Elderly Iowan Woman Elizabeth Mueller Dies at 80
Mrs. Elizabeth Mueller died at 4 20 am at 122 Commercial Street Waterloo after a long hold on life. The Iowa native born March 19 1836 in Swiss Valley near Dubuque lived in Waterloo since 1905. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from the residence and 7 30 pm from the First Methodist Church. Rev William Spry officiating. Burial Elmwood cemetery. Mueller held the Iowa record for continuous residence by a native born Iowan. She married Jacob Mueller fifty nine years ago in Dubuque County. The couple moved from a Line Lincoln farm to Waterloo in 1902. Survived by six children and a large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. Four brothers served in the Civil War. three did not survive.
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Elizabeth Mueller
Commercial Street
First Methodist Church
William Spry
Elmwood Cemetery
Mueller
Iowa
Swiss Valley
Dubuque
Hawkeye
Elizabeth Fearn
Robert Fearn
Lead
Black Hawk
Illinois
Dubuque County
Alfred
Denver
Henry
Hudson
Headache relief touted with MEN-THO-EZE remedy
An advertisement promotes MEN-THO-EZE as a quick external treatment for headaches neuralgia and various pains. It claims instant relief without mustard oil or belladonna and urges purchase via drug stores or direct mail from Lero Medical Co. with local Waterloo retailers listed.
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Rudy
Lero Medical Co
Port Dodge
Iowa
Sais
Waterloo
J. K. Leder & Son Drug Co
Banana & Pletcher
C. L. McDermott
Deceased Church Member Had Long Affection Ailment
The obituary notes a longtime member of the First Methodist Church who could not attend services recently due to an affection. The record records her religious affiliation and reduced mobility.
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Back
First Methodist Church
Skunk Farm Hobby Turns Drug Store Owner’s Fancy
Kansas City, Feb 6. Gus Howard, a local drug store operator, has started a skunk farm behind his Pobson area shop. He houses thirty five skunks in a ten by ten foot pen and invites visitors to experience the odor and antics. Howard proclaims skunks harmless and a fine pet and plans to expand the operation to a larger plot while continuing pelts curing and tanning.
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Kansas City, Mo
Gus Howard
Pobson
Wodson
Drugelst
Mr. Howard
Bix
Howard
Weather records and a family obituary fragment
Yesterday’s high reached 30 above and the low 14 above. 1911 to 1913 records show varying maxima and minima. Mrs. Nutt mourns her brother J. D. Hanlon who died in La Crosse Wisconsin at age 8. he served in the Spanish-American War. The Seychelles group is described as a fragile collection of about thirty small islands northeast of Madagascar.
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Ty Buchanan Optical Co
Seychelles
Madagascar
Christine Miller Brightens Sick Boy with Consoling Voice
Christine Miller, a noted contralto, visits the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund G. Rausch to comfort Donald Rausch, a 14 year old ill boy. She sings The Nightingale's Song and Go to Sleep, then hears her own voice on a phonograph for the first time.
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Christine Miller
Ehuren
Edmund G. Rausch
Donald
Miss Miller
J. E. Brinkman
Donald Rausch
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ralph Macon Hix
Iowa City
Osage Social Notes Trace Visits Across Many Towns
Osage and area residents list travels and visits across Dubuque Saintlyville Northwood Peoria Edmonton Sisseton Cass City Mankato Kasson La Crosse La Porte City Central City Stephen Spar ta Edgerton and other locales. The United States has more than six million factory employees and 1,600,000 railroad workers.
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United States
Keokuk Man Finally Becomes U S Citizen After Forty Five Years
Fred A. Kochling a veteran cigar manufacturer in Keokuk has become a bona fide United States citizen for the first time in forty five years. A native of Germany he first came to Keokuk and took out naturalization papers earning election as alderman and serving on election boards. His citizenship papers signed yesterday complete a long process begun after a passport visit last spring revealed prior errors.
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Keokuk
Fred A. Kochling
United States
Kochling
Germany
Koehling
New Books at the Libraries Display and Reserve Rules
The library announces newly shelved books in sections such as Costume Accounting Woodworking and Sunday School Work with divisions E and W indicating locations. Borrowers may reserve titles under new rules and receive 48 hour holds for a 2 cent notice fee.
