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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
9
For sale at 2400 dollars a seven room house on South Street near West Side City Park. Features include asphalt paving, a lot 140 feet deep, and a 20 foot alley at the rear. Choice location ready for purchase.
Roy Gilliland travels to Chicago for vacation while S Shoptaugh and Vera stay in Waverly over Sunday with Ed. Williams family. Birth announced for a son of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Ridenour on Commercial street. Mrs. W. L. Griffin and baby daughter visit grandparents on High street. she is formerly Miss Ida Wollbrecht. L Sarvay reorganizes the Personal Workers league into six divisions with leaders and four assistants each to energize meetings. James Black hosts thirty five guests for dinner on Independence avenue in honor of Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Reherd before their European tour. Rev. Dr. Westenberger attends in place of the Reherds. Dinner informal with pleasant talk.
Police raid Globe Hotel above the Alberta cafe on Sycamore street. J W Griffin and his son face disorderly house charges as three girls named Laura Wasnaskas Rosa Spillman and Edna Smith and others are questioned. The case extends into the afternoon with city and county prosecutors involved. Baseball Sunday at Red Cedar park Danville vs Waterloo scheduled.
Cedar Falls received the site committee for the college manual training building. P K Holbrook E P Schoentgen and G T Baker arrived on the 141 train. funding is already appropriated and construction likely soon. Also in Cedar Falls readings at the Methodist church begin June with lectures on Jealousy Retribution Ambition Passion and Revenge using Shakespeare dramas. daily sessions last one hour. Mrs J E Bergen and family depart for Fargo N D for residence. Jesse Church will attend the Masonic lodge convention in Cedar Rapids as a delegate. College Hill hosts summer school with teachers arriving by train. the new library and reading rooms attract crowds and are cooling, with the first game at 2 13.
Michael Maddigan’s death followed a public will that praised his generous conduct toward family. He protected his wife and offspring by arranging the sale of a 320 acre Fayette county farm in Fremont township. The bequest allowed an annual option to a son at $100 an acre or sale to the highest bidder.
A large real estate transaction has closed with a syndicate purchasing the Beeson Purdy estate between Fourth street and Logan avenues and Parker street and Logandale Knights Co. It covers about 30 acres to be marketed as States Park place. The property has paving on Logan avenue, sidewalks planned and a street car line on Parker street, with the belt line on the northern boundary. An advertising campaign will start soon and sales are expected quickly at a favorable price for close-in lots.
P E Ritz Waterloo Chautauqua and Bible Institute manager announces a change with Dr Dent Atkinson as platform director. The Bible Institute work will be held in the afternoon at 430 instead of the morning, a shift expected to be well received.
State Bargain listing a 600 acre improved farm located 50 miles from Minneapolis and 8 miles from a railroad town. 250 acres under cultivation, remaining land fenced for pasture, with 4060 acres potentially cultivable. Includes house, large barn, smaller barns, granary. Priced at $14 per acre, $3400 cash, long balance term. Inspect by leaving Minneapolis in the morning and returning the same evening. Sehanah Bros, 123 Guaranty Loan Ride, Minneapolis, Minn.
J E Byington of Cherry Hill Illinois is rebuilding the First Presbyterian organ in Waterloo. The pioneer instrument will gain electric blower double acting forteana Plano pedals and a wind indicator. Expected completion is by the end of next week.
The program emphasizes that ladies may attend morning duties and still join afternoon lectures and Bible work, with Dr Atkinson guiding sessions. He is a noted Bible worker and will speak July 2 on Pour-faced People, adding a popular lecture to the lineup.
Early readings show temperatures from Des Moines to Texas similar to yesterday with a cloud cover. Forecaster expect clouds to keep today cooler than yesterday when readings exceeded 100 in several southwest localities. At 7 am readings ranged from 50 in Kansas City Oklahoma City and Des Moines to 82 in St. Joseph Missouri.
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