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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
7
Chris Cook buys a new auto. Residents and visitors frequent Fairbank Dunkerton Waterloo Cedar Falls and Independence events. Highlights include silos being built, a bazaar raising funds, school moves, weddings, and travel to St Paul and Crown Point.
The Rockford column notes the western comedy The Greed for Gold at the Rockford opera house to aid Riverside cemetery chapel and vault. It lists local departures for colleges, harvest updates from Shell Rock, visits by Prof. Bishop, Frank Drake, and others, plus heat illness, travel to Chattanooga for a G A R encampment, and various small-town happenings including births, sales, car ownership, school starts, and social events among Rockford residents.
Funeral services for Emil Benck were held at the Schuecklette home conducted by Rev J Q Robinson. A wide list of obituaries and social notices recounts deaths marriages moves and local events with Reinbeck residents attending drills and concerts and staff changes at local businesses and schools.
Miss Nellie Whalford visited Clarksville on Friday. Mr and Mrs Z N N attended the Allison fair Thursday while Mrs A J Woodward visited with others.
An advertisement proclaims Meritol Rheumatism Powders as effective and guaranteed to give permanent relief. It notes a large sale volume as evidence and offers a form for purchase via the local agent Ted Chas Prue Henderson Drug Co.
Geneseo items include Frank Lockard and C. E. Lambert visiting Toledo, a Frey boy injured by a horse with poor recovery prospects, Homer Brown visiting Geneseo, Merritt and Meeker families at New Hampton for the fair, Burger family moving to Waterloo, Bragonier house nearing plastering, Henderson scouting Holstein cows here, G. W. McKay reviewing wing work on a Geneseo silo, and Nate Harten planning a closing-out sale before a California winter residence.
Shady Grove area residents held visits and travel updates. Louis Ochler Misslark of California and Mrs Dan banning of Waterloo visited Mrs Fred Schuste. Mrs Harriet Ham’s daughter visited. Mrs Jats Conk reported ill. Mrs Weesie Faulkner and child stayed with Mars Bunnell. Mrs Pratt moved on to Holly Colorado due to husband’s illness. Mrs Valkies visited Fiich ford Liv with parents. city Maries and daughter joined the Monday copy.
Claude Johnson bought an acre of land on Saturday. Charles Leahy of Cedar Falls rents the John Repp farm. Mr and Mrs Austin Callahan visit Howard county with Henry and John Callahan and families. Mrs Dunbar hosts Till side cemetery association Thursday afternoon. John and Egbert Briden of Waterloo visit relatives here Sunday. About seventy five neighbors and relatives host a surprise party for Mr and Mrs Ed Hollenbee. They plan a trip to Wheaton Minnesota. East Janesville Epworth league to stage a serial and lawn entertainment September 20 with refreshments. John Jacobs buys a home on Edwards street Waterloo and will move next week.
Ad fragment notes pricing and timing for a Saturday matinee at 2 30 with a promotional offer. Mentions a child’s attitude to school and possible eye-related cause. Contains incomplete sentence and unclear details.
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