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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
14
Stanton, famed driver, meets Floyd, heir to Edgar Floyd’s Comet plant, at a lunch during the race carnival. Floyd recounts a life in autos from factory floors to speedway tracks, and reveals the factory’s collapse after his father’s death, leaving him with little capital but vast racing knowhow.
Des Moines reports a Sioux lawmaker introduces a measure to restore pre coordination curriculum at the state university college and school of agriculture and mechanic arts while presenting the issue as a concrete law request rather than advisory guidance. The same item notes a large appropriation for the Iowa state fair and a fishing tug Sunbeam was rescued after feared sinking in Lake Michigan.
In Birmingham militants dropped a bottle with an explosive into the letter box of the Inland Revenue office. An explosion and fire followed, damaging the box that held $26,000 in paper money. Most of the money was rescued.
The dreadnaught Arkansas, after running on a coral head near Ceiba reef off Caimanera Cuba yesterday, proceeded to the Guantanamo naval station.
Announcement from Des Moines February 14 reports Prof. G. M. Wilson elected extension professor of public school agriculture at Iowa State College. He fills the vacancy left by the resignation of A. V. Storm.
A confession from four youths tied seven Joplin boys aged 16 to 19 to a spree of murders robberies and holdups. Charles Underhill 18 admitted killing Philip Burton during a Jan 19 hold up. Also linked are Sylvester Hampton 19 Don Lee 17 and Sidney Devoe 17 as suspects.
Charleston W Va February 14 Anxious for confirmation reports say striking miners plan retaliation for the arrest of Mother Jones and other leaders. Military authorities prepared to deploy additional troops into Paint Creek country. Six companies have been on duty since Tuesday morning four more were ordered out last night and West Virginia national guard units are ready to move on an hour's notice.
Cedar Rapids Iowa February 14 resolutions at the closing session of the Iowa Buttermakers association denounce oleomargarine in state institutions. P W Peterson of Finchford who won the best butter cup was tied for first with B A Cole of Lamont due to an error by a Des Moines clerk in the educational butter scoring contest. Each man will hold the cup six months.
The Waterloo Real Estate board met in the Chamber of Commerce building for a special session. President M. J. Pummer presided while Thomas Ingersoll of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges spoke. The group agreed to biweekly meetings at noon at the Irving hotel to discuss city and board interests.
Des Moines February 14 Secretary James Wilson of the U S Department of Agriculture has been formally invited by both Iowa House and Senate to attend the legislature and address the topic Agriculture A committee will be named to forward the resolutions The invitation comes amid winter fog and heavy traffic conditions in the state.
Yesterday's temperature ranged from a low of 1 degree to a high of 8 degrees. Compared to last year the minimum was 23 and the maximum 4. Details reference marking and block syndicate area.
In Indianapolis a public hearing on the mothers pension bill introduced by Representative Sands concluded with the senate judiciary committee voting unanimously to kill the measure yesterday.
Mre J Z Owens Mise Blanche depart Wednesday for Los Angeles to start a future home. Miss Clio Booth East High School teacher is ill with la grippe. Mrs J Tempus called to Davenport by death of a nephew. Rev Efe McCollum Jones delivered Lincoln address at Waterloo Business College. LM Gunn and wife of Birkingham visited city yesterday. Christ Nipiscoal church Ladies guild plans a home baking sale tomorrow afternoon at Waterloo Furniture Company.
Members of the Business Men's Temperance association deny being complainants and affirm their sole aim is to close saloons in Waterloo. The county attorney may file ouster charges if evidence supports it, with witnesses including three city officials. Mayor Thompson, a Waterloo editor and auditor, faces scrutiny amid a wave of investigations that have unsettled the city.
President Taft began final consideration of the Burnett Dillingham immigration bill with a midnight deadline. Pressure from labor and reform groups mounted as supporters urged a veto or signing, while proponents pushed for a strict literacy test for all immigrants.
Washington reports describe alleged efforts by old transportation lines to crush independent traffic to ports. H. H. Maines, traffic manager of the Galveston Commercial Club, testified before ship trust investigators. A fragment notes 12 boxes of matches priced at 25 cents advertised by C. Hf, Kighmes.
The Waterlow post office adds four clerks to bring total to 34, improving service. LeRoy M. Denning joins waiting division, Thomas M. McNally to Station A, Albert Ko Ward at the west side city distribution window, and Frank A. Wisner to main general delivery window. New staff will ease backlog at general delivery and stamp windows. one clerk will also support the city distributive section and the mail ing department gains as well.
Roy Holley and family visited in Raymond over Sunday, attending church. Anna Schermer returns home to Dubuque for weekend with her parents. C A Smith of Waterloo, Mrs Chas Weltzin, Matt Berend and Mrs Hall attended to business in nearby towns. Mrs Arthur and family hosted relatives from La Porte City, with several visits to Waterloo and Kingsley. Ladies Aid plans a February 20 meeting at Mr Busey’s home with a dinner to follow. others visit kin and neighbors.
Des Moines reports a Iowa scene where a unnamed woman shows grit amid a legislative lobby for Votes for Women. The article highlights her determination and the suffrage context as February 14 marks ongoing advocacy.
Chicago postmaster Ward Campbell defends postoffice workers and criticizing costly contracts amid charges of favoritism toward Cummins, who installed about ten of twenty cancelling machines in use at the Chicago post office. He notes government rental costs dropped from 400 dollars per machine annually to 116 to 271 dollars with competition.
Old Yankton Sioux burial rites were observed at the funeral of David Walk-in-the-Woods who died at 88 on the Yankton Sioux reservation. His coffin held his Bowie knife, pipe, tobacco pouch, and other prized possessions to ease his journey to the happy hunting grounds, as hundreds watched.
Des Moines Feb 14 A $1000 gift to the Iowa prohibition committee comes from the Perry Prohibition Extension society. Secretary C Durant Jones says the money should seed a statewide subscription fund to mail papers to organizations that can further temperance efforts through Iowa newspapers.
A dramatic temperature swing in Waterloo from 5 below to 50 above Fahrenheit marks the warmest day of the current winter. Morning readings reached 20 above, rising to 30, then 45, before a late drop to 5 above two hours later, with sunshine praised alongside film showings at Crystal.
A. E. Peterson takes charge of most Waterloo Park concessions this season except rides, theatre, and day hall. Herbert S. Parker will run the Lovrrie venue from June to September. R. E. Peterson becomes the conversion banner head, overseeing contracts, tents, and collections, after touring California and the southwest for ideas.
Gen Breckinridge Woodford veteran publicist and former United States minister to Spain died at his New York home after an illness of more than two weeks.
The Waterloo Evening Courier urges readers to place bedroom rental advertisements in its pages, promising higher reach with more than double the paid circulation of competing papers in the area. The note emphasizes better prospects and broader exposure for landlords seeking tenants.
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