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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1929
Page
9
A fire at the Iowa Falls water works at 2 a.m. damaged the station roof and five electric motors used to pump the city water. Two engines were found serviceable on tests and expected back in service within hours as workers repaired the system.
Orange Township February 22 news reports an all day Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting at Orange Consolidated School on Feb 28 with a noon basket dinner and a PTA led afternoon program showcasing school work for patrons. County Superintendent A E Jewett will speak. dinner at noon followed by demonstrations and discussions of educational efforts. Nearby items note the sudden death of Jefferson Day in Medilapolis and various local visits and moves in the community.
Dysart notes report the harness and shoe store C. J. Schmidt & Son is now run by E J Schmidt after his father’s passing. The senior Schmidt operated the business for 40 years and the piece mentions family movements, a funeral in Belvidere, and local civic items.
Cresco Iowa February 22 four denominations of Iowa will hold a series of Sunday school workers meetings. Rev Clyde Baker Methodist Episcopal will speak February 24 25 and 26. Rev Royaldr Montgomery Congregational will conduct February 28 and March 1 2 3. Rev Victor Willer Baptist will lead February 28 March 1 and 6. Evangelical church announcements to follow.
Manchester Iowa February report shows Dorothy Veran injured Saturday while skiing north of the city. An x ray disclosed a fracture of the leg, not a sprain as first believed. The limb was placed in a cast.
The Rock Island line northbound train arrived an hour late, while the southbound evening service was canceled due to drifting snow in Fayette County. In Oelwein the Rev EB Braylick is released from smallpox quarantine, with Mrs Braylick recovered. Two chickenpox cases and no scarlet fever cases reported. school election set for March 11 with Harold Jamison and Rick Shields as current term holders. Claude Parmley pleads guilty to careless driving, pays 15 dollars plus costs after striking a boy on South Frederick avenue. the boy was only slightly injured. Mr and Mrs Robert Ladd depart for Oklahoma oil fields where he seeks lineman work.
District court in West Union Iowa hears litigation between Gerard La Porte Newburg North Dakota and the estates of Merle Walters and Otto Wirth of Wadena over a cashier's check issued to Wahlers prior to the plane’s final flight. Walters held the aircraft in partnership with his California-born brother Arthur, a trained aviator, who was injured and not flying. Inspectors later deemed the machines inefficient and long storage likely weakened a wing, leading to the fatal crash after several test flights.
Clarksville Ta February 22 The new Buller county snowplow was unloaded here on Thursday and put into service immediately The motive power is a caterpillar tractor Mrs William Brown hosted 17 seniors of Clarksville high school for a surprise party in honor of Jesse Crawford Wednesday evening Music and games provided entertainment C P Christensen was called to Northwood on Thursday due to the death of his mother Mrs Mary Jensen age 56
A fire at midnight damaged the Harold Bretz billiard parlor on Second Avenue Northeast in Independence. The interior was destroyed and most furniture burned. Owner Bret estimates losses around 5000 dollars for furnishings and about 2000 dollars for the building. Insurance will cover part of the damage.
Ralph Van Lanningham aged 20 of Independence and Vernal Rowe, his cousin, perished after returning to help occupants in a Chicago apartment fire. They reached safety but reentered the blaze and were overcome by smoke before firefighters could assist. Van Lanningham’s body was brought home for services. he leaves parents Mr. and Mrs. Ollo Van Lanningham, a brother Thurman, and sisters Violet and Stella Margaret. other occupants were saved. Births reported: to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wells on Feb 18 a son.
Nashua with nine points edges Lawler eight and New Hampton seven in a county declamatory meet, with winners in oration, dramatic, humorous and reading events from Nashua Lawler and New Hampton. New Hampton advances to state contests at Waucoma Thursday.
In Traer Tama County Iowa February 22 a local family the Vom Cummings jr and the Gray farm in Buckingham township executed a death penalty without trial by jury on a raccoon believed to have stolen chickens. After weeks of losses totalling about 40 birds the animal was found in a tree near the poultry quarters and was clubbed to death after being driven from its nest.
