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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
10
Two thirds interest of M M Kimball and Minor Sen Shoemaker and John Drews are sold to become sole owners of the Kimball Printing Company. The firm owns the printing plant and equipment on the first two floors of the Pythian Temple building on Commercial Street and the Creamery.
In Thack Hawk county district court figures discuss transfer of 833 shares at a premium. Shoemaker and Andrews hold key roles with Kimball Printing and Kimball Dairy Farmer. New officers to be announced. both men remain invested in related ventures and boosting Watering and the state of Tewa.
The senior girls from East Meh beat the sophomores 23 to 19 after school to become school champions. Team members Pauline Feddersen Agnes Bodhardt Helen Register Torren Storm Azulah Whicker and Marie Edwards are named with Miss Lucey as coach in this Courier notice.
Jessie laments a failed prize run in a music contest. Her father threatens to halt ambitions with a clerical office job. mother plans a sanitarium. brother George mocks her, while another student used a drug to calm nerves before winning a medal. She contemplates another attempt.
A witty want ad from tt in The Courier hints at a sour faced woman, playing on lemon juice and complexion in a playful line.
Secretary Knox released a note to Count von Bernstorff that is seen as the prelude to a potential exchange of notes among the United States and the powers Britain France Japan and Russia. The aim is to place all parties on record for concerted action to protect China's integrity while avoiding foreign interference. The note says no current interference is needed and stresses concerted action if future steps arise.
The Majestic presents Miss Anna Eva Fay as star this week with Quintst and the Appello Trio. Actives include vaudeville heat with monologist Michael Shalet and comedienne Pauline Morratt. Also notes rummage sale at St. Katherine Aid Friday and Saturday at 610 Commercial Street.
Glasses discomfort prompts advice from a local source. Mrs Henry Appel hospitalized today for treatment. Henry Frank returns home after recent surgery at Pine Street hospital. Mrs Leo Casey, formerly head nurse, visits Dr and Mrs J A Jerger at Dysart. Mrs Fred W Warren leaves for Minneapolis visit with Mr and Mrs Reuben Palm. GE Manhard visits Rochester and plans a three week western coast business trip. Mrs J N Payette and daughter Bernefece return to Swea City after two weeks with Mrs J A Boenne. Month’s Mind service for Monsignor Ryan of Dubuque held at St Patrick’s in Dubuque with visiting clergy. Miss Faye Banfield and Miss Edith Martin take positions with Franco American in Cedar Rapids. East side fire department fights blaze at Waterloo Rendering works. damage slight. Mr and Mrs Herbert B Boies visit father Emmons Johnson. plan westward trip to Los Angeles. Johnsons leave daughter with Mrs Johnson’s mother. In doubt, go to the Majestic.
Miss Harriet Harvey the secretary announces tickets for the Y W C A anniversary membership supper will be sold at church prayer meetings tonight. Tickets must be purchased before tomorrow night. Eighteen enrolled in the new Y W C A gymnasium class begun last evening at East High gymnasium, many of them married women. The association offers guidance for those puzzled by results.
Charles Hall 26, railroad shop employee from Seattle, was arrested by Sgt. John Farrell after neighbors reported a 13 year old girl abused at the Wirden home on Walnut and Logan. Hall was fined 10 dollars and warned to stop, with possible 30 day imprisonment if he repeats the act. Mrs. Ida Thorkitt will oversee the girl’s welfare and find a safe home.
A whimsical poem contrasts life on Neptune with Earthly cycles and fashion. It laments rising costs of summer goods and coal, the burden of presidential years, and the steady drift of styles while imagining distant celestial life as both delightful and troubling.
Recently married Mr. Githerly and his wife discuss trust on a trip. A flirtatious young woman asks if a girl may propose in leap year and the man surprisingly agrees. He staggers after the revelation and crashes into a lamppost eight blocks from home.
Judge Pratt overruled motions to direct a verdict in the suit by the Gar hind corporation of Pittsburg against the Watering Loan & Trust Co and the forty Ns Savings bank. The plaintiff seeks 15437 claiming the defendants misappropriated funds and property.
A host explains a family tree metaphor with a great uncle Henry whose descendants joined political rings and accumulated wealth. Dialogue references royal etiquette and the idea of a crown resting uneasy on the head, with a playful exchange about appearances and tradition.
The Waterloo school board approved architect M B Cleveland's plan for a new $30,000 brick school in Linden. The board will now seek bids for the project.
Readers are invited to obtain the Courier up to date pattern by mailing the coupon with 10 cents per pattern to the Waterloeo Evening Courier Fashion Department. Patterns are promised to arrive within ten days after sending the order.
All arrangements are completed for the Royal Arcanum homecoming celebration tonight at the Pythian Temple. The main hall is secured with ample accommodations for a large guest turnout and entertainment features prepared by the social committee. Fourty city members are urged to attend the affair beginning at o'clock.
Mrs Tanner of 615 Wellington street received a telegram announcing her mother’s death yesterday at Hopedale. The elderly woman suffered heart trouble and age related causes, passing at 12 years of age? The text notes long residence in MWopedale, survived by husband four sons three daughters a brother in Reinbeck a sister in Kellog and a daughter in Belle Plaine.
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