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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1929
Page
8
Cedar Falls July 1 dedication ceremonies for the new Cedar Falls Woman's club home at Third and Clay streets are planned for late September. Carpenters plumbers painters and electricians work on the building as August approaches and furniture and equipment will be installed. Committees are assigned to duties and the year book will be prepared for printing with dedication program details.
Cresco area accelerates road work as six miles of primary road No 8 in Howard County gets paved from Davis corners east toward Cresco. Metz Construction began May 1, nine miles paved in two months. No 59 from Chickasaw line to Minnesota line north of Chester also open, with completion of No 9 to Winneshiek line expected early August. Cresco city plans more blocks of paving and bids for paving curb and gutter to connect with No 8 under construction toward Winneshiek county.
Cedar Falls July 1 formal notice of dissolution of Viking Pump Company and Banner Brass Company both Cedar Falls. They were Iowa corporations and reorganized under Delaware law. Viking Pump dissolved February 20 1929 and Banner Brass on February 18. Dissolution does not affect operations here. New stock is listed on the Chicago Exchange.
Dumont Iowa July 1 The funeral of Mrs R L Miller who died Sunday at Hampton hospital will be Tuesday at 2 p m in Dumont cemetery Burial will be in Dumont cemetery Mrs Miller was 86 years old and had lived in Dumont 12 years previously in Ave dale Surviving are the husband and a son Mervel who died in France in world war She was a member of the Even peticel cinch
First Congregational and Methodist Episcopal Churches joined for a two week vacation bible school in Strawberry Point Indiana. Total enrollment 11 with daily attendance around 51. Several teachers led kindergarten primary and junior courses. The school closed with a public program and a picnic dinner for parents and children in the city park.
Independence Iowa July 1 Phil lips Petroleum begins erecting a new warehouse near the Rock Island depot after purchasing Hart-Short Oil. Fourth of July plans at Buchanan county fair grounds include day and night exhibitions, harness and running races, band concerts, a baseball game, free acts, a carnival, with Walker band providing music and a local team meeting strong visitors from Walker.
The Thursday club met at Mrs. Z F Gay home with daughter Miss Mary Cooper and guests including Mrs. Kerr and daughters Evelyn and Allea of Waterloo Neva Pauls Virginia Boyd and Arlene Huppert. Lunch followed and next meeting set for July 11 with Mrs Barney Doyle. Mrs Nielsen returns from St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids after nine weeks treatment and will need weekly obstetric care.
Charles City Iowa July 1 H J Fitzgerald a taxpayer demanded the city council fill the vacancy on the city hospital board caused by R J Smith resignation and warned of court action under 1937 Iowa code unless action is taken at once. Question remains whether two remaining board members appoint a successor or the council must act. Also reported Akron Ohio July 1 two bandits robbed F deckson bank messenger of about 5000 as he moved funds between nearby banks, bandits fled in a car.
Mrs Clifford Roberts will host the Ladies' Aid society gathering tomorrow afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Jesup Indiana as announced in a special dispatch dated July 1.
Ed ward Francis Canty age three remains in bed as his right hand stays paralyzed after being struck by a car operated by L G Koepke en route to Waterloo. Canty had regained mental faculties and speech though his condition is described as satisfactory. Koepke will face September term in New Hampton for failing to resort a highway accident.
Cedar Falls July 1 Nels Mikklesen 64 farmer in Black Hawk township died by laying his head on a railway rail as train No 64 approached Waterloo at the Rock Island depot Eyewitness Carl Fish reported the act after which the train passed and life was extinct Coroner Dr McMillan labeled no inquest necessary The deceased had been declining mentally and left a widow and eight children Funeral held today at Bethlehem church with burial in Greenwood cemetery
Swift & Co. plans new stockyards on the west side of Oelwein on ground owned by the Chicago Great Western Railroad just south of the roundhouse. The facility is expected to handle no less than 50 carloads of hogs weekly as soon as the season opens.
