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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1916
Page
5
Waterloo Sunday schools plan a first ever city rally day with a parade to boost attendance and showcase church strength. Advertising uses placards and home door knob cards in district divisions to invite every child. Public transportation was added to include elderly and home departments in the march.
The YWCA opens the fall season with a supper for 36 Waterloo Skirt and Garment workers and 23 girls signaling interest in club work. Millinery sewing cerocketing and tatting classes will form. Helen Davis provided music, and a fall rally is scheduled Friday with Tara Hawkes addressing. The Business Girls club plans a Oct 9 season opener. College of Commerce girls will form a basketball team and train twice weekly. High School Girls club holds first meeting Friday at 4:30 PM.
Plaintiffs seek 48 dollars in an account claim while the defendant demands 25 000 on a counter claim amid two counts of damages tied to prior dealings with Harris Brothers company and L A Tebes successor of Cutting Motor Car company. The case lists transactions and alleged damages with conflicting monetary amounts.
Berlin dispatch reports Zeppelin raids on British naval base Portsmouth and nearby military establishments along the Thames, North Shields, Lincoln and Derby, with targets attacked Monday night as announced by the admiralty. Separate local notices list lodge convocations, entertainments, and meetings from Tabernacle chapter to Moose club, with schedules and supper plans.
The grand jury adjourned until next Monday. BE B Hersch of Pole IL visited his brother N B Hersch yesterday. Miss Anna Patterson arrived from Rockwell City after a two week visit. Miss Bridget Grady returned from a Wisconsin Illinois trip. Mrs L H Stewart of Boston is visiting sister A J Knapp on Wellington St for months. Lawrence B Kascht left for Omaha to enter Creighton University for his second year in dentistry. Gertrude Van Gorder has taken a stenographer post at Hotel Russell Lamson. Judge G W Dunham sustained a motion directing a verdict for the defendant in Lydia Feilers vs Modern Woodmen of America. Suit to recover 2100 on a policy.
Waterloo will host the Central West Mission superintendents convention November 5 to 7 bringing about 49 mission workers to the city. Morning sessions at the mission and afternoon and evening meetings at city churches. committees named for entertainment advertising pulpit reception and program. a $5 prize for the best home accepted name for the Big Brother mission. Rev J E Johnson to receive submissions. Rev F W Ward of the Sunshine mission Cedar Rapids attended the meeting.
Howard William Bell son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Bell of 625 Iowa street died early today. Funeral at 3 pm at home with Dr John Robertson Macartney of First Presbyterian church officiating and burial in Fairview. Bell born July 19 191é. At preliminary hearing Edward Smith colored bound over to grand jury in 1000 dollar bond for aggravated assault with knife on Miller. Junior Boosters choir and East Park Presbyterian male quartet to sing at evangelistic meeting tonight led by Rev Methfessel with preaching scheduled. Meetings will conclude this work.
Proceedings list numerous rural telegraph and telephone line projects across Barclay Jesup Cedar East Waterloo Mt Vernon Orange and Washington townships. Amounts range from a few dollars to about 200 thousand dollars, detailing miles, consolidations, and company names such as Western Union American Telegraph and Telephone and Corn Belt Telephone. Continuous entries show township segments, mileages, and costs for lines serving Cedar Falls Cedar City Waterloo and surrounding areas.
Indirect reports from Kronstadt Transylvania say discontented Roumanian soldiers set off a dynamite bomb under a train carrying 400 officers, with seven escaping unharmed. Other items note fashion and humor columns from Yale and Puck quips alongside local ads.
Readlyn Telephone notes convey toll distances and charges for multiple townships including Orange, Orange Hudson consolidated, Waterloo No. 8, Hudson, Readlyn, Bennington. Distances range from about 1 to 7.75 miles with fees from $23.00 to $128.00. (To Be Continued.)
Maj Arthur S Humphreys and Lieut Hugh L Levick of the British army were ordered released from Ellis Island. A special board found Humphreys en route to Canada on leave and Levick to Boston to visit relatives, traveling as individuals. Detention was a neutrality precaution with no aim to impede European officers entering the United States as private individuals.
In Citizens Gas and Electric league action last evening the Low Tension bowlers swept Low Pressure over three games played at the Manahi alleys due to repairs at Jackman Manahi. Unger led scoring for Low Tension with high game and Bodholt, German and Kenneally posted notable marks as raw scores favored neither team.
