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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1911
Page
10
Waterloo launches its Big Auction Sale of prime real estate with an old-fashioned barbecue on opening day at Prospect Place on Tuesday August 1st at ten o clock. The event promises plenty for all attendees and invites friends, marking a high point in a series of exciting announcements including investment offers and business lots in Sheffield.
Cedar Falls marks the bridge reopening after four weeks of repair and paving with wood blocks on the approach. A new College Hill business house Severn & Gray opens as drug store, book shop, and soda fountain. Also reports on a boy scouts mass meeting, cemetery association meeting, local court case, new residents, and a minister's departure.
Mr and Mrs Clyde C Lewis of 216 Seventh Street mourn the death of their month old daughter born June 22 who died last evening. Funeral services were held at the home conducted by Rev E D Hull of Grace M E church after which the tiny baby was laid to rest in Fairview cemetery. Harold and Faul two brothers comfort the bereaved parents.
J L Sliser and leading Waterloo business men push a public, free clubhouse to host all outdoor sports year round. Plans include a large pavilion, no class distinctions, and ongoing events from motorcycle races to various contests to spark a citywide back to nature movement. Sliser invites civic discussion and broad support to fund and build the project.
A Portland dispatch reports Miss Mabel Ferris formerly of Waterloo now living in Los Angeles seeks a strong, good looking man with a clear eye and powerful voice to play Cecil Gray in The Bridge of the Gods at Astoria’s centennial pageant. Ferris dramatized the book, rehearsed roles, and awaits a worthy actor to fit her tribally coveted lead.
Local notes report Neva and Grace Willier returning from Des Moines and Dallas Center, while Horace Coleman leaves for Omaha. A divorce suit, parity of weather claims, and farm business changes touch on Black Hawk county assessments and Case Dairy operations at Glasgow. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or move between Iowa towns.
Chrip Van Magnus, once president of the State Brewers' association, died in Cedar Rapids this morning at age 77. He led the association during a pivotal period and was regarded as a prominent figure in local brewing circles.
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