The Waterloo Times Friday, April 9, 1915 Personals Ben Struebig of St. Louis spent Sunday here. Al. James of St. Louis spent Sunday with home folks. Albert Gleiber of St. Louis spent Sunday with home folks. Arthur Engelbrecht spent Friday in St. Louis with his brother. Joseph Vogt, mail clerk of Chicago, spent the holidays at home. George Young of Columbia was a Waterloo visitor last Friday. Miss Miriam Dowling of St. Louis spent Easter with relatives here. Miss Ella Boedecker of St. Louis was a guest of home folks Sunday. Miss Mary Kleyer of St. Louis spent the holidays at the parental home. Dr. LeSaulnier of Red Bud came up in his auto for a short visit Saturday. Robert Mudd, teacher of Rock Creek School, was a Waterloo visitor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cramer of St. Louis spent Sunday with relatives. J.H. Lemen, the Columbia auctioneer, spent Saturday here on business. Joseph Buss of near Floraville was a Waterloo visitor Thursday of last week. Henry Eschenfelder of Valmeyer spent the holidays with Waterloo friends. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Linnemann of St. Louis visited home folks during Easter. Miss Lizzie Brinkmann of St. Louis spent Easter holidays with her parents. Henry Schmidt, Jr., of St. Louis was a guest of home folks during the holidays. Charles Grosse, one of Columbia’s good farmers, was a Waterloo visitor Saturday. Andrew Classen and William Dahmer of St. Louis spent Sunday with Waterloo relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Zeis and baby son of Urbana, Ill., spent the holidays with relatives here. C.F. Hartmann of St. Louis spent several days with Waterloo relatives and friends this week. John Wall, jr., of route one was among our callers Saturday and renewed his subscription. Louis Neubarth of near New Hanover was among our callers Monday and renewed his subscription. William Roever of Fults was among our callers Thursday of last week and renewed his subscription. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Arns and William Arns of St. Louis spent the Easter holiday with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Laubach of St. Louis spent Sunday with relatives and friends in the old home town. Frank Schlemmer, who is salesman for the Myers-Jones Grocer Co., spent Sunday here with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Scharfenberger of St. Louis spend Sunday here with Frank Scharfenberger and family. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boehne of Valmeyer were the guests of H.C. Boehne and family during the holidays. Louis Kohler, who works for Southern Roller Mills of East St. Louis, spent the Easter holidays with home folks. Albert Oldendorph of St. Louis came down on his motorcycle Saturday to spend the holidays at home. Robert Emerson and wife of St. Louis were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. W. Binder and family during the holidays. Editor-Smith of the Columbia Star spent Saturday afternoon in our city and stopped at the Times office for a fraternal call. Emil and Charles Gerhardt of St. Louis were down to spend Easter with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gerhardt. Henry Kiefer of Granite City, Ill., was a home visitor Sunday and while here dropped into the Times office for a pleasant call. Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Murphy of East St. Louis came down on a motorcycle built for two, Saturday for a short stay in our city. They returned home the same afternoon. Julius Schein of East St. Louis was a Waterloo visitor Friday evening. “Britt” looks natural as ever, but seems to us a little thinner than he ought to be. What’s the matter with the feed up in the town, anyhow? Mrs. Josephine Gauen of St. Louis was a Waterloo visitor during the Easter holidays as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Brickey. Mrs. Gauen has changed but little since leaving here. She is some what stonter, and is just as jolly as ever. Miss Celia Pluth of St. Louis spent Sunday with home folks. C.S. Dashner of Renault was a business visitor here Tuesday. Henry Haberlah of Columbia attended the dance here Monday evening. Gus Diehl and wife of Maeystown were Waterloo visitors Easter Monday. Miss Virginia Rainer of St. Louis spent Sunday at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coerver of route 1 Valmeyer were Waterloo visitors on Monday. J.P. Moskop and Jas. Bertram of Valmeyer were Waterloo visitors Tuesday. E.F. Schoening and R.P. Briegel of Columbia were Waterloo visitors Saturday. Arch Gregson and family of Round Prairie spent Sunday with Thomas M. Crowe and family. W.J. Heyl, village clerk of Burksville, transacted business at the county capital Tuesday. Peter Russell of Burksville route 1 was among our callers Tuesday and renewed his subscription. Henry Melching of Burksville route 1 was among our callers Tuesday and renewed his subscriptions. Louis G. Mueller won the stove raffled by Arthur Metzger last week. The lucky number was 19. John Rinkliff, who travels for the William Lee Distr. Co. of St. Louis called on his Waterloo friends Tuesday. Frank Horine and wife of Old Orchard, Mo., spent Sunday here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Rainer. Mr. and Mrs. George Jobb of Maeystown spent the holidays here the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Wolf. Fred Moeller and family and Mr. and Mrs. John Oldendorph of St. Louis autoed down in Mr. Moeller’s car Sunday. John Kaup and Ben Hoffmann of route 2 were among our callers Wednesday and renewed their subscriptions to the Times. Mrs. Joseph Jaeger and daughter Loretta of St. Louis, spent Easter holidays with her brother George Schaefer and family. H.C. Niemann of Valmeyer was a business visitor here last Saturday and dropped in to renew his subscription and have a chat with ye editor. Paul and Claud Raibourne, Bransford Adelsberger and Carlisle Morrison, all of Champaign, came home to spend the Easter holidays with parents. Mrs. Charles Starr, Mrs. Philip Gauen and Mrs. Boyd, of Venice, Ill., were the guests of the Misses Rogers Sunday and attended Easter services at the M.E. church. Joseph Allscheid, who is employed at St. Clements hospital in Red Bud, spent Saturday here with relatives. From here he left to spend several days with friends in Maeys Station and Renault. Misses Margaret and Hilda Redle, Arthur Cass, Roy Kruer, Louise Mohnkorn and Charles Redle of St. Louis were the guests of Jacob Redle and family Sunday. While here they celebrated Mrs. Redle’s 50th birthday and Charlie Redle’s 21st birthday. Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Hartmann and Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Koenigsmark spent Sunday in Collinsville the guests of Amandus Gauen and family. William V. Miller of Chicago and the Misses Irene Gibson and Zilla Hauck of Belleville spent the Easter holidays with Miss Loretta Bersche. Mr. and Mrs. John Voelker of St. Louis spent the Easter holiday at the home of John’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theobald Voelker near Burksville. John is a street car conductor on the Tower Grove line. Come along, gentle showers. Come along. A baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Korbe, southwest of town, the fore part of this week. William Hempfling, who fractured his leg several months ago, is able to be around on crutches. He was up town Wednesday for the first time since the accident. Matthew Burgdorf, the Red Bud butcher wishes to inform his Monroe County friends that he will begin making his regular rounds this week ready to sell you meat or buy your cattle. Wait for him. Boys shooting air rifles broke one of the fancy colored panes in the Catholic Church Wednesday. The boys are after sparrows and the break was due to an accident but this does not change matters. Be careful how you shoot, boys. Louis Loewe, aged 83 years, who has been an inmate of this county alms house the past three or four years, died in that institution Wednesday night at eleven o’clock. He came here from Columbia where he formerly resided. Late pedestrians on Main Street Tuesday evening were surprised to see swarms of birds fluttering aimlessly around. There were thousands of them, and they were evidently attracted by the light of our street lamps. The birds were about the size and color of a sparrow and have white breasts. Gee, Bill, what’s the use of wishing? Get your line – let’s go out fishing! Water’s fine and spring is here dig some bait and come, you hear? Simply just can’t do a thing. Let’s go out and catch a string-croppie, cat or sweet sunfish will make an awful tempting dish. What’s the use to sit here wishing; Get your line Bill – let’s go fishing! Henry Rehling in Bluff precinct has lost seven horses and mules since last Saturday from a disease, supposed to be forage poisoning. He has two horses, a mule and two colts left, which are sick and expected to die. Their tongues swell up and they get a sort of staggers which soon marks their finish. Just what the disease is we have been unable to ascertain. A pleasant gathering took place at the home of Mrs. Ben Rockenschuh Sunday. Those present to spend the day with the old lady were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rochenschuh and sons Roy and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Feldmeier and daughter Esther, Jacob Feldmeier and Henry Kleinstuber, all of St. Louis. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Noelken, and family of Maeystown and Miss Lena Feldmeier of this city. Old papers for sale at this office, 5 cents per package. H. Elsner, the well-known piano tuner, will be in Waterloo about April 12 and call on his customers. Genuine Early Seed Oats. 70c per bu. Waterloo Milling Co. Quite a few of our citizens got out their garden hose last Saturday and sprinkled the streets. The dust is getting to be a fright. Blue Seal Flour makes the best bread. Both phones No. 51. The Court Square Theatre was presented with a brand new Easter dress of pure white paint. Henry Mitchell and his force are doing the work which improves the appearance of the place 100 per cent. Are you using Kay Mill Flour? If not, you should. Get it at Koenigsmark’s. Theodore Ruch has purchased a new piano player and a lot of music. We will now have music while we are grinding out our editions and hope to miss out entirely on the spring fever this season as a consequence. Just arrived, a new line of Oxfords for spring and summer. Shoes to please all. Mrs. Jacob Pluth. Adv. The school children of this city enjoyed a short vacation the past week. On account of the Easter holidays there was no school Friday and Monday. School resumed Tuesday morning and in most cases the mothers were pleased that it did. Farmers wanting egg cases for transient use, can have same free of charge by applying to Oscar W. Moore & Son. The State Bank is distributing nifty little dime savings banks to its customers. The banks are in the shape of an ordinary vest pocket match case and can be opened at the ban when you come to deposit your savings. They will hold from twenty to twenty two dimes, and may help many of your folks to acquire the savings habit. Millinery – Am ready to show you the largest, completest, up-to-the-minute line of ladies, misses and children’s hats to select from. Before buying elsewhere, call and see me and inspect my line. Special bargains in children’s hats which you can’t miss to inspect at the prices I sell them at – 50 and 65 cents. Don’t miss these bargains. Mrs. E. L. Bersche, Milliner, Columbia, Illinois. Tony Brucks, deputy sales fire marshal of the State of Illinois, was a Waterloo visitor last Friday. While here he dropped in for a short chat with ye editor and said he found everything in very good shape in our little city. One thing he noticed in particular here is the general cleanliness on every hand. Waterloo people do not allow rubbish to accumulate, and this, in itself, keeps down many a fire.