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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1913
Page
6
Nearly 20,000 red cross stamps have been sold in three weeks under Mrs E L Johnson of the Associated Charities committee. W W Marsh chairs the same body with efforts to report by two days. The drive aims to surpass former records as volunteers push sales through Tuesday and Wednesday.
Des Moines Iowa December 24 Anna Fillman files for divorce from 8 J Fillman alleging cruelty. She says he refused to let her mother visit their home or see her patients. at the Rock Island chief clerk C D Harrison gets leave to visit Oklahoma home.
Edwin Weatherwax, a student at Ames, is home for Christmas vacation. Miss Blanche Martin returns from Des Moines where she teaches. Mrs. J. Hildebrand leaves for Yankton to visit a daughter. A license to wed was issued to George H. Davis and Nettie M. Williams. Scarlet fever case reported. contagious diseases increasing mildly. James F. McDermott and son Francis visiting Waterloo friends. resident of Missouri Valley.
A spark from a chimney at 723 Franklin Street caused a small roof hole at 22 54 this morning. The fire stayed on the roof with minor damage. At 725 Columbia Street a chimney fire damaged wallpaper near the chimney but caused no further damage.
Waterloo post office reports the heaviest Christmas mail in city history with four substitute clerks and five wagons deployed. Parcel post expands weight limits, bags and boxes overwhelm public rooms, Postmaster Kelly vows efficient service amid peak demand.
Letters from travelers report Mrs. J. H. Crippen abroad for the year and visiting Rome. She is accompanied by her niece Miss Shurtleff of Chicago.
F E Ball, returning from the dominion, says speculative property values and restricted credit are straining Canada’s finances similar to the United States. Major cities report money tightening blamed on over speculation while merchants face poor sales and losses from winter stock amid a mild season.
The Chicago papers announce the marriage of Elizabeth Murray Newman Coffin adopted daughter of Father L. B. Coffin of Fort Dodge and Frank W Shepard Elgin state legislator. The ceremony occurred yesterday at the LaSalle hotel and she has a history in general newspaper work as a Mexican war correspondent and settlement worker.
Train No 562 changes depart time from Albert Lea to 10 30 p m and arrives Waterloo at 9 01 a m next day. Waverly becomes a continuous train order station. No 15 skips Delaware on Sundays. Several staff changes and injuries reported plus yard and track work underway. Students from multiple colleges return for holidays amid planned social events.
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