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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1914
Page
1
Waterloo saloon case looms as 26 permits possible if the supreme court reverses Judge Dunham. Decision expected soon with crackers authorizing opening if ruling favors wet interests. May announce May 4 or soon after, with permits scarce and property-owner consents required.
Jack Hill the big outfielder who won Sundays game with a home run drive over center field fence signed a Waterloo contract today after training with the local team for two weeks. He reported for action with the balance of players and has worked as faithfully as men under contract. Hill is brother of Hub and resides in the city. He played with Albert Lea last season. Also today manager Andrews released pitchers Baehne Schultz Gano Peterson and Peacock infielders Tony Smith Harrison and Gaiser and catcher Rex Smith. Twenty five Elks lodge members met at Cedar River park and formed a baseball club with Happy Hohi as manager and captain. At the Elks state meeting in Iowa City in June the local team will play Sioux City.
A Cedar Rapids posting lists residents and visitors including Edith Lowney on business in Chicago, Miga Lowney and Harry Mameo in Cedar Falls, and M. J. O Keefe and Frank Pinkerton on local matters. A train minor wreck near Rock Island, a court attachment against K Storm & Cows for 92.26, and G E Brebner aiming to be Waterloo’s first spring Cedar River swimmer are recorded along with local social updates.
Shelby Hill Ind April 28 Abs Reuben Brown greeted a man she had believed dead for fifteen years The woman had remarried Brown after the supposed death of Harry Scott Scott survived a Michigan train wreck memory loss and roaming The man plans to live temporarily with his brother John Srott near the city Scott age 42 Harmful Confidence Stopford Brooke
Clarence and Eddie Manahi tested their rebuilt motorboat Cedowa on the Cedar River with friends, enduring engine bucking and heavy cranking. The trip drew fourteen motor boats and many rowboats as Waterloo residents enjoyed a sunlit afternoon on the river. The Motorboat Club plans a meeting with new members and discusses summer improvements and river depth reports from John Jago.
New York stock exchange close shows prices for diverse issues led by American Sugar and United States Steel with notable gains and losses. Major rails and metals including Canadian Pacific Reading Atchison Union Pacific Northern Pacific and Great Northern feature among mixed results.
St Petersburg April 27. Russia's education drive against alcoholism uses a railway car fitted with exhibits on drink evils. A lecturer and attendants will tour northern railways giving lectures with magic lanterns to workers. The move, tied to cabinet changes, aims to curb vodka production and tighten penalties for illicit trade. Excise officials face stricter accountability as revenue impacts are unclear.
Waterloo officials received a railway bulletin stating the Great Western railroad carried 446,866,405 passengers over three and a half years with only one fatality. The sole death occurred in the caboose of a freight train, not on a passenger car, a sign of exceptional safety given substantial exposure to risk.
Portland resident W B Connell once broke and cleaning basements and yards now reports three Alaska gold claims sold to a New York syndicate for 83 000 with 12 000 cash and 40 600 in three months and the rest in six months. He credits Deputy City Attorney H A Davie for help and plans a Portland visit to meet the Davie family.
In a reflective letter Connell recalls kindness during basement cleaning and notes a miner’s life at the mercy of a boom. He states the Chisana country is no place for a poor man, with all claims staked and prices soaring.
A promotional pitch invites mothers to measure their baby against health standards and submit a coupon to receive a sample box, the Better Babies Chart, and a Mothers book. It emphasizes near perfection and urges action now for the included materials.
James Graham will not seek a Y M C A board seat at the May 3 annual meeting. A. F. Gates, president of Waterloo Business College, will take his place. Other nominees include H. T. Fisher, T. A. McManus, J. B. Leeper, A. G. Reid and F. J. Miller. The current board will hold its annual meeting with a supper at 6:30 by auxiliary ladies, then reconvene to announce election results. All members over 18 in good standing may vote.
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