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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
8
Foreign and U S law on contraband of war is explored with lists of absolute and conditional contraband including cotton gold war materials and noncontraband items. It explains cargo division by value weight freight and voyage papers and notes neutral vessel seizure rules.
Mr and Mrs Charles Becker visit Bay City Michigan. Zibril of New Hartford and Marion Williams hosts guests. Frank McBride and Olive of Cedar Falls stay with relatives. Chas Williams on a brief Minnesota trip. Echo Jordan visits sister Mrs Corwin. E E Cortright family at Horton home. Bertha and Emma Vossberg visiting brothers August and William. Mrs Robertson of Plainfield bales hay for Art Grandon and W H Hickelberg. Ralph Newall becomes father to a son born Aug 1. Doctor attends H O Barton’s infant sick with cholera infantum. baby improving. Mrs Harry Conlin and Genevieve Cortright visit. Farmers threshing. quality good. Frances Webster visiting from Waverly. father F J Webster improving. Ray Newell of Butler Missouri visits after escorting late father Will Newell's body. Clapper's lawn well attended. ladies raise 10.59. Frank Humphey and family from Mason City spend day with Brian Mellington. George Till and daughters Lucile and Margery visit Loban family. Aid Society activities.
In Orchard on August 6 Mrs Sig Hartis and son Ronald visited Mason City to see Mrs Hartis' parents Mr and Mrs H Reynolds. A china shower for Miss Julia Andrews was hosted by Mrs Olell Woodward and Miss Fern Morse. Several locals, including Miss Linnie Shotwell of Vinton and Miss Gladys Chatman of Osage, visited relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Clapper and the Johnsons drove to Clear Lake. Rev Ariz and Pauline planned a two week trip touring Dubuque St Louis St Paul and a Mississippi river steamboat. Charles Brown sold his farm west of town to Q W Evans who will move toward Wisconsin. The school building was redecorated by Mr Carpenter of Osage and a lawn social was held by the La- community.
Grundy Center August 7 A. Mullan presided as Claud Aubry pleaded guilty to grand larceny after stealing from Governor Boies house. He received an indeterminate five year sentence at Anamosa. Juvenile cases included two Hartje boys tied to Kate Lynch thefts. both sent to Eldora reform school with suspended sentences for good behavior. Siehlman boy discharged.
An essay reflecting on psychological influences on work. A child’s bruised foot contrasts with a blueberry outing to illustrate how attitude shapes effort. Cites Frederick Taylor on workers' rest and efficiency and notes the impact of belief on performance. Mentions land marker damage fines under Iowa law.
Mes. Frank Finnegan of Mason City learns of brother PL J. Finnegan's death near Helena Montana after leaving Waterloo two years ago. Survived by widow and seven children in Mason City, plus siblings John Patrick Will and Mrs John Rader. Formerly a night watchman at William Galloway factories.
Reports from Towa Illinois describe rival road groups tampering route markers. Direction arrows are reversed or removed, creating dangerous readings and confusion. Other signs have been torn, prompting calls for stricter penalties and safety checks.
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