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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1924
Page
1
Obituary notes the passing of Daren C. Miller at 84 in his Waterloo California home. The longtime lawyer suffered a stroke six weeks earlier and had a storied career in Waterloo and California.
Chicago December 26 reports show a wave of holiday robberies continuing before noon. A jeweler, Goldblatt, was held up by two bandits who escaped with jewelry worth six thousand dollars. Downtown holdups pushed the total to about sixteen thousand dollars.
Towe City Dec 26 The college of law at the University of Iowa will attend the annual convention of American law colleges in Chicago for three days beginning next Monday. Dean Henry Graic of the faculty is a premier at the executive committee.
In a rural town a schoolma am loses eighty dollars in a snowstorm. Neighbors volunteer with shovels and brooms to search the street and recover the monthly pay. Workers retrieve two hundred fifty two dollars for the teacher.
A Hobart fire disaster claimed many lives within minutes as a crowded venue burned. Survivors describe smoke and trapped exits as firefighters battled the blaze and aiding hospital staff report severe burns and critical injuries. Families and teachers among the victims are identified, with one bride-to-be among the injured and a local teacher among the dead.
Washington announces the annual midshipmen cruise by the department. The squadron of ships including New Yor Arkansas and Crab sails from Annapolis May 20 bound for Panama then Pacific via Seattle. Stops include Dana Point and San Pedro, with Washington likely hosting events in Seattle.
A report describes a man operating a works machine at a shop and a failed setup injuring workers, followed by a divorce decree for a German court and a religious settlement in a separate matter. The text mentions Hazel and James Banks in a related religious grant.
Telegraph briefs note Loueville and Belgrade dispatches on Christian unity and Oslo name changes. Collinville reports death of Standara Oil director chairman. Columbus reports W M Ritter Lumber founder transferring stock valued at two to three million dollars under trust to two hundred plus beneficiaries.
International News Wire from Chicago reports officials await a preliminary toxicology examination of Billy McClintock, heir to the McClintock fortune, as a coroner probes possible natural death versus poisoning. Shepherd, the guardian, travels to Chicago to assist.
Citizens of Waterloo and James Byrnes, Los Angeles, formerly of Waterloo, sent a $15 check to the firemen pension fund and extended Christmas greetings. Firefighters also received cigars, apples and an oyster supper at stations, and Chief Ray Tilfer was given a library table for home.
The execution of Archie Burris, scheduled for January 2 in Warelfo County, was postponed one hour due to the sun rising later in the day. Sheriff and county attorney cited that executions must occur between civil twilight and sunrise, prompting a new time of 7:54 a.m. Instead of 6:30 a.m., for the hanging to take place in Madison on June 2, honoring the decedent impossible to confirm from the fragmentary notice.
Sioux City reports deaths from gas inhalation in a kitchen accident. a coroner impaneled a jury to investigate a railroad trussing accident that killed nurse Florence Brovalis. Robberies include $1,090 worth of jewelry and gifts. A Christmas party featured Santa Claus at a hotel lobby. Burglars stole $2,000 in goods in Oskaloosa. Morning Sun records a $35,000 damage total from a barage fire destroying several trains.
London reports Guggenheim brothers have contracted to purchase the Anglo-Chilean Nitrate Railway company for 3 600 000 pounds. The New York office confirms the deal and says it will be submitted to stockholders for approval on January 2.
Christmas revels amid liquor and moonshine left three dead in Chicago and dozens hospitalized nationwide. Reports say poisoned Christmas liquor caused numerous injuries and deaths, with entries from Philadelphia, Cleveland, San Antonio, Des Moines, and Belleville noting multiple victims and authorities investigating the tainted drink.
President O J Wohlenberg of the Iowa Bankers association announced the thirty ninth annual convention in Dubuque June 15 17. Nelson Richardson was killed last night when struck by a Chicago Great Western passenger train while walking along tracks in the yards.
A Nebraska man comes home for Christmas dinner to find his wife fatally burned in a kerosene explosion at their home. The tragedy occurred Christmas day as their children watched. the mother died the day after, 45 minutes before the husband returned from a job out of town.
Air Mail Pilot Clarence Gilbert leaped from his plane over Kaneville Illinois last Sunday night then pulled the electric switches and saved the mail and ship from destruction. General superintendent Care At declared investigations show the switches prevented total loss. Officials note possible fuel transmission dirt may have caused engine failure.
Frank Hunt, a former Sioux City hotel owner who started as a cabin boy on a Missouri River steamer, died Thursday morning at his Los Angeles home. He ran the Merchants Oxford and Martin hotels in Sioux City before moving to Chicago twenty years ago and later helped plat South Sions City in Nebraska.
In a divorce petition filed in Hampton Virginia, Leana Card claims Howard L. Card ceased support after their Aug 25 marriage and she has since supported the home as breadwinner. She says she worked as maid and clerk to cover house and living costs and seeks to resume the maiden name B Leona Thomas.
Mount Vernon decides Mrs Elsie Sweetin sobbed at her husband Wilford Sweetin's grave on Christmas Eve after being brought to Benton for a murder trial. Sheriff Grant Hotcomb allowed the burial visit before her transfer while she sought a new trial. Lawrence M Hight and Mrs Wisie Sweetin faced appeal discussions for another trial.
New york police report Mrs Kay Walker suffered burns on hands and body after a fire started in her rooms. John Carlson, building superintendent, found the flames and firefighters pulled her from the bed. Damage limited to the bedclothes bedroom and furniture.
Judge Charles Crandall instructed the jury in the murder trial of ex-pugilist Kid McCoy. The judge warned the jury not to consider testimony about events after the shooting of Mrs Theresa More as evidence of guilt. The case concerns the night of August 12 in which McCoy allegedly fired in the West Lake shopping district, wounding three people.
Elias Francis Benedict aged 65 died yesterday in Bristol Wisconsin from obstruction of bowels. Born March 3 1859 in Bristo, Wis he lived near Wash Robottom and Cedar township for many years with his wife Elizabeth Ann born 185? in Union Grove Wis. Survived by widow two sons George Benedict and Clarence Benedict and brother Cyrus Benedict of Racine. Funeral services Sunday at Petersen Bros chapel with Rev W C Mannreuther officiating burial at Elmwood.
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