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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
8
Each mesh bag is imported from Paris and pitched as long lasting with prices from 22.50 to 60.00. The Rogers Store promotes these Sterling Silver Mesh Bags as the perfect personal appearance accessory for the season.
Westminster Presbyterian Sunday school holds its annual Christmas program Friday at 7 p m at the church. Children sing and recite, Mrs Fred Pettit tells the Christmas story, and a brief praise service concludes. Provisions clothing and money will be received for the poor of the city. All invited.
Various brief items show visitors and residents in Waterloo and nearby towns. Names include E J Wenner D Gallup Fenton Wing Garrettson and others with addresses and destinations like Dubuque Chicago and San Francisco. A hospital operation for Stella Reynolds and a funeral mass for Mrs McGuire are also listed along with holiday travel plans and donations for Police Officer Haines.
Edwin N. Farber a popular Marshalltown lawyer married Miss Cora M. Coleman at Toledo last evening. The ceremony was a surprise to Farber and his friends.
A fragment from Pevttul Remaree notes an accident at Skibo Castle on March 6 1880 involving worker James Miles. The report cites a toe crushed by a dental blow, filed by Amirew Carnegie with a lawyer present. The illiterate foreman promptly records the stipulation and the overseer vows to repeat details to the clerk.
A man named Roy Lepley from Union Iowa was knocked unconscious after a head injury at the I C crossing on Fourth street at noon. Doctors report concussion of the brain and spinal column, and he was taken to the hospital for treatment. A matronly woman slipped at Fifth and LaFausta streets scattering Christmas bundles and was aided by few men but continued slipping down the street. The revival at Littleton closed with forty conversions led by Rev GO AL Miller from Chicago.
At the Methodist parsonage in Jesup Iowa December 22 the marriage of Mabel Beckley and Harry Hollenbeck was performed by Rev O C DuPuy. The couple plan a monthlong visit with Hollenbeck’s parents in Missouri before settling there. Mrs Gales, mother of Mrs Samuel Mythaller, died in Independence hospital last Sunday and was buried nearby.
United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island was successfully operated on at Roosevelt Hospital to relieve a strained tendon in his right hand. He rested well overnight and is expected to leave the hospital in four or five days.
Fairfield Iowa December 22 Evening Press reports potential water famine as Burlington and Rock Island railroads face tomorrow water cuts and factories may follow. Remaining reservoir supplies must support fire protection.
Ottumwa Iowa December 22 the Evening Press reports the Journeymen Barbers International Union of America will push a bill for a barber license law before the next legislative session Representative Shaner pledges to introduce and support the measure.
Fairfield Iowa residents with 400 signatures including local W C T U members petitioned the city council to enforce the curfew ordinance requiring children under 14 to seek shelter when the 9 o clock bell rings.
In New York on December 22 Helen Crerschen aged 18 died at St Vincent's hospital after stabbing herself in the left leg with scissors at a clothing factory. She refused a tourniquet and fainted from blood loss before aid could bind the wound.
A woman was rushed to hospital where she died. Doctors said she could have survived if a tourniquet had been applied immediately.
Logan Utah December 22 report that William Plath was knocked down gored and trampled by an enraged bull near Magnolia. He was found unconscious and hopes for his recovery are stated in the Evening Press dispatch.
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