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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1915
Page
9
Waterloo may revise traffic rules to allow auto owners to park on streets over 50 feet wide with no streetcars, enabling angled 45 degree parking. Council meeting planned to consider amendments. City quarries also discussed as a municipal option with police chief supporting the plan.
Police say fifty four operators of medical museums and assistants were arrested in a sweeping raid. The chief operator is alleged to have built a fortune above one million dollars by running a chain of offices with free museums as feeders across New York Newark Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburgh and other cities.
W H Gran entered a not guilty plea at police court arraignment on a disorderly conduct charge alleging he threatened to kill a man last night. A state charge may be filed. His case was continued until 7 30 this evening.
A sensational appeal warns that minor skin blemishes can yield dangerous blood risings if untreated. It touts 8 8 8 as a miracle blood purifier claimed to restore health, urging readers to buy a bottle from local drugstores and contact The Swift Patent Co for more information.
A fragmented transcript shows Colonel Roosevelt denying repeated questions about eligibility for New York governor. He details past offices, tax residence moves, and campaigns, citing 1897 Washington residence and 1889 New York roles. The exchange touches his 1886 mayoral bid, 1889 writings, and 1898 war service. A recess followed lines about a War Department notice.
Washington reports 5000 foreigners in Tampico, about half Americans, with only 300 accepting the army transport Buford offer to depart. The ship has 285 Americans, ten British, five German subjects aboard. Skirmishing continues between Carranza and Villa near Ebano as Villa reorganizes at Aguas Calientes and Obregon is said to have passed Irapuato despite railroad destruction during the retreat north.
Mr Frank Putnam editor on the Louis Post Dispatch visited Waterloo with his mother and old friends and was a noon luncheon guest at the Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo club. Tomorrow at 1 pm he will be honored by the Waterloo Commercial club in the First National building where he will give a short talk urging readers to check Want Ads in the Evening Courier and Reporter.
The central labor body plans to apply for membership in the Town Officers. Union delegates from nearly all city labor unions met last evening to discuss forming a representative group. The organization operates without pecuniary profit and seeks representation in the booster club. If granted, this privilege would be pursued in the near future.
Town gossip lists Fairbank residents and visitors. L Johnson leaves for Chicago. Frank Warner visits Algona. Henry Schneider ill. Mrs Hanlon recovering. E E Peek moves offices. Alterpey Wasdale in city for cake case. R T St John aids game warden business. civil service exam set at 9:30 am Saturday at post office for watchman-fireman vacancy. Harry Bilis rejoins Waterloo team. S & Rogers to Carthage for mausoleum project. Ritz undergoes nasal surgery. Y M C A volleyball title to be decided. Cedar Rapids team to play next.
Miss Hattie Evenson of Shell Rock visited her parents in Finchford on Sunday. Mrs. Orville Davis was called to New Hartford for her mother's illness. Mr. and Mrs. B. Layman moved into their new home. Mrs. Hahn of La Porte City visited her sister Mrs. William Zimmerman. Jesse Rover and family visited A. B. Cassady's. Willie Sands assists at Layman store. Families of William Zimmerman and Maldzahn attended in La Porte City. Mrs. Nellie Hall ill. Hydra now demonstrating at Taxtor's Music House.
The German Embassy inquired about the arrest warrant against Wilhelm Mueller, German consul at Semily, Washington, who was accused by state authorities of conspiring to obtain information for Seate Derr Dock & Construction Company building submarines for Great Britain. Embassy protested the consul’s temporary immunity and reported no official termination of the case.
Berlin reports amendments to prize rules expanding contraband by the German navy under Emperor Wilhelm II and Admiral von Tirpitz. The Rolchs Anzeiger notes items like nautical instruments, pig iron plines, and coal are now contraband, with wool rubber iron and other ores added as conditional goods in response to the London declaration of February 26, 1900.
The Waterloo renal estate board will investigate road conditions to learn why improvements funded by Black Hawk county's automobile tax share have not occurred. At the meeting, Charles Hickley John T. Goss and Perry W. Belanger were named to lead the campaign for better highways. The board also announced contests awarding prizes of 5 83 and 2 to three students under 14 who submit best gardening results.
Waterloo forms a convention bureau within the Chamber of Commerce with six delegates from the west and east sections. Hermann Miller serves as treasurer and Charles Van Vleck as secretary. The group aims to raise funds from merchants to attract conventions, with results expected to manifest in 1916 after early 1915 efforts fell short.
The Evening Nourier reports a daily circulation exceeding 6490 copies in Waterloo boosting ad reach and market presence.
St Marys lish pkchool presents the comedy Minerva tonight and tomorrow night. The production features well known cast members and was staged previously at Lews State Teachers college. Mr Leonard ped and Miss Matchew Preese direct a strong group of ten to twelve young actors with rehearsals well under way.
Watersford weekly bank clearings show inflows and totals for Thursday through Sunday with a weekly total of 2,089,870.04 and year comparisons. Real estate activity lists mortgage week ending April 11 1915 and totals for instruments filed to date 2,801, with a year-ago count of 2,434 and a net decrease of 83.
Yeoman lodge meets tomorrow evening at K of P hall with twenty four candidates to be adopted. Committee and fair for next fall will give a report. Music for dancing after business and refreshments. Britannia Judge and Sons of St George host dinner tonight at Sonsh hall for members and families. Myers orchestra to provide music for dancing later. Card party at Lat Hor Temple tomorrow with ten cent admission.
The case caption lists Emma Cone Filen versus P. Busey and others in a foreclosure action filed today for 893.71 dollars. The Watklon Loan & Trust Co. sues Stephen W. Colvin and others for 807.33 dollars in foreclosure proceedings.
Letters from German and French soldiers dated April 11 and 12 urge peace as families wait at home. The messages describe heavy losses, fatigue in trenches, and a longing for end to the war. A Waterloo notary public note mentions Mr. Lockwood and others receiving war news nightly.
An explosion in the chimney of the Forty County Home and Hospital caused a tremor through the building. No injuries reported though forty five inmates were inside after transfer from Independence Hospital. Officials say they protested exhaust installation and may tear down the stack for repairs.
Charles Lockwood holds a second grade license to operate a wireless station in Waterloo. The license permits sending messages within a 300 mile radius from 1322 Seventh Street West. Equipment allows reach to Toledo, Ohio. a transformer upgrade is planned to extend range to the intended area.
In New York on April 22 Supreme Court Justice Trendrick said he had not yet finished studying the evidence to determine Marty Thaws sanity. Attorneys stated the state awaited the judge's ruling and expected a decision the next day. The report notes Waterloo home distribution counts and an ad insert in the Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter.
Classified brief lists multiple ads including J H Wright Stanley Steamer Man Independence In Yor Sale A Good 200 Eye Incubator price right phone evenings 1457 Blue and Dressmaking services by Mrs FL 4 Miller 1114 Williston with phones 3491 Red plus financial notice from The Canadian Securities Minneapolis Minnesota and various rental offers for rooms houses and furnaces with contact numbers E E Peek listed for rentals and inquiries
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