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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
4
Urbana gains rail connection with Waterloo as the W C P L N line opens with first Urbana to Waterloo trip at 6 am and Waterloo to Urbana service later in the day. Limited passenger traffic due to weather, freight started, depot still under construction, celebration planned for next spring.
Detective George F. Moore, active against bootleggers, reported his grip vanish between 10:30 and noon. The grip held unknown evidence, possibly documents or bottles, left behind the door to the courtroom. Moore had faced prior assaults and remains free on $1,000 bond as investigators seek the missing property.
City notes list visitors such as Louis Rosenbaum of Cedar Rapids and John Handt of Independence plus local appointments and society happenings. Items include church bazaar plans, a Kensington event, a pre holiday grab bag, a marriage at Cedar Falls, a baby death in Lake Mills, and riverfront wall contract awarded to Black Hawk Construction. A parcel post room is installed at the Waterloo post office with a new chute and contractor Andrew Streigel. An automobilist praises road forethought for avoiding dragging the roads neck in winter.
A car fails to gain traction as gentle humps hinder movement, causing it to slip and slide in the area.
William Lee, held on charges of robbing Rock Island freight cars, staged a daring escape during recreation by feigning drunkenness. While officers directed other prisoners, he slipped away through an alley and fled before custody could be reasserted.
A bulletin states culture deem bouillon cubes valuable stimulants with little real food value and high price compared with home broths. Ordinary cubes contain mostly salt and small protein and are not concentrated beef broth. Consumers are misled into thinking they get a cheap extract. Courier advertisements drive business.
Washington D C Dee The belief that bouillon cubes are concentrated meat chThere's a note from the department of agriculture challenging the nutrition claims of bouillon cubes stating they contain little to no actual food value and urging scrutiny of their use.
J. E. Falan, longtime buyer floor manager and advertising man for the Charles von Weise store in Rockford Ill, plans to arrive in Waterloo about January 15 to establish a new up to date department store and become a resident here.
Chicago December 8. The Burlington system will turn over every inch of its 10 000 mile track right of way to farmers, sowing alfalfa and evergreen cereal as a permanent lawn. John B. Lamson says the plan will widen alfalfa cultivation, reduce weeds and fires, improve scenery, and yield 25 000 to 30 000 acres of leasable land at $5 per farm for a perpetual contract.
William J. Reaney was surprised by Sunday School officers and teachers who gathered at Mrs. H S Caesar’s home to celebrate his birthday. Guests blindfolded attempted to place a nose on a Santa Mephistopheles mask while prizes included a doughnut and a four inch smile contest. Mrs. Caesar and Mrs. Reaney served refreshments and Reaney received a gift book from the teachers. The article notes the event ends with warm wishes from attendees. Later, Conrad Fabyan of East Gary is noted for 36 years of shoe ownership in Gary Indiana as prices rise.
Topeka Kansas December 8 Although five million dollars worth of intoxicating liquors were consumed in Kansas last year Kansans are saved more than twenty nine million dollars a year by prohibition Gov Hodges released figures from county clerks compiled by the Methodist Temperance society of Kansas The report notes the state averages three and two thirds gallons per resident
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