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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1912
Page
4
A Cedar Falls special recounts past killings by mothers driven by insanity. Mrs Bell of Mt Vernon township killed two young sons, echoing a thirty year old case of Mrs Fred Miller who died in hospital after killing her two daughters. The piece notes a similar tragedy and a hospital stay without realization of actions.
Cedar Falls Ia Dec 10 Mrs Ida Burkitt of Waterloo filed against Rock Island railroad over a tar loaded with live chickens left on a side track over Sunday and part of Monday. Several froze to death and others were near dead from the cold. County attorney Hoxie will prosecute.
Waterloo residents are urged to place orders directly with eastern piano factories. The ad offers Mason & Hamlin Ivers & Pond or Behuing pianos on a close margin and promises top quality. Contact 2504 White or write Waterloo Ind. 3.1K Munn, Eastern Town Rep, Waterloo, Ind. Also notes Dr Marquis lectures at First Congregational Church with a free stereopticon show tonight.
L S Cass, president of Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern, argues a thirty minute local car service on Mulberry street is infeasible. He cites current interurban usage of forty four cars, no patronage to justify double tracking, prior losses during 1910 paving, and potential delays to Cedar Falls and interurban schedules. The council took no action.
Mrs Cora D Gookins widow of a Chicagoan who died in New York in 1904 sued Western Union for 100000 damages claiming mental anguish from a telegram delay. Federal judge Humphreys awarded 17 40, ruling mental anguish not provided for by federal statutes and that only expenses from the delay are recoverable.
Property owners urged concrete paving on Wellington Eighth Ninth and Tenth streets but the Waterloo Iowa city council awarded the contract to Bryant Asphalt Company. The vote followed bids opened last evening after prior postponements due to Councilman Switzer's absence. Dewey opposed the award while Mayor Thompson and others pressed forward with the original asphalt plan. An ordinance establishing the treasurer's monthly fund apportionment among banks was adopted, shifting funds away from a prior all-bank deposit policy. The mayor and clerk were authorized to pursue a municipal skating rink maintenance arrangement with the river front commission and Ed Chapman if costs stay under fifty dollars monthly. The council will reconvene Friday December 20 to finalize the Christmas pay for city employees.
In St Paul on December 10 the government suit against International Harvester resumed with many witnesses from the northwest. Edward P Grosvenor and Joseph Darling lead the government defense, as hearings proceed. Local auction sale bills are advertised by The W H Hartman Co. and Berkley Hardware Co plans evening hours through the holidays.
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