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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
8
Foreigners crowd ships heading east as slack demand for common labor drives thousands to return home. Rail and steamship agents report third class cabins fully booked on Maurees and other vessels, with record summer demand predicted for departures.
Entries in the court calendar include several divorces and alimony, among them Ailton J. Peterson versus May M. Peterson and Bertha Mefearig versus Guntav Macaris. Custody awarded to Kate Waite in her divorce and quieting title case. A state case against C A Palmer, Owls' club and C B Scrooge sought injunction against illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. judgment for costs and dismissal by agreement.
Geneseo and vicinity report visits from Ames to Geneseo and Traer to Grinnell. Gosper and Garst visit towns, McElhinney to build a large hay and cattle barn. Sunday school enrollment nears one hundred with new classes. Urbana dedicates a new Christian church cost 3700 debt free. Obits include Mrs Onalista Marietta and Mrs Jacob Zollinger with funeral services in Sac City and Portland.
Vinton reports Rev. P. Marlon Simms, pastor of the Presbyterian church, has received a unanimous call from Clinton, Til. A Clinton committee heard him after a troubled period, and the decision follows sustained consideration.
A bankruptcy petition was filed in federal court by Merria Rosenbloom and sent back to Referee Merriau. The debtor owes $2,779 with $1,600 exempt property and formerly ran a grocery business in this city.
An old advertisement claims Foley Cathartic Tablets quickly enliven the liver and relieve constipation. It quotes J. J. Mc Knight of Ft Worth Texas praising the tablets and notes availability through retailers nationwide.
Word reached Waterloo of the death of Mrs Fidelia A Lane in Webster Florida where she had lived over a year. A former resident since 1864 she was about 76 and survived by four daughters and two sons. Remains will be brought to Waterloo Friday evening for funeral Saturday at 2 20 from Logan Avenue United Evangelical church with Rev J M Bamford officiating and burial beside her first husband William Mears in Fairview cemetery.
Mrs Samuel Gibson served as Royal Neighbor delegate to Hampton replacing Mrs Boyd. Funeral guest Munger of Indiana learns his wife is critically ill and rushes home. Edson Finley now practicing veterinary surgeon in Waverly after Ames college work. Mrs Wm Heldeman improving slowly after weeks of illness. Township picnic at Jacqueth grove planned with usual program and stunts. Mrs Fred Baskins spent time near Cresco visiting Callahan relatives and others. Flora Eyestone injured falling down stairs at home last week. Joseph Moran dislocated left shoulder Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Sassman and Grandma Becker of Denver visited Lew Brandes. Mrs H W Camp of Parkersburg spent last week with aunt Joseph Moran family.
May 19 Littleton Iowa social notes cover visits by Mrs Wey W Beals and sons to Adda Frances, Mrs T F Potts and Mrs H B Patton in Independence, Mr and Mrs Wm Campbell of Jesup visiting P H E Benson, and Elmer Stevenson in Waterloo for brother Geo Harris illness. Also attendance at a Boles speech in Waterloo, Ladies Aid plans for a May 28 ice cream social at the Hoffman home, And Orvilla Miller’s rapid walking progress with Letitia McNally nursing. Lon Dibble reports $20 wolf bounty. May 16 fishermen day. 40 men below the dam at six am. Helen Merritt wed Arthur Cornell May 9 in New York City First Presbyterian Church.
Local items report postponed events and church reforms with Rev. Drum moving to Swaledale as pastor of the Baptist church. Memorial day speakers planned, notable deaths and hospital updates noted. New dentist Ralph McWhirter opens in Allison, and garden news plus local visits and births appear through Finchford Finchford area notes.
District court of Butler county adjourned to May 25 with Judge C W Kelley presiding. Grand jury returned two indictments one against Hana Boelker for assault with intent to do great bodily harm and one against Albert Weiss for grand larceny. Boelker already serving four month county jail sentence for beating his wife.
Shell Rock Iowa residents Mr and Mrs George Bunn and Arthur Bunn with family visited Mrs R W Hollenbeck on Sunday The Bunns are brother and sister of Mrs Hollenbeck Earl Dickinson and his sons also joined the gathering
Urinary discomfort linked to uric acid is described as a common bladder issue. A suggested cure is four ounces of Rad Salts mixed in water taken before breakfast for two to three days to neutralize acidity and soothe the bladder.
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