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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
12
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a safe quick cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims relief in five minutes, with stomach regulation and freedom from gas, belching, and discomfort, urging readers to buy a fifty cent case from any drug store.
Edna Klein returns to Waterloo after four weeks at home. Matt Pierce buys Joe McManus farm. Walsh and Elliot travel to Canada for two weeks. Residents attend Reinbeck potato days. Ella Reiter works for Mrs. Christy Cavanaugh. Klein siblings Blessing callers Sunday. Tom Cummings of Hudson visits. Garvey and Henng visit Gilbertville. Back family visits Dysart. Chris Blitch shells corn Tuesday afternoon.
A crowd gathered at the Orange township hall Wednesday to view stereopticon views shown by Mr. Beery. Local residents including Mr and Mrs Bontinger traveled from Ohio and Chicago while others headed to Mt Morris college for the upcoming school opening.
The report notes a family farewell as Clare Grady the young son of Mr and Mrs Jake Grady is escorted by relatives to Oklahoma for his funeral. Ephraim Lichty and Dennis Schrock with spouses plan California departure. C C Shoemaker returns to Waterloo from Crmbfy. Estella Hamer heads Friday to Cedar Rapids for several weeks. J D Sweitzer funeral held yesterday.
Otterville report covers visits by Mrs. Fr Bechter and Mrs. Budzine family, Eula Gissel hosting Bernice Gates, and Henry Linder visiting. Promotes Otterville Grange Fair on Sept 25. Buchanan County Fair highlights include free school admission, themed days, large livestock and vegetable displays, and Flora Hall crowding. Chas Wroten obituary note. local Indians sighting. Stoddard plums exhibition. family updates on Geo Sanders arm.
Miss Florence James of Waterloo visits her sister Mrs W W Richard in Shell Rock. Mrs D A Scobey returns from Washington after a year with son Guy and wife. R E Hollenbeck and Mrs Horace Page go to Marion for the funeral of their sister Mrs Eliza.
Searles and J. H. Mullen funeral notices touch a busy week in Shell Rock with relatives from New Castle and Waterloo visiting. Epworth League plans a reception for about sixty new members at the M E church. Local moves include Ed Wilcox to Waverly and families from Fort Dodge and Murengo visiting or relocating. Evangels Nelson and Wood announce a return for meetings at Bethel church Norton’s Corners.
Floyd Allen, leader of the Allen clan, was sentenced to die in the electric chair on November 22 in Richmond for killing Commonwealth Attorney William Foster. Claude Allen received the same sentence for killing Sheriff Lewis Webb and for aiding Foster’s death. Judge Waller R. Stables sentenced them. the executions await possible new trials from the supreme court.
Roy Corwin spent a week in Minnesota visiting relatives and attending the Fair. Charles Dorman and family and Miss Minnie Rabe attended the funeral of Mrs Sadie H Rabe in Waverly. Ed Holland and family visited from Shell Rock. Cedar Falls home coming attracted many locals. W V Dove moved to a new house. School commenced Monday. Earl Cortright began sorghum making.
Miss Verna Gleason and Clare Gleason of Waterloo visit in Voorhies. Ray and Murphy start at Waterloo Business College. Numerous locals attend potato days at Reinbeck. Mrs. Barry’s Wisconsin relatives visit. Alice Hayes returns home after Milwaukee visit. Lenore Cummings Daniel Arthur and Margaret Gallogly head to Nabuke for school. A daughter arrives for the Farrel home. Gertrude Murphy begins Hudson school. Thornton and Kelly families attend Thomas Thornton’s wife’s funeral in Marshalltown. Courier want ads ace time ravers.
Mrs. Percy Pennybacker of Austin Texas will visit Iowa next spring, reserving the third week in May for the state biennial. Mrs. Homer A. Miller plans Sept 26 27 board meeting to discuss district work and set the May dates. Fort Dodge and Des Moines clubs report civic efforts and a popular baby health contest at the state fair with 258 babies, top scores by Dorothy Klusmeyer and Robert Scott.
St Paul observes a ceremonial burial of the Hammer with elaborate music and public tributes as part of a local event featuring the St Paul Boosters team. The scene includes formal proceedings and community participation in remembrance.
A 1920s style beauty column advises on shiny skin and avoidance of washing. It prescribes a magatone and witch hazel lotion for all-day hold, a dry shampoo with thorax powder, pyroxin for eyebrows and lashes, and a depilatory treatment using plain delatonn to remove facial hair.
Old time laxatives like castor oil and calomel are scorned in favor of Syrup of Figs and Senna as a gentler, safer remedy for children. The filler claims the syrup cleanses bowels, smooths digestion, and leaves kids well in hours, with directions on the package and a call to ask for the genuine product.
The St Paul Commercial Club unveiled its new $60,000 headquarters on the eleventh and twelfth floors of the Commerce building. The club, 21 years old and the largest in the city, moved to a designed space to accommodate 1,600 members and invites business visitors to join at reduced rates. Located at Fourth and Wabasha streets opposite the courthouses, the building is among the city’s tallest.
A special edition of Kimball's Dairy Farmer will be printed during the Waterloo Cattle congress week. The monster issue will contain abundant information, numerous illustrations, and extensive advertisements. Circulation exceeds 100,000, with over 200,000 copies printed for this edition, featuring past dairy farm life stories and farm life features from the publication.
Croaton Iowa September 13 A number of horses in this locality are afflicted with a disease resembling the malady in Nebraska and Kansas Veterinarians say it is not as virulent and not contagious Dr Quinn of Croaton suspects forage poisoning from rank vegetation as the cause Alarm is felt that the disease may develop the malignant form seen in Nebraska with one horse showing similar symptoms to those in the Nebraska outbreak M C Hatch living south of town reports an animal with matching signs
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