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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1913
Page
6
Miss Hilda Hayes reports from Waverly for Waterloo Evening Courier as residents travel to Waterloo and Marshalltown. Local greetings recount visits by Fortner in Iowa and relatives from Grand Forks. The piece lists various social calls, travels to fairs, band bookings, and a sidewalk mishap involving Mrs Andrews with a swift recovery promised.
Miss Bessie Schacter of Vinton visited at the H. I. Real home while Miss Esther Banton and others visited in La Porte. William Cowley returned from a ten day Ohio trip. John Longaker is seriously ill after two paralytic strokes. Mrs. F. W. Esher heads to Chattanooga for the W A C convention then Atlanta. Lucile Criss goes to Vernon to start third year at Cornell. Harold Wilcox to teach at Cornell College Mt. Vernon. Margaret McQuilkin leaves for Minneapolis for postgraduate work at the University of Minnesota. Mrs. G. W. Wisher goes to Marshalltown. Ira Richards welcomes a newborn son. Scofield visits La Porte, and Maude Goodsell visits Ira Richards.
W Scott Hanna of La Verne Indiana visited the city Saturday. L Kern of Denver and Cole on a short business visit. Sans Souci refreshment stand closed for season. J L Rose and G W Saxton drove to La Crosse Wisconsin. Bruce Comstock of Illinois Central depot spent Sunday with Fort Dodge relatives. Mrs Josephine Barnhouse returned to Oska tooga. B N Salter leaves for Town City to enter State University. Mrs T C Menges and daughter Helen return from Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs G E Lichty and friends attended a dinner in Shell Rock. Mr and Mrs J H Hachey and Mr and Mrs P J Martin visited Eldora. Charles LaBarre bedfast. age eighty three. W E Krueger recovering post surgery in Chicago, to return home soon. Deputy Game Warden Al Houseton offers new state and federal game laws at Joe Sehiel’s hardware. Mrs Pettit on Fowler Street received navy souvenirs including an ostrich eye and a devil fish. Mrs F Schudmehl and family visit Marion. Mr Schudmehl to Reinbeck on business. Col and Mrs C L Longley of Vicksburg Tenn visiting son A Longley. plan Idaho home. Otis Longley also in Idaho. W F Curtis shares San Diego views. C W Illingworth and family from Los Angeles visited. Mesdames Emily George and Edith Colton to Sherman Texas for months of business. Dewey Colton accompanies. Plymouth Congregational church service praised. subscription drive for new church home ongoing. FL A Carson of Metropolitan Life hosts a gathering of agents at Cedar River Park. Prudential outings noted.
Society notes report Prof L B Drake recently based in Waterloo held a piano recital at his residence studio 728 Randolph Street. Four kindergarten pupils under seven and twelve junior pupils performed before a sizable audience of invited guests.
Surprised at progress, pupils completed four to ten lessons as Prof Drake’s older students prepare for an October recital. SEW JOB PRINTING OFFICE in Waterloo to open soon at 625 Water Street with full presses and type. E B Holmes forms Holmes & Company, moving from Muscatine, and will make Waterloo home at 408 Locust Street. Advertisement notes local activity and a car wreck scene near Independence referenced by Courier ads.
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