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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
6
In Waterloo Miss Anna L. Jeffers and Mr. Charles K. Meiheisel wed at the Jeffers home. The ceremony was by Rev. J. G. Johnson with an arch of asters and smilax. A wedding dinner followed, and the couple will reside with relatives at the Jeffers home for now.
Fort Dodge Iowa September 21 special J H Herman manager for Zbyszko proposes by letter to deposit 1000 with the Fort Dodge Messenger sports editor as surety he will pay 9000 to Frank Gotch if Gotch agrees to meet Zbyszko any time after November when he returns to the country. The offer stands regardless of the match outcome. Gotch was not available for comment.
San Jose Cal Sept 21 Rev Thamas F Sherman son of General William Tecumseh Sherman arrived from Chicago after a severe nervous breakdown and a suicide attempt at Los Gatos. He is now an inmate at the state hospital for the insane in Apriew following commitment by physicians who deemed special treatment needed.
Sam Henderson departs next Saturday night for Palo Alto California to join Stanford university in the mechanical engineering department. He will begin studies there as part of his collegiate plans and athletic or community ties are not noted in the item.
Kansas City, Sept 21 One man was killed and a score injured in a railroad collision between a Missouri Pacific and a Santa Fe passenger train at Sheffield ten miles east of here. The dead man is J H Durham of Jefferson City fireman on the Missouri Pacific. It is believed none of the passengers will die as both trains entered Kansas City on the same track and the Santa Fe train had stopped at a crossing when the collision occurred. The Santa Fe steel coaches are believed to have prevented heavier loss of life.
In Colorado Springs authorities hold that an enemy of one or both families may have killed Mrs. Alice Burnham and her children Alice and John aged 6 and 3, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry F Warne. The six victims were found murdered with an axe in their adjacent homes, likely Sunday night, with robbery ruled out as motive.
In Willows California on September 21 a fireless cooker aids the care of newborn twins, a boy weighing two pounds and a girl three pounds, kept in separate compartments and fed via medicine dropper as they gain strength.
In a tense incident, officials stated only an incubator could save the patients. Lacking such equipment, responders relied on a fireless cooker which proved adequate to the emergency and preserved life.
W H Burling of Postville Iowa a church member and brother of former County Attorney C G Burling Clarksville seeks lay delegate berth to the Methodist Episcopal general conference next year. He is endorsed by Pastor G C Casper and by his home church official board. Burling is an active church official and ardent worker with sterling qualities.
Friends describe a young man as a strong representative for the Upper Town conference. They believe his character and conduct reflect Christian manhood and would earn acceptance in the region.
Kansas City case runs from Independence court where Mrs Mary Lyle Willis sued Archie C Willis for divorce. The judge ruled that a wife is entitled to a divorce if her husband refuses her kiss or affection, noting the wife’s testimony that he rebuffed her advances. The ruling granted the divorce to Mrs Willis.
Waterloo Cornell students organize a reunion during a Methodist conference with HE A Boggs as chair. A reception and banquet run 4:45 to 8 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church with music and toasts from James E Harlan Bishop T B Neely Rev W F Spry Titus Lowe and J W Arbuckle. Former students urged to attend.
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