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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1914
Page
10
Delays and freight uncertainty kept the Center Point Independent from last week’s issue. J M Bartleson begins an implement store on Washington street. Numerous social events, funerals, and visits fill town notes as residents attend reunions, travel, and church activities while local businesses expand. A wolf is killed, and notable marriages, licenses, and a board of lecture plans are recorded along with an ice harvest and forthcoming travel.
Fairbank Feb 14 highlights include Frank Brant transacting business in Oelwein and Miss Mae Adams hosting a successful box social to raise funds for the Pearl district school library. Local visits feature E A Weibel in Waterloo and Mrs Emma Huntington of Hazleton visiting EB Allen and his wife. Fred Giles named ticket agent for C G W A R at Hudson. John Damge from Independence visiting P F Damge family. Martha Wolgamott visiting son Farle in hospital. Foley Kidney Pills advertised claims. Vienna tenements built for poor families and cooperative store fundraiser for Immaculate Conception school recital.
A stormy night did not dampen attendance as gatherings and visits continued in Fairbank and nearby communities. Residents and guests from Waterloo Cedar Falls Cedar Valleye Delwein Hopkinton and Des Moines attended church events, birthdays and social functions while local boosters discuss electric lighting progress and town improvements.
Orie Meyers and Wm Albrecht visit Readlyn while Lena Bucholt weds Henry Albrecht at the bride’s home. Families travel to Waverly and Ilinois to visit relatives. Ice haulers work for butcher shop and creamery as locals attend dances, calls, and house moves in the week.
James Maynard has returned from England after a lengthy visit. Numerous residents, including Chris Strudel and family, Philip Neubalsen, and Louis and Frank Gill, visited relatives in nearby Waterloo and Water loo. Smallpox quarantine affects several families. social events and visits continue as Frank Klein’s sale is set for February 18. Pauline Rousauer and Edward Scanlan plan a Mt. Carmel church wedding on February 17.
Dunkerton notes report grain elevator changes with Art Agnew and O W Follett, a full blood bull calf purchase, weddings set for February at Jeanp and Barclay, shipments and sales by George Potter, and new electric lights. Milk tests and butter fat prices for 1913 are summarized, plus a snow report from North Star Michigan and school and social events at Pleasant Hill.
Feb 16 Rowley readers note visits from Mrs AT delpts and Mrs B E Davis in Independence. Holman lodge met. O FE S held initiation. Mrs Dena Race and daughter visited her parents Mr and Mrs Al Listy. A moving picture show at Woodman hall drew patronage. Mrs Addie Davis’s members and local residents were mentioned in passing.
A Sunday school class entertained at the church social rooms Thursday evening. Rev Mooning preached at the Presbyterian church Sunday. Miss Hazel Scott rang the church bell. Mr Hofford and family from Norway moved into the Davis house and he took possession Monday. Dan Parkhurst and others from Cedar Rapids assisted Saturday. The Presbyterian Sunday school program, postponed from last Saturday, now set for next Saturday evening February 12 with coffee and doughnuts served after.
Floyd area residents report guests from Osage Charles City and Independence. Teachers and students attended a convention in Charles City while local visits span Waterloo Topeka and Montana. A Valentine party for high school pupils concluded with refreshments as various residents visit kin and attend gatherings.
Mr Will liams of North Dakota visits Gilbertville with M Delagardelle. Mr and Mrs Jake Schmidt become proud parents of a boy. Eighth graders prep for next week’s exam. Miss Mary Weber visits Waterloo. John Mergen made a business call last Monday. William Wagner assists the new ticket agent briefly. Pint and Gales haul ice for Gilbertville Dairy. Nick Bernardy of Seaforth visits friends. Mr and Mrs John Ahles attend Waterloo business. Miss Mary Wester and John Winkle marry at St Mary’s church. Mrs Mary Kurtenbach visits country at Mrs Michael Thorne’s home. Mr and Mrs M E Gottesleben and children visit Waterloo. Mrs John Delagardelle and daughter visit Waterloo. Gilbertville Grain & Lumber Co buys timber. Bert Turner becomes Brandon ticket agent. Harry Merter relocates from Glasgow to Gilbertville.
