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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
9
Christmas seen in La Porte City with visitors from Waverly Dysart and Crookston, weddings announced, and gifts shared by Narcissus lodge K of P. Community gatherings at M B church Sabbath school and multiple family visits mark the holiday period across the region.
A substantial colonial home with eight rooms, four on each floor, ample closet space, four bathrooms, and a full basement. Plans priced at $20 for 24x24 layout and $25 for 26x28, with build cost estimated at $2,500 not including heating or plumbing.
In Vinton on Christmas day Miss Mabel Graham married Jessie A. Slider of Fort Collins California at her mother Mary A. Graham's home. Rev Eckhart officiated. They plan to settle in Davenport after a train trip. About 60 guests attended.
Independence notes Christmas visitors from Minneapolis and Waterloo. Leonard Brame marries Ruby Manny, planning a farm home SW of town. High school beats alumni 31 to 12 in basketball. John and Myrtle Sunderlin resigns from school after Christmas Eve wedding. Fire breaks out in the feeding do- (story incomplete)
Fire at the Independence Produce company building interrupted a Christmas afternoon scene but was quickly controlled by the fire department preventing major damage. The incident leaves the company facing a sizable loss. Nearby residents and visiting business figures, including G. W. Melay of Watersoog, John Sanders, and Kh Ort, moved through the area as workers returned to their Tennessee homes.
Clarksville gossip includes property transfers on Hilton street and visits from relatives across the region. The community marks a 36 year move anniversary, converts at evangelistic meetings reach eighty, and local churches plan further meetings as families travel from Minnesota to Wisconsin and beyond.
Geneseo records show J R Thompson shipping cattle to Chicago at week start with Ray Shirley accompanying. Mr and Mrs Grover Thomas leave for a visit to their old home in New Albany Indiana. QO J Speer confined at home with lambyxo. Mr and Mrs Tenve plan a Colorado trip in a few days. The A Leslie seeks a home addition.
Baumgartner of Berthold ND, visiting after 17 years away, owns a 320 acre Berthold area farm yielding 6000 bushels of wheat and 2000 bushels of potatoes this year with oats and apeltz. Cows in Lester township milk four times daily. Dunkerton creamery pays 9 cents per butter fat at checks.
Mt Auburn December 22 Mr and Mrs E Summy left Wednesday for Cameron Mo where they will spend Christmas with their daughter. Miss Ruth Bramall left Thursday morning for a week visit with her sister Mrs Chas Todd and family. Mrs Frank Greenwalt Sr spent Wednesday in Winton with her mother Mrs Will Jenkins. Homer and Farry Trimble are spending vacations with their parents in this city.
Night alarm at 11 o'clock reports a fire in the screened rear portion of a dwelling on West Third Avenue. Firemen fought a small blaze caused by stored items in a porch area and extinguished it with chemicals after responding to the warning at W Martin's residence.
Advert says fire damage to a porch prompted a safety warning and notes the Miller-McCartney Insurance Agency at 2054 syndicate with Phono 2404 for coverage. The tone urges caution to avoid losses.
Erie Pa novelist and former editor of Good Housekeeping Mrs Francis Curtis died today in a hospital in Hinghamton New York. The obituary notes her previous role and ties to Good Housekeeping.
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