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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1913
Page
11
A fragmented notice from Weboten County describes a public watermelon event or race. It mentions People of Bown and a relief or free offering, with unclear specifics but indicates a local community gathering and possible contest or distribution. Further details are unreadable.
The Helmet Lodge, aiming to outpace rival lodges, launched a drive to become the leading Pythian chapter in the Supreme Lodge. San Diego’s lodge, led by S. Tuthill, recorded 106 members, while Helmet Lodge boasted 808, with growth since 1924 promising the San Diego group will fall behind in a reorganization push by year’s end.
Officials seek identity of a well dressed unidentified woman who boarded a Fort Des Moines car Saturday night and refused to pay fare or take a seat. She caused a 30 minute delay, then vanished as inspectors arrived. Passengers unsettled, conductor worried about inciting trouble.
A fragmented Venice scene shows a man seeking a grave at sea, ending with an odd product plug about Foley Kidney Pills. The text blends a maritime search with a garbled sales pitch for kidney medication and a stray reference to a mysterious ring. The overall read is a damaged newspaper fragment with dubious coherence.
The hog cholera epidemic spreads unchecked across Iowa with swine dying in large numbers especially in Black Hawk County near Waterloo. Dead carcasses and selling sick hogs raise public health concerns while buyers purchase dying animals. Authorities report ongoing trials but no effective cure and expect the disease to lessen with winter.
Settlement in the Garmoe will case ends the fight over Isaac Garmoe’s will. The $40,460 bequest to the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fort Dodge and $25,000 to Morningside College Sioux City remain unaffected. Details are pending filing in the district court clerk’s office. Plaintiffs are relatives of Garmoe from Iowa and Wisconsin. The case has lingered about a year. Margaret Garmoe, widow of Isaac Garmoe, is a defendant in the suit.
Freeport Journal reports W. C. Wahl brakeman, 7, injured Saturday about 8 15 a m on the main line near Red Oak when a stake broke and struck his right arm. He suffered a contusion. Dr Mease attended him.
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