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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1912
Page
10
Cedar Falls notes detail Civic Improvement League aims including a park fountain with sanitation upgrades a drive to convert vacant parcels into vegetable and flower gardens a regular cleanup day and a push for a city hospital driven by typhoid concerns.
Charles Fong of Cedar Falls has largely abandoned plans to travel to his native China after being examined by a foreign immigration official. He reportedly lost or never possessed credentials and would risk not being allowed to return under the Chinese Exclusion Act. He has an White wife and five children and fears being separated from them. Cedar Falls residents remain hopeful Sunday services could resume on the Great Western Railway as a campaign continues.
Judges reported county participation across Cedar Falls, with prizes awarded for sewing, hand work, agriculture, and homemaking. Winners include Mabel Goodwin, Edith Mastain, Laura Leversen, Peter Mangrich, Nellie Krahn, and Anna Catherine. Department awards and rural school honors noted, plus a looming hearing for 14 year old Andrew Anderson accused of breaking into Lars Nielsen’s Cedar Falls residence and stealing $4.50.
Local dozen with brief mentions of visitors, residents, and society events. Clarence Roxdeth and others appear in scattered notes about moves and visits. Y M C A and Y W C A anniversary exercises close a three day observance. Cedar Valley farmers report seed corn quality issues from freezing and wet fall. judges named for Cedar Falls Marion debate. plan for large sweet corn acreage for canning factory contracts.
Rev. J. E. Johnson at St. Pauls Methodist church denounced widespread immorality in the city. He cited the Mamie Jackson case and former police chief William T. Dinneen, urged investigation and punishment if oath violations occurred, and called for a community cleanup led by the church and male members.
Ralph Korngold, noted socialist orator, told a large Labor Temple audience on Feb 11 that the socialist movement is the real peace movement. He argued war benefits industrialists and harms workers, urging the Working people to unite within the labor movement to oppose conflict.
The report describes a lecture series by Korngold arguing that true peace must come when workers refuse to fight. It notes a socialist led lyceum program of five lectures, touted as the continent's largest effort of its kind, presented in over five hundred cities.
Market shows wide egg pricing from storage eggs at 85 to 94 cents per dozen to fresh produce at 41 to 42 cents for Pres and Orange varieties around 38 to 40 cents. Dealers expect prices to ease after a few warm days, with a possible drop toward two bits per dozen for Azen.
Marold White, six, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. White of 402 Western avenue, had a severe kidney ailment but is now reported much better after treatment and care.
Dooyge He Smith died from virulent pneumonia at home on Logan avenue a week after his mother's death. He was born in Wisconsin August 1, 1876 and moved to South Dakota with his family, later living in Waterloo. Survived by widow Kittie Bossard five children Hazel Geneva Hesnia Jueile Verna and an oldest son who died in infancy. Funeral by Howland Lodge No 74 ALO will be at Universalist church Wednesday at 2 pm. burial in Fairview cemetery on his father’s side.
Des Moines reports Geo Sutton and Ora Morningstar, stars who recently faced Willie Hoppe for the 18.2 title, will tour principal Iowa towns giving free billiards exhibitions. The aim is to promote billiards as recreation with moral tone, aiding local clubs and openings in Des Moines in March or late February.
The archbishop advocates creating two new Waterloo parishes by realigning property and forming districts east and north of Waterloo. He supports converting St Marys German Catholic Church into a Franciscan college serving three Waterloo parishes and aims to strengthen all Catholic parishes with future growth in mind. Definitive arrangements are expected within months.
Artinir La Vine brings a comedic revue at the Majestic featuring The Flying Dreadnought with aviation spoof skits and a Row Wow segment spoofing Walter Wellman and Dr Cook. The show mixes motor and aerial themes with juggling novelty and monologue acts, billed as an unusual season highlight.
Commerce between Porto Rico and the continental United States rose to about 72 million dollars in the year just ended. The report from the commerce department shows gains in imports and exports, with shipments to Porto Rico and growth in trade values since annexation, including notable rises in imports from several nations and rapid expansion of U S manufactured goods sent to Porto Rico.
Cleopatra hosts a banquet noted for gastronomic rarities though mutton is absent. The guests savor roast beef and plum pudding as Thebes enjoys broiled and salted fare with strong drinks to aid digestion.
Quote credits Time, arguing the era's greatest evil is the love of ease rather than pleasure. Mentions ST. West Virginia spline coal as a good substitute for Parahontis. Blim & Co referenced.
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