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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1911
Page
3
The Underwood line presents Model No 4 and Model No 5 with identical features except model 5 adds four keys for fractions and special characters. A Model No 3 variant offers carriage widths from 12 to 26 inches to produce narrower lines for reports and statistics, widely used by banks railroads insurers and professional firms. Sales reportedly exceed all rivals with the slogan The Machine You Will Eventually Buy.
Illinois Central plans full electrification of Waterloo shops to cut smoke. 2440 volt three phase motors with high capacity conduits, transformer yard, and low voltage controls ordered, due within thirty days. Also reports No. 4 fast mail running on time. accident ends in arm amputation of Kilmer after a fall from a freight train. Funeral notice for Geo R Turner set for Grace M E church.
Afr and Sirs A J Meeker visited New Hampton to see friends. Will Burns started threshing. MM Horton of Waterloo called on Geneseo friends. Harold Speer cutter from Cedar Rapids. Rev and Mrs T M Erans visited friends. Myrtle Wolf of Belle Plaine visited Mrs A D Sawyer. Delegation attended Barnum Bailey circus in Waterloo. Surveyors in town for interurban railroad study. Chas Sheckler of Nora Springs visited his parents. Jd Ristine orders a new Brush automobile for mail delivery.
Parkersburg Ia July 21 Elmer Scott son of Mr and Mrs W T Scott sustained a severe accident Sunday night losing a portion of his right arm while flipping a train. He was with Wm Finney during an evening outing at the Dennison near town.
President H H Seerley returned from a western trip and spoke to a large Cedar Falls audience on Impressions from the National Educational Association Meeting. He noted notable attendees and reviewed key moves, with letters he wrote during his absence published locally. Tomorrow Prof Bangs will sing selections for the school.
Washington reports that Pennsylvania Democratic state committee united for Woodrow Wilson, promising a solid delegation of 68 or 76 if reapportionment passes. Iowa’s R D Davis notes Louisiana and Mississippi split between Wilson and Clark, with Harmon weak. Davis says Wilson is seen as a strong vote winner.
Frank Gotch reports strong training in Fort Dodge Iowa saying he feels better than ever. He runs 15 to 18 miles each morning and works at the park with Reimer and other old stars. His weight stays around 205 to 206 as he plans tougher sessions before leaving for Chicago August 27.
Colored workers hired by Judge Caldwell assist janitorial duties around the city hall under a four dollar daily wage for five days. Marie and Maud Williams from Marshalltown found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined or five days scrubbing. John Looney, drinking after using hair tonic, gets five days sand shoveling. Ed Good of La Porte pleads guilty to drunkenness with a seven dollar eighty five cent fine or two days on the street. F. C. Goodrich arraigned for an untied horse, fined, appeal noted.
Waverly IA July 20 report covers Miss Alice Finderson’s appendectomy in Forest City, social visits, teaching assignments, and plans for August moves. Notable items include reopening of institutes, church picnic, staff changes at the high school, and the death of Mrs. J. C. Pomeroy with funeral arrangements in Waverly.
Miss Ide Rohit is visiting In town. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Osincup’s wedding return brings a surprise party with pearl knives and forks, music, and a jovial evening. Mrs. Leitha Gaft hay, and other ladies hosted an afternoon W R C gathering with luncheon. Businesses shift as Dick Stephenson buys Olrogge’s saloon and James Huhlman moves his pool room and barber shop. Lightning strikes damage crops and a house. a directors’ meeting in Chicago discussed Wartburg Publishing. Callie Schofield visited from Wheaton. Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound praised for hay fever relief.
Denver July 21 reports a series of family outings and travel. Mr and Mrs John Sprague returned from a camping trip by the Cedar. Several families visited the Sprague home and others planned weekend trips to Westgate Raymond and Fayette. A child, Elda Meyers, broke a collar bone while the week closed with local leisure and travel.
Georgia man William R. O'Neal of Bainbridge is left $20,000 by J. T. Young of Oakland California in a Florida trip incident from four years ago. Young, 26, indicated the exchange of a lower for an upper sleeping car ticket changed his life. O'Neal learned of the bequest when a son of Young tracked him in Atlanta.
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