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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1906
Page
3
The People's ticket, with four entrants for mayor and police judge, gains support as nomination filings close. City Clerk Thompson filed the slate including Fred A Sparre for police judge. campaigns proceed with three regular tickets and one independent ticket.
Denver March 11 Special Marshal Voelker chief of police and watchman was jolned for minor missteps after a stunt with prisoners. He arrested two men for fighting, left one prisoner in jail to fetch his keys, and briefly escorted the other to a saloon before returning as the marshal appeared. The episode sparked local humor and prompted further action.
Marengo police inform Waterloo aunt Mrs. W T Rynearson that Vannie Miller of Waterloo was the unidentified man found beside a Marengo railway track Monday. A note in his jacket, identification by a Freeport man, and a coroner's inquest point to death in an unknown manner, with Masonic aid for funeral costs.
One hundred ninety Waterloo students attended the Great Western excursion to Des Moines on Thursday to observe the capitol and a legislative procedure. A special train from Oelwein carried delegations, and Miss Anna Vaneyuill lost two diamond rings and another ring while on the train. Miss Betlah Bingham misplaced her purse with her return ticket and money, though the pocketbook was later recovered in the capital.
Independence, March 16. Special, Charles L. King announced as Democratic candidate for mayor. King previously ran last year and was defeated by seven votes by Charles P. Herrick, whose death occurred in August. E. Leach fills the vacancy, returning Republicans to city government after thirty years. R. Swan, a prominent merchant, is the Republican contender this year, the party aiming to close the gap.
Webster City Iowa March 16 A coroner contest may decide the party nomination after ballots counted by writing in candidates caused confusion in Hamilton County Independence township ballots counted for W yatt though voters wrote in a name without the square and cross Some Webster City precincts rejected Eberle votes for missing mark Officials say many Eberle ballots should have counted with written names and not marks Wyatt held a narrow lead while the outcome hinges on contested ballots
Special news from New Hampton reports Articles of incorporation filed for a new state savings bank at Gawler nine miles east of New Hampton. The private bank of James Curran will cease. Curran becomes president. Directors include G Miller William Lawrence Chris Saltzman of Lewler and B A O Conner. Saltzman named vice president. FLA O Conner named temporarily cashier, with close involvement in bank affairs. Capitalization is 320 900. opening planned about April 15.
Chautauqua and bible institute superintendent Chanies Seccombe says contracts are closed for the Kaffir Boy Choir with Miss Elize Clark to appear in July. The choir is praised as a top novelty in refined entertainment. James H. Balmer manages the group, an Englishman who formed a native choir in Africa in 1882 and has since toured England and the United States.
Six heavy porkers from Blackhawk county headline as the front of the hog raising scene with a combined 4121 pounds. DHM boasts a 700 pound sow with a 12 pig litter weighing 54 tons and growing at about 4 percent daily. Local hogs marketed by William Gibson Cedar Falls 625 pounds, C Be Dailey Cedar Falls 630 pounds, Davin Johnson 776 and 670 pounds for dam and year-old pigs. The record draws praise from hog raisers as a near unmatched statewide showing. Moavey el and Mibis were in the city yesterday on business.
Des Moines reports the sudden death of Judge LG Kinne a Democratic member of Iowa’s board of control and former state supreme court judge. Born 1846 Syracuse he studied at Michigan and joined Iowa practice. He served five years as district judge in the seventeenth district and 1882 to 1857 on the state supreme bench. He taught at the state university a decade and wrote law books and contributed to the Iowa bulletin on state institutions. Married Mary Abrams of Peru Illinois in 1868 he earned L S D from Western College Toledo Iowa.
Port Dodge March 16 Special Mrs Jona Keller, seeking her husband after reports of infidelity, found him in a park saloon with another woman and the bartender at 6:30. She fired one shot injuring the foreman in the Webster City switching yards, who is in serious condition at Webster City hospital. The woman fled uninjured and awaits a hearing.
Charles Huck visited Waterloo on business and returned. R Benarden bought a 115 dollar manure spreader from Russell and Snow of Jesup. Jacob Lee sawed wood last Monday. Beary M Long moved to a rental residence. Charles Breitzman of Raymond visited at William Huck’s near Jubilee. H M Lange bought a telephone formerly owned by M Bayer. John Current hauled milk on the old route. several men assisted Wiliam Kruekenberg hauling farm goods. George Kenney bought corn at the Krantz sale for 27 cents a bushel. Charles Garling sold hogs in Laporte at 5.90. William Huck sold hogs in Jesup at 6.90. Stock food bought. one wagon box used to fetch it. George Thome sold a horse to John McGervey for 190 and Nick Blots for 200. Dalton Smith sold a horse to the same buyer. deliveries made Thursday. J P Tuttle held a public sale after selling a 1400 acre farm near Miller last fall. proceeds over 10,000. Milo and Forest to remain nearby.
Hawke Khenai son, a Waterloo horse buyer, bought a pair of heavy draft horses in Parkersburg last Thursday. The team weighed 3,300 pounds and cost $525. They were bought east of Albson, matched so closely as to be indistinguishable, aged five and six years. William Franklin Lizer was granted a divorce from Ida Ss Lizer by Judge Bialy Thursday afternoon. The defendant withdrew all objections to the divorce and custody of the minor child.
The temperance forces plan to rest the case until the next grand jury meeting. John B. Hammond left the city for Cedar Rapids after the decision, hoping for an extra session. County Attorney and ministers deny a refusal to prosecute and discuss possible special juries or injunctions against liquor interests. A wedding, a boy's accident, and a Florence Street property sale are also noted.
In Washington township district No 4 a pioneer schoolhouse will be torn down this spring to make way for a modern concrete block structure with over double the seating. Plans call for bonds to erect the new building and a tax levy to cover costs. The existing school served about a dozen scholars and has stood for around fifty years amid crowded conditions.
A businessman writes that public ownership of utilities is sound in theory but doomed by politics and potential tax burdens. He argues Waterloo cannot fund a water plant through bonds and questions taxpayer assurances if city officials manage the system, urging voters to consider honesty and accountability before casting ballots.
Dr. George A. Scott has opened a veterinary and surgical office at 315 East Sixth Street and operates an animal hospital. He is the brother of Meat Inspector Scott at the Rath packing establishment. His office includes a compounding pharmacy. he previously served at McKilip veterinary college in Chicago and spent 15 years practicing in Independence.
In Des Moines on March 11 Senator Gilland spoke against the educational board of control bill. He attacked Senator Whipple’s statements and defended Prof Holden’s work for farmers, arguing results justify expenses. Senator Turner backed the measure while educators’ opinions were cited to support a unified board. House actions included rejecting senate amendments to the child labor bill and opposing funding for the Youd Whitmer election contest. Local real estate transfers and personal notes follow, including residents moving in April and a youth soil study by Ames youths. The infant child of Mr and Mrs J E Monaghan died at age two days.
Rock Island offers special excursion fares to Imperial Council Mys tic Shrine in Los Angeles from May 7 to 10, Presbyterian General Assembly in Des Moines, and other gatherings. Tickets go on sale April 26 to May 5 with various final return limits. later events include the Biennial Meeting of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in St Paul May 30 to June 7, and the Iowa State Firemen’s Association tournament in Clinton June 9 to 22 with adjusted fare rules, plus the National Education Association meeting in San Francisco July 7 to 13. A general notice promises many other reduced rates, with D P A N G Farmer Cedax Rapid offering further information.
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