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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1910
Page
4
Chicago report says the university plans to raise 7 million from wealthy Westerners to match John D Rockefeller and to spur more large gifts as Rockefeller adds 10 million to the Midway school paid in ten installments. Trustees hope to shed the nickname Oil University.
Portsmouth Ohio December 26 indictments and 134 guilty pleas total over 6 hundred indictments in Adams County for vote selling during the recent election. Grand jury investigations led by Judge A Lair in Portsmouth reveal widespread corruption across parties with prices from $1 to $20 per vote. West Union remains rail and telegraph poor, hindering reform, while judge Wıair targets vote sellers amid broader political fault lines.
Mr J Newton Smith a pioneer automotile man and former manager of the Towa uto company becomes direct factory representative for Maytag Mason Motor. He will sell cars in Buchanan Black Hawk and Grundy counties. He will join B B Hunter and N S Taylor of Maytag at the New York Show.
The Efficiency Bulletin issued by Corn Belt and Cedar Rapids and Marion Telephone firms highlights December publication. The Waterloo telephone systems and central operations receive special commendation in this profusely illustrated advertisement.
Buchanan Optical Co. A. W. Bogen the noted Chicago pipe organist will arrive in Waterloo tonight to spend several days with Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Uriukinau. Night Sergeant M Holicraft left yesterday morning to spend Christmas with his mother at Marshalltown. He will also spend a day or so with relatives at Rising Sun Ia before he returns Thursday. Miss Hdna Wagner and Mrs. J. Y. Lawless of Quincy UL are spending the holidays with their brother Sergeant Herman Wagner Hazel Lucile the 92 year old daughter of Rev and Mrs Valiant who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks and confined to her bed for several weeks was thought to be sun is what improved this morning. Art Schrack formerly a member of the fire crew at the central station but for the last year located at Chester S. D. was in Waterloo yesterday en route to Fairbank where his parents reside. Mr Schrack is suffering from appendicitis and he was going to his home to have an operation performed. Dr G H Sumner secretary of the state board of health and Mrs Sumner spent Christmas and today with friends in Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Frank Crittenden of Chicago are in Waterloo visiting with his parents Mr and Mrs G W Crittenden and her mother Mrs W KR Weld.
Mrs S M Hoff, long time Waterloo resident, is critically ill at her 1222 Commercial address after a paralysis stroke Friday evening during supper. At about 65, she has suffered two prior strokes and has been an invalid for four years. Active in Rebekah lodge and W R C, she leaves only her brother W L Bumgardner as a near relative.
Thor W. Lamont will enter J. P. Morgan & Co. in January as the firm’s youngest member, taking the place of George W. Perkins who retires to pursue other work. Born September 30, 1870, at Claverack New York, Lamont rose quickly in banking, previously serving as vice president of the bankers' trust company before Morgan offered him a partnership.
Russian violinist Alexander Skibinski, a Shorter College professor, bought a giant firecracker instead of a roman candle. The blast tore away three fingers and blinded his wife in one ear. Skibinski, in the United States since September, will never play the violin again.
Infant dies at six months after a sudden illness. Rev J W Bintz and wife of 14 Franklin Street mourn their loss. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 9 am at St Marys Catholic Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
Christ Episcopal and Evangelical Association Sunday schools hold Christmas celebrations tonight at the church. Children sing carols perform a short program and gift distributions occur in the church crypt. A donation party benefits the church orphan school in Ohio with a requested contribution from attendees.
At 12 45 today a street car and an automobile collided at Fifth and Lafayette streets. T J Cleary's machine was damaged but all three occupants escaped injury. Snow on the ground caused the auto to skid onto the tracks. the front axle, fender, and lamp were damaged. Mr and Mrs George F Seales hosted a six course family dinner on West Fourth Street.
A government circular in Port au Prince brands General Firmin, the Haytien minister to Great Britain, as a traitor and orders that he be prevented from landing in Hayti. Firmin left London claiming unpaid salary, sailed from Bordeaux, and is due before the deputies election. authorities say he will not be allowed re-entry.
Ben David son, a leading Iowa merchant, wed Blanche Hart, a wealthy Cincinnati widow, in Chicago. The couple met last August at a White Mountains summer resort and plan to reside in Sioux City Iowa.
