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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1914
Page
3
A whimsical note in The Waterloo Evening Courier promotes a gift of a science dictionary shaped like a Bible and priced at four dollars. Readers must present six coupons plus a small bonus to receive the book, which aims at both adults and schoolchildren as a Christmas present.
Ruth Cameron muses on modern speed and shortcuts from gas stoves to telephones and cars. She contrasts patience of past generations with today and asks what people do with the gained time while noting rising prices and faster living. The piece questions whether time savings yield worthwhile benefits.
The Waterloo Bank Clerks' association met last evening over Leavitt and Johnson bank rooms. It voted to change the organization's name with definite action to be taken at the January 5 meeting. Prominent speakers included Mr. Greely of Leavitt and Johnson Trust Co. Mr. De Weiss of the Iowa State bank and Mr. Stewart of the Security Savings.
Forty years ago a Wednesday in 1874 notes the West Waterloo school exhibition at Russell's Ball on December 28 with music declamations and a dialogue. The Red Jacket Fire & Hose Co plans its eighth annual dancing assembly at Lincoln Hall on Christmas Eve.
Twenty years ago on Wednesday December 19 1894 Officer Fenstermaker pursued a Murphy who yielded at gunpoint after displaying two revolvers. The fugitive hid in the country and returned with a packetbook containing 170 dollars. Funeral services were held for John A. Lusch with Rev Ephriam Adams and Knights of Pythias at the grave. Typhoid fever caused his death. The mercury neared 60 above zero at noon last Wednesday prompting thoughts of straw huts and linen pantaloons amid widespread sickness. Harry Lewis son of C P Bratnaber won best baby in a Des Moines contest judged by Clews Field Pratt Shaw Nauman. A Philadelphia Ledger item notes a typhoid fever symptom. The Chicago Tribune recounts a famed hailstorm near Dubuque in 1882 lasting 13 minutes with ice stones weighing up to two and a half pounds.
Mrs J D Caldwell narrowly escaped asphyxiation when gas from a furnace filled their home at 1326 Second Street West after retirement. An explosion and devitalizing fumes sent Mrs Caldwell into a semi conscious state while Mr Caldwell initially blamed fumes from a neighboring house.
Jackson Bailey and Elmer Renton, both colored, were jailed last evening on a charge of stealing a cash register from Boggs pool hall. The recovered register was found in a barn on Logan Avenue. They deny the accusation and allege a concerted effort to drive them from the city. A hearing is expected during the day.
A Salvation Army mover will speak on The Cost of an Open Town at the regular Woman's Christian Temperance meeting in the Y M C A parlors Thursday at 2 30. The speaker knows Waterloo conditions and the program promises strong interest. All who are interested are invited.
Dr R C Bodwell of 122 Third Ave W led a four day sled trek to a northern Manitoba cabin with native hunters. Dec 1 yielded a fine six point elk head as hunting party kills a large bear in a cave. Despite 25 below zero and icy crust, each hunter secured an elk. The expedition signals a hard winter as animals build stronger winter homes. The return journey to Teuton covered Thursday to Sunday.
The article describes Scarborough and Hartlepool as major English ports with docks and industries, notes the German bombardment as the war’s first overt act, and explains British naval dispositions in the North Sea. It details German and British movements, the Kiel canal’s strategic role, and Scarborough’s coastal prominence near York with railway links to York and Hull.
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