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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1912
Page
4
Coastal Lake vines and Canals Owned by Railroads are examined in a report detailing road and water line controls. The piece notes railway ownership intersecting with local infrastructure and governance questions.
Principal features of Conant's report to President Taft show railroads and steamship combines dominating domestic steamship routes. Waterways along Atlantic and east coasts largely auxiliaries of railroads, suppressing competition, with New Haven system and Eastern Steamship company shaping New York City to New England traffic. Railroads own key through lines on the Great Lakes and control private canals, urging further federal regulation of joint rail and water traffic.
Luther Conant Jr cites a government study showing twenty railroads control steamship lines and barges totaling over 810,000 gross tons, with New Haven, Union Pacific Southern Pacific, Pennsylvania and New York Central leading. The report urges federal action and more joint rates to restore competition.
A temperance women’s meeting at the Universalist church drew strong attendance. Rev Effie McCollum Jones chaired with talks by Mr Collard and J W Arrbuckle on the temperance question. Several new workers joined the canvassing effort, promising increased outreach.
Arrangements are under way for a joint installation of officers at Waterloo lodge 1% A F and A M Waterloo chapter 128 C FE S and Ascalon Commandery No Sh Knights Templar on January 2 at the Masonic temple W H Norris of Manchester To will come to Waterloo to install the officers A program will be arranged lunch served and an interesting time will be enjoyed.
Keen interest in the men's class attendance contest at First Baptist Muscatine and Walnut Street Baptist Waterloo continues with over 230 attendees yesterday. J S Tuthill speaker on Elements of Success will address Are Withdrawals Worth While next Sunday as the six week effort nears a record attendance.
Reu ben R. Cook aged 77 a resident of Ottumwa and member of the soldiers home wandered from the home hospital and was found near Laurel by passersby almost frozen. He had pulled weed stalks over his body and lay on the roadside suffering exposure. Restoratives helped him recover enough to be returned to the hospital with guards. He has wandered away from the institution twice before.
New York December 26 1916 the general executive board of the national democratic leagues organized a nationwide campaign with clubs in every state and a press bureau in Indianapolis to educate voters Perry Belmont of New York leads calls for clubs to participate in the Washington inauguration March 4 an inauguration committee chaired by Lafayette Pence of Washington was named.
William Crane headlines at the Waterloo theatre tonight in The Senator Keeps House a new Martha Morton comedy set in Washington with a land claim conflict. The production previously ran four months at Garrick New York and features Lorraine Frost Mabel Bert Marion Kerbey Jeffie Tilbury and a full company. Also on Xmas bill Brewster’s Millions follows Brewster’s Millions is a four act farce about spending a million dollars in a year culminating in a yacht scene and sea storm.
The play Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch arrives in Waterloo this Saturday with matinee and night performances under the United Play Company. The piece draws audiences with bright theater color and marks the season's best offering. The Iowa Homestead subscription offer is advertised with a joint 3.80 yearly rate and agents are sought by James M. Pierce in Des Moines Iowa.
A list shows William J. Workman of Chicago and Edith G. Witter of Waterloo among couples licensed to wed with ages 24 and 20 respectively. Others named include Elmer F. Nasby Cedar Falls 23 Mabel M. Masmussen Cedar Falls 19 Claud L. Palmer Waterloo 2 and Liddie I. Hogan Waterloo 18. Har walnuts priced at 20c per pound are also listed.
Real estate transfers recorded by Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co. show Amelia A Bowman to Lillian French et al in section 8 89 13 for $1. A W Hubbard et al to D E F Mackie et al in section 10 87 12 for $1. Fimma H Koerner to Clara Bickner lot 1 black 12 North addition Waterloo for $1. Lena Standish to Galloway Gibson Investment Co lot 170 Galloway subdivision Waterloo for $1. E E Shane to Elizabeth J Koutenberg part of lot 4 block 1 Home Park addition for $1. J R Fletcher et al to Maye Jensen part of lot F Cedar Dale addition Waterloo for $4.10. Mary F Miller to Burton B Wilson lot 18 block 4 Whitner Sedzwick addition Waterloo for $1.
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