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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1915
Page
5
A well-dressed young man staged a dangerous mock suicide at Cedar River park Sunday to no camera recording. Three assistants tried to keep him from the water as he shed overcoat and testimony, then plunged in again and was saved with difficulty.
Information from Fiume, Hungarys chief seaport, notes a serious bread shortage. Bread costs sixteen cents per kilo and relies mainly on potatoes, barley and ground straw with little wheat.
The Grace M E church young people's club will hold its regular monthly meeting with supper at 7 p m. followed by Mrs. Harry T Fisher speaking on How We Got Our Bible and Mrs W B Small presenting an illustrated Birds lecture for Audubon Society members. Colored slides will be shown and the evening ends with a social hour and novel entertainments. Open to all city youths.
Amsterdam April 19 telegrams report General Field Marshal Oskar von Lindequist is dead in Berlin. Born 1838, he began as a lieutenant at nineteen and served in the Danish campaign of 1864, the Austrian war in 1846, and the Franco Prussian conflicts including Sedan and the siege of Paris.
New York April 19 Supreme Court Justice Hendrick reserved decision on Thaw sanity trial. He asked counsel to file briefs and said he would rule before Thursday.
A Seattle reader describes a yearlong intense itching and burning from lith pimples that formed sores. After trying many soaps and prescriptions, Reginol Ointment and Resinol Soap cleared the skin in weeks, with a friend also recovering. The ad invites trial with free literature from Resinol Baltimore.
City in Brief reports Amber tinted spectacles and 40g goods for motoring at Buchanan's. Twenty foreign laborers leave tonight for the bread fields of Minnesota. Standish plans a trip to Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. Merle B. Marr arrives as night ticket clerk at the Hi Ninth Central depot. Typhoid hospital glow for Henry Payne. Mrs. Selinker moved for operation. Waterloo Lodge No. 105 A P L & ALM holds a called communication. Christ Church vesper service to be discontinued until autumn. Shriners ceremonial car to Cedar Rapids with 25 participants. candidates attend. Ethel Zartman coaches a Cupid at Vassar play for Hudson church fundraiser. Articles filed for Hudson lodge No. 526 I C C F. trustees named and signed by Brand Master Mae Randall.
The Sunday services marked the close of a two weeks revival at First Bantst church led by Rev. Dr. W Dorgan with assistance from Mr. and Mrs. A Q Brown. The entire church has undergone a real spiritual revival and several accessions are expected. The program included a morning prayer meeting at 7, Sunday school and morning preaching, a men's meeting, and evening services.
Mrs. McCleary, a missionary from Kamerun, recounts four miracles during 16 years in west central Africa. After a four year drought, 13 natives sought Christ on Christmas, a church of six formed, and a year ago 400 members worshiped in a 6000 seat church. Mrs McCleary’s husband died soon after arrival, leaving her to continue alone amid local customs and unsettled German control news.
Burglars entered Margadant Tiros grocery at South and Ninth Streets West on Sunday, taking a small amount of cash. A Draper suburban store was entered Thursday night and yielded a small amount. Margadant Bros store in the north section also suffered a prior break-in several weeks earlier.
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