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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
3
Waterloo clubwomen advocate using schoolhouses and library spaces as social neighborhood centers. The article urges libraries to expand services beyond books, leveraging assembly rooms, stereophonic shows, and music talks to engage children and community members through clubs, talks, and democratic activities.
Charles Hurley, known as an habitual drunkard, was jailed for intoxication in police court before Judge E F P Caldwell. He was discharged to proceed to Dubuque, where he later died in a police station cell from alcoholic meningitis, with an autopsy confirming the cause.
Real estate transfers include Carl Malthaus to Adam Pitcher lot 10 Curtis subdivision Hudson for 200 dollars and multiple transfers in Galloway Prospect Hills and Westfield additions. Several $1 transfers involve Anton Wangler, V R Crabtree, and W K Hostetler. Also notices leasing land in 2-89-12 and an industrial supply ad for Perfection 611 75 cents five gallons from W A Covell & Son.
An American traveler in Russia finds six wooden statues on a bridge pedestal weathered. She notes they should be repainted, and a painter is hired. During Catherine the Great era annual repainting becomes a custom, and after her death the statues remain covered in vermilion paint, unrecognizable as original figures.
Local church groups and families share Christmas visits and gatherings. The Girls' Prayer Meeting Club hosts a watch meeting at Miss Elora Wuehlen's home with a 6 o'clock program led by Miss Marie Unger and a brief literary hour followed by social time. Residents from nearby towns visit relatives, attend basket socials, and travel to Davenport, Waterloo, Long Beach, and Ottumwa for holidays. Several families announce arrivals and departures for Christmas and New Year celebrations as part of the community’s festive observances.
James Patterson of Minneapolis visits the Scofields for Christmas while Clifford Unger of Marshalltown and his wife plan a New Year stay. Miss Marta Evarts tours Dubuque for two weeks. Christmas programs and trees brightened the Methodist Presbyterian German Evangelical and Bishop Avenue Evangelical churches with Santa’s gifts delighting the children.
Charles Clark of Trent South Dakota arrived to visit family for a few months. W Follett and daughter Mary visited Storm Lake. Mr and Mrs R G Waters mourn loss of two months old baby buried in Hudson. Matt Weber of Elkton South Dakota visiting. A fine Christmas program at the M E Church Saturday. Jas Fuchs spent Christmas in Waterloo.
Dubuque Iowa December 28 police report a mother deserted two children ages two and one with an Italian companion about a week ago. The pair were taken to the orphanage by Police Matron Bren.
Wednesday morning police report two young children left with the aged Schroeder couple near Prairie du Chien. The mother Effie Schroeder known as Thirteen and her maid Kiefer are unnamed in custody concerns. After ten weeks of care the elderly guardians refused shelter and the motherless pair were placed in the orphans' home for now.
An advertisement touts Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets as a nonrestrictive remedy that heals stomach disorders without chemical digestion. It argues the tablets calm diseased gastric cells, prevent fermentation, and relieve symptoms like heart palpitations, vertigo, and insomnia, urging purchases from Morris Drug Co. in Morris, Illinois.
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