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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1913
Page
7
The article reports an anticipated 1 1 3 cent rise for private milk customers and 1 cent for wholesale buyers, lifting retail quart price from 7 to about 9 to 12 cents and wholesale from 6 to 7 cents. Tickets may soon be 14 quarts per dollar, with twelve quarts expected next. It cites dry weather and sanitary rules as reasons, blaming farmers for moved prices and higher living costs.
On Monday Sept 1 the law firm Pickett and Swisher will open in Waterloo with Charles E Pickett as senior partner, a former congressman and leading Black Hawk county lawyer, and Benjamin F Swisher as junior partner, a 13 year local attorney and former city attorney. Swisher succeeds Judge C W Mullan, longtime head of Mullan and Pickett. The Home Building and Loan association will occupy Swisher’s former office.
The crowd at the public market ranged from two thousand to eight thousand people. Potatoes sold at 98 cents per bushel, butter at 31 cents, eggs 20 to 23 cents a dozen. Muskmelons, watermelons, and live poultry moved quickly while honey and fruit priced with solid demand. Groundcherries offered at 1.50 per heaped basket. apples and tomatoes praised for quality.
Weekly report shows average to SSE AG at $4 44,735,090, down from last week and the previous year. A city list highlights percent decreases. Classifieds note for rent a large furnished front room and a mileage girl for a boys band.
Colonel Thomas H. Birch of Burlington New Jersey the youngest son of carriage maker James H Bireh becomes the new minister to Portugal He has long been active in politics since 1896 supporting Bryan and served as the youngest Bryan elector in 1900 Birch privately brought Wilson and Bryan together and has long connected with the president as a public introducer and aide He helped lead Wilson headquarters in Baltimore and acted as Wilson elector in New Jersey serving under the governor role.
The 40 acre tract in Cedar Falls township was filed August 23 sixty years ago. William Surelcer bought from George and Charlotte Philpot for 140 dollars at 3.50 an acre. The 60 year price rise hints at Cedar Heights nearby now selling at 1000 dollars an acre. Recorder Aaron Dow documented the transaction.
Anson T. Hukill, West Waterloo superintendent, completed a city redistricting to annex the Washington Irving school building for the fall term. The new lines run along Hammond avenue, Hemmond street, Fifth and Locust to Sixth, Johnson, Williston, and back to Hammond. A second line runs from Cedar river to Ninth street and Hammond to the river, with another from Bridge street through Commercial to Locust and Sixth, then to Williston and Hammond, shaping the Black Hawk creek western boundary and defining Westfield and Emerson district extents. The plan designates four district maps including Washington Irving and Westfield.
City notes multiple short items: Dr Edward T Alford on a Rochester business trip. two cars derailed at belt line switch. various residents traveling to Denver Des Moines Waterloo and Chicago. hunting licenses issued. bees disturb memorial hall picnic. Henry Collins fined for disorderly conduct. a local dance event at Soash hall. lengthy visits from Mrs Morris and children to Los Angeles. reunions among local families. salesmen meeting in St Joe. a runaway team collision near Syramore street. minor injuries reported.
The class of 1913 at West High School will hold a farewell meeting Tuesday evening in Russell Lamson hall. Twenty five students depart for colleges and universities soon, while others stay to observe as they prepare for professional careers. An informal banquet will follow with toastmaster Elmer Hersch leading the program. speakers and topics remain unnamed. Real estate transfers also logged in local notices include multiple parcels traded in Waterloo Cedar Falls area for sums ranging from one to two thousand dollars.
The Courier reports a Labor Day picnic at Prospect Park where elderly pioneers gather stories of Waterloo era and Cedar Falls settlers. Notables include Mrs. Gould 92 and Judge C. W. Mullan, with others tracing migrations from 1840s to 1880s. Car service announced for Labor Day crowds.
Railroad timetable fragment lists arrivals and departures for Illinois Central lines. Eastbound services include Dubuque to Chicago and connections with Omaha Sioux City and Fort Dodge. North and interurban routes show times for Waterloo Cedar Falls Minneapolis Albert Lea and Cedar Rapids corridors with daily and Sunday note variations.
The program includes a ladies foot race and a men's foot race plus sack races for men and women, a three legged race, races for boys and girls under 12, a potato race, nail driving, legs and spoon, a guessing contest, and a tug of war. Races begin at eleven o'clock.
A quirky item notes dressmakers turning to Greek art for inspiration. Uncle Pennywise quips a monocled man always has something to live for, reflecting a playful, local-paper tone in a brief feature.
An illustration presents a charming antique drapery adaptation for modern requirements. The ayauphony fabric in white and silver uses prepe de chine and silver lace with a long white silk tassel finishing the drapery.
A. H. Brown is pictured leaving the women suffrage headquarters for a state tour supporting the votes for women crusade. The movement intensifies as Illinois suffragists and four leading women return from a horseback protest, with the first male crusader now on the stump to attract attention.
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