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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1910
Page
3
Clarksville notes a flurry of holiday travel and family gatherings as residents visit relatives in nearby towns. Numerous names, towns, and dates mark dinners, funerals, and festive trips, with several couples marrying at year end and planning moves.
Geneseo telegrams report Mr and Mrs R Meeker of New Hampshire visiting relatives here and in Dysart. Homer Gardner returns from Cedar Falls for holidays. Mrs S A Wilson and Mrs James Porter of LeClaire and Miss Jean Speer of Davenport visit. Agnes Baum Jett travels to Joliet for two weeks. Mr and Mrs James Speer visit relatives in Have and Howert and Andrew households. AL McElhinney spends Christmas with his mother in Waterloo. Robert Braganter injures foot in coal wagon accident. Thomas family moves to Orange Township farm. Mr and Mrs Seekers and family of Mason City visit Rev and Mrs Sheckler at Cranesed parsonage. Jane Sper also mentioned in local checks.
Miss Lydia Feist leaves for Elzbeth IL to spend holidays with AL Leverton. Miss Mathryn Mexgerald visits sister Ali in Dubuque. Outer Jensen buys a motorcycle. Mrs Oscar Alan travels to Tracy MN for a month with relatives. Fred Decker Mina Cannin attend Waterloo Business College. Anna Jensen spends Christmas with her mother C Tousen. D Miller hosts Christmas dinner for Miller relatives. Mrs George Sands remains ill. Mr Conner and family celebrate Christmas in Waterloo.
In Cincinnati on a crowded Fourth and Walnut corner a girl dropped her Christmas doll after an automobile sped past missing her. Shrieks and cries filled the air as streetcars halted and traffic clogged. A department store manager carried the tearful child inside to choose a new doll similar to the one crushed.
In Dunkerton Iowa the community noted widespread damage as several farmers report over 100 chicks lost to cold or predation. J Keane and wife spent Christmas at John Keane’s home. Tressa Weber and Mr and Mrs J J Haugh visited Harclay. Charles and Joe Ortner spent Christmas with relatives Teibert and Newsome family. A nephew in Austria sent a book with views of Ortner’s birthplace. Sheriff Shoren attended and shot events featured by An drey and Matt Ortner who won four geese and three ducks from eight shots.
Plainfield notes Christmas visits from Allie Thompson family Baltic S P and Mrs Mary Hoard Rolfe Iowa. Unions and locals gather for W C T U all day meeting at Mrs Nettle Carney with new recruits from Horton. Includes marriages, travel from Des Moines Waterloo Nashua and St Ansgar reads of holiday stays and school instructors visiting Nora Springs.
Local residents share Christmas meals and visits with relatives and friends across Independence and nearby towns. Notables include Horace Patten buying a driving team from Frank Rehberg, Mabel Hoffman away at Upper Iowa University, and multiple families hosting or visiting Christmas gatherings in Jesup Waterloo Fairbank and LaPorte City.
Bert Moon of Cornell college is spending the vacation at home. Miss Ina Jacob, secretary of the Business Teachers' convention, leaves for Chicago tonight to attend the National Commercial Teachers’ Federation session there this week. En route she will spend time with relatives.
Local notices list multiple holiday visits and gatherings in Elgin and surrounding areas. DeWitt Gibba of Hyannia Nob. spends the week with John and F. W. Jacob. Several families travel to Peoria Waterloo Cherokee and Kansas for Christmas and future plans. Christmas dinners and district programs are noted along with a surprise party for Mrs. Peck and several residents visiting relatives in Waterloo.
The Farmers Loan and Trust company held its second annual meeting at its Irving hotel block office. Directors from the previous year were reappointed: C. L. Kingsley Ira Rodamar J. F. Sedgwick C. B. Pickett J. O. Trumbauer and W. W. Marsh. Officers for the new year were J. B. Sedgwick president J. O. Trumbauer vice president Iha Rodamar treasurer and F. E. Stewart secretary. The dividend was declared and reports praised the year’s good condition and strong profits with a hopeful outlook for continued prosperity established since starting January 9, 1909.
Baltimore February 28 The Herzstation at Johns Hopkins Hospital is now in operation. Dr G S Bond installed the Munich built heart measuring device that records heart movement via electrodes and a quartz wire in a magnetic field. A screen and camera record the shadow as the heart’s activity is displayed and photographed for diagnosis.
The season for coughs and colds is at hand and care for children is vital. A quick cure lowers risk of diphtheria or scarlet fever. Meritol Cough Remedy is trusted by mothers including Mrs J B Mullaney of Trecarah Ta who says it always gives good satisfaction. The formula may contain opium or another narcotic and can be given to children as to adults. Sold by Henderson Drug Co. members American Drug & Press Association.
A brief note compares this image to pictures of a perfectly normal heart and currents, highlighting similarities and emphasizing the contrast between abnormal and standard heart imagery.
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 28. Joseph C. Trees, head of an oil company that sold Louisiana holdings for 9 million, credits his wife for his success. He recounted her Spirit and foresight when she urged him to keep drilling after eight dry wells, promising a strike and inspiring endurance rather than giving up.
Deputy Sheriff Al Raymond will guard Fred Piper on his trip to Anamosa tomorrow morning. Piper was indicted on December 18 for keeping a house of ill fame and on December 19 sentenced to an indeterminate five year term in the state prison. He missed his Waterloo connection this morning and will try again tomorrow. Piper is the third Waterloo resident sent to prison from the September grand jury probe, alongside F. B. Robinson and Mrs. William Lindestruch. Piper pleaded guilty to the desecration offense. his wife, seventeen, was discharged and returned to her parents in Fort Madison.
A letter from Wm. Silver of New York credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing a long standing facial neck rash after doctors failed. He reports rapid sleep, disappearance of marks, and urges others to use the products. A second note claims quick improvement and full cure in two months. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment as purer, more economical skin remedies sold worldwide.
Washburn December 27. Mr and Mrs W I Lichty and Mrs John Flickinger plus children from Tracy Minnesota visited the Faulk family here last week. Will Berth and wife welcomed a baby boy born last Thursday. T A Morrison spent Christmas with daughter Mrs Finn in Geneva and returned Monday. Earl Huppert shipped a carload of cattle to Chicago Tuesday. George Marvin of Greene visited Tuesday with Frank Huppert. Mrs Faulk is quite sick at this time.
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