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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1913
Page
9
A local estate sale announces four miles northwest of Reinbeck on Thursday November 20 selling the entire personal effects. The auction features 16 head of draft horses 40 head of full blood and high grade Angus cattle and 70 additional livestock heads among the offerings.
To obtain the up to date pattern of accompanying design fill the coupon and send it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo enclos ing 10 cents for each pattern. These patterns allow for seams. All orders filled as soon as possible but should reach you in ten days after sending in your order.
The head of full blood Duroe Jersey brood sows 90 head of barrows 20 head of Shropshire ewes with hay grain and farm machinery sold from A to Z. Offering horses hoge cattle and sheep ranked with the best in Iowa. Sale starts 10 30 sharp lunch served at noon. William Holland auctioneer.
Burlington Iowa November 17 Police Judge Jackson K Garrett 38 died when delirious he either jumped or fell from a third story hospital window. He was a police magistrate and a reporter for the Burlington Hawkeye for 7 or 8 years. Ailing for years he had been in the hospital about ten days. The nurse briefly left the room and the mangled body was found 60 feet below on the pavement. He leaves a widow and was brother of Mrs Scott Sloan Buran of Lake Forest Illinois.
The schedule for the Russell Lamson hotel at Fifth and Commercial streets was set by Dunphy Fridstein. Plastering starts Dec 10 and ends Feb 1. painting runs Jan 10 to Feb 15. ornamental iron work and plumbing finish by Feb 1. elevators to be installed by Feb. mosaic floor and tile work to be completed as planned.
Riceville Iowa reports the death of I. E. Stillman, founder of the Sioux City Journal in 1868, who died Sunday afternoon at his son’s home. Cause given as malignant stomach trouble. He edited at Jefferson for ten years and ran a Chicago job printing plant from 1865 to 1879.
All society items must be in by 1 a.m. Tonight Florence Haggard circle and many clubs list meetings and banquets at First Street West, Third Street West, Independence Avenue, Riverside Drive, Chautauqua Park, Walnut Street, and more. Items include receptions, class meetings, euchre, bridge, luncheons, marriage notices, and a Thanksgiving social program with details on hosts and locations.
At the Majestic program opening, Flanigan and Midwards perform a witty score piece Off and On, a sequel to On and Of, featuring an odd waking premise after a club outing. Their crossing routine spans thirty years of dance styles and drew many curtain calls.
Robert M. Fern, a longtime Illinois Central engineer born 1860 in Dubuque, dies in Waterloo after a paralytic stroke and Bright's disease traced to a 9 year old wreck scalding incident. He served 27 years on passenger runs between Waterloo and Albert Lea and leaves a widow, sister, and brother. Funeral plans announced with Rev. Few to conduct rites.
Waterton west schools report rising enrollment toward 200 with newcomers moving to the city. Supt. Hukill notes a recent bump and more students in the district as Miss Isabelle Garessen, affiliated with a local music conservatory, enlivened morning chapel at the high school with several vocal selections. Ralph Tix wares the acai past.
The Logan Avenue United Evangelical church opened a week of revival services with a Sunday evening start. The congregation enjoyed the singing as children led in front seats. The pastor delivered strong morning and evening sermons and Rev J A Campbell of Correctionville is expected Tuesday to lead services from then on.
Rev J M Bamford and his congregation invite Waterloo residents to attend daily evening services starting at 7 30 PM. The announcement emphasizes a warm invitation and community participation in the program.
Contractor Harris started excavation for two modern frame two story houses on Allen Street near Sunnyside Avenue. Each structure is expected to cost about 33000 and be ready for occupancy in two months at the latest.
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