Feb 11 report from Dewar notes Chas Clark of Trent visiting relatives for weeks. Al Brasch shipped a carload of cattle to Chicago. J A Moyer and Harry Moyer on sick list last week. Balentyne family welcome baby boy born Thursday. Schmitt Bros received carload of farm machinery last week. Cold weather slowed elevator carpenters. Neighbors hosted birthday surprise for Cal Chorpenting with games and supper. Joe Turner ill with grippe the past few days.
Mr and Mrs BLO Hayward visited their daughter Mrs Jos Kek in Jesup on Tuesday. Mrs Frank Weene had been ill at the past week. Mrs Mike Considine and daughter Agnes have been quite sick the last two weeks with doctor visits. Bertha Leobsack of Jesup visited last week with her Fees Maude and Aisig McGlaughlin. Mrs Ernest Murphy visiting her parents in Jesup. Orville Miller, eldest child of Mr and Mrs Orving Miller, recovering from typhoid fever. his siblings binh and Delbert also sick with Miss Delaney of Independence nursing. Mrs PoE Bensen visited Port Dodge with sister Mrs Grace Christensen. Len Maynard and Antes Coleman in Waterloo. Miss Elya Pingres with sister Mrs Goo Mish. Ray Stevenson and sister Eaarn in Waterloo on Battle Day business. N He Hess and family moved to Jesup, purchasing Luthmer billiard parlors. Miss Carre Griswold home for family reunion before moving to Minnesota. Children of Mrs Florence McMean and son, Miss Gladys the Dunkerton teacher, and Miss Currie the Littleton teacher, all home. Farmers Institute at Independence drew attendees, Rev. Elwick praised President Lincoln in sermon. storm kept crowds small. Miss Emma Fiddler, appendicitis, underwent operation at McClernon hospital and is improving. Miss Elsie McLaughlin hosted forty friends for eighteenth birthday. decorations and games, tidy refreshments by Mrs. McLaughlin and daughters Elsie and Mrs H B Patton. Elsie received many gifts.
Washington reports a federal reserve notice warns all national banks to file intent to enter the new currency system within sixty days. The deadline is February 22. Secretary Talcott says failure to comply constitutes a violation of the Federal Reserve Act and penalties under section 2 apply. Most banks have already accepted the act’s provisions.
Charles W. Thomson of Flora Indiana asks if Waterloo can accommodate another drug concern after selling his store. O P Flower of Oskaloosa public schools seeks geography and history data of Iowa for students. The American City bureau requests support for a Waterloo city planning campaign.
Sr Hasty of Lamar Conn travels to the city and meets local farmers to purchase Holstein cows. He hails as a strong booster for his county and notes the area as a leading alfalfa irrigation site with a new condensed milk plant and eight thousand cows being pastured.
Peter M. Schmidt, 69, died at his Main Street residence in Cedar Falls from dropsy after a long illness. Born in Denmark in 1845, he immigrated to America in 187 and lived in Chicago before moving to Cedar Falls with his family. Surviving are his widow and two children, Katherine and Rita, who reside at home. Funeral arrangements await arrival of relatives.
George Bush rents his farm eight miles north of the city and will hold a public sale tomorrow at ten o clock. The offering includes horses hogs cattle and machinery along with other goods. A lunch will be served free at noon. The farm is east of crossing Gseolve on the WooCl BS line. KK McDougill acts as auctioneer and William Groening as clerk.
Readers urged to aid bird life in cold weather by providing food and shelter. Suggests open frame houses with compartments for nests and straw openings to keep sparrows out. Highlights waxwings, quail, Chicagades, and sparrows, and notes birds save farmers thousands annually.
A. Benard who has managed Kits billiard parlors buys an interest in Alexandra billiard parlors from I. Barnmond. The move follows an announced sale at N. Cohn's 124 South between rival players in the state.
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