Leslie Green, a Wadena sophomore, was honored at a sleighing party as he prepares to move with his parents to Arlington. A Washington Lincoln program was held at the schoolhouse by the first nine grades. A. W. Herden, dealer in general merchandise, is ill with heart disease. Charles Parker’s automobile sustained minor damage after skidding on McLaney hill and hitting a fence.
Mrs Kristine Hansen a longtime resident of the area died Thursday night at her son Nels home in Dike after a cerebral hemorrhage She was 89 Funeral services will be held at Fredsville Church in Fredsville.
Audit of Wellsburg exchange seen as preparation for Mrs D Wells to assume work March 1. Miss Ella Adams and Mrs D C Curry audit books and place operations on standard lines during February.
Hudson Indiana February 22 The Hudson High School sophomore class will entertain the school board members their wives and the faculty at a 6 oclock dinner at the schoolhouse. The event marks Washingtons birthday anniversary. The C A Bixby family has taken the Sam Limbus residence, W A Hanna now resides in the Alexander house, and the T W Strayer family left the latter to run the telephone office. The Charles Quatt family will move Monday into the Bixby residence, recently purchased. Homer Franck family moved February 21 into the Jim Breese residence.
Nashua Iowa February 22 The four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Lorenzen of Chicago was baptized Grace Ingenburg at Little Brown Church in the Vale by Rev J L McSorison. Lorenzen accompanied the hearse body of her father J W Bradford from Chicago for burial. A son baptized September 20 1926 was the first baptism during Rev McComson's pastorate. Mrs Earl Stufflebeam Waterloo operated for appendicitis at Waverly hospital. she was formerly Miss Mabel Prudhon of Nashua.
The remains of A I Pearce a former well known businessman will be brought here for interment Friday He died at Hot Springs Ark where he went to recover from an attack of the flu M Pearce came here many years ago from Grinnell and was in the hardware trade for eight or ten years He sold out about three years ago and retired from active business Recently he was with Town Falls Monument works Survived by one son Frank of Mason City His wife died years ago
Henry Dratle has purchased the residence and adjoining property belonging to William Folkers in the West part of town in Allison Ta. The deal closes February 22 as a special transaction.
An advertisement urges parents to keep Fletcher's Castoria ready for colic and fussiness in babies and children. It claims the vegetable preparation comforts fretful infants without harmful drugs, helps with constipation and upset stomachs, and is endorsed by a Fletcher signature.
Cedar Falls reports Mrs. J. H. Richardson near death at 1019 Nineteenth West from apoplexy suffered Thursday. Her husband, aged 45, suffers rheumatism. the article notes local community events including a supper and program at the J. H. Perry home, rehearsals for Easter music, clergy pulpit exchanges, and a Lions club talk on alfalfa.
A testimonial from Mrs. Harriet Schaffer of Fulton, Illinois, praises Konjola as a life changing remedy for long standing stomach troubles and nervousness. The Konjola Man at Wangler Bros. Drug Store, Waterloo, reports widespread public demonstrations and free samples as he explains the product's benefits to customers.
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank has merged with State Bank of Allison. The Trust & Savings deposits and resources will transfer to the State Bank upon legal completion. The consolidated bank will boast about three quarters of a million dollars in assets and is led by Will and Frank Ray, continuing the town’s banking legacy.
Manchester bank officers with long tenures amid a February 18 closure discuss plans for reorganization and reopening under state examiner supervision. Ernest Speedy cashier and F C Voights assistant cashier are noted for 18 and several years of service respectively. C H Riggert has led the institution a decade. W E Rogers served as cashier for years but his plans remain undisclosed.
Freshman coeds from Reinbeck, Carma and Frances Wagner, have opened a beauty parlor in Currier hall at the University of Iowa. They plan to operate 49 beauty shops to fund their college expenses, offering services to fellow students.
Dreco, from Dreca laboratories, is touted by Mr. Mitchell as a natural blend of twelve roots herbs and leaves. He explains it strengthens assimilation and elimination organs to relieve indigestion constipation gas headaches dizziness backache and fatigue. Local residents receive free samples and expert advice at Lauerman's Drug Dept with many praising its relief after visits.
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