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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
10
The county treasurer reminds all taxpayers of new laws requiring prompt tax payment to avoid penalties. Cards quote Secs 1405 and 1413 detailing due dates, delinquency dates, and monthly interest of 1 percent. Road taxes follow same rules. auditors may charge penalties to treasurers for post October 1 collections.
Manchester Press notes Denver Iowa crossroads village near Waterloo with one booming saloon drawing Waterloo crowds nightly. Saloon receipts reportedly range 309 to 600 dollars daily while the license paid to the town runs about 3,000 dollars annually. The Denver council plans to raise the license to 4,600 dollars citing the saloon’s wealth and impact on a city of 30,000 people.
Clyde Colvin issues a public denial of the charge of insulting a woman in a police court at the 101 Ranch show grounds case. He says he did not appear because he did not receive notice of the case calling, and he asserts he has witnesses ready. Glen Dunbaugh had him arrested for striking Colvin.
Mrs. A. E. Harris, manager of Elk Run Inn, invites Commercial club and Board of Trade members and others for a complimentary smoker on Tuesday evening August 26 to celebrate the inn's formal opening. Invitations promise free supper and orchestra. attendees may discuss Greater Waterloo while non-smokers stay in the parlors. Elk Run Inn, completed this summer, features verandas, a large dining room and inviting parlors.
In Orange Township on August 22, residents report threshing complete and family travels. Al and Ed Glessner head to Sheldon Iowa then Worthington Minnesota. Clyde Bachtelheimer visits Des Moines. Ira Kough travels to New Mexico. Mrs Lichty improves. Anna Blough leaves for China as missionary. train No 12 runs six hours late after derailment near Tara.
Cal Stewart the humorist appeared in the new comedy Running for Governor at the Waterloo theatre to a fair sized audience. The plot centers on Stewart and his Uncle Josh stories with several musical numbers. Stewart, renowned for Uncle Josh, plans a Pacific coast tour this season followed by a debut in Australia next year.
A local Chautauqua association reports it will take a designated gift to support city refuges. The organization details the intended use of funds and the projected impact on community services. Officials urge residents to contribute and emphasize transparency in distribution.
City rebuffs a gift of roads near Chautauqua and Cedar River parks until they are properly graded. The Chautauqua association faces funding the improvements while residents along the routes suffer property devaluation. A Bishop Breyfo gel address at the camp meeting drew a large crowd and featured talks on self examination and salvation.
Transportation Inspector Dodge of the Illinois Central lectures in Waterloo on fuel economy to cut coal use and smoke. He cites Last year’s coal purchase of 4,400,000 tons and 5.3 million dollars in locomotive fuel costs, urging smokeless firing and precise firebox feeding to save money and reduce smoke across locomotives, power plants, and furnaces.
Logan Aug 22 Charles Lamb of near Mandamin has given to the Little Sioux district Latter Day Saints church organization a portion of his relics collection. The items include stone hammers sledges and copper artifacts from the race antedating the Indians.
Odd artifacts including knives and curved pottery fragments from deep guides are shown with relics from the Latter Day Saints church at Magnolia. The display is housed in the tabernacle tents and attracts local interest.
In Marreem County the camp ground with white tents and electric lights grows each evening as the number of campers rises daily, indicating a popular turnout for the event in Hinge hollow near Joland town.
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