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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1915
Page
12
Rowley May 4. Mrs. Wm. Hind travelled to Waterloo for a short visit to her son and family. EH Beachler bought a new car last week. William Turnbull of Chicago visited recently to oversee farm work and tiling installation.
May day breakfast with Baptist society members. J. D. Ramsay to open a two story brick furniture store. Cedar Falls visitors brought cattle and hogs to Chicago. Local family visits and travel. new baby boy born to George Ackerson and Clyde Bolton homes. Funeral for Mrs. Arnold officiated by Rev. L. C. Cooley. Various visits, illnesses, and a welcome rain. Grandma Rehburg funeral noted. A L A S meeting slated at Mrs. Williams home.
Frank Bros defeated the La Verdads three straight games to claim the city bowling championship. Johnson rolled the high season score with 268 in the final game, finishing the evening with a 225 average. The schedule notes Manahl Bros vs La Zeldas set for Thursday.
Members of the Waterloo Gun Club are preparing for a two day shoot in Waterloo next Tuesday and Wednesday. Leading state sportsmen and many local marksmen will attend. Park Commissioner Byrnes reports thorough park cleaning while the club adds grounds work. The former platform is removed and cinders laid for firm footing.
Francis Kroma and family settled in a new Otterville home while Mrs Bennett Kroma returns from Solon. Alice Weiser of Calmar comes home after visiting relatives. Homer Sanders leaves for Spencer to live with investor Mrs Dell Dougherty. Otterville band discontinues practices as members move away. Baby of Mr and Mrs Jost seriously ill. Della Wenzel from Strawberry Point visits aunt Mrs Roge Smith. Farmers plant corn last week. Blacksmith Olson hosts his father from Illinois.
An old remedy promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a non harsh alternative to calomel. The vegetable olive oil compound claims to open the bowels gently with no pain and no stomach distress. Take one or two occasionally to ease liver and bowel trouble. AT druggists. The Olive Tablets Company Colasibup Q
Washburn May 4. Mrs Jack Fogle and two daughters of Waterloo visited her parents Mr and Mrs George Morris Friday. Mrs Anna Hemmer and children and Mrs Francis Andress of near Waterloo visited at the P Kemp home last week. Misses Ida Ruby and Blanche Muthaler of Waterloo spent weekend with cousins. W Bab of Jesup was a business caller here Monday. Miss Elizabeth Burger returned from Jesup where she aided in caring for her grandma Mrs Smith ill with asthma. Mrs Will Burger is spending the week with her parents Mr and Mrs Smith at Jesup. Georges Morris able to be at the office again after a month’s illness of pneumonia.
In Jesup May notes several residents travel and events. Miss Rose Sullivan visits relatives in Wisconsin. Jr. GC. Felts spent two weeks in Minnesota. Miss Clara Sherman returns to Chicago. Frank Hood and W B Dunlap bought new autos. The graduating class play All a Mistake earned $25. Mrs. Theodore Miller rents her home to Jap Comfort and moves in with son J al Miller. Mrs. Flord Davis of Dunkerton and Miss Adella Edwards of New York City visited Friday. Edward Sampson left for Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for treatment. The little daughter of P Sullivan remains mentioned.
The article records an injury from Monday's Improv ise and mentions the life of Mr. and Mrs. Gay Stownard as his parents. It also covers local church and club activities including a Missionary society meeting at Mrs. A Cone's home, a furnace installation at Farmers State Bank, a 17th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Houck, EBO FL club gathering hosted by Mrs. R. L. Bordner, Booster Community club talks with new officers, a sacred concert by the First Presbyterian Church choir, and lists choir members and performers.
An East acclaimed treatment markets Cadomene three grain tablets as a nerve fortifier and life intensifier. Claiming to aid nervousness insomnia dizziness heart palpitations and fatigue it suggests self administration at home with full directions from a pharmacy. It implies no physician needed.
May 4 report notes uncertain weather him. A local gathering saw Berbert Bonercon speak as Louis Cirth was kicked by a horse Walter Ruechele bought a new device and Mike Olinger is doing carpentry work.
Farmers are preparing fields for corn plowing while residents share news of visitors and local events. Miss Hazel Naylor visited her grandfather, Mary Naylor visited a theater event, and a fall from a building injured George Kittleson with three broken ribs and a shoulder. Local families travel from Milwaukie, California, and Osage hosts a missionary convention after various social visits. The senior class performed a Venice themed play at the opera house.
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