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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1914
Page
9
Yesterday’s high and low are listed, with earlier years showing maximums and minimums. The entry cites Buchanan Optical and a Syndicate building location, then records hourly times and numerical values for several years including 1911 through 1913.
Police believe they have solved the Miss Inez Krueger handbag robbery at Franklin and Second Waterloo. They seek Bud Bowles, who left the city after a friend tipped him off. A young informant is detained as a suspect. Bowles has connections in Mason City and was last heard from leaving Waterloo Saturday evening.
Black Hawk county Progressives prepared a slate of potential county offices on the Bull Moose ticket at Attorney J. B Barr’s Lafayette building. A three member committee including Wv. Leon Belt L S Parsons and J B Barr will select the lineup and report tonight. The convention is set for Waterloo on June 27.
Mrs. Lucy McClinton, sole survivor of the dusky six charged with street solicitation, was found guilty and given 0 days in the city jail. Her liberty may come if friends buy a ticket to Des Moines or another city. The other women posted bonds and presumedly plan to leave as a climate change. Mrs. McClinton and husband Lawrence earlier served county jail time for selling liquor. he was later shot by Detective Moore during a raid.
A fragment shows Mrs Exe lamenting effort to reason with her husband while Mrs Wye asks who she spoke to. The brief quarrel hints at marital tension and social dynamics without providing context or outcome.
At a recent official board meeting the Emmanuel Evangelical church outlined larger church activities across departments. Rev. B. Langs, the new pastor from Des Moines, spoke as 20 members gathered after a church supper. Bible school now starts at 10 a.m. with German service at 11 a.m. and other services unchanged.
Local brief items report Emma Dean filing for divorce from Handy Dean in Waterloo. Others include visits by Emma Dean’s acquaintances, business travel, medical procedures, and social events involving Ames forestry team and bankers. Several residents plan trips, and school staff changes and meetings are noted.
George Scott and Th A Culmar, auditors for the Great Western railroad, concluded semi annual checks of the local freight office accounts. They praised the books as perfectly balanced to a penny with no errors, noting the high standard despite heavy six month business. They also reported the Waterloo passenger department accounts in excellent condition.
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