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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1912
Page
8
Exclusive Waterloo agents tout Vador Porch Shades and Vador Re-enforced Hammocks. Yuder Shades billed as durable and the largest advertised on the market. Available in 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 feet widths with special sizes made to order.
Royal Neighbors of Grundy, Henton, Butler, Hardin, Franklin and Black Hawk counties organize a May 31 district meeting in Cedar Falls Iowa with supreme manager Anna M Bair as guest speaker. The program includes sessions, an automobile tour, dinner, and a question box with Bair and Irene Bentley guiding. Cedar Falls hosts a visiting bishop bashford tomorrow for a mass college student meeting as part of a Methodist Episcopal church circuit.
The St. Luke's Cedar Falls vestry completed its year setup with senior warden C M Wynkoop junior warden Jesse M Church secretary C E Doak and treasurer J T Corning plus members Henry Johnson J H Vandyke J G Packard J E Bergen Ti F Passini W E Franklin son and Lovell E M Welles. The Thomas Orchestra visits Cedar Falls next Wednesday drawing local anticipation after nine years of pilgrimages and German led performances with conductor Frederick Stock. Americans join for the first time. R. A. Dunn buys Waterloo based Noble Brown furniture business stake, forming Dunn & Brown replacing Walter Renner who sold his share after two weeks.
Cedar Falls May 15 Special announces the approaching marriage of Miss Edna Wolf to Mr. Thomas Dolan of Waterloo. Mrs. Grant’s illness brings Dr. Ida G. Rhoades to Gibson City Illinois. Mrs. Grant is Mrs. J. J. Favorite and Mrs. B. Corrigan’s mother. Mrs. J. J. Favorite and her mother arrive from Cheyenne Wyoming and will stay with old friends. A. L. Shufferlen buys Mrs. M. J. Hiatt residence in Cedar Falls in exchange for land in Stockman County North Dakota. Mrs. J. T. Walker and daughter visit Cedar Falls from Lowell Arkansas. Miss Elizabeth Jones of Fairfield visits the Colgrove home connected with WGC A work. The annual orchestra and glee club concert at the high school auditorium tonight at 1 o clock with free admission. Lars E. Bladine and family depart for Marathon by automobile.
William T. Lamb won a $1500 judgment against Wagner Manufacturing in a Supreme Court decision upheld after an appeal. Lamb, who lost most of his left hand in a factory accident and later his right hand in another incident, had sued for $15000 in Black Hawk county district court. Aetna Casualty insured Wagner and is reportedly backing the appeal. Lamb’s long record of misfortune includes a 1903 incident that cost him his left leg.
Cedar Falls May 18 A bicycle ridden by William Hearst Jr collided with the Ed Short auto at Third and Main. The lad was carried to his father's office and examined. bruises small with no internal injuries. The bicycle was ruined and both operators tried to stop as collision became unavoidable.
George Barwin rushed to pack up his son Fred Barwin’s home in Cedar Falls as his family contends with the assault on Miss Carrie Peterson. Her condition improves slowly with the arm still badly injured and discolored. Damages may be sought against the father, with a lien on his share of the 200 acre estate if settled poorly.
Early Friday morning burglars entered the W. A. Toomer jewelry store and L. M. Barnes drug store in a two story building. About 300 dollars in jewelry was taken, with leather goods and toilet articles also seized. Police traced no suspect by afternoon and townspeople recall a fast moving automobile, suggesting skilled criminals planned an exit by car.
Poor appetite and digestion issues are addressed by Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. A few doses improve digestion and appetite. Thousands have benefited from taking these tablets. Sold by a dealers.
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