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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1911
Page
4
In Ta, September 13 a severe midnight storm struck the Bert Bagenstos barn destroying the building and its contents. A horse died in the fire and loss is about 60 dollars with 200 insurance. Fort Dodge reports 4.5 inches of rain and lightning damage in a separate storm.
Iowa Chiefs association will convene in Waterloo October 11 and 12 attracting about 160 chiefs and town marshals. Thief Dinneen, secretary and treasurer, announced the change from August. The event aims to boost Waterloo’s fame across the state and officials hope for a memorable visit.
Mrs W H Foulk travels to Tracy Minnesota to visit daughters Mrs Will Lichty and Mrs John Flickinger. Mr Butterfield of Waterloo visits on business. John Girsch buys a carload of cattle from Minnesota. Many residents attend Minnesota state fair last week. Harry Kemp returns from Dakota. Mr Monigeld of Waterloo threshes straw for Nick Kemp. Mr and Mrs Clifford Morris of Waterloo visit George Morris. Mr and Mrs Meyers of Waterto n visit Mr Golinvaux. Wheat sowing is active in the area this fall.
Mount Vernon Township reports visitors from Waterlon and Palo Alto County visiting relatives after the death of Rudolph Repp’s nephew. Mrs. Humphrey travels for family reasons and Clare Repn stays with her aunt. Herbert Jordan returns from the Minneapolis fair. Grandma Jacob’s funeral was held in Janesville with many relatives attending. Mrs. Earl Bowen visits her parents in Monona County. Joan Thiemer of Colby Kansas visits brother-in-law Carl.
A series of meetings takes place at the First Evangelical church. Oscar Renner and spouse attend a Minneapolis fair that week. W. Jacob reports a silo project at Alling. Jene Wallace travels to Kansas City on business. Waterloo attendees at Grandma Jacob funeral include Conrad Paul John Emmons Mr Drew Mrs Prudhon and Mr and Mrs M W Cadwallader. Mrs Farrington returns from Egbert Wyoming with her son Edgar.
The First National Bank moves into its new two story Waterloo building at Fourth and Sycamore streets. Architects Liewerlyn and Cleveland. builders James Maine & Sons. The second floor houses a marble lobby, banking room, safety vaults, offices, and a dedicated women’s reception area with genteel furnishings.
Wea Side Fireman Gentzler is arraigned for intoxication after labor day drinking. The case tests rules against drinking on duty and raises questions on pension fund disability while the board weighs disciplinary action and the city’s duties to pensioning employees.
Auditor T. M. Early recovered his long-missing gold watch after a warrant led to a Bristow residence tied to a local justice court incident. The owner, claiming to have found the watch on the street, faces questions as the engraved name ties him to the case.
Fairyland theatre will reopen to the public tomorrow at 2 PM under J. D. Knapp. The interior has been redecorated with top tier appointments, and the films shown will be the finest. A trio of singers and an orchestra will provide music.
Mrs Russell Sage remarks that Christ fed the hungry without lectures and argues that when people are in need they must be lifted out of their condition. The note emphasizes practical charity over rhetoric.
Waterloo friends of Miss Georgia E. Day of Keosauqua Iowa a missionary sister of Miles Mary L. Day of the Waterloo Y M C A Miss Edna Day and Miss Frances Day visiting nurse all of Waterloo are considerably ex-
Delegates to the M. E. General Conference gather for a five day meeting in the First M. E. church starting September 20 with Bishop T. B. Neeley presiding. Ministers retirements and transfers loom large as lay candidates press to be delegates, while obituaries note Mary Ann Swift’s death at 88 in Janesville.
Miss Day a Presbyterian missionary in Cheng Tu faces danger amid floods and riots in Sze Chuan. Miss Day and two other Iowa women fear for their safety as 70 Americans and hundreds of Chinese families face starvation. Chinese troops march to defend missionaries amid cannibal reports and refugee bandit activity.
A Waterloo Evening Courier diction ary appeal reports thanks from Annie M. Carothers postmistress and praise from village ministers. The note notes display in her office and urges readers to clip coupons from six issues to obtain the most useful general information work. Unspecified government clerks also endorse the dictionary and prompt orders from across states.
Rev. H. G. Beeman pastor of Walnut street Baptist church left for Des Moines to attend the Des Moines college board of trustees meeting. He will then travel to Russell to deliver four addresses at the Centerville and Eden association sessions of Baptist churches.
A reader asks why the Waterloo to La Porte City road has not been dragged this summer except near Washburn. The TAXPAYER urges county supervisors or authorities to explain the delay and abide by the law.
Louisville obituaries report S S Hite a renowned expert fisherman known from Canada to the gulf died in Louisville at age 33 His grandfather reportedly came to Kentucky with Daniel Toon The note mentions the annual convention of the disorderly text ends abruptly
W H Stewart assigns his restaurant stock and fixtures to creditors and plans to relocate to Minnesota to live with relatives. Oscar Schmidt has been ill from a stomach hemorrhage but shows improvement. Farmers receive checks for six to seven hundred dollars for sweet corn, largest about $750. Rumor links L A Burton to restaurant work with his editorial duties. Royal Neighbors hold an initiatory drill.
Miss Louise Timmonds returned today to Portland Indiana after weeks with Mrs F C Liffring and her daughter accompanied her home. Eleanor and Marguerite Brown left for Mt St Josephs in Dubuque after vacation with grandparents C F Brown. Beatrice Gorham also departed for the same school. The Blackhawk county medical society picnic at Cedar Heights was postponed due to threatening weather. Walnut Street Baptist B Y P A met at the church with good attendance and voted to present a Bible to a girl heading to Bible academy at Boone and aid a student boy. Mrs George B Barnes and two children from Kansas City arrived for a visit at J C Barnes on Eighth Street West.
Geneseo farmers bought an ensilage cutter last season but it exploded while in use. A new machine burst moments after starting Saturday morning, demolishing the device. Iron pieces 20 to 40 pounds flew high. No serious injuries. Local notices mention visitors and travel changes, with obituaries and storm-related events in the region.
Bruce Gates and Willard Smith of Waterloo have completed business training and will teach at Parsons College in Fairfield Iowa. Gates will run shorthand and typewriting classes while Smith handles bookkeeping, and both will continue study in other subjects at the Presbyterian school.
A Mobile Alabama reader, Mrs Sigure Hansen, reports long womanly trouble but says her condition improved after surgery and Cardul treatment. She credits Cardul with restoring appetite and sleep and notes a doctor’s approval of her improved health. The ad promotes Cardul as a fifty year old remedy for women’s ailments.
An advertisement urges readers afflicted with piles or hemorrhoids to try Meritol Pile Remedy claiming it provides positive permanent relief when other treatments fail. Henderson Drug Co the local druggists and members of the American Drug and Press Association endorse the product.
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