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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
6
Yarmouth figures shown on a recent visit to Mattea wan include Harry K Thaw nemesis W T Jerome. William Travers Jerome, the New York district attorney who prosecuted Thaw and led opposition to his release, is also depicted.
Waverly residents and visitors are listed in a community round up. Ed Her Ting plans two weeks in the city before entering Des Moines pharmacy school. Mrs. Eisden to Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Morey heads to Chicago. several attend fireworks in Waterloo and travels to Duluth, Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul for leisure and visits.
About 300 Waterloo residents are expected to attend the state fair in Des Moines which began yesterday. Roughly fifty locals left for the capital city this morning and many more will depart through Sunday as the Great Western plans special trains with no reduced rates.
In progress, it is expected that fully 1,000 or more Waterlooans will attend these events. They have a wide reputation and draw many locals away for a few days each fall as local railroads equip trains with special car service to handle increased passenger traffic.
A. Tyler long in poor health has closed his Waterloo home at Bluff and Seventh streets and will relocate to Chicago to live with his son John Tyler. His business interests and property have been placed in the care of F. M. Trapwagen.
A two volume prayer book once owned by Mme de Pompadour sold for 7200 francs in Paris. Titled Office de la Sainte Vierge it features drawings by Boucher and was issued by the Royal printing works in 1757.
A damaged fragment reports a couple from Direkberton to Marble Loch tied the knot during a circus day as they aimed to avoid publicity at home. The names and full details are unclear, but the wedding appears linked to a public event and distant locations Watentoo and Moor Marsh.
Russell Lamson 13, son of Mr and Mrs C O Lamson, fell through a split floor plank while guiding his sister Maxine and friends across a loft floor. His right thumb broke but he saved the group from greater harm in the Lamson barn.
Dr. J. L. Powers, in his nineties and long health-challenged, reveals a restored optic nerve function dubbed his second sight. Born in New York, he traveled from Ohio to California in 1850, practiced medicine in Reinbeck for over 50 years, and remains active amid memories of a life rich in ups and downs. His daughter Mrs. J A Webb aids in daily life as he nears the century mark.
Testimony before a Washington committee showed a $10 000 fund to defeat the loan shark bill. George D Horning admitted collecting $11 700 for the fight, plus $3 800 from pawnbrokers and a separate $8 000 from Chicago Philadelphia and Washington lenders. McMichael recounted McDermott’s alleged receipt of $7 530 for opposition work. Horning said he paid others and controlled dispersal of the funds with little outside interference. The report names several contributors and notes most money was raised in 1911.
Trinidad Colorado August 21 Workers rescued A F Smith alive and recovered the bodies of Jas Dobson of Downs Cancer and an unidentified man from a cave in at the old Rapon tunnel on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe main line fifteen miles south of town six workmen were trapped yesterday gangs at each end of the tunnel labored to reach the remaining three men August Hemmelman and sister Alma M of Jesup Otto Benarden and Helen Hoppe of La Porte City were in the city today
Henry Meyer, a former Waterloo hotel and restaurant man now in Webster City, returns to Waterloo to open the Model Cafe at 1109 Fourth Street on Saturday. The Meyers are experienced caterers, with Henry previously operating the hotel next door to the cafe location.
Washington Aug 21 It was announced that Andrew Caminetti the new United States commissioner of Immigration whose son Drew Caminetti is to be tried soon in the Diggs Caminetti white slave scandal in California would start an investigation of Ellis Island New York With a special board he will probe conditions at this most important station Complaints against food wire taken up first.
Rural communities sent a large delegation to a Barnum and Bailey circus in Waterloo with about 7000 attendees. Railroads provided extra equipment and special trains bringing several thousand more, including Cedar Falls, La Porte, and Denver regions. Merchants reported their strongest business of amusement week as crowds enjoyed the parade and performances featuring elephants, lions, and a Cleopatra and Mark Antony tableau.
An admirer predicts lasting impact while a sarcastic observer doubts him, saying he will keep leaping on all until he erases his own tracks. A Courier promises efficiency and peace of mind.
The 1913 and 1914 yearbooks for P. E. O. chapter 7 were distributed to members. The first meeting of the new year will be September 15 at Mrs. J. G. McCalvin's home. Mrs. Siddie F. Richards will review P. E. O. history and the program features women as inventors inspectors and scientists with music by the P. E. O. quartette.
Yesterday the country saw fair weather overall with a heat wave in Kansas. Devils Lake, North Dakota reported .78 of an inch of rain, followed by St. Paul at .48. Concordia reached 102 degrees, while Yellowstone Park cooled to 44. Canada also remained cool.
Clifford D Gould died at 821 Butler Street from tuberculosis after four years of illness. Born July 17, 1888 in Black Hawk County, he spent most of his life in Waterloo and was well known. Survived by his wife and parents. Funeral from home Saturday at 2 PM with Rev J B Smith officiating.
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