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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
6
The Waterloo Painters Union strike was declared off this morning and workers will return to their jobs tomorrow after a conference with Master Painters. An agreement was ratified by union members following a strike that began Tuesday over a 5 cent per hour raise, from 4 1 4 to 5 cents, and theMasters agreed to open a charter for thirty other painters to join.
Charles Palmer faced a fine after an alleged assault near Falls Road. Taken to his home that evening, he will be unable to resume business for years, while he recuperates and allows his head wound to heal. Tobe Cody admitted participation.
A Walnut Street Baptist church concert in Des Moines drew praise from attendees including pianist Miss Ratth Graves and reader Miss Madeline Tutehinse. The Doss' orchestra provided music while readers listed Alice Joyce and detective Win Burns, featured in a Crystal photo feature and promotional text.
Bank clearings for the week ending Thursday April 3 as recorded by Black Hawk County Abstract Co show total clearings of 81 784 89 with daily amounts including Friday 226 499 04 and Saturday 634 13. In addition instruments filed list deeds mortgage chattels and fees totaling 164 491 37 with two thousand twenty two filings to date versus one thousand seven hundred fourteen a net increase of 248
Residents near the Waterloo Hoiler area mistook smoke from a bonfire for a building fire and alerted authorities. Firefighters rushed to the scene but found a deliberate small burn during a spring cleaning effort.
Crystal Friday advertisement notes moving pictures of a great disaster blamed on parade mishap or emergency scene with a promotional emphasis. Identifies a public display event tied to the disaster narrative and commercial messaging from local outlets.
Raymond, April 3. A large barn on Theodore S. Webber's farm, one mile south and one mile west of Raymond, burned last night. Eight horses and ten cows perished, along with hay and grain. The barn measured forty by seventy, and the house north of it narrowly escaped as wind shifted. Origin of the blaze is unknown.
Paris April 2 Army salutes to honor the late T. P. Morgan as his body is to be transported from the train to a steamer at Havre under French government orders. The Legion of Honor member will be recognized, with funeral parties arriving in Paris at 11 tonight and departing for Havre at midnight, attended by US Ambassador Herrick and Mrs. Herrick.
Charles Mercurio of Central Auto Co suffered two severe fractures of the right leg when a crank on a starting auto kicked back during a start attempt. He was taken home by one of the firm's cars. Doctors expect no permanent injury. Morgan Office Opened After Death Of Head Leader. New York, April 3. J P Morgan & Co opened for business today for the first time since the former head died in Rome.
Washington April 3 Secretary Jirvan notified diplomatic representatives of the U S intention to recognize the new Chinese republic on the assembly day April and urged other governments to recognize it in concert that day. In Cedar Walls April 3 special report says Mrs Fo Milter learned in Los Angeles that her brother A F Call died in an automobile crash and his body will be cremated and ashes sent to Alcona Iowa for ceremony.
Four automible bandits under death sentence at Prison de la Sante were searched by a warden and found to have hidden enough poison to kill fifty persons. Comic opera star dead in Chicago at a local hotel, age sixty eight, formerly based in New York City.
Mrs. Mary Wood aged 72 died at her daughter’s home in Waterloo after months of illness. Born in Kentucky, she lived in Waterloo 24 years with her husband William Wood and seven children surviving. Funeral at the Wildey home Saturday at 10 o'clock, Elmwood cemetery burial. Sir Thomas Lipton plans an unconditional challenge after New York Yacht Club rejection.
Omaha fighter Teedy Pospisil drowned while boating with Miss Frankie Virkien miles north of Omaha. Their gasoline tannery boat ran onto a sandbar. Pospisil stepped to free the craft and sank immediately. Miss Virkien was rescued by nearby farmers.
April 3 tolling stock prices show Amalgamated Copper and Northern Pacific edging higher while Erie and Missouri Pacific move modestly. New York Central and Anaconda slight gains, American Sugar firm. Chicago produce notes Butter weak. eggs steady with marks. poultry steady and potatoes mixed by region.
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