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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
8
Chief Leighton offers concrete tips to police officers including monitoring cars near streetcars, watching speeds on downtown turns, questioning strangers, targeting bootleggers, patrolling alleys and rear doors, checking signal lights, limiting off duty visitors, and maintaining visible beat presence.
Rev. F. Q. Brown of St. Pauls Meth Episcopal church urged Y M C A Boys Sunday–afternoon club to value self confidence and faith in others. He cited a China river incident where a pilot narrowly avoids a rock to illustrate nerve in crisis.
Miss Ruth Tufford of Clinton appeared at the Majestic with the Bachelor's Dream company. Ovations by large Odd Fellows and Rebekahs delegations filled the theatre each night. She received bouquets of American Beauty roses and her Waterloo audience experiences were described as most pleasant.
The Majestic, the city’s largest theatre seating over 1,200, consistently turns away patrons at each performance due to high demand.
News notes from New Hartford Iowa and surrounding area include changes at Ranney and Wick stores, new clerks and business moves, travel to Texas and Georgia, and holidays visits. Officials elected at Beaver Lodge, a birth in the Wolfensperger family, and obituaries and trips of residents are recorded along with school and community events.
Mrs Ella Tally sues J W Wiswell for 16 over care for a wolf with a Dec 23 hearing before Justice Knapp. Mary Dunn seeks 1500 against the city for a Bluff street walk injury. Mary Busey seeks legal separation from Isaac Busey over alleged adultery and child custody. Other items include Welchs leaving for Belle Plaine and a ministerial talk at the Y M C A.
Consul General Anderso in Hongkong explains that while Chinese men cut their queues the hair is never sold. He notes that preserved queues are buried with the owner, a rule observed across South China and other regions from which information was gathered.
The Courier promotes the Pan ama Book as a beautiful instructive gift and reports hundreds already distributed. A limited number remain at the Courier business office for readers who have not yet received one.
A three scene Cinderella pantomime is planned for tomorrow evening at the First Baptist church to raise funds for the primary department. The program begins at 7 30 and features a cast with Theodore Andrews as king Mary Vaughan as a prince and a lineup of actors, singers, and readers including Misses Alice Eason Tina Martin Florence Drake Marian Walker and Mrs Merle La Rue etc.
A fragment notes a newspaper distributing a special Christmas gift to readers and plans to publish an annual Christmas issue this year. The exact date or publisher is unclear from the readable text.
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