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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1911
Page
8
A brief item notes a pioneer figure with unclear age and a name variant Sholmarer. The fragment offers limited readable details about a historical person described as a pioneer figure in a dated entry.
Henry Peeno a longtime Waterloo shoemaker died yesterday evening at 72 after heart trouble and pneumonia. Born in Germany on October 21 1839 he immigrated in 1857 and lived in Waterloo since. He leaves a wife and four children Fred Gus Julia Fleury and George plus two sons and a daughter in Waterloo. Funeral arrangements were to be set by Hileman and Gindt with services likely at First Lutheran conducted by Rev. MH Mueller.
Fire Chief A A Dunham appoints Frank Jacobby to replace Charles Fr Eicher, killed fighting a fire at Hesal road shoe store, 611 Sycamore street. Jacobby begins duties at west side station as eleven firemen at No 1 and nine at Commercial street station. A new Seagrave motor hose wagon, built in Columbus Ohio, nears completion and should arrive around Jan 3, 412, boosting city firefighting equipment and efficiency.
Mrs Elroy M Avery aged 67 editor of the official paper of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a leader in child and social work in Cleveland died today from heart failure.
Students and faculty of Waterloo Business College enjoyed a Christmas celebration in the classrooms. Alford Halverson presided. Miss Leta Fowler and L. C. DeNoyles debated Roosevelt as a Republican candidate. the affirmative won as judges ruled the closed shop debate warranted. Irene Fergemann performed a recital and "Tobe's Monument" drew applause.
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