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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
9
Waterloo lodge members discuss erecting a lodge hall as membership nears 1900. The regular meeting last night favored building plans and preparations were made to install officers around year’s start while a large class of candidates began initiation.
Clevenine Press reports in Creston Texas that boy Perry, who was badly burned while playing Santa Claus days earlier, remains in serious condition. His head and arms show extensive blisters and skin damage, now considered more dangerous than first thought.
More than five hundred new converts attended special prayer and praise services across multiple churches last evening. Attendance ranged from about 25 to 250 per church, with many converts awaiting reception on New Year’s Day and the following Sundays.
Christmas programs at Westminster Presbyterian and other city churches feature gifts for the needy, special music, stories by Mrs. Pettit and Miss Reed, and a 7 o'clock service at Westminster. Other gatherings include St. Pauls M E, Grace M E, Universalist, Christ Episcopal, Christian Church, Calvary Evangelical, Emanuel Evangelical, and a Christmas sale at John Geertsen's.
The Free Methodists held a prayer service last evening with ten attendees and no converts present due to distance from the chapel. The public reception is planned for Sunday to introduce the church faith to locals.
In police court Chris Chaperas was fined for allowing gambling at his Sycamore street pool hall. John Dietz and G F Powers received small fines for betting five cents on an oddball pool game. A policeman testified observing the money exchange. Rupert known as Freeport Casey faced a vagrancy charge with an old sentence imposed and city employment arranged. August Carlson, 47, coal miner, died of gas asphyxiation in Mercy hospital after being found unconscious in his room. The Diet opened with peace talks and youth in Chuna.
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