Cedar Rapids and Tecumseh visiting relatives and neighbors. Purchases include Geo Hanover buying Wilford meat shop in Vinton and taking possession soon. Several residents travel for visits and social events across surrounding towns.
Washburn noting a well attended Barney Conrad sale with all items sold at good prices. Local residents like Leo Bedard and Al fred Bedard recently acquired a new cylinder corn sheller. Visitors include John Siebel and family from Hagle Center and friends of Mike Nugent, who is recovering from illness.
Anton Beck returns from Chicago. Peter Bogg of Gilbertville dies after long residence in Eagle township. Mrs. William Benardy ill. Miss Mabel Carlyle travels to Gladbrook for her mother’s illness. Alfred Norden suffers a broken leg. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of Jesup and Ed. Schaefer’s relatives in Jesup. Broader activity covers corn shelled by Blitch Brothers and Carl Schaefer and wood sawing by Will Brown.
Mrs Jeanie Seeley and family visited in Waterloo while relatives from Rhineland Texas returned home after a three week trip. C A Mills visited daughter Lynn Smith. Ed Carroll lost a horse. Bucking ham Wever and mother joined sister Mrs John Jungen east of Raymond. Chas Britzman celebrated a birthday. Chad Munger's family attended his father's funeral in New Hartford. Wm Burt reports a well attended sale with a cow selling for 75 dollars and chickens at 1.26 each. Charien Britzman faced trouble with his corn shelter when two large stones were thrown in with the corn feed.
In Finchford IA Mrs AG Heaty moved to Cedar Falls last week to make her future home. The winter term of school began Monday. Ian Mortenson recovered from a finger felon. Mrs Maldrahn and Mrs Crawford with Cedar Falls relatives. Mrs De Vore of Davenport to spend holidays with relatives. Page and Dorman family headed to Waterloo. Cemetery assn to host New Year dinner. Annual tele phone and creamery meetings held. Charles Rich bought a motorcycle.
A Hudson column lists visits and travel to Waterloo including Mrs A T Jodar and son Robert along with C T Strayer of Ocheyedan. Brethren church members surprised their pastor Rev Beachler after two weeks of revival meetings. An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Lini ment as a cheap remedy for muscular rheumatism with a near immediate recovery claim.
Plaintiffs seek to quiet title to north thirty acres of the southwest quarter of section 24, township 87, range 11, in Black Hawk County Iowa, against unknown claimants and named defendants. They allege ten years adverse possession under color of title and claim of right by Morris R Burnett and Susanna Burnett and successors. power of attorney to Daniel B Teeter and subsequent sale to A G Bannister, with filings noted but not recorded changes. If defendants fail to appear by January 1 1913 default will be entered and judgment rendered in Waterloo Iowa.
The district court of Black Hawk County Iowa orders the sheriff to sell land at public auction on December 21 1912 at 10 AM in Waterloo to satisfy a special execution from Lewis Miller against Joseph Kaufman Town. The property is the north half of the northwest quarter of section 22 township 87 north range 11 west of the Fifth P M.
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