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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1911
Page
5
At Buck Creek a scaffold fell injuring several men including William and Frea Volker. Two suffered fractures of severe nature while others sustained minor hurts. Victims were recovering as well as could be expected as rescue workers attended the scene.
A new and novel window or porch finewer box has been placed upon the exterior of a residence suggesting recent decorative updates or curb appeal improvements.
Chief Dineen received a sheriff’s notice that the State of Town versus W. R. Herriet was continued to the September term of Tones county district court. Herriet was arrested after three Anamosa residents claimed he sold them insurance policies and kept 42 dollars, charged as obtaining money under false pretenses.
Orville Mapes attempted to inflate a check from $2 to $3 at a Greek restaurant on Stearnes Street targeting Louis Danis at 711 Ste a more. He was arrested about 51 minutes later after the proprietor noted the change in figures on the check drawn on Waterston Savings Bank. Mapes paid the extra dollar upon arrest and the case likely proceeds.
An 18 year old youth living with parents at 711 Sycamore Street is involved in a case under investigation. Details are limited but authorities confirm the subject’s residence and age.
County Attorney Hoxie filed a state warrant for FE E Blasier a grocer at 1220 Franklin Street for violating the Sunday closing law. The case reached Justice Knapp's court Saturday afternoon with a continuance to Wednesday. The charges were pressed by Rev H G Beeman and Rev H W Reherd.
In Peoria Illinois on March 1 72 President Johnson denies transferring the Peoria Franchise to Bloomington in the Three T league. He says he has placed Sits in charge after Manager Rowan resigned and will still play with the team.
Attorney Mat J. Randall of Cedar Rauids spoke at Logan Avenue Fran ceiscal church delivering two sermons. Morning topic The Sunday School the Greatest Factor in Civilizing the World and in the evening The Van and Reli Bios Forward Movement. He was described as pleasant, deep, and logical. Miss C R Moses daughter of Mrs A Moses 432 Baltimore Street recovered from appendectomy at St Barnabas hospital Minneapolis and left last Saturday. She runs a millinery on Nicolet avenue Minneapolis.
A crowded slate of local movements and visits fills the City in Brief. Residents like Mrs. HH. F. Miller return from western travels while G. R. Davis departs on a Des Moines business trip. Cassville residents Mr. and Mrs. Grimm visit Waterloo with Dr. Heverly, and Shaw Rock and Shell Rock family gatherings occur. The M C A secretary, Mr. Parsons, spoke on organizing efforts and a county secretary expansion. Thirty to thirty five grocers plan a Cedar Rapids state convention excursion by special car tomorrow night.
Frank Koch Twenty one year old survivor of severe burns at a gas plant died of heart failure at Presbyterian hospital after fainting in his room. Death is linked to a probable heart blood clot. he was engaged to Miss Lydia Buehner of Gresham and had been living with her family in Waterloo near Gresham. Funeral arrangements set for Gresham with services at the Buehner home Tuesday afternoon. He was a respected worker for the gas company and had recently been discharged from the hospital.
A mother asks her four year old Johnny about a missing baby sister and is reassured with a terse exchange about sweeping the house. The fragment reflects a domestic scene with urgency and concern.
The First Mt. B's church service Sunday morning welcomed 2 new members and baptized twenty five individuals including fifteen adults and nine infants during a "Memberedty Service."
The fashion for wigs began with Francis I of France to cover skin disease baldness on his head. His courtiers soon copied the trend, mirroring the king’s earlier laryngitis episode and its whispered remark.
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