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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
3
Winthrop notes a busy stretch of visits births and travels among Waterloo Independence and Dubuque links. Relatives arrive depart and neighbors share meals and calls across Cedar Rapids Manchester Rockford and Hazleton areas. Funeral details note R. Nibeck, died at age 22, with service and interment at Hazleton.
Mrs Geo Gage returns from Kansas wintering with relatives. Ackerson and his hounds captured two wolves and five cubs on Adolph Whipple farm. Mallum of Minneapolis visits uncle E H Wills for a week. Mr and Mrs N M Graham of Cedar Falls visit on business. L Taylor, Ned Taylor and spouses spend Sunday with E J Dunham. Several residents acquire new autos. Jamerson family visits Cedar Falls. H J Wood attends good roads meeting at Alligon. Mrs A S Cummings and Miss Adna Cummings visit. Clarence Sprague loses horse from stall accident. Assessor books turned in to county auditor. Dan Moore donates $28.85 to city treasury for drunken conduct. Mrs W J Harmon and Miss Mary Converse visit Shell Rock.
Rockford May 6 reports J L Bowen returning to Marshall town with his mother Mrs W J Bowen and sister Cora who will reside there. A G L McLain improves his property bought from G B Lyman and will live there with his sister Mrs J H Bradway. Mrs T Ward shows slight improvement after illness. Adam Blum buys a new car. Anna Cogawe ll returns from Fargo after winter with daughters Mrs Frank Mitchell.
Greene May 5. Chester Elgin visited in Waterloo. Miss Elvira Tyler came from Waterloo for a brief visit. Lee Rodgers suffers from mumps. W H Stuart of West Branch visited his daughter. Mrs. Davidson sold her Third Street residence to Mrs. M J Baldan. Mrs. McVey of Raymond assists Greene’s ill resident Mrs. C M Greene. Capt. Starkweather has heart trouble and is bedbound. About 30 Greene residents attended Knights of Columbus initiation in Charles City. Elmer Sheets moved to Waverly for railroad telegraph work. Lt Downs and Mrs Boggs from near Rudd visited. Mrs Boggs in ill health. Mary Van Buskirk sick. Ed Graham plans move to Mansfeld Ark for wife’s health. Jacob Keifer of Waterloo visited Greene. Len Lucas’s daughter Mrs Walter McEwen and her son visited from New Hampton. Jake Potter resumes driving for west side grocery. Art Yeoman family welcomed a boy April 28. Gen Skillen died at son Robert Skillen’s home five miles west of Greene. funeral held at Robert Skillen home conducted by Rev W E Fisher. burial Rose Hill cemetery. Greene high school commencement May 30. Prof William F Barr of Drake University to deliver address. L J Squires called to Waterloo by daughter Annis’s illness.
May 2 in Reinbeck Reinbeck Iowa the Women s Foreign Missionary society entertained the ladies of the church in the church parlors last Tuesday afternoon. An excellent program was tendered including a report of the society s activities and plans for future work.
Albion residents recount a pleasant district convention with many attendees. Local news notes multiple visits, arrivals, and travel: Fred Lorenz returns from Rochester feeling improved. Bert Guillion undergoes gallbladder surgery and recovers. Chas Brumm starts a wagon business. and various residents travel to visit relatives or attend court.
Spring Creek township notes include pneumonia illness of a child of Mr. and Mrs. Sissen with slight improvement, paint work on buildings by Will Harting, and visits by Erwin Buttkee Albert Hopper W Bauer to Waterloo. Larkin club ladies meet with Mrs Harting. Garling and Garling families visit Independence. Grandma Brandt funeral held at home of Mrs Purdy, remains shipped to Nebraska. Helen Lamb visits parents near Brandon. Werner family and Cora Werner with Esther Hardtzburg visit A Lange home. Hilda Harting of La Porte City stays with her parents. Eighth grade exams at school No. 8 taught by Della Mills. Mrs B Peter attends Raymod for brother Chris Reiter’s death. Farmers plan to plant corn Monday.
Disorders of the stomach may be avoided by the use of Chamberlain's Tablets. Many very remarkable cures have been effected by these tablets. Sold by all dealers.
Mr BE L Johnson of Waterloo Iowa arrived at Briar Cliff Lodge Briar Clff Lodge on the Bankers special from Chicago to attend the spring meeting of the executive council of the American Bankers association.
A Newton Iowa reader notes 2.58 inches of rain since Friday morning with ongoing drizzle. Farmers expect postponed planting for several days though soil now well soaked. Strawberries and meadow grasses benefit. pastures and grains show good growth amid wet conditions. A separate note praises Chamberlain s Liniment for rheumatic arm pain with quick relief.
Des Moines May 5 Guy EH Logan adjutant general reports railroads will charge 26 60 from Chicago to Gettysburg for ten or more people versus 30 35 regular rate saving about 1000 to the Iowa veterans transportation plan if 250 veterans go. Also ad for The Iowa Homestead farm paper subscription at 3 60 per year with home paper. Mention of Nauman Co screens and measurements.
Carpenters completed a new house and barn on William E. Cadwell’s Cedar Falls area farm. Total improvements exceed 2000 dollars with additional work bringing the cost to about 3500 dollars. The house cost roughly 1500 dollars and the barn cost about 190 dollars though figures vary in the report.
Linden date notes visits and movements among residents. Mrs E C Moses visited relatives in Waverly while Mrs Richard Lyle fears ill health. Families Chapman Pierce and Walensky changed homes around Lafayette Street. Local residents report gradual health improvements for Henry Callle and blood poisoning patient Scholl. Burgesses return from Florida with Mrs Burgess improving after illness. Local church services attended by Park family. Missionary societies met at Mrs Chas Rinehart with lesson led by Mrs Paul De Long.
End liver trouble without calomel is promoted by Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. Purported to be a mild yet effective laxative, they claim to aid liver and bowels without harming teeth or gums. Sold in 10c and 25c boxes by The Olive Tablet Company of Columbus, Ohio.
Residents gathered at the Dixons Cottage Grove home for a surprise farewell party as Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, builders of Linden's first house, prepare to relocate to the coast. Roy Mason visited Fred Mason on Lafayette Street and Epworth league speaker Rev. Trimble will lecture May 6 on Half Baked People with a silver offering. The Home Missionary society plans to discontinue for now and mite boxes will be opened at the next meeting.
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