Spokane, Wash. Dec. 26. Martin J. Wessels, Spokane chamber of commerce Exhibits superintendent, ne organiz ing a pole cat farm on a 10 acre tract with virgin trees to raise pelts. Eastern fur dealers promise high cash market prices. Black hides command 74 to 150 dollars per pelt. Initial stock will be Indian bred cats crossed with north woods stock. Fur farming yields 100 to 300 percent dividends in other states.
Chief Dinneen reported that Glen C. Johnson, fourteen, who ran away from home three or four days ago, was arrested in Dubuque. Police had been asked to locate him and Mrs. Johnson departed on the 2 PM Illinois Central train to bring him home.
New York on December 26 reports Finley Peter Dunne author of Mr Dooley is a proud father of twins. An Irish stork visited his residence at 29 East Sixty Second Street adding a boy and a girl as a Christmas gift.
George Sterning, an aspiring architect engaged to Genevieve, lands a government capitol job but faces coercive bribes from a political boss. After a tense battle over kickbacks, Genevieve helps expose the scheme, and Sterning refuses the bribe, ultimately resigning only to restart work once the state pays for his plans.
Spokane dispatch reports Albert J. Randall a Washington rancher ordered 1,000 cats from S. F. Gilbert of Sharon Pennsylvania to combat gophers and ground pests in Okanogan County He plans to move 7 000 cats from Sharon in April 1911 with help from volunteers and will pay express and cartage charges to supply orchards and farmers north central Washington
Christmas Day in Waterloo passes quietly with light snow, mild weather, and no major incidents. Salvation Army distributed baskets with chicken beef roasts and staples. children to be served at the hall with two large trees laden with nuts candies and fruit gifts.
Frank Boyle, Waterloo baseball manager in the Three I league, was seen in Fort Dodge late last week. Libby’s patrons report a sheepish grin as he returned, prompting a committee of experts to verify his trip and what occurred, sparking local sleuthing by fans and reporters.
Billy Lang former heavyweight champion of Australia severely punished Jack Burns of California in a London Olympia ring today. The victory marks Lang’s dominant performance as he controlled the match from start to finish.
Oklahoma City December 26. Dr BR L Burns, previously reported murdered in his Hennepin Oklahoma office, is safe in Seligman Missouri. His brother received a private telegram from him today confirming he is alive and well.
Bangor, Me. Dec. 26. Mike Daley former lightweight pugilist was found dead in a cell at the police station this morning. Daley fought Austin Gibbons in New Orleans and was knocked out in the 31st round.
The official car of the company completed two test trips from Denver Junction to Waverly proving power and reliability. The Waverly Waterloo extension adds seven miles of track, awaits a regular schedule, and cost several hundred thousand dollars, boosting Waterloo's commerce by opening access to new territory.
W T Summerhayes received a Pine Bluffs Arkansas dispatch reporting Francis Lennox badly cut and seriously injured. No local Waterloo directory entry matches Lennox, and he was previously said to be employed here as a moulder.
Billy Sunday spoke to men at the West End club in Chicago, delivering his sermon Chickens Come Home to Roost. He used the occasion to declare Edward McCann, a district police inspector, innocent of a jury verdict that found him guilty of levying tribute from local wives and women.
A country stable keeper drives eight men from town to town. In a wooded pass a salesman seizes the reins and halts the team as he hears a peculiar wood noise. The driver explains it is a partridge drumming. The salesman sighs, hoping luck improves. Richmond Herski.
A fragment from New York Weekly notes a first passenger aboard a restway test, mentions a second passenger who is married, and records that the first has been in the smoking car for the last two hours.
Mr and Mrs Richard Leffier hosted a six oclock dinner at their Lafayette Street residence. Guests included Mr and Mrs G A Shaffer, Mr F W and W F Schrag, and Miss Ozra DeMars. Christmas decorations plus an elaborate all course menu complemented the evening while Miss Mary Leffler offered readings.
For Sale Cheap 1190 pound horse suitable for any purpose offered by L. B. Price Mercantile Co. at 518 Saxon St. Wanted a girl at Tremont Hotel at once.
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