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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
6
Classified ads show numerous Want ads for jobs such as night workers barbers drivers cooks and salesmen. Also entries seek a capable young woman companion transfer services and various miscellaneous goods including furniture bicycles pianos and vehicles with prices and contact hints scattered through the notice.
Court action filed in Waterloo for a claim of 46.40 with interest and an attached property seizure. notice of incorporation for Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Co with 600000 capital. community news from New Hartford detailing visitors and local incidents.
African M. E. Church in Oelwein hosts meetings at the Primitive Baptist Building with seven new converts this week as plans for a local mission are laid. The brief notes also mention local court action, snow reports, and regional personal notices.
Mount Vernon notes a lively Fourth of July with family picnics and farm labor. Clarence Pixley from San Francisco visits relatives, while Charles recovers from a spring operation. Local workers Muir and Crawford repair the B and B telephone line as pickers harvest berries at Westphal nursery.
Shell Rock and nearby towns report visits by Mrs Warner Wilson and family to Dougherty, travel to Dodge Center, and social calls in Waterloo Oelwein and Finchford. Rail schedule changes affect No 5 and No 68 with altered arrival times. A shower hits Shell Rock, and several residents visit relatives while others host guests. Harold Kerman breaks arm on July 4 and a new vault is being built at the First National Bank.
Charles City reports 1owa company with Hart-Parr tractors 20 and 30 featured at national demonstration with 25 other models. Display included old Hart-Parr units. Attendees from Charles City recounts and local society notes cover Rotarian luncheon, visits by Miss Hazel Hunt Marie Shick Ottumwa and various residents traveling or hosting guests.
John W Knepper, born in April 1834 in Bitlin Somerset Co Pennsylvania, died June 26 in Goodrich California after paralysis. He moved to Waterloo in 1862, settled on the Knepper farm, married Hattie Dickey about 44 years ago who died April 7, 192_. He and Hattie joined the Church of the Brethren after marriage. Survived by 16 children and two sisters, Aida Knepper and Mrs Susan Neissome.
Miss Grace Lindfield of Riceville and her graduating class of 1921 are camping on the island for two weeks. Sumner girls will spend a week camping at Spring Pond. Word came of a festival at the home of Mr and Mrs Willardson Appleton where Miss Frances Whitman was mentioned. Ed Boehmier died July 3 in Marshalltown soldiers home after illness, survived by daughter and siblings. services held in Dubuque and burial at St John’s. A theft at Charles Golding store netted several tires silks and goods. sheriff notified. Guy Taylor aided a rescue on the Wapsie as two boys nearly drowned. Taylor saved them.
Little Vivian Simpson entertained a company of friends Friday afternoon in honor of her birthday. A road gang horse drowned Friday in the creek nearby.
Following the death of their father in Nevada, the Hauser sons continued by automobile across 1,400 miles while their mother and sister traveled by train with the body. They faced bad roads and a burst water tank in Colorado, then found a small spring for water. The funeral for Rev. Mr. Hauser was held at the Evangelical church with Rev. Bergman and Ri L. W. Bock delivering the sermon. A suspended sentence was given to FL Campbel for passing worthless checks. Mrs Mary C Dolan, widow of William Dolan, died at her Cedar Falls farm eight miles south. funeral at St Patrick’s Church with burial at Cavalry.
The report details a team accident where a horse drowned after sliding into a ditch during dirt hauling for a new bridge. Funeral notices include Nancy Douglas whose service was led by Rev. Jennie Hitchcock with interment at Howardville cemetery, and Frank Crawford whose service was at his home with Rev. Hitchcock and Rev. Artz, with burial at Orchard cemetery. Surviving relatives and social visits are noted, alongside harvest activity in the area.
Mike Fox recovers at home after illness. Geo McGrath and son Cleveland visit D Hadley’s home. Mrs James Jeffries and Helen join Mrs Jeffries' mother Minton for a few days with friends. Motri team defeats La Porte City 2 to 1 in a recent ball game.
Cartoonish city life vignette recounts Sanitary Inspector Con McDermott’s visit to a pigpen on Mobile Street and a neighbor’s chaotic home. The scene escalates with a humorous exchange about moving out, then shifts to a bridge conversation where an older man extols the virtue of a fish swimming upstream as a life lesson.
A weary poor woman, travel worn and dignity intact, pauses at a restaurant to barter old lace for dinner. She carries a box of antique lace fragments, each piece evoking memories of home and loved ones, while a generous waiter helps and she departs quietly without sharing her name or past.
Readlyn Iowa relatives recalled Mr and Mrs Fred Wreting fortieth wedding anniversary with gifts for the feast. Rev Masse and Rev Henke led church services. Local families and visitors shared in picnics and gatherings around town and nearby farms.
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