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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1926
Page
15
The 270 year old brass weather vane, a jaunty cock named Chanticleer, remains in active service atop Madison Avenue Reformed Church in Albany. Since its 1887 installation, the vane marks the city’s early days, after earlier church loss in 1656.
Four hundred dollars in damage resulted when a gas line engine backfired Saturday on the Henry Wilks farm southwest of town. Men were shredding when the mishap occurred.
A blaze destroyed two stacks of fodder and straw, a tarn wagon and several pigs while buildings were saved by hard work. John Dettman, 60, died Sunday afternoon at his home north of Osage near Pleasant Valley Wisconsin. The widow and three children survive. Funeral held at Pleasant Valley church Tuesday at 2 pm with Pastor Dastor in charge.
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