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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1919
Page
9
A Waterloo retailer describes a rug manufacturer push to limit orders to 12 carpet size rugs per merchant. The letter warns that excess allotments will shift to other buyers and that discounts are forbidden. The dealer declines to participate citing concern for consumers and urges aiding the needy with his allocation.
Laenas G. Weld former dean of the Iowa University college of liberal arts died in Chicago with heart trouble. He served at Iowa State from 1886 to 1911 later leading the Pullman free school of manual training. Survived by wife and parents, and a brother from Coe College. He was a noted educator and author on mathematics.
In Dubuque on December 1, Babine Beckett, lawyer for James Townsend, announces a motion for a new trial in the murder case of Townsend's stepfather Frank Crees. Beckett will argue trial court error and claim his incompetence due to late assignment after Townsend’s admission to the Iowa bar, with Townsend sentenced to life imprisonment.
Dike high school beat Plainfield 36 to 1 on Thanksgiving afternoon as the Dike squad extended its season record to five wins. The report notes over 2000 Navy officers resigned amid low pay and the cost of living.
Cedar Falls reports justice S. S. Huntley has taken under advisement the Burkehart vs Streeter case. Burkehart seeks 40 dollars claiming he bought a straw pile at Streeter’s public sale in September, while Streeter says the pile was not disposed of and he had right to sell it.
A drastic wartime style plea urges publishers to raise advertising and subscription rates sharply to cover rising costs. The piece argues costs rose 100 percent in the year and local rates, advertising practices, and wage costs must reflect true costs. It promotes forming conciliation committees to foster publisher cooperation and stabilize the industry.
January 27 29 in Hudson will feature Rex Beresford speaking on cattle W H Lapp on poultry and Miss Louisy Campbell on home economics A A Burger county agent H C Moeller county superintendent and Miss Clara Sutter of the home demonstration department participate The schedule splits private interviews mornings and meetings afternoons and evenings.
Frank Yetter of Davenport, cashier of the Iowa National Bank, is the subject of a circulated letter by “a few of his friends” proposing him for Iowa governor. Yetter denies interest, citing lack of politics, funds, and time, though praising wartime service and long banking tenure.
Tim Bob Warren of Larue County Kentucky refused the insolvent debtor's oath offered to reduce his 100 fine and 30 day jail term for making 2 skittle licker servings. He posted the fine and returned home saying he would not take the oath. He criticized internal revenue officers as wastes of energy and posts in federal court.
Carl Woods of Waukegan reports his wife vanished after three years of harmony. Neighbors recollect a young male visitor. the other man, named as William Bridge, and Mrs Woods were traced to Kenosha. Woods says his wife left debts totaling 750 dollars and a warrant has been issued.
Des Moines reports State Senator Perry C. Holdoegel of Rockwell City is undecided about running for lieutenant governor. He cites a lack of time due to business duties and says he cannot yet commit to a campaign.
John Mihok, a Chicago laborer, owned a rough ruby that gashed through family lore. Gustaf Gill, a local lapidary, cut the stone to a flawless 23 9 10 carats, touted as perhaps the largest ruby in the United States or world, with an estimated value between 100000 and 250000 dollars.
W H Stout president of the International Lyceum and Chautauqua association will be in Waterloo December 15 to finalize arrangements for the 1920 convention. The location was approved at the recent Chicago meeting. The Dairy Cattle Congress budget committee met with W I Atkinson Western Lyceum Bureau to plan preliminary organization for the convention at the Coliseum on the Cattle Congress grounds.
Bayard Taylor writes of St Pauls London describing the dome towering above coal smudged spires, the vast interior arches, and the sense of human invention lifting a colossal edifice into the sky. He recalls the dome as a mountain like summit seen from a grand, shadowy height.
An unnamed laborer and his son spent half a century sustaining a frugal life while preserving a single gem of immense value once sought by an emperor. Their carelessness with possession kept the jewel out of reach of fortune seekers, a quiet testament to restraint.
In Birchwood Wisconsin about 500 deer carcasses are shipped daily to hunters statewide and beyond. Traffic delays affect passenger and express services while roughly 2 000 hunters are in the woods at Winter nearby.
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