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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
11
Store advertises Reed Rockers with leather seats and backs priced from 11 to 20 dollars. Promotes Christmas gifting and lasting home comforts with special pre-Christmas prices on music cabinets tea wagons dressing tables rockers and doll carriages.
Prof Johnson reports small turnout at the new Waterloo state trades school in the east high building. Twelve attended last night, seven enrolled, three to decide. He expects enrollment to rise after the holidays, with a second Friday meeting for shop mathematics and enrollment for those absent.
In Des Moines a 16 year old boy files for annulment against Grace K. Bates 40 alleging coercion and entrapment after a marriage to her following a romance with her son Charles Bates. Bates claims divorce not by consent but to clear up rumors that the couple lived together after a Chicago marriage.
Six weeks campaign by Sundas and his evangelistic workers yielded notable achievements. Personal offerings collected for evangelist. Evangelist planned to extend the campaign with two sermons on the tabernacle after Sabbath close and to remain another day for further outreach.
The Interstate Commerce Commission analyzes the fiscal year 1913 hours of service reports. It cites nearly 200000 violations by 26 railroads and notes derailments as the top cause of excess service, with 288,000 total cases across all classes and 251111 workers employed in train service. Commissioner McChord urges carriers to address underlying delays to reduce violations.
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