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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
9
Clarksville area news lists illnesses and recoveries, visits, and social calls. Deaths include Peter Mellinger in Plainfield and Mary J. Duncan, widow of Ha Duncan, buried in Lynwood with Duncan relatives in attendance. Creamery annual meeting notes officers and 200 patrons. sudden death of Ellag Holdiuinn shocks community.
Mrs Charles Meier and Mrs Andrew Ortner both ill, with wishes for quick recovery. BU Jensen sold his good hail to John Grinnell. An oyster supper was hosted Monday night by Casper Sepmitt near Dewar. Mrs Charles Wingert and Mrs Matt Schmitz of Raymond visited Mrs A Ortner, who is ill. Miss Jessie Schmitt leaves Wednesday for two months in Chicago with her aunts Mrs M Reus and Miss Clara Seuffert. Mrs Phil Garthof is quite low.
Reported vote result shows a split preference for a new Janesville school house, with strong local agitation over the site near West and facing Main Street. The piece also notes plans for an operation at Waverly Hospital and a forthcoming divorce case in Waverly court, with several residents mentioned in passing.
Miss Dora Benarden visits relatives in Bremer county for a week. J J Buechele of Waterloo calls. Many friends attend Fred Weltzine’s on New Year’s Day. Miss Minnie Buechele visits her parents. Jubilee Co operative Creamery to begin ice packing this week.
Walter Schultz and Will Polderboer took a business trip to Manchester last Friday. Miss Ruth Conn returned to Rockwell City to resume school. Luella Mere and George A Slight married New Year’s Day at the Mere home. they will honeymoon in Rockford and Chicago then Texas, living at home after April 1. Ming Lausa Scott wed Joby Hartwig at the bride’s home. they’ll farm near Shell Rock. Levi Wingland and Henry Johnson visited in town. Jamies Truesdell ill with rheumatism. Frank Marty visiting Louis Seherling. J A Foote sold household goods then left for California. Mrs Mo Tamiien ill. Evelyn Focus absent. Miss Lillie Zugenbnechter left for Sioux City. Allen hospitalized, now recovering at home.
Miscellany from Janesville covers social visits and movements including Mrs. Dorman at home, Greenide from Waterlog, and MacMurray buying drug stock in Waverly. Local sports loss to Cesar Falls 12 to hi, church services, mill work, and a plan for an ice harvest. Stores to close at 8 from Jan 12, various lodge installations, survey work on pew rock road, and remarks on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy endorsement.
Portland Jan 7 Acting on reports that Baker county officials would seek injunctions against Colonel Lawson and his sharpshooters to enforce saloon closures Governor West telegraphed Circuit Judge Anderson District Attorney Godwin and Sheriff Rand noting that military members on duty cannot be arrested under civil processes and that acts by those in actual service are not civil or criminally liable. He hinted delaying action in Thintington while weighing results from Copperfield and said Samuel White advisor general to the military staff would be removed.
Des Moines, January 7. Warry Bear, a young man who roamed Untough Montana and other western states, arrived in Des Moines to find his parents and sister missing. Post office inquiries reveal the parents left about four years ago with no trace of their whereabouts.
A vintage ad promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken gray hair, claiming it restores natural color and lustre, stops dandruff and itching, and can be used daily with a sponge or brush. Sold by H. W. Taggart.
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