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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1913
Page
10
A long column of social notes reports travel visits, relatives staying with families, and guests from Cedar Falls, Armstrong, Independence, Mason City, Waterloo, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, and Des Moines. It includes health updates on a child from Rochester, family moves to Portland, and an obituary for Hiram W. Thompson of Winthrop, born 1856 in Pennsylvania, who moved to Illinois then Iowa with his wife Mary Miller.
Greene Greene July 26. Wm Arnold of Bristow visited relatives in Greene briefly Thursday. Henry Teeple visited by his brother Lee of Waterloo. Rant Rex on a week’s vacation visiting relatives in Marble Rock area. Mrs Emil Boller and children visited her mother Mrs Kellogg in Waverly. Father Sheehy returned from Colfax after health springs tests. Albert Carney and daughter and Clifford Cook of Waterloo over Sunday. John Zimmerman and family from near Aredale took an auto trip. Grant Nettleton promoted to night man at C R I P depot. Elizabeth Swain left for Chicago to stay with daughter. Abbie Gale Mabee from Minneapolis for a week with Mabee family. Leila Marlow of Waterloo visiting. Grace McEntry hosted party for her. Amy Moss vacationing from Cedar Rapids store work with Greene friends. Mrs Thomas Anderson in Charles City for ill daughter E B C Wright. Mr and Mrs B N Mead hosted a party July 17. A L Refsnider returned from Cedar Rapids. grandson visiting. A S Woodward week in Waterloo on business and friends. A merry-go-round on the west side of the river at Gates Lois brings amusement. A Ladies Aid social on Hesalroad lawn netted over thirty dollars.
Winthrop July 26 events list Mrs Floyd Chamberlain of Waterloo as Sunday guest in the Spangler home. Mrs Herbert Daly and children return to Janesville Wis after visiting in the Callahan home. Miss Anna McKay returns to Dubuque to resume nursing duties. Margaret Diggins visits cousin Francis McDonnell in Independence then returns home. Mabel and Ray Rose of Independence spent last week with relatives in town.
The obituary states he remained until death on July 19, 1913. Survived by his wife and daughter Blanche. Funeral conducted by Rev. Holland assisted by Rev. Fort, held Monday at 2 o'clock at the byte. Interment in Fairview cemetery.
Joshua Hruce suffers a shingles attack while L A Bowers family moves to Clear Lake. Louis Bump visits from Waterloo. J S McNinch heads to Philadelphia. Hubbard returns from honeymoon. Auto caravan promotes Chautauqua and encampment. Fullerton sings at Congregational. Palmer and wife from Waterloo summering here. Mrs Sleeter visits son Dr Steeter. Harry Johnson takes a Missouri trip. Congregational Ladies plan a Chinese tea. Floyd County veterans set August 21 reunion in Rockford.
A 1913 testimonial from Dr Wilbert Shallenberger of Chicago describes catarrhal gastritis and nervous distress. The patient, H C Hoagland of Story City Iowa, reports ten years of illness and bed confinement, claims full recovery after treatment, urges others with stomach trouble to consult the doctor. The ad appears with date June 13, 1913.
The Iowa Implement Dealers association announces implement dealers day at the Iowa State Fair on Monday Aug 25. HQ will be near east center entrance to Machinery Hall with President J R Vaughan in charge to discuss local clubs cost accounting and dealer inquiries.
Mister Fox hosts Jack Rabbit in a cave and a sly hawk offers to fix his facial fur. The tale unfolds with flattery and danger as the hawk counsels vanity, while the hunter’s arrival reveals motives. Fox warns that flattery serves the predator, urging Jack Rabbit to wash and leave vanity behind. Tomorrow’s story promises “The Surprise Party.”
Osceola Ia July 28 W J Shetterly says I don t remember what I did but they say I shot him He is accused of killing FLW Allen former wife s husband on a railroad train near New Virginia Friday He paced in his cell sang a hymn and told a jumbled life story born in Warren county lived there until 13 married prior wife divorced three years ago and moved to Lorimar later accounts conflict with the affidavit and court records
Philadelphia testimony from Albert Greenburg dated Oct 27 1912 describes years of facial pimples and constant itching. After trying Resinol Soap and Ointment the writer reports instant relief and clear skin after two jars. Resinol touted as a long standing doctor and household remedy available at druggists with samples offered by Resinol Chemical Co Baltimore MD.
In a shaken statement the speaker recalls discovering his former wife with another man on a train near New Virginia. He claims he does not remember firing a shot and mentions money, travel from Olathe, and a possible acquaintance, with cited details about a woman by the window and a man nearby. He names an EOW in Des Moines and notes his mother’s reaction.
The Young Coal Company markets Lower Vein Indiana block and Widend Kentucky coal for threshing applications, highlighting suitability and availability for farm needs. The notice emphasizes product use in threshing and regional sourcing.
Sioux City Daily News announces a shift to Democratic policy and pro-Wilson stance with Kearberg of Sanborn taking charge of business management. Other prominent Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota Democrats have shown interest in the paper.
Advertisement argues expectant mothers should use Mother's Friend, an external oil applied to relieve muscle tension during pregnancy. Claims include reduced nausea, better mood, and faster recovery after birth. Bottle price listed as $1.00. contact Bradfield Regulator Co. for guidance book.
Local readers mislabel chronic abdominal pain as gas or sour stomach and constipation. Waterlooo druggists offer a single dose of Adler-ika compound buckthorn bark glycerine for instant relief, claiming fame for curing appendicitis.
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