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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1914
Page
9
Paris reports Leynen, a Liege born scout, decorated by King Albert for valor in Belgium. Described as highly alert with uncanny perception, he twice crossed German lines from Antwerp to deliver dispatches, exposing 11 spies and aiding the Belgian government.
Israel Zangwill appeals to Jews in neutral countries to support the Allies against Germany. He urges American Jews not to let fears of Russia sway their sympathy, praising Britain’s fight and urging unity among Jews to help defeat the Teutonic threat. He argues Germany uses white forces for black purposes and stresses civilization’s defense by Britain.
Shady Grove notes report E F Donovan of Yankton visiting and planning to build a horse barn this fall. John Freyling leaves for Independence to attend high school. Miles Bunnell and Glenn Kenney attend Jesup school. Mrs Seeley of Waterloo begins fair term in Shady Grove district. Local families attend Minnesota state fair. Kids Stumma visit grandparents for dinner at Fred Stumm home. S G N club hosted by D Wills with needlework and supper. Ladies unions and aids meet across churches with 44 attendees at O E Sherman and next at Will Freyling. Detois Peters injures a leg playing with friends, but recovers to return to school soon.
Sept 10 report from Dewar notes Hetty Turner moving with family to Water 100 School opens with Miss Marshall and Miss Rascht as teachers. Mrs A D Hares of Fairbank visits. Miss Follett from Storm Lake visits. Mr Gaylor builds a large barn on Engert farm. John Roe is sidelined with a lame leg after scaffolding incident. Ladies Aid met with Mrs D S Heiple. Mr and Mrs Chas Ress tav era return from Pennsylvanian after visiting. John Heinz travels to Cresco for farm improvements.
Eugene Dube of San Francisco visits his parents in Reinbeck. Various locals attend visits from Des Moines and Minneapolis. Meetings planned for September 16 include P. L. O. and Kensington club elections. A man released from jail in Anamosa starts work in Elkader. Dance at Whalen's hall Sept. 16. Birth announcements include a seven pound girl for Mr. and Mrs. Harrig Porter of Dike and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bean. Mrs. East undergoes surgery and recovers. Earl Wallace returns from tour for vacation. Local real estate sales recorded: Elden Oru property to Oscar Lundberg for $750. D. A. Hawley property to Gach Jordan for $460. Residents camping at Waverly fall grounds reflect seasonal activity. September Ladies Aid to meet Sept. 17. weather delays Thursday band concert, rescheduled to Saturday.
Denver reports Henry Hopple and wife occupy the Krevh home since Monday. Wm Segert sr and wife left for a two week visit near Bash er Colorado visiting daughter Mrs John Timerman. Mrs Uhlman returns from Atlantic Id. H C Clausing leaves for Minneapolis by auto route. Misses Kehe from Arlington Heights visit. Miss Emma Graeling in Colorado for sanatorium treatments. R C Smith family returns from Nebraska after funeral. Mr and Mrs John Hoffman celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary. Miss Alvina Beinecke and Herman Hein wed at the Lutheran church. No services at Rev Krumm's church next Sunday as pastor preaches in Sigourney.
Mrs. Howard Wildes and daughter Helen of Waterloo visited Mrs. Michael in Washburn. Olli Foulk is ill. Henry Kemp of Cresco spent time with his mother here. Will and Howard Morris and families from Waterloo visited Geo. Morris. Mildred Dane and Ella Roberts of Waterloo visited siblings Arch and family. Mr. Gates and Mr. Dryer of Norwalk joined cousins Over, Steimel, and the Schraeders before departing for Manchester. Charles Todd and family moved to Burnendale Mine. Gill of Shell Rack becomes station agent. Henry Schraeder attended the Minnesota fair. Louis Golinvaux returned from Marshalltown after a funeral. Henry Kaith and wife welcome an 8-pound daughter born Tuesday. Mrs. De Lanecay and Grace left for a visit with Mrs. Neighoigh in Garrison.
Horton community updates include Warren Hurl ecke painting the schoolhouse interior, Glen Lundberge and Barbara Tisem an entering college in Waterloo, Allie Stith leaving for Kansas City to complete a course, Percy Hawley returning to Michigan, Mrs Amy McKenzies visiting near Nashua, Mrs Lundberge and daughter heading to Spring Valley Minnesota for a week, cemetery society members painting the cemetery fence, and the death of Mrs. Win Little with funeral at the Baptist church and Horton cemetery interment.
Winthrop Iowa September 14 1913 teachers listed including A B Jewett and Dorothy Otte. Mrs H H White and daughter return from Chicago. Born to T L Slaughter and wife a son. Jos Smith and wife a daughter. Obituary: Robert J Stage born 1845 Illinois died age 69 after cancer battle. funeral in Winthrop with niece Mrs David Love. Mrs Love took remains to Greenwood for burial.
Mrs. Coleman returns to Cedar Falls after visiting J Yen Meter and wife Carl Wagner and family who were in Aplington a week. Johnsons return from Hil City Minnesota with Roy Christiansen visiting relatives. A hail storm damaged windows and crops, chickens died, branches fell, and trees stripped of leaves. Cedar Valley Light and Power Co begins talks for 24 hour electric service. council weighs accepting their offer. Henry Bruns barn burns with unknown cause and hay loss, insured partly.
Sept 11 notes A HM Thomas of Knoxville arrives for visit with sister Mra C V Surfus. Cemetery association reports brisk activity with an all day meeting at the cemetery. W D Connolly travels to Bt Paul then Devile Lake, aiming to see his paralytic brother. Will Smith ill with typhoid in Oklahoma. Lloyd Jones Geo Couger and Art Wendt attend Minnesota state fair. May Payne and five children visit J B Williams’s mother. Gladys and Viva Ebeling attend school in Miltonville. German Reformed church feasts draw large crowd. noon dinner in Burma grove serves over 250 and raises 127 for a monument.
In Fredericksburg Iowa on September 11 William Bishop died at home after an operation for gall stones performed six weeks earlier failed to restore his health. Earlier Philip Weep broke his arm while attempting to attach a belt to a threshing machine. Recent real estate transfers include J B Russell selling a farm near town to Henry Barker and buying a house from F J Cullingson, Clarence Upham purchasing Mrs Sandy's house and lot and the adjoining lot of Mrs J C Griffith, and Don Jackson selling his printing office to Geo Allen with plans to build a new shop on the lot to the west.
Minneapolis reader recounts two years of illness and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring strength and enabling daily chores. The advertisement urges others to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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