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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
9
The Commercial club shifts its noon luncheon to 6:30 PM to suit business men. The Methodist church ladies will serve the dinner. Plus reports on resignations and local events including medical, church activities, and social notices across Cedar Falls Iowa dated May 6.
Elkhart Indiana resident Mrs Sapige Williams reports fourteen years of organic inflammation female weakness pain and irregularities. After six doctors and only temporary relief she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for four months with noted improvement. She grants permission to publish and endorses the remedy.
Glenn Wingate Davis died from typhoid fever at Cedar Falls Iowa. He was 21 and served as superintendent of Shannon City schools, a 1911 BA graduate, and a Democratic candidate for Black Hawk schools in the last general election. He was born August 6, 1890, and survived by his parents and sister Verna.
Cedar Falls Iowa May 6 Special The white vest of Prof Barnes is the mascot that accompanies contestants in the interstate oratorical contests. Three years in a row it has been worn by the winner and this year Len Toomey wore the vest and won first honor for the Teachers College. Prof Barnes, head of the oratorical department, is praised as instructor and owner of the vest.
The Cedar Falls school board boosted teacher salaries by about $5 per month and granted janitors increases of $20 to Sam Brown and Grant Thompson, $5 to Mr Bosman, with smaller raises for the other two janitors.
At the Inter-State Oratorical Association of Normal Schools meeting in Normal Illinois Carl Erickson was named secretary and treasurer for the coming year Cedar Falls chosen as next year’s meeting site with preparations to begin soon.
Gibson Bros of the Syndicate building will buy lumber in Davenport to build ten modern wood homes in Kenwood costing about 25 000 dollars. Attorney C D Pedersen breaks ground on Home Park Boulevard for two residences to be built over the summer. Both projects aim for modern amenities and quick completion.
After waiving a hearing before Justice of the Peace J E Dempster Charles Netheisel was committed to jail in default of $300 bail on a desertion charge. Prosecutor Walter Jeffers and complainant Mrs Anna Netheisel were named in the arraignment.
Harriet C. Goodell died at her son Rev M A Goodell's Waterloo home at age 94 after 78 years as a Methodist. She had four sons and three daughters, two living, and had lived in Mt Vernon Iowa area since 1890. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Goodell home with interment at Mt Vernon on Thursday.
W H Jennnish city plumbing inspector will attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Inspectors of Plumbing and Sanitary Engineers in Louisville on May 20. He is a charter member and has attended nearly all meetings.
The Muscatine Journal reports a new southpaw was signed by manager Frank Boyle yesterday. The recruit weighs about seven pounds and is welcomed to the league as Musky slingers are warned to watch their laurels.
A Farnham New York letter from the Sisters of St. Mary praises Father John’s Medicine as the best cure for stubborn coughs and colds after trying other remedies. The note notes its nourishing ingredients, long proven record, and that it is a doctor’s prescription free from alcohol.
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