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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
11
Courier files reveal 1869 income tax contributions by Black Hawk County residents. Tax applied to annual income over 1000 dollars, with only three Waterloo residents still living: H. R. Allen, G. A. Eberhart, and Horace Roses. List of names and incomes follows.
Janesville reports include the Women's Relief corps regular meeting at Ma sonic hall and Royal Neighbors gathering at Alta Pattee’s home on Oct 18. Local updates cover school absences, sales totaling about 7500 dollars, new building work, farm changes, law on red-painted gasoline cans, and multiple visits, moves, and arrivals in the community.
Mrs May Tiedman and children of Sioux City visit her parents Mr and Mrs W H Mahanke. Mr and Mrs Richard Ludemann welcome a newborn son born Oct 1. Mrs Carl Mack returns to Detroit after visiting Dr M W Warner. I Polderboer and son William travel to Manchester for business. Mrs M F Edwards spent last week in Waterloo. The remains of Mrs Fred Smith.
Fifty years ago the paper planned to move offices to Benight's hall delaying next issue. Republicans nominated C. Close for representative and A Bunnell for treasurer and recorder. W F Brown for sheriff. 8l D Shaw for county judge. George Ordway for superintendent. J W Miller for surveyor. WQ Richards for coroner. James S George supported the Union ticket. Orton Bros. circus scheduled for Oct 21. Editor returned from an eastern trip last Thursday.
A Republican meeting schedule lists speakers A J Edwards M C Woodruff E G Miller and R P Speer. Local fair draws praise. W T Tingworth, Union Mill Co superintendent, was presented a gold watch worth 140. Rev M K Cross will replace ill Rev Russell at the Baptist church next Sunday. L A Cobb buys a fine billiard table. J Buechle from Fox town notes prunes grown from pits he cultivated. J A Ellsworth returns from the Washington asylum and pretends to be Prophet Jeremiah seeking Sheriff Brown’s protection. Rev J T Crippen reassigned to First M E church caretaking duties.
Entries note sprinter Leon Lozier’s defeat in a fifty yard dash at Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Krapfel and her mother arrive. Krapfel at First National Bank. A stone shattered an Illinois Central passenger train window near Woods ice houses. W W Miller returns from Chicago reporting huge World’s Fair crowds. Walsh and Wichman’s hardware store burgled, $1.50 stolen. Irvin B Liehty, Democrat nominee for county superintendent, declines the post. James Starr visits from Richmond Indiana with his brother John Starr, after forty two years.
Mrs. Smith formerly Pearl Stowe died after an appendicitis operation. She had strong ties to Eagle Grove and Parkersburg where she was married. Survived by husband Fred Smith and her Warren Stowe parents of Weagle Grove. Funeral Friday. Rev. McIntosh of the same charge reassigned. Several locals attended and showed sympathy.
A company of friends gathered Friday evening to entertain Mrs. Frank Waples of Manchester. G A Pfeiffer of Philadelphia called on old-time friends Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W ON Allen visited Mr. and Mrs. John Norman of Waterloo last week. Mrs. W N Clark and Mrs. George Kothe were Waterloo visitors Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewin Miller of Wagner SD are visiting B O Miller and family. Mrs. John Voord has returned to Minnesota after visiting at John Voord’s home. W T Evans spent Sunday in Independence and noted Mrs. Phelps’s slight improvement. Mrs. F J Grotty visits her parents in Independence this week. Miss Alice Mulkern returned to Waterloo after visiting Miss Leola Handler at Fort Dodge.
Dr Edwarda Olive Tablets claim to improve color and skin tone by stimulating the liver and bowels without calomel side effects. The ad touts a vegetable composition and olive color, noting millions of boxes sold at 10c and 25c per box and urging nightly use for results.
The manufacturers guarantee relief in all rheumatic cases or refund your money. Red Cross Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co hold exclusive agency. A confident sales pitch promises relief or a full refund, urging customers to try Meritof Powders.
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