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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1913
Page
4
The article explains forcing rhubarb in a dark cellar with little space and modest ventilation. It covers selecting roots, planting in fall, temperature needs, light exclusion, and harvesting after about six weeks with careful picking to prevent damage.
Veteran poultry raiser A F Hunter argues that well bred pullets can yield about 150 eggs per bird annually and $2 net profit per year. He notes farm flocks often produce little in fall and winter, while neglecting pullets means missed opportunities for reliable income.
An expert dairyman explains butter fat as cream quality, detailing the Babcock test, cream grades from table to double cream, prices per quart, and methods like separator use. It also covers pasteurization storage, chick growth, and pullet management for steady egg production.
Instructions for hotbeds detail filling, covering, and thermoregulation. It covers sowing warm and cool crops at specific temperatures, soil moisture, seed spacing, and furrow creation. It advises watering with a fine rose sprinkler, using bur lap coverings, venting sash, and gradually hardening plants before setting outside.
In Chicago on December 22, fifteen year old Emily Losko and eighteen year old John Kostelny confessed to abandoning their newborn twins in a hallway near St. Vincent's Infant asylum. The infants died from exposure the following day. The couple, married less than a year after running away to St Joseph, Mich., were freed by a jury which ruled deaths due to exposure and recommended no jail.
Greene December record of travel and visits includes A N Morford in Waterloo on business, Cedar Falls visitors, Mrs Carrie Loesbe en route to Nashua, and many locals visiting relatives in Clarksville Kesley Minnesota Toronto and Ireland. Mentioned are Hartness Grinnell Ed, and a January hospital trip for John McMahon with rheumatism. An unrelated fraud note concerns a forged check at a local livery stable.
New Hartford items list visits and travel among residents. Wester Record and family moved to Parkersburg last Thursday. Several residents, including Mrs. Ida Squires, Lewis Wood, Ardella Hughes, Wes Boyd, and Ada Tostlebe, are noted in visits, medical trips, and relocations within nearby towns and beyond.
A man calling himself a foreman of a gang claimed to mantain the Western Union line between Boone and Moingona and stayed at the Adix hotel. He paid with a $15 check, received $5 in cash, and promised to return with the balance, but his crew never appeared and the landlady checked with Western Union finding the signature belonged to M. J. Schmidt.
Orville Barber, three, sustained serious injuries in a tubaway on Lafayette street at 7 15 this morning after a horse pulling a wagon balked at a train and struck a water hydrant near Elm. His father C A Barber, 1620 12 Mulberry street, was slightly injured as the wreck threw occupants to the ground. The wagon was wrecked and the child may have internal injuries. the father escaped serious harm. Another accident, M S Manhard of 159 Prospect Avenue collided with a coupe in Highland. both drivers escaped injury and no damage to the machines was noted.
An advertisement from Paul Davis Dry Goods urges readers to buy a book titled 011 and Young. The brief promo highlights the work as the days of beast and features a memorable phrase OH SKIN NAY.
A large crowd packed Walnut Street Baptist Church Saturday as E. M. Rhoades led a penny concert for children. Santa Claus arrived with gifts while stories of the first Christmas and Robinson Crusoe entertained. Tickets for next Saturday’s event were distributed at Sunday school.
Waterloo hive No. 22 of the L O T M holds a special Tuesday meeting at A O U W hall to assemble a Christmas basket, sew and dress dolls, and collect donations. Mrs. Nora Phinney coordinates at 309 Baltimore Street and can be reached by phone for details.
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