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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
4
Cedar Falls news recounts plans to erect a cold storage plant and manufacture artificial ice, with Waterloo fruit house guaranteeing carloads of fruit for storage and expected local employment. The item also notes social visits, health updates, a coming marriage, a Spencer shoot, a Rock Island yard wreck cleaned, and local civic events including church meetings and a May festival prep by the College Symphony.
C W T Schmidt, a former nursery man, sues Western Union Telegraph Co for 472.25 damages over a delayed telegram sent from New Mexico to the Security Bank of Cedar Falls advising not to pay a $472.25 check. The bank cashed the check before delivery, prompting the suit.
Cedar Falls April 19 George Bancroft reports the stock is almost fully subscribed for a new corporation with a $10000 capital to grow roses. Bancroft, long with J Bancroft Son, promises success in the greenhouse business. Mrs Garnett learned yesterday of her mother’s death in Brooklyn Ia and left for the funeral. Jc Inglewood a Waterloo rendering works driver faced Judge Cummins charged with a serious offense by game farmers south of town.
The Bicknell orchestra furnished music last evening for the Pythian Sisters party. Tomorrow they play for H.L. Chase in the afternoon and evening. The club arranges a ten dance series at Allison. Miss Alice Fouts of Mapleton will become a grade teacher in Sioux City next year after her June college degree.
Two five foot yellow spotted snakes were found coiled in Gates Park by 15 year olds Raymond Schroedemier and Paul Staley. They killed the reptiles after nearby alarm. The sighting sparks speculation about a zoo, but only two squirrels remain as potential park animals.
English players in the city trigger interest in cricket with a Sunday match at Prospect Park at 8 o clock. Americans show curiosity after Waterloo games last season and a club may form if enthusiasts display the proper spirit.
Mrs Ida M Tughes wife of M R Truthes of 410 Newell Street has been a hospital patient for seventeen weeks at Presbyterian hospital She just marked her forty third birthday and friends from many areas sent her ninety two post cards in good wishes for her recovery The notes express hopeful sentiments as she endures illness with fortitude.
The city displays a river front enhancement under the water works department with a concrete retaining wall, eighty foot frontage, lawn trees and flowers, and a small 80 by 50 foot park plus a boat landing. Water main connection demand rises, Supt. Berry notes, as business and residential growth continue. Also reviewed are "The Girl Question" musical tabloid with Raymond Paine headlining and Mae Taylor praised, while Percy Green recovers from typhoid.
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