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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1925
Page
5
Local notes from Waverly recount church events at Mt. and church, homecoming festivities, and a flu subsiding. Reported deaths include Henry Hive, late Ellas White, and Mrs. Hay. Various family visits, anniversaries, and social gatherings fill the weekend, with medical updates on patients and community meetings ongoing.
In Urbana area news items recount near fatal car crash escape on a California trip, birthday and illness notices, reunions, marriages, visits by relatives, and community gatherings. Local residents mentioned include Charles McCoy Vernon Narrowly, Ahlen Rambs, Paul Nabbelz, Mrs. George Gilchrist, Leonia Bigom, Jake Dovee, Ralph Renser, Cael Wittora, Pearl Gould, Homer Edgerton, Marion Culver, Jim Ferguson, Cal Ferguson, Minnie Watson, Ray Spencer, Vern Thompson, George Witrolor, and many others with multiple visits, farewells, and social events noted throughout.
In Hazleton Iowa on November 18 the Spragg infant led visits with relatives in Chicago while community members marked elderly celebrations and church activities. Dates note Armistice day observances, charity drives to aid soldiers and Thanksgiving gifts. Obituary notices report Velma Sears Batchelor aged 25 from St Paul, death, with family bereavement and funeral details.
Plainfield and surrounding area notes report medical patients in nearby towns, with visits and family contacts. Mentions include Mrs. To FL Bord Fat visiting Colfax, and Hubbard, Minn. noting kinship ties. Various relatives and friends are described as visiting and supporting patients during a period of illness and recovery.
A fragmented local notice notes Wednesday evening events in New Ulrey with Mr Carlsen and Miss Breaner from Leatherwork society. Eva Groune and family spent the week in town. Warren Ceffman and relatives visited relatives, with gatherings and travel plans mentioned.
November activities in Greene include a Three Link circle visit with Drs Laura Willey at Packard and a Lutheran Brotherhood gathering. The Green Goblins played Nora Springs with Nora Springs winning 12 to 14. Teachers and residents attended lectures on Farm Accounting and messages in pictures. Some residents traveled to Minneapolis for events.
Community notes from Bristow report a special revival at the United Brethren church starting Tuesday evening November 24 and running through Sunday December 14, with Wil Brooks in charge of music and plans for a chorus. Rev. Charles Gowan will deliver sermons, and local residents share crop yields and holiday preparations as congregants prepare for the event.
Nov 17 church night announced at the M. church. H. Livingstone and family moved into a house owned by Mrs. Ede Fish. W S Jennings to California with two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lovelad moved into rooms in the Susan Wirich house. W A Wright hospitalized in Rochester Minn for goitre operation and recovering. E M Rowe left for Hinsboro to visit his brother Rev Orville K Maynard. Mrs. S M Askey to Irisburg for residence with daughter Mrs. E a Brighton. Fenced sidewalk protection erected beside the street. Mrs. C A Testsife to Omaha to reside with daughter Mrs S E George. Gail Noah visiting grandparents Mr. and Mrs H D Baskin.
Raymond residents report a Thanksgiving program at the treerheel and a chicken dinner in the church basement at 6 p.m. The area notes births, weddings, and local movements including Mrs. Schmitt and Mrs. OConnell with prior names, plus farm activity as farmers near round finish husking corn. Visitors and local names appear among parish and community updates.
Fragmented news item recalls a Sunday service at Rev and Jelsen Sundar residence with Mr Dickman and Spinner family at 680 Glen Parker. Mentions Chicken Dinner and Ladies Aid of the M. I. church, plus a Saturday or Thursday event in a local context.
Residents and visitors from St Ansgar and nearby towns gathered for a series of church events and family visits. Reports mention Mrs Walter St Turner of Berkeley visiting Charles City, Rev William Galbreth and Ruth from Plymouth attending a banquet, Mrs Culver returning from Weverly after her mother's hospital operation, and a Civil War veteran funeral at Rock Creek church attended by Legion members plus a dad and lad banquet at the Methodist church. Thirty young men took a motor bus to Minneanglis for the Minnesota Iowa football game. Mrs George Bittelson recently fell and sprained her wrist while helpers include Hele, Blis, and Osea Larson at home.
Winthrop Iowa notes recount dinners with Charlee Atardy and Charles Downan in Grundy Center, visits by Cedar Falls couples, W R C convention trip to Dubuque, winter plans in St Petersburg Florida, and multiple family movements. Orchard entries also cover Minneapolis visits, cattle ranch details, funerals in Waterloo, and farmers relocating to Utica and Feniine with farm rentals.
Denver Iowa items recount church meeting plans on Nov 19, family celebrations including silver weddings, birthdays, and a birth, plus local thefts and a car collision. Movements involve Baye family near Clarksville, Faust, Kaless, and residents keeping up with social events and a meat market move.
Nov 18 report from FinchunkFord Ja outlines Jose Maren avoiding stroke symptoms and slow recovery for Thursea. Ralph Newell and Jimmy attend Asa Newall anniversary in Janesville. Mrs Val Branson mourns loss of Duby at Sartore last Friday. A meeting on communist joy drew attendance. Vimer Sands suffers a wrist fracture while crankin his lear. recovering.
Local briefs recount visits and travel among Ozage residents and nearby towns. Families, including Mrs. J Wallingford and Mrs. Carrie Amundson, move between Waterloo, Floyd, and Ames while others attend banquets, dinners, and conferences. Several residents plan winter stays in Minnesota and Iowa, with trips to Des Moines, Rochester, and Cedar Rapids for work, medical, or family reasons.
