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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
4
Fifty ladies attended the Aid society meeting at First Lutheran church yesterday afternoon. Hostesses Mrs. Charles Mantle and Mrs. Fred Eichler led sewing and served supper. An ice cream social on the church lawn is set for next Thursday evening.
At its semi annual meeting secretary C W Stilson announced a 0.387 percent semiannual dividend, nearly 7.4 percent annualized, reflecting the association's sound financial condition as shown in the presented figures.
Mrs Hugh G Van Pelt was operated on at the hospital today after an arm fracture in Dallas. The operation involved untying wire ends and resetting the bone. she remained unconscious at 2 o clock but was believed to be improving. A later review at a medical convention questioned whether the bone had been properly set.
A narrator recalls visiting friends The Pikes with a twenty acre summer retreat a private beach and a famed kitchen garden. The tale centers on a guest who gorges on fresh peas and peaches sparking humor about luxury comforts and a joke about hot water in a sparsely equipped house.
The Waterloo Evening Courier itemizes advertising and attendee names for July 10 1912 including Mrs A K Ames Mrs Ethel M Bar per and many others with numerous locals and guests listed under various classes and vendors. A note mentions school children supplied in sixteen sections and a referenced Grace Church event on July 16 plus a Water loo Woman's Exchange baked beans day.
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