News and Notes of La Porte City
La Porte City reports a death in Jacksonville Florida of C H Blanthaine and a shock to his brother H J Blanchaine. Warren Bellinger returns from Chicago after ankle surgery to repair a July injury with bone fragment removal and six week plaster. Local lodge activities include Trowel Masons visiting Vinton and a small group attending. Various residents plan moves and jobs, with changes at the barber shop and area businesses.
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la Porte City
H. J. Blanchaine
C. H. Blanthaine
Jacksonville
Fla
Blanchaine
C. H. Blanchaine
Florida
L. L. Shubert
North Side
Ode Otto
Geo. Brown
Otto
Shubert
Joe Keegan
Warren Bellinger
Chicago
Epley
Presbyterian Hospital
Gee. Ballinger
Trowel Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Lodge
Vinton
Magong
Rock Island
Atte
E. S. Genung
B. G. Moon
John Page
F. J. Etweil
A. van Valkenburg
Neva Webster
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Will Christian
Rothsay
Minn
Spring Creek
Minnesota
Christian
Harold Lichty
Waterloo
Ray Anton
H. H. Mertz
Hazleton News Roundup Jan 28 Nichols move and hospital care
Wm Taylor returned to Nichols with a loaded car of horses from the Hazleton area. Mrs Alfred Jardee has fallen on ice and injured her spine. Methodist church meetings end with strong interest after three weeks. E and Truax Des Moines report elevator accident at state house. hand crushed and little finger amputated at Methodist hospital. George new H O McKibben farm owner arrives from Ames with goods and stock to take possession. Mrs Wayne Hasbrouck also returns.
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Marleton
Wm. Taylor
Nichols
Alfred Jardee
Friends of
E. &. Truax
Des Moines
State House
Methodist Hospital
George
Waverly notes of multiple locals and business changes
Waverly reports Walter Krumbholz and family leaving for Des Moines due to his mother in law’s illness. Terry & Zoller grocers sold to Will Watkins forming Terry & Watkins. Local residents attend events and visits include Clark at Chicago auto show, Krumbaker visit, and Mrs Schuknecht’s return from Quin cy. An Every Member rally at the Methodist church is planned with a supper and program. Local injuries, school games, and various visits round out the community brief.
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Chicago
Krumbaker
Stormer
John Daniels
Herman Schuknecht
Quincy, Til
Dorothy Schuknecht
Ralph Laird
Bert Rogers
Kensington Society
Laird
Kephart
Manchester
L. D. Wheeler
Frank Daniels
Sulphur Springs
J. D. Daniels
Methodist Episcopal Church
Friends of the Church
Bessie Lowder
Lincoln School
Irving
B. EB. Harris
Anna la Dage
West Bremer Avenue
Harold Kelley
Wilhelmina Harre
Baxter
4. C. Tarre
Wiliam Drier, Jr
Kansas City
Bertha Shane
Waterloo
Dumont briefs report transfers and building plans
Dumont notes several property transfers with buyers taking March 4 possession. Purchasers include Ritzman, Norman, H. Bisentrager, E. Mater, and Mrs. Frank Angstman. Building activity appears strong with new houses and a barn planned. Also mentions visits by locals, a teachers’ meeting, and a note on New Zealand sheep and Kentucky whisky stock.
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James Wilcox
Perry
A. W. Wilcox
Frank Knoll
Chas. Ritzman
M. L. Norman
Addie Loomis
W. Towne
H. Bisentrager
H. Zuhlke
Mack
E. Mater
Ed Capper
Frank Angstman
Nttleberg
Henry Brown
Barlow
Willard McDowell
Baxster
Bristow
Meter Ys
Jno. Brown
McManus
Dumont
J. N. Buckmaster
Waverly
Tlinessnea
Parkersburg
McDonald
Hall
O'Neil
Pecht
UW. B. Akin
Waterloo
Akin
New Edifice Rise at Vinton Baptist Church Fire
A fire destroyed the Baptist Church at Vinton yesterday afternoon damaging the roof and interior. Insurance covers 10000 on the building and 2209 on the organ. A new church building will be erected after settlement with insurers. Revival meetings had been ongoing and the blaze may have started in the furnace chimney. Nearby structures were spared.
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Vinton
Thre
Court House
Asa Ames
Tracer
Melberg
Ig A. Ullom
Ullom
Helen
Geo
Knox
Garrie
Washington Street
T. L.chadbourne
B. Murphy
Florida
F. G. Ray
Texas
California
Turner
W. Jervis
Aliee
Miles Tace Robinson
Y. A. Sturtz
Monroe
Courage Is Common In This War
London declares courage in battle, but warns that many soldiers fall from disease. It urges readers to protect stomach, liver, and blood and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to improve digestion and purify blood.
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London
Battie Moes
Belgium
France
Dr. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Rheumatism Sufferer Praises Merlol Powder
Madison Wisconsin January 1 1913 M D Reynolds testifies to long Rheumatism from 1894 after snow plow work claims three boxes of Merlol Rheumatium Powders let him discard crutches and near full recovery. He endorses the remedy and lists prices and local druggists as exclusive Waterloo agents.
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Madison
Wis
M. D. Reynolds
Ft. M. D. Reynolds
Red Cross Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Waterloo
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Jacksonville, Fla
Winthrop
Wi. Yeager
Great Falls
Mont
Hasbrouck
Short
Wort
Bram Kinch
Kint and Martin Lumber Company
Oelwein
Amos Short
Evane
Jeff
Finch
Qelwein
A. W. Jarrett
Carl Swanson
Julius Cappell
Newcomerstown
Simon Corcoran
Thomas Hazlewood
Hazleton
Driss Francis Byde
Williston
New Zealand
Kentucky
Baptist Church AT
Vinton Burns
the Courier’s Big Song Book
Waterloo Evening Courier
Met
Caruso
Tetrazzini
Matzenauer
Slezak
Melba
Farrar
Bonci
Gorliz
Scotti
Fremstad
McOre Mora
Annie Laurie
Joe
Patriong
Briatol
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