Father Toben travels to Rochester for treatment as Powers serves during absence. Dora Rosauer leaves St. Francis hospital after a three week stay. Ann's club meets at the convent to prepare bazar items for December 7 and 8. St Elizabeth club hosts card party and supper Thanksgiving night. St Mary's scholars prep program for November 2. Mrs Leonard Rosauer shows improvement after a week of illness. Mr and Mrs Albert Reiter host a large dinner party Sunday.
Mitchell sees visitors from South Dakota as Mr and Mrs Ripley arrive. Palmer and Herbert Trout plan California trip this week. E S Stiles returns from Rochester in good health. Lucy Fox heads for the winter with Mrs Graig. Birthday observances for E E Gillette noted. Attendees at Iowa Minnesota game included Mrs Parkhurst Dean Beckner Palmer Trout. Mrs Reynolds visits daughter Mrs Fesen Meyer. Mrs Fiedler joins Mrs Glassul in Osage.
Mr and Mrs Jake Stoffman from Bismarck North Dakota travel to attend the funeral of Will Graf of Fayette. Betty and Norma visited grandparents over the weekend while their mother and Mrs Inez Hohl visited Minneapolis. A Presbyterian service is planned for Sunday November 22. Twenty two women attended a farm bureau meeting at the Francis home on Friday. Miss Lord Church Ames attended and led the gathering. The tenth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Roy Bently was celebrated at their home on Sunday with forty in attendance.
Miss Leota Solrin and Clarekee Spier were united in marriage on Sunday with teachers attending the study center at Waterino. Mrs. Spier will reside on a farm nearby. A group from the Women’s Missionary gathered at the G. T. Herman home to celebrate Matilda Seldinian’s 72nd birthday. Picnic dinner and music followed. Reverend Alber offered Thanksgiving service plans and community events. Oscar Herman and family visited the Dunkertons Sunday.
Fragmentary entry notes a November meeting in Mt Auburn with mentions of Tope and Miami faces in unclear roles. It references a Parent Teacher Association session where Sheriff Wagner gave a talk, and several names appear transcribed with uncertain spellings.
A note with varied details mentions a Bank DMM event on Thursday with a chicken dinner and oyster supper. It references individuals including Fort Des Moines residents and local social gatherings, noting a Baptist passer and a quarantine mention at a fort. The text reads like a jumble of names and plans with dates and fragments.
Nashua items report Lestie Frisby sprained the lugatent in his rin during a football game. Louis, a year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Jeremy, operated on for mastoid abscess at Charles City hospital, with his mother nursing him. Loyd Potter returns home from Rochester after physical therapy. Miss Marie Weller hosts at Noyelles hotel with guests including the Gaumbach family and Miss Weller recounting her Europe trip. Mrs. George Horton ill with diabetes. Mrs. William Wayne’s daughter Hortense informs travels from Des Moines. Stephen Nichols called to Michigan by telegram about his sister’s cancer death. M. A. Keppte opens real estate and insurance office in Frank West’s building. Mrs. Oliver Furl confined by kidney trouble. Miss Mamie Weller unable to give an account of her trip. Edith Hastings and others noted. A.M. Troutner returns from Chicago. Miss Urdine Foster and outdoor improvements at Riverton district No. 7 school. Myr. Frances Turner reported critically ill. Turner’s husband in grain business with G. Z. Bellamy. Rose Simm and granddaughter Pearl Menarra in Nashua. Recent auto accident near Hawkeye referenced. Marjorie Schell recovering from intestinal trouble. Winter siblings split from barber shop to open new shop. Ford Storage workers treated to supper at De Noyelles hotel. Birthday observances for local students celebrated by teachers. Kathryn Potter visits Cedar Falls. Mrs. Kern of Grinnell visiting daughter Mrs. Stuart. Matio Byer back from visit with Rev. Dev Butler in Lamont.
Mrs. Paul Schneckenberger and child from Waterloo spent the week at the Thole Cruer home in Parkersburg. Mrs. Stowell and baby, from Manchester, left the Ed Leerts Home after weeks away. Mrs. Sehrack inspected the Women’s Relief corps work at Gran Center. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Boeker arrived after visits in Town Pails. A comedy “Sweetheart Town” is set for Nov 30 at the Eastern Har. Firemen plan a Thanksgiving masquerade with gum music and 20 dollars in prizes. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wilhelm traveled to Webster City for work. Several chickenpox cases reported among local children. Frank McDowell and others took a hunting trip to Will Lake but returned empty handed.
A vintage home remedy advertises making cough syrup from Pinex in a 2 pint bottle with sugar or alternative sweeteners. It claims fast relief within 24 hours, wide use for throat and chest ailments, and urges asking a druggist for genuine Pinex with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
Funeral services were conducted by T P Shaffer at Northwood for two year old Howe Acd who died after a brief illness. Burials followed in Oak Grove. Family from Cedar Falls and Blooming Prairie attended along with several out of town mourners. The service honored the memory of the child as a loss to the community.
An advertisement touts a liver gland secretion from oxen as a cure for poising in the gut and a path to clear skin and bright eyes. It promotes Dioxol tablets, claiming they stimulate the liver, flood bile, kill germs, and improve health, with trials and free samples offered.
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