Dyersville friends received with keen regret the news of the death of John H. Schroeder at his home is Waterloo, Iowa. He was found dead in the kitchen of his home shortly after 6:30 a.m., the victim of self-inflicted razor wounds.
John was formerly a line type operator and night foreman for the Waterloo Tribine and later a night operator in the Courier's composing room. He had been despondent over unemployment and depressed by a nervous disorder with which he suffered for two years. He was discovered by a bother-in-law, W.J. Blink of Chicago. John shared the home with his mother, Mrs. Antoinette Schroeder.
He was born in Dyersville, Iowa and went to Waterloo with his mother and family in 1916 and two years later became an apprentice at the Tribune, where he served 12 years. He joined the Courier shop staff in 1930, remaining until 1934. He was unmarried.
John attended school in Dyersville in his youthful days and has scores of friends whom was always held in highest regard and his death comes as a shock to all who knew him.
John was formerly a line type operator and night foreman for the Waterloo Tribine and later a night operator in the Courier's composing room. He had been despondent over unemployment and depressed by a nervous disorder with which he suffered for two years. He was discovered by a bother-in-law, W.J. Blink of Chicago. John shared the home with his mother, Mrs. Antoinette Schroeder.
He was born in Dyersville, Iowa and went to Waterloo with his mother and family in 1916 and two years later became an apprentice at the Tribune, where he served 12 years. He joined the Courier shop staff in 1930, remaining until 1934. He was unmarried.
John attended school in Dyersville in his youthful days and has scores of friends whom was always held in highest regard and his death comes as a shock to all who knew him.
Dyersville friends received with keen regret the news of the death of John H. Schroeder at his home is Waterloo, Iowa. He was found dead in the kitchen of his home shortly after 6:30 a.m., the victim of self-inflicted razor wounds.
John was formerly a line type operator and night foreman for the Waterloo Tribine and later a night operator in the Courier's composing room. He had been despondent over unemployment and depressed by a nervous disorder with which he suffered for two years. He was discovered by a bother-in-law, W.J. Blink of Chicago. John shared the home with his mother, Mrs. Antoinette Schroeder.
He was born in Dyersville, Iowa and went to Waterloo with his mother and family in 1916 and two years later became an apprentice at the Tribune, where he served 12 years. He joined the Courier shop staff in 1930, remaining until 1934. He was unmarried.
John attended school in Dyersville in his youthful days and has scores of friends whom was always held in highest regard and his death comes as a shock to all who knew him.
John was formerly a line type operator and night foreman for the Waterloo Tribine and later a night operator in the Courier's composing room. He had been despondent over unemployment and depressed by a nervous disorder with which he suffered for two years. He was discovered by a bother-in-law, W.J. Blink of Chicago. John shared the home with his mother, Mrs. Antoinette Schroeder.
He was born in Dyersville, Iowa and went to Waterloo with his mother and family in 1916 and two years later became an apprentice at the Tribune, where he served 12 years. He joined the Courier shop staff in 1930, remaining until 1934. He was unmarried.
John attended school in Dyersville in his youthful days and has scores of friends whom was always held in highest regard and his death comes as a shock to all who knew him.
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