The Mississippi valley conference on the tuberculosis will meet in Louisville from October 4 for three days with over 1,000 delegates from 14 states including Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Iowa Kansas Kentucky Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Arkansas. An official announcement cites half a million living victims in the valley and notes a broad fight by club women physicians nurses and sanatoria staff. A Castle Hill schoolhouse social center program invites all and extends special invitations to Cedar Heights leaders William Galloway and W F Parrott.
A farmer, 24, Andrew Pappen, was instantly killed by a lightning bolt while in a barn during a storm near Floyd. His wife was present but uninjured. Other local notices record marriages, visits, and departures across nearby towns, including Ruth Barker and Lee Adams wedding in Jesup and travelers heading to Lake Winnesstani.
The excerpts describe numerous social gatherings hosted by local families, with guests from various towns. Events include Sabbath school celebrations for Avery Smith, a fiftieth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Fox, and a wedding trip return in California. An obituary notes Minnie C. Bol McGonigal’s passing after a short illness.
St Ansgar residents report a busy week with visitors from Osage and Alta. York Covey and family traveled to the fair, Miss Tone Torgorson returned from Forest City, and Oliver Pakken came home from Alta. Sophia Wertz left for Iowa City after staying with G A Lett family. Several relatives, including Alma Hallett and Jara Christianson, spent time in town while Reed visited from Polo Illinois. Elling Torblan and family traveled from Clarion for a weekend visit, with Donahone and Aronze spending part of the week at T A Fjarth home in town.
Genesea and surrounding residents are named in the week’s local notices. Henry Strohtehn sold an old automobile and bought a new one. A. Meeker left for a Wisconsin visit. R. A. McElhinney bought a new auto. Mrs Pearl Smith and Mrs 3 C Evans visited nearby. Rev Evans attended conference with Dyrart connections. Carl Stoffer confined by lumbago. Emery Adair toured Chicago. Eda Speer and son Todney left for Geldyst. S G Harmon shipped cars to Chicago and visitors came to Traer.
At the term, the jury returned a joint verdict awarding the plaintiff 25 dollars against two defendants in the assault case. Plaintiff sought 2000 dollars. Attorneys were Metter of Waterloo for the plaintiff and Hurling of Clarksville for the defense. Court adjourned Saturday with a second jury to report Thursday. Also notes visits and local moves, including the Reeve family visiting relatives and new occupants near the Catholic church.
The report lists several individuals with recent trips or visits to Minnesota towns. Harry Wemmingson returned last Wednesday from an automobile trip to relatives in Minnesota while L. A. Spengler traveled to Breckenridge earlier in the week on a business mission. J. B. Janacson and Eugene Owen visited Grinnell on Sunday. A. L. Stunt left Wednesday for a business mission near Brainard Minnesota and nine local residents now living in that vicinity also returned home Monday evening from nearby areas. Rev. B. A Roadman and his family likewise returned home Monday evening from a trip to the same region.
Classified items include help wanted by day for a small family, vehicle sale offers, rental notices for rooms, miscellaneous sale and service offers, and city notices from Waterloo Iowa 1916 about sidewalks vacation and administrator appointment with names Morris J. Gown Paulsen & Wood Fred G Pettit city officials and details of legal actions and property matters.
The preacher has been returned to this charge for the coming year as the Methodist conference concludes at Waterloo. Meanwhile Congregationalists plan a fall festival this week featuring a three night series of entertainments lectures and social gatherings.
Our city gas and electric news explains upcoming appliance workings and offers tips to help residents gain more from products. Watch this space for periodic explanations and suggestions to boost benefits from energy services.
A housewife explains how gas and electric devices replace servants and reduce work. The piece argues modern appliances cut labor, dispel the servant problem, and show that expense is not a barrier, urging readers to modernize homes with these systems. It notes meter testing and consumer responsibility as key proofs.
The mechanical department emphasizes capable staff and courteous conduct. Supervisor C P Green leads a welding and gas fitting crew noted for professionalism and teamwork, ready to assist with new installations and always courteous to the public.
The National Commercial Gas Association designates October 9 to 14 as National Gas Lighting Week with gas companies nationwide celebrating. In Waterloo, plans for surprising bargains are announced, with readers urged to watch for space updates promising personal financial benefit.
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