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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
4
Notice for the regular annual stockholders meeting to elect a Board of Directors and conduct other business at Black Hawk National Bank in Waterloo Town on Tuesday January 14 1918 at 10 o'clock a.m. cashier Chas W Knoop Waterloo Ta December 11 1912.
The Phreanez club met with Miss Hussey, whist winners were Mrs. G. J. Wilson and Geo. W. Whitworth. J. G. Packard will host a duplicate whist night. The Phreanez Dancing club plans its first dance Friday at Woodmen hall. Various locals travel or report minor incidents, births, deaths, and business visits around Cedar Falls.
Cedar Falls council discusses a new bus and hack ordinance last night. Prof Wright criticizes members leading to sharp exchanges. Mrs Hamer supports current bus service, while Mr Doak objects to terms and the ordinance is tabled.
Local residents and visitors are listed with recent movements and activities. Notables include Schermerhorn of Waterloo transacting business in Jesup, Stevenson and Dr. Joint visiting Dubuque, and Miss Pearl Anderson from Bonaparte touring. Social events feature Ladies' Aid gatherings at Baptist and Presbyterian churches with officer elections and a reported supper.
Dr. Charles E. North of New York City says rural teachers can lead public health efforts in countryside schools. He argues physiology alone fails to prevent diseases from contaminated milk or water and urges basic sanitary science taught simply to children with teacher training in normal schools and teachers colleges.
Bremer county residents prepare for a crop improvement association with a Dec 21 first meeting and a request for Black Hawk County to send a representative. In Cedar Falls ongoing grain and rail issues mix with local factory growth and new construction.
The article argues for regular courses in public health for rural schoolteachers to spread sanitary science. It claims life expectancy could rise from 45 to 60 years with sanitation, and cites 400000 deaths and 2,000,000 illnesses annually from infections, urging teachers to educate children and communities to stop disease spread.
Philadelphia reports fragmentary papyrus from Fayoum Egypt describes 1800 year old food costs and freight rates as a major issue. It notes a sitologus collector of grain for the Ptolemaic government taxed by a percentage system and stored in a temple corner.
A perplexing case unfolds as Jennie Brice known as Mrs Phil Ladley vanishes from a riverbank boarding house. Police consider foul play after a bloody towel and missing belongings surface while a witness reports a man and woman boating away near the Pitman house.
The boat tied at the riverbank shows bloodstains on the rope. A bloodstained knife, identified by Mrs. Pitman as belonging to her, was found on the river bank near the boat. Mr. Ladley, seen leaving his boarding house on Monday, is missing and authorities expect a swift lead in the case. The latest developments will be discussed at Congregational church Monday evening December 16.
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