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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
6
A clever fox entices a goose and a hen from Farmer Reed’s farm on a moonlit night. The elder goose warns them, but the pair follow the fox to his cave where they vanish. The farmer traps the fox, while the old goose remains wary of the sly predator.
Raymond, Feb. 4. George Brown joined his brother to visit Cedar Rapids and his mother after nineteen years, then returned home. Many residents were noted visiting Waterloo, Dubuque, Dunkerton, and Des Moines. A large family gathering at the Smith home featured fourteen relatives from multiple towns, with photographs taken before departure. Several illnesses and transfers, including smallpox and a horse illness, round out the local happenings.
Reinbeck notes show a boy arriving at a Reinbeck home last Saturday and local residents returning from Chicago. Others include purchases, visits from Canada and Traer, nurse work in Des Moines, a church lunch, a basketball loss, and Red Cross medals for nurses. The year ends with parcel post income totaling about 80 million.
Henry Dorfman is spending the week in Janesville at the Jesse Roger home. Thomas McCarty is having a lighting system installed in his house and barn. Revival meetings are held each night this week at the Christian church.
An advertisement urges readers to treat catarrh with Hyomei, claiming quick relief for head colds sniffles or croup. The inhaler delivers antiseptic oil directly to the nose and lungs with a money back guarantee and a complete outfit priced at one dollar.
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