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Howe
Wilson
United States
Dewey
Fairchild
Phelps
Mary Baker Eddy
Milmine
Ward
Jannon
Wilkinson
Little Daughters of Sassman and Seeger Ill
In Denver on February six, two young girls of Wm Sassman and John Seeger are seriously ill with a trained nurse in attendance. Henry I Judas sold his hardware store to C Judas and new management took possession Monday morning. Geo Coontz resigned from his saloon post and may return to carpentry. Anna Dina visited Glas gow friends, FW Clansing and family from Cadar Falla spent Sunday in Denver. Geo Nodh did business at Waterloo Monday. Mrs Man Tahnile entertained guests.
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Dubuque
Albert Lea
Clarence Cromer
Charles City
Osage
T. McCoy
F. J. Cromer
A. M. Powell
la Porte City
Laura Ruthluff
Edmonton
Canada
James McCarty
John Mc-Cann
Leo Egan
Sisseton
R. H. Dorsey
D. M. Chase
Leudica
Fountain City
Wis
Sig Klemes- Tud
Kasson
J. A. Farrell
Gon. Ellis
Mankato
Bernice
St. Ansgar
Anna Stusah
Walford
Fred Varel
Lillian Butterfield
Belmont
C. EH. Lezotte
Denver
Wm. Sassman
John Seegers
Seeger
Henry
Judas
C. Judas
Geo. Coontz
Anna Dina
Glasgow
Clansing
iCadar Falla
Geo
Nodh
Waterloo
Mra
Man Tahnile
Local Social Notes Highlight Waverly Visits and Gatherings
Ladies' Thimblee Bee meets at Mrs. Suleder. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman of St. Paul visit relatives for weeks. Amelia Beyer and Bertha Leek tour Waverly. Stokte family from Waterloo visits. Ernest Kehe celebrates birthday with relatives. Hominghaus and Dammerman host dinner. H. Thomas sold farm and moves to Waterloo. Sprague and Stretler visit Waterloo. multiple relatives gather throughout week.
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H. ©. Clausing
Waverly
Ald Society
R. Suleder
Harry Brinkman
St. Paul
Amelia Beyer
Bertha Leek
Will Stokte
Waterloo
Ernest Kehe
Henry Dickman
John Hominghaus
Laura Dammerman
H. Thomas
John Sprague
Will Stretler
Orchard Notes Highlight Local Visits and Sickness
Orchard on February 5 reports frequent town visits by Webster, Bert Hatcher, and Mr. Graham while several residents like Frederick Roe and Harold Blandin suffer illnesses. Social life appears active with church attendance, theatre viewing, and family visits, plus notes on a new barber and improved intermediates room decor. Last Sunday Orchard celebrated a local event as well.
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Robt
Florence
Osage
Fern Morse
Kittie
Bryant
John Allvig
Grafton
N. C
Charles Cheney
Little Falls
Minn
Harold Blandin
James Morse
A. Chatman
Coltons
Hugh Murry
Howard Morse
Murry
Bushman
Deb. Baldwin
C. W. Bond
I. L. Bond
Frank Penney
Lola
Seifert
Clapper
Laney Lewis
Loren L. Bond
Birthday of the Free Christian Endeavor Observed
The Christian Endeavor hour discussed phases of the society’s history and progress. Rev. Mr McNary, pastor of the Congregational church at Mitchell Indiana, preached on The Good Samaritan.
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Free Christian Endeavor Organization
Mr McNary
Congregational Church
Mitchell, In
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Verndale
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L. L. Ruthruff
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Ter Wright
Jackson & Sullivan Land Office
Emule
Roy
Dickinson
Montgomery
I. S. Griffith
Bradly Polytechnic Institute
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Pearce
Meyer
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Changin Order
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Gillette
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Rocky Mountain
Hollister’s
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Hollister Drag Co
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Sunkist
Lafayette Street
Christine
M. E. Church
Joseph Sons Company
First National Bank Building
White
United Doctors
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United Doctors’ Office
Marsh-Place
Old Colony ,Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
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Daniel Marks
Witgaloy
Irving Hotel
Rowan
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