10 Apr 1908
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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
1
Striking union men in Waterloo prompt master plumbers to hire non union workers from nearby areas. Proprietors vow to ignore the union, aiming to fill all open positions as more applications arrive. Similar threats of action loom from carpenters and tin smiths, with discussions of reduced hours and higher pay.
William Lee Campbell cashed several checks totaling $19 at west side businesses while lacking funds. An officer accompanied him to the sites after he was held at the state bank. Campbell seeks to repay and may avoid further action. His past actions include a failed attempt at marriage with a Waterloo woman after failing to obtain consent. He works at a west side dye works and plans to obtain funds from his guardian. Sunday school officers elected at First Brethren church include President B. F. Puterbayrh and others. S. P. Hicks returned from Minnesota, noting Waterloo's rapid growth. Litry Chrysler, of Laporte City, enrolled in a local business college program.
A mistaken fire location triggered two alarms Tuesday noon. Frank Duffey received a call reporting a blaze at 166 Park Avenue, later corrected to 204 Falls Avenue. The misdirection caused teams to chase the wrong address until a second alarm was struck. the American Mullion home sustained only slight damage.
Fireman William H. Webb submitted a three year coal consumption report for the county court house jail and sheriff's residence noting an annual close to 300 tons with total cost about 900 dollars per year and 2778.60 for the period ending April 1908. He logged 7 961 hours of service and detailed coal handling ashes and on hand stock while considering resignation for health reasons.
A disrupted capital sale halts an evangelical church property deal amid CST club opposition. Possible option rights remain under discussion as factions debate a purchase path and future use of the site.
A contentious move to buy evangelical association property at Park avenue and Lafayette street prompts the board of trade to seek county action while the church insists on building a new site. Rev Bauern feind will seek conference approval before any sale, and leaders consider private purchase options if the county will grant an option. Meanwhile a city smoker and other community plans are arranged as locals weigh annexation and city prosperity.
John Raymond Gorman aged one died at the family home from a ruptured blood vessel. He was born in Chicago and lived most of his life in Waterloo. Funeral at St Joseph's on Wednesday. Interment at Wav erly. An infant son died at the Vine street home from blood poisoning. Burial plans include Parkersburg. Mrs Snively and children sail tonight to Durand Michigan to visit a dying father, Joseph Harvey, 78, suffering from a stomach abscess.
Fort Dodge April 7 a fire of incendiary character Sunday destroyed the barns and outbuildings on the Charles Ainsworth dairy farm. Seventy tons of hay 3 000 bushels of oats and farm implements were lost. Neighbors aided with windmills to pump water but the water supply failed and most structures burned. The home was saved by water soaked blankets and the milk house emptied onto the flames. Loss about 26000 with 15000 insured.
Fire destroyed the rear of the Drexel restaurant in Valley Junction Sunday morning. Prompt fire department action saved the main block. loss estimated at about $1,400, covered by insurance.
Passenger train No. 4 on the Mi noig Central derailed near the Des Moines Iowa Falls line junction at Iowa Falls after noon. Two passenger coaches were ditched and locomotive 1031 badly damaged under Engineer Wales and Conductor Cornelius. Thomas Weistead returns from two winters on the Pacific coast ill and absent from a board meeting.
The state pardon board approved parole for J B Hollenhorn, convicted in the Chicago Great Western payroll fraud. He will leave Anamosa reformatory in days and start work at Waterloo Steam Laundry under a six month employment guarantee, with supporters in Waterloo and Marshalltown welcoming his release.
Des Moines reports Judge Zell G. Hoe innovates with a "guaranteed matrimonial knot." Every couple getting a marriage certificate earns a divorce coupon for free legal service within a year. Since launching six months ago hundreds have wed, with no divorces among vows exchanged in his private marriage room.
Old council completes business then swears in Mayor R A Doty and new officials including Thompson Brown and Rechtfertig. Committees named for finance streets water fire and public buildings. Bonds set. service changes include street work, Highland Improvement hydrants, and car routes. Heirs seek probate for Esther B Kingsbury will.
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