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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
10
Miss Florence Lager travels to Conrad for two weeks with her friend Miss Mira Stubbs. Several local residents and visitors from Minneapolis, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and Madison join Christmas gatherings and church events. News notes include weddings, anniversaries, sports updates, and local moves with multiple named individuals and places.
Miss Ida Davis, superintendent of Emmett county schools, spent Christmas with Willis Davis and family. Miss Katherine Colpilts, a Chicago university senior, awaits vacation with her parents. The McGann and Davis families shared a large dinner at the B. P. Cale home Monday. The Lewis Winship family and the parental Winships, from two towns, joined the French tame Christmas. The Chicago Musical club performed a fine concert at the aybarger home and at the opera house Christmas night. Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Knudson of Marshalltown visited the O. Rudgew and John Markham homes. The John McSweeney family visited Elma, Clarkes, and the Parental Overcamp home. The Payne family of Waterson came for a week’s visit with the Parental Overcamp. Oscar Allenson, Cornell senior, from St. Ansgar, called on old friends.
Geneseo notes show Mr. and Mrs. Clingerman of Waterloo visiting J. R. Thompson. Ralph Speer visiting Mooreville friends. Evelyn and Esther Sarman on sick list. Mr. and Mrs. A R McElhinney visiting Erlends Waterloo. Ray Merritt back from Waterloo Business College for a week. A Speer cow loss and Mrs. R C McElhinney with grippe are reported. John Griffin and wife from Canada planning to spend winter nearby.
Mt Vernon Township area reports a Christmas dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Henry Moore with twenty seven guests including John and George Moore of Calhoun county. Several families traveled for winter stays in California and local gatherings mark the holiday season with sickness and communal events.
Clarksville notices report two births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Copeland on December 24 and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Roberts Mondry on December 27. Dr. and Mrs. M A Taylor and three daughters visit Strawberry Point for a family reunion. Mrs. Carrol Cook remains bedridden after a fall. J L Reitz and family members—Walter, wife, and baby of Cedar Rapids. Charles of Iowa City. May of Chicago. Ada of Chicago—are mentioned among recent trips and kin visits.
Mrs Justus Sheffield wife of a New York lawyer cites ten commandments for husbands and wives in her divorce suit in Jersey City Cruelty is alleged and she claims her husband is not the man of her dreams She has written a book in which she casts him in an unfavorable light She advises wives to avoid bore their husbands to be fresh and sweet and dainty as a shower bouquet and to value lingerie over rubles and a good cook She warns about mother in law and urges dependable masculinity in a mate
City residents and relatives from Bremer county and Canada visited kin during the holidays. Edward Reits and Marion Forney of Canada called on family. Mary Patterson traveled to Wapello. GP Christensen hosted Northwood relatives. the Marquards from Longmont extended stay for their daughter Iva’s health. A J Weentritz and family from Aredale and Minneapolis kin joined for celebrations. Nellie McConnell returned from Superior after a 10 day visit. Hodson family members from Des Moines Cedar Falls paid holiday calls. Lola Carter joined a Waterloo party for Christmas dinner and a Cedar Falls dancing event.
Mrs Roslop and family hosted a brief visit near Charles City with their daughter Mrs Perrin. Locals Petit and Hlandin hunted rabbits in Orchard and dined with M M Blandin. Leon Morsoe returned from Mason City for a week’s vacation. Rest of notes cover visits to New Haven Rockalls Osage Springfield and Minneapolis, a low reading of Grandpa Graham, and Imina Foster’s Christmas dinner trip. Arthur Cumings recovers after illness. Joke about a doctor and a tired patient ends the brief.
Parkerabure December 29 Parkerabure Mins Moudo Mueller married Christmas Day at Wacoma to Clifford Whitney of Austin Minnesota. She is daughter of Frank Mueller former hamnessman of this place. Earnest Schenegen and wife moved into the Donmtagn house. Fremont Wightman leaving for Dodge. Quy Laurance and Itella Lucbbs visiting Omaha. Sophia Haveson returned from Mitervile for vacation. Miss Byrde Payton to Cherokee to visit poranth for a couple weeks. Mrs Celia Muck left last week.
Fragmentary OCR story notes Iurlna To visit daughter Mrs Georga Kellogg and family for a time. Jack Parsongy moved his family from Spencer to the Wim Walbaum home. Lewis Miller, Herman and Von Trey, and Georga Ludeman return from TowarCity to spend time. Helen Edwarde of Utah and Mildred Bidwarda of Ames come home for vacation.
Pueblo Colo Dec 29 Mineral representatives and officials of Colorado Fuel and Iron company met today in the first annual meeting under the Rockefeller industrial plan. Under this system, adopted by the mean October two, representatives from each camp are selected by the miners to participate in the conference. The company's representatives include President J P Welborn, nine members of the advisory committee and the camp superintendent. When the meeting convened it was understood that only routine matters were to be considered.
Henry Rickhoff, renting Mrs Hawkins' farm near Nashua, fired at a prowler who peered through his door at 2 am. Blood drops on the snow suggest a hit while 35 chickens were stolen. Further thefts suspected from A D Seaman’s corn field. Henry Bean, Nashua longtime resident, died Monday night after years of invalidism. He leaves a wife and several children. funeral held today.
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