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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1914
Page
11
Local notes cover visits, travels, and gatherings in Cedar Falls. Mrs. W. A. Bryant plans a Wisconsin lakes trip. Alta VanDerveer returns from Grinnell. college staff and students prepare trips and picnics. Plans unfold for a Cedar Falls factory expansion and district fair preparations.
Otterville notes relay that Mrs Henry Kroma and son George travel to Waterloo after a related Harden boy’s death. Crops in Montana area ruined by hail. Mrs W C Curtis dies after a stroke. Funeral held for her son Charles at his home. Local storm damages noted with lightning strikes and corn losses. Various visits and funerals described including Raymond Meyer’s private funeral and a newborn son for Amies Ballantine. Schoolhouse construction progress and visitors from Dumont and Minneapolis are noted.
Janesville reports visiting kin from Springville Iowa at B F Briner home. A B Schmidt learned of a Janesville death last week. Miesie Wrother Hermans daughter, age about 14, funeral held Saturday in Denver with burial noted. A farm sale and building repairs underway on property recently purchased by Matt Sperry. descriptions include field work at seven fifty per acre and Willard Seuyler family updates.
A business change occurred when Mrs. Thomas Clancy sold millinery stock to the Misses Susie, Merrill and Mabel Kinney. Visitors include Mrs. Henry Jones and two sons from New Orleans and Floyd Chamberlain and wife from Waterloo. Bent Guy’s family from Davenport and H. I. and V. C. Statson homes host guests. Leroy Hovey and wife return to Cedar Falls after a week with Leroy Graham. A. Hovek and wife from Independence land Geo. Knapp and wife from Washington, D. C. visit. Ward reports the death of Frank Anten in Boulder, Colo, with funeral planned Saturday.
Weekend guests from Readtyn Calder and Los Angeles visited numerous households. Leo Ronan, Veary Suter, Hagleton residents, and Mr and Mrs Yeager shared time with hosts. extended stays included a few weeks for Earl Schweitzer and family in Calder. Mileposts include Mrs Wirkpatrick of Chicago visiting George Kirkpatrick Sr. and the Hoywood family welcoming kin from Milestone.
A. Price returned from Chicago after days refining plans for a new house. W B Yarragar of Glenn Beulah visited his niece Mrs O M Graham and family. Supt lodges returns from an eastern vacation. J M Knaebel and companion to take Wi Fishber’s plumber post for O M Graham. Fishers moved to La Parte. Mrs Hester Caldren home from Washington visit. Mrs Wm Thompson of Maynard spent time with relatives and visits Janesville. Hickles hosted a family reunion and picnic at Warren and Eliza Hickle’s. Ed Hickle and daughter Gertrude to return to Waterloo Wednesday. Lloyd Patterson and wife opened the Commercial hotel at Greene. Abe Seltz and bride from Eugene Ore end western trip. married July 2. Mrs Edwin Ball and son John visited by Mrs F L Whitney of Fairmont and Mrs P H Meisler. pneumonia illness of Al Crippen. May Mitchell returns to Brodhead. Floyd Bouton accompanies her.
Mrs M Speer of Cedar Rapids visits Geneseo relatives this week. Mr and Mrs B Merritt visit Clarion. Linn Pierce arrives from Flora to work for R M Gunn. Reports say a dry spell since June. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Harold Speer buried in Geneseo cemetery. Mrs Minnie Bartow and children visit from Clinton. Mrs Joe Hill ill with pleurisy. Gazelle and Salome McIlhinney return to Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Geo Burr plan public sale in Pennsylvania if health improves. Mrs R M Meeker sick with pleurisy and risk of pneumonia. Sheckler returns from Nora Springs. Harman’s hand crushed in gasoline engine last week. Mrs A Beatty and Mrs Endicott visit Estherville. Jas Speer and family return to Havelock after weeks in Geneseo and Traer. Martha Bragonler visits Otho Thomas in Orange.
A jumble of local events, visits, and family updates spans Waterloo and surrounding towns. People travel to Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Independence, and Des Moines for church, dinners, and gatherings while relatives and neighbors host out-of-town guests and attend a variety of social events.
Mrs. M. B. Stewart returned from Greenville after visiting her daughter Mea. Miss Core Wast of Cedar Falls visited in town. Mrs. Adair on two weeks vacation in New coun Klore. Miss Marge Norton and Floyd Corwin wed in Waverly Wednesday. Maud Gibson and Renne King of Waterloo visited friends here. Funeral of Mrs. Gee Mann held at the church Wednesday. burial in River Side cemetery at Waverly. Mrs. Wetzel, formerly of here, buried in Riverside. Miss Ingrete Bowen left for Spencer high school reunion in Lake Okobogee.
July 21 reports from Walker include visits with Ruth Evans in Hazleton and Peter Rink in Cascade, plus Mrs. Everet McCalley returning from Humphreys Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. McPike celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with 50 relatives, a bountiful dinner, and gifts. Florence Irma Porter returned from South Dakota and were joined by their aunt and cousin Mrs. Henry and daughter.
A blotted report notes Mr and Mrs Fo Wisldwin and children traveled to Newton for the day while Miss Neva McBrida visits from Simner. Several injuries from a crowd at a feed trough incident were reported as improving, with local residents including Miss Reed, McCluskey, Wathburn, Smilth and Smith tied to Sunday calls and dinners.
Al Henry and spouses with Clarenne Albright, John Carpenter, Vernon Albright and Geo Albright visited Dows in Wilesteons, their former home, on Sunday. Mrs Mary Myers of Waterloo stayed last week with the Law Brannies. A blue girl joined the Roy Simpson family at Graceville Minnesota on July 12 as Mr and Mrs Geo Knapp and Grace Shining visited.
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