A specialyear-old son of Mr and Mrs Joe Neis farmers west of town suffered a severe injury to the second toe of his right foot while chopping brush in the weeds. The wound required amputation.
The funeral of Oliver Johnson, who shot himself Friday morning while temporarily deranged, was held Sunday afternoon in Osage Lutheran church. The minister, Hev. T. P. Solem, returned from vacation to conduct the service. Johnson died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Hart Jeffries, where he was helping with chores during the family’s Black Hills tour. A neighbor girl, Florence Smalley, was present when the shooting occurred and summoned her father, E. E. Smalley.
Hampton, Is a 36 year old plumber LoncO Johnson hanged himself Sunday morning from a grappler in the barn at the Johnson home. He was found by his father Ole Johnson. He had been in the plumbing business for five years and is survived by his parents and three sisters Mrs J G Bushyager Sheffield Mrs John Roemer and Mrs George Grabbe Hampton.
Drs. Golfred T. Jensen died in Rochester Minn from peritonitis after weeks in hospital. Funeral set for Tuesday at Nazareth church Cedar Falls with Rev. Jensen officiating. Burial in Greenwood cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Eleanor Agnes and son Reynald.
In Independence, July 1, lightning struck the home of Mr and Mrs Jacob Schweitzer on Third Avenue Northeast during a morning storm. The bolt set the attic fire, caused minor downstairs damage, and slightly injured Mrs Schweitzer while others remained unharmed. Firefighters doused the blaze and returned to the station before a new flare up in another attic section.
There is a rush for fishing and hunting licenses at the county recorder’s office due to a new game law taking effect July 4. Every male over 18 must have a license to fish in stocked streams, with many applicants in the final days of June and early July.
Independence Mo July 1 Special The Burg Junior department store moved Saturday night from the former D F Logan building to the Thomas Gorman building on East Main street. The move was made to increase floor space.
Cedar Falls residents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Berry hosted a dinner last evening to honor Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Auld, celebrating their fifteenth wedding anniversary this past Sunday.
In Charles City Iowa July 1 an appeal to the supreme court has been taken in the case of Mrs Olive Klinkel admistratrix of the estate of her son Donovan Sheriff F P Saddler and his bonding company the National Surety of New York. Klinkel died in May 1927 after being shot by Saddler. A jury refused damages and a new trial was sought. Attorneys for plaintiff and defendant appeared in the hearing.
A Waterloo advertisement extols Konjola as a miraculous medicine for stomach, kidney, bowel, rheumatic and nervous ailments. It features a testimonial from Mrs. Otto Kahler and touts the Konjola Man at Wangler Brothers Drug Store, 220 East Fourth Street, Waterloo, inviting the public to learn more about its claimed health benefits.
George Jakelin, 72, dies at daughter Mrs. Linzey Barrs home in Lamont Indiana after brief illness. Mashuag, Ia special dateline notes Cassville Wisconsin stroke for Ishmeal sister in law. doctors called.
A three year old, Harry Sly Jr., of near Manchester, lost the second finger and sustained multiple lacerations after his hand was caught in a pump jack gear while playing at home Saturday afternoon. He was treated by a local physician and the finger amputated back into the hand. The other fingers may be saved.
A brief incident report notes an individual perceived as four weeks in mid air and escaping with only minor injuries, lacking additional details about location, persons involved, or context.
Two Grundy Center residents, Mrs Catherine Beckman and Mrs Mary Holck, died at home yesterday morning. Beckman, 70, mother of five with three surviving, had relatives including H. F. Beckman of Long Beach and Dr. Richard Beckman. Holck, mother of eight with four surviving, leaves a family near Whitten. Funeral services are set for Tuesday. Beckman at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Frank C. Winslow presiding. Holck at 1 p.m. at her home with Rev. Winslow officiating.
Eight miles of new paving on Highway No. 20 connects with the old pavement at Brown's corner near the Black Hawk county line. The road is now open to Sherman’s filling station. The paving plant was moved Saturday to Sinclair, from which point work will extend to Parkersburg.
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