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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
6
Lamson Bros. & Co. reports Chicago receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with openers lower by about 10 cents. Hog classes mixed and butchers 7.60 to 7.85 for opens. later 7.45 to 7.75. Cattle and sheep markets open slow to steady with ranges for beeves stockers cows calves and native Western lambs and yearlings. Estimated tomorrow hog receipts 19,000. carryover 5,500.
Cincinnati obituary notes the death of Ben Pitman born 1523 in Trowbridge Wiltshire England. Pitman authored works on phonography and devised a named system of shorthand. he was also an inventor and contributed to engraving processes.
Chicago on December 29 reports six thousand Bibles delivered to the Central Y M C A for the Gideon hotel distribution. Tomorrow 1000 young men from various churches will carry six volumes each to city hotel bedrooms after addresses by clergy leaders.
David Allen, 29, who was to wed Miss Bessie Hunn in Concord Ga Tec, killed himself at her home after she withdrew consent to marry. All guests had arrived before she changed her mind, ending the planned wedding.
Cincinnati December 29 Miss Jane Haskell daughter of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma denounces much of the national suffrage talk as bosh. She says she would meet Dr Ruth A Gay of Oklahoma City in a glove bout on the issue and would rather be a good wife than President.
The will of Joseph Friedenwald, Baltimore philanthropist, was admitted to probate in Towson Orphans Court. After distributing several bequests to Jewish charities and religious institutions, it leaves his personal friend Cardinal Gibbons 2000 dollars.
San Francisco reporter recounts a man named John Kellart who tickled a lion and lost two fingers while the lion did not yawn. The incident occurred during a visit to a wild animal show winter quarters. A separate note describes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy for a child’s cold and cough.
In Galveston Texas on December 29 Col B F Yoakum riding with a Frisco system party was thrown by a boar as wild javelina charged. Three cowboys fired to kill three attacking animals, driving the rest off. Yoakum escaped with bruises and a nervous shock. The King Ranch area hosts a large holiday hunt with about twenty five hunters.
Washington December conferees Judge Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and J B Magbie of Canada’s Railway Commission agree to pursue creation of an international railway commission with supervisory power over cross border rates. Discussion followed August agreement and reports will be filed with the state and Canadian foreign offices. The move aims to curb through rate disputes as US and Canadian terminals intermix, since no current authority forces joint through rates or apportionment among carriers.
Public list of letters advertised at Waterloo Iowa dated December 28 1910 includes Miss Laurel Abbott Mrs Marie Anderson Mrs James Ausand Etta 4A Branson Mrs Edna Burchama Mrs J Barr Mrs J L Boener Mrs B A Rolyn Mrs F R Bohnebach Mrs Elsie Beebe Miss Letty Clark Mrs Delihak Crisler Mrs Andraw Christiansen Mrs Or J Collins J D Dillingbeck Miss Grace DuBois Miss Cora Dunne Mrs L Fink and others.
Miss Lucy Jones a university graduate and Uniontown society leader was named deputy sheriff by her father. She will work in Uniontown to help police outlaws in Fayette County while a previous deputy studies law. The deputies presented her with a revolver badge and handcuffs.
In New York, Dick Canfield announces he abdicated the throne of gambling, insisting he will not seek or accept any casino concessions abroad. He plans to spend time with family in Providence or New York, denying reports of future ventures in Cuba or elsewhere. He cites past raids and the attention of society as reasons for stepping away from risk and public scandal. A 12-year-old girl, his daughter, asked him not to pursue further gambling ventures, which he says convinced him to retire from the trade.
Mrs Vest of Wallace Virginia says she was weak for three years with pain and inability to stand. After trying Cardus she recovered enough to do housework. The testimonial claims no other medicine for weak women matches Cardus and urges a trial.
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