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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1924
Page
5
Carksville March 12 report highlights J A Wrete repainting and stocking a new grocery mix, plus produce handling, in a neat shop. Frank Hoel family heads to Minneapolis for residence, while Ea Weed returns from Los Angeles with word Orman improving from a serious infection.
Nashua area reports several ailments and recoveries. Lee Tucker improved after pneumonia, Frank Weel and Frank West visited, and Simerson underwent surgery. Mrs. Ruben Keller and Thelma Luhring’s party spent Sunday with the Luhring family. Dr Winter and Claude Sister returned from Minneapolis after a military exam. Dr Roach dislocated a wrist cranking a car. Fangman brothers away Friday. Smith Gogg managed business. Congregational men canvassed for budget. supper served by church women. Mrs Blasier ill. Luhring away with illness. Mrs Shatter to undergo surgery in Rochester. Mrs Stevens and Mrs Fritcher recovering post hospital. Louis Steiner visiting, A Heckage returns from Pinconning.
A stitched collage of social updates from St Ansgar and nearby towns. residents travel for family visits and church work, with moves, weddings, and community events. tidbits include church window planning, dances, school staff changes, and a Des Moines hospital death of Dr Harry Lambert.
Sunday visits and moves in Bristow Iowa with clergy sermons and local notices. electician Patton narrowly escaped electrocution near Reeve. residents attend funerals in Ackley and Osage. school election names Fitchards treasurer and directors for three years. county WCTU president Clara Stewart led a meeting in Dumont.
In Waverly on March 11 FHalsier was taken to Mercy hospital for appendicitis surgery after recovering from hernia treatment and planning to resume schooling. Monroe FH Daniels died February 23 in Miano Pia, survived by widow and daughters, with most relatives living in the south. family had long resided in Waverly before moving to Florida in 1914. W. P. Scully’s Los Angeles trip halted in Des Moines due to bad roads. he will return in about two weeks with Waiter Hayes. Mrs. Feminn and Fettkether died in Dubuque Sunday. Frank Fettkether of the area will attend the funeral Thursday. VP. A. Anderson was admitted to Mercy hospital in critical condition. his son, Edgar, was present.
Local telephore society held its annual meeting this week in Janesville with notes on residents George Erbes occupying Tulier Place near the river bridge and Mrs Yorkes remembered as Mins Dern Huber. A municipal election is set for the last Monday in March with water treasurer and five councilmen to be chosen and a special question about annexing part of Black Man county for incorporation.
Mr Ktartin Kidder died at her home after a stroke. Services were led by Rev Mr Katen, with interment at Hose Hit. A reception for Rev and Mrs Eaton followed at the Baptist church basement. The opera house hosted a Friday event. Local residents Honor list includes Major, Fret Swaleweer, Leachasserenr, Rei.couteliwnen, William Drape, OMI. Smith, John Stikes, J. K. Gertemyer. Mrs CAL Upham and children arrived from Portland. they may stay then return. Mrs Sepuwacher returned from Minnesota.
Otterville notes show illness and absences at the local school. Mr and Mrs Floyd Caldwell of Waterloo welcome a 14 pound girl. Mrs Caldwell hosted relatives at the Wayne Caldwell home. Moenald Rudzine traveled to Dubuque for events with the HL 8 basketball team. Wiss and Attenison take a vacation and a consolidated school near Clinton faced road closures. Bernice Caldwell returned from Waterloo where she worked. An oyster supper at the Frank Rantz home raised funds for the 1914 Embroidery circle with radio and local talent.
Sumner Ta high school will debate capital punishment at the opera house Wednesday evening. The $20,602 bond issue for a new gymnasium carried at Monday's school election. The town reports a new cave south of here and other local notes.
Grundy Center Iowa March 33 Joe A Meester bought a 16 acre farm at 235 per acre across from his 161 acre home farm. Claussen will stay on the farm this year. Cuneo Stoehr exchanged his 243 acre Holland area farm for the Kuhlman block. Possession set for March 1925. Two children of Mr and Mrs George Cox are ill. N A Rude Swen City charter in Wellsberry. Mrs J Bruns ill with little chance of recovery. A sheriff boy at the Hann
Mt Auburn Indiana March 11 list of residents and visitors fills page. Mrs Kenneth Lormor rode to Waterloo Monday. Bernard Hopper and Bradley Hopper weekends Cedar Rapids with grandparents Usher and Brokaw families. Miss tern Heine man at Vinton school spent weekend with William Steineman family and Alice Wiegand in Waterloo. Mrs Frank Greenwalt visited Vinton Sunday. Russ Tna Took of Waterloo stayed with Ruby Rice. J R Rogers visited family in Win ton Sunday. Mrs A C Dillon Cedar Falls came to assist her mother. Oliver Amburn ill. Luzere Throckmerton spent Saturday in Garrison with Isle Zimmer. Virgil Christopher La Porte City visited grandparents Mr and Mrs C V Christopher. Georgs Heynolds Vinton business caller Friday. Rosco Rice Watertown business caller Wednesday. Mrs J I Wiltsle spent Friday in Vinton with Mary Bower. Mrs Charold Hopkins Brandon visited Friday with Kennett Lormer family.
Local notices from Eagle Center and Dumont recount illnesses and hospitalizations, accidents, and social events. Names include Beck, Pieres, Reiter, Kaufman, Schmitz, Heinzes, Shafer, and Lizzie Pecht, with visits to St Francis and Waverly hospitals, a train job in Glendive, and a fifteenth wedding anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Cal Chorpenning.
