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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1914
Page
9
A 1914 McClure syndicate tale depicts fairies asking brown lanterned fireflies to guard them from goblins. The fireflies shine by day and night, blinding goblins who try to seize them, enabling safety for both sides.
W A Marsh of Waterloo wins major Guernsey prizes at the Iowa state fair with the famous J Pierpont Morgan herd. Deanie XVI senior and grand champion cow. Hayes Cherub I grand champion bull, undefeated and world renowned. Marsh nets 319 dollars in premiums from 27 prizes, including six champions and ten firsts.
Local tale reports Herman Beal badly hurt while chasing his daughter's elopement with a neighbor’s hired hand. His car somersaulted at a bridge, pinning him. others freed him. no other serious injuries. Vehicle towed to Nevada. suspects escaped.
Shenandoah reports Continental Gas and Electric has taken over 10 Iowa and Nebraska Public Service Company plants, boosting the holder’s capital by over 1.1 million dollars. The plants serve Norfolk, Meadow Grove, Tilden, Beatrice, Wimore, Blue Springs, Blair, Missouri Valley, Logan, and Magnolia. Des Moines notes importers Singmaster and Truman deny Britain seized stock, stating they still have their horses after exhibition.
Reports from Town City and neighboring towns recount wartime travel woes and shipboard shortages as families struggle to return home. Accounts mention heavy breeding horses confiscations, 101 Handi show seizures, and crowded steerage voyages amid naval patrols. Other items note Iowa University medical curiosity, Canadian athlete Holt joining a regiment, a steamer mystery near Muscatine, and Professor Shimek's safety in Berne along with a war zone niece.
Robert Whorton, aged 96 and famed as the oddest Mason, transfers land from Iowa in 1853 for 104.20 per acre or 27,000 for Cae farm, plans to move to Hamburg. Separately, authorities seized two barrels of whiskey from Burlington freight, 104 gallons, under federal law, with no known John Robinson in the area.
Ida Grove report notes Ella Anspach filing for a temporary injunction against six saloons in the county, one drug store and two barber shops. The petition lists grounds for hearing but details remain unclear as the mayoral dealers of the county prepare their defense after a meeting in Ida Grove.
Centerville reports Labor Day events with first aid team contest featuring 12 to 14 teams from Centerville Ottumwa Oskaloosa and Alicia. W Ryan of US Bureau of Mines and Phil Waterman of Hiteman will award prizes after judges declare winners. A large parade including Italian women in peasant dress from Creepyville is planned along with floats from business houses lodges and unions. Also six indictments by Wapello county grand jury include first degree murder charges against Rafael Cavilla and liquor nuisance counts. Everett Humble faces larceny by embezzlement and St Puffenbarger a statutory count.
Center Point hosts visiting families from Berea and Rogers while marking a successful chautauqua. Teachers return to start the new school year with Stuart Maharan named principal in Hasleton and plans for two days of celebration in late September. Miss Car Welsh of New Albion, Ta., is visiting Floyd.
A quirky report notes residents in multiple locales with brief mentions of retirees, school openings, and a mayoral vacancy filled last week. Amy Wilbur hosted the Embroidery club gathering while local teachers and staff are listed among school personnel.
Mrs. Mary Hoard from Metro visits relatives in Plainfield. Joli Cable returns to Raymond. Bessie Wade and family back to Palo. Ray Laughery family visit. Warren Fuller and wife travel to Chicago with nephew Guy Puller. J A Roach, J Z Wouts families attend Des Moines fair. Eurene Thompson returns from Breckenridge. Gen Fuller and daughter Mandie visit Chicago. KR Starr and family from Dubuque visit Osage relatives. Harvey Fuller sails to Byron Illinois.
Mrs Emery and Mrs Margaret Miller depart for a few weeks visit with relatives at Ft Dodge and Alta. Mrs John Pallock returns from a three months visit with her daughter in New Mexico. Ladies Aid society held a prize on Ada Toseble. Mrs Will Griffith and son Karl leave for northern Minnesota to join her husband. Ed Mooney and Kathryn of Waterloo visit town. Bailay and Run dell of Livingston Wis stay at A L Enloe home. Dallis Wick visiting Reinbeck this week. F J Hoffman moves Monday to Waterloo. Ada Enloe visits Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Bertha Sprague will soon follow.
An old advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a tonic to ease pregnancy, stating it steadies abdominal muscles and reduces pain from strain. It claims benefits for maternal health, offers a booklet on use, and directs readers to contact the Field Regulator Co. at 399 Limar Big. danta, Ga.
Leave granted for Miss Mary to take up her school work at Sinsnawa. She is quite sick with threat and lung trouble, affecting her studies and attendance.
Archie Cameron of Waterloo visited Otterville relatives while Mrs. Henry Bante improves after a week of illness. O B Dickinson advances farm improvements northwest of Otterville. School session opens with Miss Casey and Ava Glaser leading. Grace Gurtle joins her uncle Lewis Curtis at his Royal Nebraska home. Miss Mae Doxie of Waterlao spent...
Afragmentary report notes oats yielding between 26 and 434 bushels per acre while corn suffers drought damage. The text mentions Mrs. Frank Bantz and Mrs. Jacob Hanson visiting with a sister from Waterloo.
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