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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1911
Page
11
Daniel H. Fish longtime Black Hawk County resident and deacon of the First Baptist Church died at 5 this morning at his Glenside home after a three week illness that began with a cold and developed into pneumonia. He had lived in Iowa over fifty years and served Sunday School work with dedication.
Waterloo area deacon Descon Fish, longtime First Baptist Church member and founder of Woodlawn Sunday School, died after a sudden decline ten days after his wife’s fiftieth anniversary. Born in 1837 in Northumberland County Canada, he lived in Clinton and Black Hawk counties before settling near Waterloo. Survived by son Charles A. Fish and two granddaughters, his funeral is scheduled for Monday with services at the church.
Funeral procession leaves at 1:45 from the home for services at 2:30 at the First Baptist Church. Rev. E A Valient, pastor, will conduct the rites with interment in Elmwood cemetery.
Regular services at the Linden church tomorrow as revival continues. A birthday gathering for Mrs. Dewitt Perry drew about fifty visitors with gospel singing and refreshments. Local notes include births, visits to Mechaniaville and Janesville, health improves, and community aid activities by the Linden M. E. Ladies Aid. Bob Fitzsimmons appears at the Crystal theatre this week.
Announcements list church and club gatherings in Walnut Street area. Unity Guild plans with Miss Edna Cass at 632 Mullan Avenue West on Monday evening. G I A ladies postpone event due to Mr E Stearns death. Walnut Street Baptist class hosts Feb 13 at Mrs Wooley 627 Baltimore Street. Regular King’s Daughters meeting Feb 14 at 2 pm, home of Mrs J A Webb 416 Allen Street. Rae Muirhead Business Girls meet at First Presbyterian Church with Miss Edna Day in charge. special 10 cent collection. Neighborhood leaders classes meet Sunday 3:20 pm at Walnut Street Baptist. Mrs W B Small to lead both meetings. aim to unite classes. Lady Maccabees No 37 hold 7 pm Feb 14 reading applications and ballots before social. Coma early.
Madame Christina Lund, famed Danish masseuse formerly of Copenhagen, now at 1309 West Second Street announces she will offer the Swedish movement massage at her home. Attorney W. Mullan traveled to Charles City on business this morning.
Philadelphia’s Mayer and Germany’s Poensgen headline the 18.2 balkline amateur world event at Suderkranz club New York. Contenders include Roudil Gardner Foss Hendricks Mial Mullen Townsend Mayer Poggenburg Poensgen. Dinner and dance expected with Metropolitan Orchestra.
In Waterloo a two passenger Maytag Mason speedster drives to the mayor's office with a sealed message for Kansas City. The letter boasts Maytag reliability from endurance runs and notes the car will be exhibited at the Kansas City show under a locked hood. The trip is led by Peta Snyder and L. J. Stevenson and marks a promotional test.
U S TS booster day activities begin at 3 PM with a council meeting and initiations. A 6:30 dinner followed by cards and dancing at 8:30, with a vaudeville style interlude and musical numbers featuring Mrs H W Sigworth Miss Cora Bunn Miss Lucile Knee and Miss Gwyneth Sampson among others.
El Paso reports a refugee influx from Juarez as the unrest worsens. Citizens flee across the Rio Grande to avoid the revolt centered there while Mexico's government censors news and skews coverage. Orozco’s advance toward Juarez sparks panic and prompts bankers to move money and valuables to El Paso.
Citizens Gas & Electric Co. files a 4 million dollar mortgage with Central Trust Co. of Illinois to fund ten years of improvements in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Bonds up to 90 percent of actual costs may be issued after projects are completed.
Black Hawk County board approves Waterloo Courier Cedar Falls Record and Waterloo Times Tribunes as official papers for 1911. Afternoon session approves payments including 1200 to Waterloo Construction for bridge work. a detailed settlement with county officers is submitted with balances and fees across Treasurer Clerk Auditor and Superintendent offices.
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