Memorial day plans and local civic updates in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls notes outline Memorial day observances with address by Dr EB Lanham and a memorial sermon by Rev J D Vanney. The region reports hospital activity, school openings, construction projects, transfers, and travel notices, naming local officials, contractors, educators, and residents across several updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Sartori’ Memorial Hospital
EB. W. Lanham
J. D. Vanney
Baptist Church
Grand Army
Carl Hauser
Sioux Center
Ida Grove
Thomas Long
State Hospital
Cherokee
A. M. Bolton
Latine
Kan
Harry Harlan
C. C. Harlan
Dell Rapids
S. D
McLaughlin Bros
Red Oak
Carroll
Forest City
Capture of Jeff Davis in 1865 and local notes
Fifty years ago on May 10 Jeff Davis was captured at Irwinville Georgia by Col Pritchard of the Fourth Michigan cavalry while wearing his wife's clothes with his staff. The diary notes warn of frost damage to fruit and report a near fire at Ellsworth’s dryhouse saved by Red Jacket volunteers. A satirical remark mocks forced wearing of the disguise. Iowa militia orders call Wa terloo and surrounding townships to drill June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Pritchard
Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Jeff Davis
Irwinville
Maton
Davis
Atlantic
Red Jacket
Waterloo Engine Company
O. W. Ellsworth
G. G. Worthington
H. A. Lane
Forty Years Ago Frost and Notices in Waterloo
A Waterloo column recalls frost damaged fruit crops, noting apple and cherry losses, and lists local residents who raised funds for a library. It also reports Old Yankee Robinson’s shows returning, plans for July 4 observances, a residence purchase by James P. Sherman, McCormick harvester ads, a prairie grasshopper alert, a new depot plan, Bryn Mawr scholarship to Fannie Gates, a farewell concert by Miss Alice Ettinger, the death of Mrs Elizabeth Hlingworth, and a cold spell with frost and snow near Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleditch
Peabody
Glover
Hoff
Phelps
Gilbert
Brooks
McCabe
Chapin
Lane
Dunwald
Russell
van Buren
Day
Hay
Israel
Swank
Garton
Brindell
Ryan
Hall
Deener
Miller
Gregg
Ohler
Lavanplaer
Judge Bagg
Mullan
Ordway
Husted
Boies
Allen
Couch
Preston
Dodge
Curtis
Galloway
Alford
Elwell
Parrott
Hartman
Farwell
Leavitt
Slim
Felt
Logan
Crowther
Kuhns
Hammond
Neely
Hamman
Blim
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansen & Pletcher
Waterloo
Iowa
After-Effects of Typhoid Fever Seen in Survivors
The article notes deaths during the acute stage and the number incapacitated by typhoid, along with the community's financial loss. It states that the after-effects on survivors have not yet been fully assessed.
Mowrer Died of Epilepsy in Waterloo Lodging
Coroner reports Ivan G W Mowrer died from epilepsy probably triggered by frontal bone pressure after a long-ago injury. He suffered a recent headache and a Saturday attack. Remains likely to be shipped to Corydon Indiana, where brother George Mowrer is. A $78 deposit was placed for preparation costs. Sheriff Henderson noted Mowrer’s fascination with firearms and claims of being a US detective, without credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan G. W. Mowrer
Commercial Street
Mowrer
Corydon
George Mowrer
Sidney Smith
Indianan
Corydon National Bank
Smith
Waterloo
D. B. Henderson
Lodglage
United States
Typhoid Study Shows High Death Toll After 1911 Cases
A study of 1,574 typhoid fever cases in 1911 from the visiting nurse service of Metropolitan Life Insurance reports 146 deaths during treatment, a 9.28 per hundred fatality. Among 1,428 recoveries, 54 died in the first three years, with the highest mortality in year one and progressively lower in years two and three. Principal fatal complications included intestinal perforation, hemorrhage, meningitis, pneumonia, and heart involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Jess
After effects of diseases on post recovery mortality
The text notes persistent death risks after recovery from illnesses like typhoid fever, measles, and whooping cough. It cites a 14.8 percent rate of deaths within three years post recovery and calls for systematic comparisons between actual and expected mortality to assess lingering after effects and vitality impairment. mentions The Journal of the American Medical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Journal
The
Almerican Medical Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. N. Hurd
Evening Courier
Cedar Falls Drug Co
Lawn City
Robert Willard
Peoria
Iml
Teachers’ College
Roy Guernsey
Cedar Raging
Cedar Valley Road
Robert A. Santee
Excelsior Springs
Cedar Falls High School
Rav. D. B. Weiner
Zion Evangelical Church
State Educational Board
Wm. I. Atkinson
Clarksville
General Assembly
Brotherhood of
Clay Street
C. W. Lanham
State
Uni
Madison
Wis
Miller-Hey Company of
Twenty-fourth
Grace Lambert
Mary Hunter
Waterloo East High School
Genevieve Griffith
Laura Darly
Alice Graham
Viola Nolte
Edith Ufford
Marie Tostlehe
J. A. Ferguson
Minnesota
Monte Soules
Independence
John H. Robinson
Franklin, Street
Walter Metcalf
First Congregational Church
Des Moines
State Association of Congregational Churches
Jas. H. Condit
Alaska
Presbyterian Church
Cedar Fallé
Rochester
N. Y
General Assembly of
Rock Island
Spencer
L. G. Graham
Cedar Rapids
Lane & Worthington
Jeff Davin
Pennsylvania Avenue
John Howell
Black Hawk
East Waterloo
Lester, Barclay
Yankee Robinson
James P. Sherman
the Reporter
Colby
East Side Public Square
McCormick Harvester
Ilinois Central
Lemars
Sioux City
Harry Keepers
Kent
Avdaln
Pearance
Alice Ettinger
England
Madame Marches
Elizabeth Ilingworth
W. Ll. Alingworth
Ham
Bryn Mawr College
Fannie Gates
Northwestern
New Hartford
Hudson
China
Cody
New York Health Department
America
Java
Cubercutosis
Norfolk
West
Choice
Burlington
Herrick
Callon
ITS
Fischer's
Selz Royal Blue Shoes
East Fourth Street
W. H. Althouse
T. F. Leonard
Geo
Tulp
R. M. Davison
A. L. Schmolt
W. W. Christiansen
Geo. Nicolaisen
G. M. Mourer
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courage and
Bor
Lafayette Building
4Th
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