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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1911
Page
12
The friends and family of Rev. Charles H. Purmort D D of Des Moines announce that their daughter Virgilia Purmort is to be married to a preacher in an afternoon ceremony in June details to follow.
Rev. Clinton Jennings Greene of Monmouth Vermont will wed Virgilia Purmort, former superintendent of domestic arts at Iowa State College Ames. The couple plan to reside at home after August 1 as friends extend warm wishes for the ceremony in a genial, beautiful month.
The Poyner township Sunday school convention will be held at Dewar, Ie, May 21. The program includes devotions, talks on Parents Relation to the Sunday School, How to Make Sunday School More Interesting, The Age Limit for Sunday School Scholars, The Relation of the Sunday School to the Home, The Graded Sunday School, The Sunday School Teacher as a Soul Winner, and Decision Day. Picnic dinner at Follett's hall. Mrs. P. M. Phillips presides, Edith Bunn is secretary.
Des Moines on May 17 reports Governor Car roll named MH Cohen and Charles Ross along with B E Stonebreaker and J H McConologue to head the new state tax commission to revise town tax laws. The same action appoints a state board of animal health including J J Gibson Tom Downing George W Blanche Frank Kinsley and Charles A Saunders.
The 19th century author Peter Pindar alias Dr John Wolcott struck a deal with publishers Robinson and Walker granting an annuity of 250 pounds after an asthma illness surfaced during negotiations. He later recovered in Cornwall and returned to London, prompting Walker and his wife to joke about his fate. Peter Pindar outlived the publishers.
A parson recalls a stubborn canvasback hunt on a windy inlet and a plan to kill birds on the water with a second barrel. The excerpt blends hunting lore and period notices, including name origins for Tibet and literary chatter from London and Washington, with a humorous postal caution.
Frank B. Kellogg defends centralized control of transportation and large corporate capital. He argues decades of legislation support this policy, claiming it reflects national deliberation and will endure, condemning demagogues and praising measured reform.
Wheat futures eased on Russia demand and favorable Argentina weather, with India offering cheaper supplies and a looming U S export surge forecast up to 116 million bushels. Oats and corn reacted, while pork lard and rib prices showed modest moves. weather outlook favored Dakotas and Minnesota. Livestock markets in St Louis and Kansas City opened steady to firm later, with cattle, hogs, and sheep showing mixed early tone and close activity.
Wanted large riding pony to carry a man and be gentle enough for a small boy to ride. Contact H. L. Litchfield via office 292 or 293 or residence 259. Also requesting a dining room girl at Carpenter hotel and sewing by the day. Inquire Mrs. Kenison, 920 South.
A compact old market notice lists cured hides and wool grades with price figures. No 1 cured hide at 8 cents and up, No 2 cured hide at 6 cents and up, medium wool at two fours, No 1 full hide at two dollars, No 1 horse hide around eight dollars and eight cents, No 2 horse hide about two dollars and twenty cents, overall total near two thousand dollars.
Springfield Ill May 17 the senate voted 35 to 11 to adopt the Hurburth resolution opposing Judge Petit in the Tilden habeas corpus proceedings.
W. W. Real and W. A. Jowen are in Waverly on business with plans to return Saturday. Mrs. T. W. Place visits Chicago relatives this week. Miss Grace Yerrington leaves for Storm Lake due to illness. Miss Lena Pratter visits Ottumwa and Mrs. Otia P. Higdon on Con Ger street. Clara Maynard improves from operation and soon may go home. Lecture on Christian Science set for May 18 at Waterloo Theatre by Miss Knapp. Fannie Duren to Cedar Falls for library dedication and Thomas orchestra concert. Mr. George Bodey remains in poor condition, can eat but cannot speak or move his right side. Charles H. Zelsing returns from Davenport to explore nearby streams for game fish. Christchurch Ladies' Guild to meet Thursday afternoon at Mrs. W. W. McFarlane's. Miss Mabel Anton ill with bearlet fever while employed at the Dre. Brinkman and Bruner office. Fancy old potatoes 35 cents per bushel at C. H. Eighmey's.
Mrs Constance Fauntleroy Rumale of St Joseph Mo an author composer and organizer of the first women s club in America died in a conservatory at Winnetka Ill this morning She was born in Indianapolis and was 75 years old
A bomb exploded early today in front of a West Thirty-fourth Street house near Broadway, shattering windows and stirring hotel district sleepers. Police reserves were summoned to quell the excitement as no injuries were reported.
Major General Frederick D Grant to succeed Carter as commander of the maneuver division in Texas. Secretary Dickinson selected Grant. change awaits Secretary Stimson approval. Maneuvers likely to continue into next winter with high rank officers. Fancy potatoes 85 cents a bushel at H Eighteys. Waterloo Theatre May 18 Bliss Knapp C5. BL Coal Miners Sentenced. Helleville IL May 17 Edward McCurran and Charles Curnine coal miners sentenced to life imprisonment for the December street fight killing William Kampe.
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