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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1913
Page
3
The F. C. Evans Piano factories in Des Moines and Chicago merge into one large Chicago facility. Des Moines storage must be vacated and all pianos moved to Waterloo and other branches. Cars deliver pianos to Waterloo as the floor fills with more than five carloads already on hand. An enormous sale invites purchasers.
A local store promotes a strong sale offering a 30 day free trial two years free tuning and two years free piano lessons. Purchases during the sale can be returned at purchase price within two years and applied to a new piano. Payment options start with no payments until September followed by small installments and sickness extensions. Extras include a duet bench scarf and souvenir for all visitors regardless of purchase.
Annie Nawalana, five, left home in East Chicago to buy candy after her father gave a nickel. Three days of searching by police, family, and locals yield no trace. Authorities fear she may have wandered toward the canal or lake amid a gypsy camp nearby. The father and police continue to search at night, praying for a lead.
Star of the West lodge Knights of Pythias of Cedar Rapids challenged Helmet lodge No. 6 for a baseball game. A single game will be played in either city with Helmet lodge aiming to win both games. George Carson W A Bowen and Lafe Shannon named to arrange details.
New York on August 5 Harry Elliott a 35 year old lithographer fled a policeman and went with Miss Ellen Sibley to Lovers Leap in Escombams Dam park. Elliott fatally shot Sibley and then killed himself leaving a note stating they wished to die together. Elliott and Sibley had come from Chicago about two weeks ago. Mrs Elliott tried to reach them at their boarding house but escaped with Miss Sibley and Filton via roofs while a policeman waited at the entrance. Mrs Elliott was missing yesterday.
National Audubon Society warns that without swift action the Senate will alter the feather proviso in the tariff bill.Passage as in the House would ban importation of aigrettes egret plumes and related bird parts except ostrich and domestic fowl feathers The notice lists cruelty of plume trade and urges readers to contact conference committee members to support the proviso and bolster bird protection.
The Walnut Street Baptist Sunday school held its annual picnic at Chautauqua Park with 250 or more members enjoying a prep rain shied day. A noon picnic dinner was served and a morning boys baseball game preceded an afternoon match between Walnut Street Sunday school First Baptist Sunday school teams. Mrs T A McManus led the dinner committee with FL EB McStay chairing sports and C M Sherrill assisting.
A meeting Monday failed to settle the date for the tie in Sunday School league leadership. A new meeting will decide the schedule, with a three game series likely to settle supremacy as Grace M and First Baptist School compete for first place. Samuel Reiiseh of the University of Wisconsin was nominated today to President Wilson for minister. Other nominations followed.
The Chicago Great Western railroad will implement a new rate plan within ten days following a Supreme Court ruling on Minnesota rate cases. The announcement came after a meeting with Attorney General Smith, railroad commissioners, and other officials.
The pay refund issue is likely to be settled in court. The injunction blocking seven railroads from enforcing 2-cent passenger rates remains active in the Great Western case. Attorneys say the new tariff would be confiscatory, so the late agreement came as a surprise.
New York reports show money markets worldwide firming as banks tighten loans. The Balken war costs exceed 1.2 trillion, reducing credit expansion and slowing business activity. Officials say retrenchment helps restore balance, with cautious optimism for quicker normalization unless adverse events arise.
European bankers face conflicts while the United States shows resilience after war losses. Optimism grows as anticipated bumper crops push corn toward 3,000,000,000 bushels and wheat near 750,000,000, with cotton around 14,000,000 bales. Chamber voices urge swift currency reform and approval of the treasury plan to back government paper, warning against stripping circulation rights without compensation.
A commentary argues that preserving par on per cent bonds would stabilize U S government bonds and raise their apparent credit. It urges extending the 500 million dollar reserve fund to allow currency elasticity and responsive changes to requirements pending a comprehensive currency bill.
The New York stock exchange reports varied closes with gains for American Sugar and several rail and utility stocks. Notable numbers include Pacific, Reading, United States Steel, Northern Pacific, and Missouri Pacific showing positive moves, while others like Atchison and Illinois Central show smaller gains. F. J. Hacker prepares a new 60 by 40 foot one story building on Fourth Street East for store use.
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