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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1914
Page
9
City council weighs self insurance due to high department employee rates and ponders buying a motor service truck for the fire department. Insurance reps plan to present proposals Monday evening while bids from motor fire apparatus makers and Dart company are expected for a patrol ambulance option.
Two Cedar Falls men B W Robinson and Harold Hauser were injured when a car crashed into their buggy about a half mile from the city limits on Cedar Falls road. Robinson suffered a broken nose and cuts. Hauser was badly bruised. The buggy shaft and wheel were broken and glass from a demolished lamp was scattered. the auto occupants did not stop. The injured men have only a meagre description of the car and its occupants.
Deputy Postmaster LaBarre reports parcel post business at the local office for the first fifteen days of April. A total of 23 035 packages weighing 24 804 pounds were handled, with 14 532 sent out of town and 8 503 received from other cities. Local delivery included 125 mailed in the city and distribution across eight zones, led by zones one through four. The report notes ongoing monthly increases in business. Also included are brief public health notices on prevalent diseases and a Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound testimonial from Mrs. I. C. Hostler of Grand Island Nebr for coughs and throat irritation.
The Town Criers plan a 3160 mile special train tour expanding from last year’s 2400 miles. The easternmost point is Portland Maine with five nights in Pullman sleepers, replacing prior hotel stops. Most arrangements for the Toronto trip are set, with special hotel rates and a more attractive itinerary.
P A Koebele a well known businessman and cigar manufacturer in Waterloo died at 7 45 this morning at his home 212 Lafayette street after pneumonia and heart weakness. He was born March 23 1857 on a farm near Matteson Illinois and later moved to Cedar Falls and Waterloo forming P A Koebele & Co about 25 years ago. Survived by widow Minnie Fressle and two children Flora 18 and Francis 10, with brothers and sisters in Chicago Chicago Heights and Burns Kansas. Funeral plans await arrival of out of town relatives.
Hon. Charles E. Pickett will officiate Monday at Ganela, TlL, the former General Grant home, during the annual commemoration on the anniversary of the general's birthday. The event has featured many prominent speakers, including McKinley and Roosevelt, and Waterloo proudly honors Pickett as this year's speaker in an enduring city tradition.
A lively round of society gatherings fills the slate with D F club hosting at Lafay ette street, Catholic Ladies Study group meeting with Mrs Rechtfertig in Highland, and D M GC club at Denver street. Several hostesses, birthday milestones, and a Ross Conservatory recital mark the week's social notes.
Mrs. Dallas Wusmit and Mrs. Maury Wayslett return from Breckenridge Minnesota due to their mother's illness. Mrs. Petry improving but weak, hospitalized with bronchial pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. James Patterson and baby visiting Cedar Rapids after moving from Minneapolis. Miss Margaret Hens of Vinton to apquest in Cedar Rapids. Various local updates include remodeling of a building, new tenants, and upcoming operation for Maria McPhaden in Rochester Minnesota. Out-of-town guests from Cedar Falls attend events.
Members of Rockford company No 31 Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias showed strong interest in the announcement that Cal Bertoni head of the Illinois Brigade had offered the services of the brigade.
A fragment notes service in Mexico and mentions about 2,500 members of the uniformed companies in Illinois. The text provides few readable facts beyond these numbers and locations.
The weekly meeting of waterworks trustees was held yesterday afternoon in the municipal offices. Warrants were issued and several matters of interest were discussed. An extension of a block on Whittier street from lin to Maple was ordered. Work on extending the mains into Chautauqua park is progressing rapidly.
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