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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1915
Page
7
Farmers report a wide range in matured corn yield estimates from 31 to 75 percent due to late planting and adverse weather. Frost last night dropped to 21 degrees, killing unprotected corn and damaging late plantings along the Wapsie valley Cedar area. Most expect yields to range around half to above 50 percent in the county.
Tokio reports Japanese officials say the Entente needs munitions, not troops, for Russia. Japan plans to enlarge arsenals and build factories to boost wartime production, with payments for costs to be made in London. Public opinion supports aiding Russia while avoiding home military strains.
An English professor journeys through hills and stops at a mountain hut. He asks for cornbread, prompting a playful, polite exchange as the hostess jokes about offering only cornbread and nothing else. The scene captures rustic speech and local humor from the Roston Herald.
An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a tonic for kidney trouble. It links kidney health to efficiency and energy, claims the pills strengthen the kidneys and help remove waste for relief from backache headaches stiff joints and fatigue, and notes sales by all druggists.
Subscribers are urged to report irregular delivery to Cedar Falls Drug Co and contact the Business Agent at Fourth and Main Streets. The notice invites work offers and exchange services, with phone numbers 26 and 362 provided for Cedar Falls Daily News inquiries.
In Cedar Falls yesterday many small gatherings and visits were noted. Mrs E Hlarry EB Philpot hosted a noon gathering while Bertreaux returned from Streeter Illinois to resume duties with American Express. Mrs S F Hersey hosts Tuesday on Oct 12. Mrs Frank Hammer leads a discussion on Mythology of the British Isles. Mrs Petersen returns to Seattle after visiting Mrs Brandt and Miss Khemla Brandt on East Thirteenth Street. Tickets on sale Wednesday morning at 9 for a Dr Steiner lecture in the opera house Friday Oct 13. prices 45 and 35 cents. Prof Isaacson of Grandview College spoke at Danish Bethuicher Church to a large audience. W J Parmenter from Ludington stays with daughter Mrs Ralph Wood at 1002 West First Street. Emma Pillleo visits Clarksville for a weekend. A. J. Withur visits Cedar Falls from Newton High School. First Congregational Church Brotherhood met at George Rowell’s. new officers elected: President J H Sheejkmaker, Vice President J J Mahon ty, Secretary Dr We D Wier, Treasurer B W Merrill. Brotherhood supports Dr Edward Steiner lecture Friday. Mrs Rowell served refreshments. Cedar Falls Woman’s Club department meets Tuesday at 9 with Mrs AL Stiles at 2911 Olive Street.
The Cedar Falls Woman's Club sections will convene Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs O Jackson as leader. Church services occur as usual with First Methodist Episcopal church hosting a union service in the evening. Funeral services for Thomas Thompson, 42, will be held tomorrow at Fredsville. he died suddenly on the Louis Hecklinger farm, leaving kin and three children.
Cedar Falls plans a Woman's Exchange to trade handmade articles and take orders. Opening Oct 11 at The Gift Shop, Main and Seventh, under Miss S Teminwayt I. Registration 26 boats for three months, 10 percent commission on sales and orders. Each article tagged with price and consignor number. Payments monthly first.
Ancient home remedy ad for S. S. S. blood purifier claims to cleanse blood of taint, cure skin diseases, rheumatism, catarrh, and contagious blood poison. touts root and herb composition, promises clear skin and stored vitality. Advertises order from S. S. S. Co. Atlanta Georgia.
Joseph Wells born September 16, 1825 in White Creek New York died October 8 1915 in Cedar Falls age ninety. Funeral services Monday at 2 30 p m in First Methodist Episcopal Church with Dr J W Holland officiating. Survived by daughter Mrs Alberta Guernsey and two other children. five children born, three survive.
Town in 1855 Grundy County ten miles west of this city lived there until moving to Cedar Falls twenty five years ago. Hal Wells recalled early days in Iowa driving an ox team and crossing rivers. He was a devout member of First Methodist Episcopal church and last of a ten child family. His children and grandchildren include E B Guern Rey Alberta Wells Olle McChane Adah Campbell Roy Guern sey My Fre moot Wells Lettie Helsler Jesse Wells Blanche Miller Margaret Wilson Fremont Wells Fred Wells Zora Wells Hattie Wells and more relations across Cedar Falls Grundy Center Waterloo and beyond.
Davenport Times reports the Boston English Opera Co. revival of The Bohemian Girl at Burtis Opera House. The program featured I Dreamt That So Dwell in Marble Halls The Heart Bowed Down Then Youll Remember Me and other classic numbers. The performance impressed music lovers and stood out as one of the best in years for the tri cities.
The review highlights Joseph Fr Sheehan as Thaddeus and Mirth Carmen as Arline with strong supporting roles. Arthur Dean earns admiration for The Heart Bow'd Dawn while the chorus impresses with vocal prowess and handsome presence. Frank Reihman stands out as a former Davenport porter in the Chicago season.
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