Local notes from Raymond detail residents visiting relatives, hires, and farm work across nearby towns. Highlights include MT Burnside students taking posts in Freeport and Osage, Ed Marble’s circle meeting, and farm shipments of veal calves and cattle. Goods and illnesses are noted, with several families traveling to Chicago and Manchester for family business.
New Hartford and surrounding area report several residents with travel and visit updates as Mrs Alena Mack returns home from Walker Minn and Mrs Mary Wan spends a few days with J D Ramsay. Henry Jurgenson returns from a six month absence in Clinton. Carol Wright and J H Hilton visit, and a mother daughter banquet is planned at the school house. Wills funeral held for 64 year old with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs Hettinger and Miss Blanche Anderson attend relatives ill in Grundy Center. George Jeneen marries near town with Rev B A Davis presiding.
Grundy Center reports a school election with five candidates for two vacancies. J. H. Sperry and George Meyer were elected. Mr and Mrs Henry Dilly returned from Florida and prefer Town over Florida. Mrs Park Fearer received first shipment of taby chicks. she is among county's largest chicken raisers.
March notes from Jesup report Al A Wroten leaving for Kansas City on business as James Lochead residence is rented near A Decker Waterloo. Roy Wroten and relatives visit. 4 i. Fuller travels to Algona after sister Leony’s death. Mrs Hope of North Dakota visits sister Mrs Parker, who returns from Long Beach Cal. Dr G B Kight rents East Young street apartment. High school honors list shows top students with Doria Gates leading. Woman’s auxiliary elects officers. next meeting April 1. Various dinner parties, out‑of‑town guests, and club gatherings noted, including the Presbyterian mission class and Co. FL club. Mr. and Mrs. Masters celebrate 34th wedding anniversary. Mr. Eck marks 79th birthday with Civil War veterans present.
Parkersburg reports Mrs Mary Bahr and children return to Waterloo from the Christopher home. Mrs W S Dread returns from Rochester Minnesota after her son’s appendicitis operation. Mrs C C Walt travels to Hartley for sister’s illness and funeral. Rev Wr Ehrhorn’s birthday party surprise. Etta Dewey visits Waterloo from Waterloo. Fannie Beade seriously ill after operation at Hobson hospital. Mrs Dan Krider moves to Melvin Caul residence. Mrs S A Foote visits sister in Waverly. Walter Schultz attends Stevens funeral in Cedar Falls. Palmer family visits Janesville. group leaves for Moore's Hill Indiana after father’s death.
Finchgord Finchfors in maren J1 G. T Sturms, sick but able to work again. Roads are rough for school buses and milk haulers. Only good places are on bridges. Mr and Mrs John Beening Waterloo spent Sunday with the latter's parents Sam Vams. Forest Field, who was at Waterloo last week, returned Sunday. Anton Mortenson, ill with grippe, is improving. Roscoe Beaty sawed wood Monday. Charles White and two girls Mason City visited his brother Roscoe Whitney Saturday. Mrs Vannaote near Waverly visiting Walter Page here. Mrs Henry Long and son Willie called at the C Dorman residence Saturday. Mrs Caton Townson, sick with grippe, improving. Mart Davis visited Frank Ford home Sunday. Charles Willams and family spent Sunday at Marion Willams home. Mrs George Reider, visiting her parents C M Sturms, returned to Foone Ia Monday. Mr and Mrs Dallas Sturms and son Harold Des Moines visiting Luther Sturms home. George Sands was a Fanesville caller Saturday.
Mrs George Henry and baby visited from the Falls. Mrs Alice Wheeler, Mrs Fills and daughter arrived from Los Angeles for a visit. Orvil Holdiman goes to Kansas City to enter school. Mrs Anna Ortman visits her sister at Waterloo. Fred Ortman moves into Mary Owen’s house. Mrs Emil Jamule and her mother move to Michigan. A leap year event is planned in Dank hall. Frank Barlow is 41.
Telephoned alarm Monday night reported Harington house fire. Neighbors helped as large furnace chimney burned out and smoke filled the residence. no other damage. Margaret Thomas was ill last week. Helen Grant and Victor Huffman attended Orchard Contest at Winton. Huffman took second, Grant third. Scarlet fever quarantine lifted at R C McElhinney home Friday.
Washington Township notices record a visitor to Nora Springs and local pastors in Waterloo while announcing a Ladies Aid meeting on March 153. An obituary notes Reuben Yelm dors Ade born 1853, died March 6 1924 in Waterloo area, survived by a daughter Mrs Cherney and son Ora B with three brothers. Services were in Washington chapel March 11, burial at Chapel Cemetery.
Gresham reports on Mrs. Clarence Albright traveling to attend her mother Mrs. W. Melick’s funeral at Liscomb Priday, Mrs. J. E. Albright recovering at home after care at Mrs. R. Newsome’s Dunkerton residence, and visits by Mr. and Mrs. William Shanewise and daughter Melha at Waverly. Miss Rogers of Dunkerton teaches spring term at Bennington No 1. Fred Weltzin rents farm to his son William. Lewis Bonarden relocates to Jacob Boeb Jr. farm. Mrs. August Lange La Porte City returns after visiting her son. Fred Otto Dix moves to Mrs. Hare Ker’s farm.
Uncle Harry explains why eye strain is higher now due to more near work and brighter surroundings. He cites movies lights and trains, mentions schoolchildren with defective eyes, and urges eye conservation and careful care to keep vision ready for life’s demands.
Geneseo on March 13 reports R M Gunn retired after a Washington trip. In Monday’s school election the largest vote since consolidation, 136 votes cast. R A West elected for two years, Thomas Theissen and T C McElhinney for three years, and O A McElhinney for treasurer. Japanese cow and generic ring references appear as fragmented notes.
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