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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1913
Page
6
Grand jury heard testimony on Mayor Thompson and possible ouster action by the county attorney. Petition details remain unknown. five citizens must sign to file. If filed, a district judge determines if evidence warrants removal and Thompson may contest with lawyers and witnesses. Rumors of broader probes are false. current inquiry targets county board acts.
Roy Marietta of the Marietta Baldwin musical comedy team has finished a season and returned to Waterloo to visit his parents Mr and Mrs J W Marietta. He is joined by C Marietta of Memphis. He will soon go to Georgia to manage a troupe of Japanese with the Barkoot shows. On vaudeville stages Marietta and Baldwin perform a musical comedy turn titled The Minstrel Man and His College Friend.
A sharp Courier advertisement argument arose when Paul Davis Dry Goods received a letter from J. M. Lynch of Puerto Cortes Honduras enclosing $6 and requesting four pairs of Stetson shoes as advertised. The note asserts Courier advertising yields results at home and abroad.
Union revival services for Grace M. E. and St. Pauls M. E. churches start Sunday February 23 and run six weeks. First three weeks at Grace M. E. with Rev J E Johnson as evangelist, followed by three weeks at St Pauls M. E. with Rev E D Hull. A large chorus under E Watters leads music. hundreds of Coronation Hymn books ordered from E G Excell company.
The library adds numerous music works east and west. Hart's viola study Baltzell's complete history Schumann's Music and Musicians Baedeker guides aid travelers with hotels routes and city maps Abbe Klein's America of Tomorrow contrasts with Your United States by Arnold Bennett and notes Klein's visit and favorable views of Chicago The piece mentions Chicago's flaws but praises its beauty in the new arrivals.
Two thousand electrical workers across California Washington Oregon Nevada Idaho and parts of Arizona will vote tonight through the Pacific district of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company wage offers. Workers demanded 4.26 for an eight hour day and nine hours country work. company offers 3.75. In Des Moines Iowa Representative Casey Hamilton introduced a bill requiring auto drivers to stop at rail crossings look and listen with fines up to 26 or five days in jail for noncompliance.
Iowa State College researchers report seed corn germination testing costs 26.6 cents per acre and yields a net $6.95 per acre gain. The study covering 45,000 ear readings over three years shows testing boosts profits 85.7 to 93.6 percent over untested corn, with the Rag Doll tester at 14.4 cents per acre being effective and inexpensive. Bulletin No. 135 on germination testing will be released soon.
Charleston West Virginia February 15. Governor Glasscock and Adj Gen Elliott report two militia companies on guard in the capital and 500 soldiers in the Kanawha coal district. No disturbances overnight and field officers say miners are leaving the area.
Paul K. Peterson and Hazel E. Barnes registered licenses in Cedar Falls .21. James E. Line of Hutchinson Kansas and Marguerite E. Buchan of Waterloo registered licenses, both aged 21.
Candor and Manners recount Pitt canvassing in a blacksmith shop where the smith compliments his head but mocks his heart and manners, prompting Pitt to respond by admiring candor while joking about manners.
A young woman with a squeaky voice steps from a Brecon train and proposes opening a singing school. A rude farmer replies that a 40 acre field behind the brick-kilns lies idle, with rabbits and worms as the only disturbances.
Obscure quotation from the Biddeford Journal notes the old saying that an onion a day will keep everybody away while contrasting with the common apple adage. The remark appears as a light editorial jab on health myths and everyday remedies.
A playful exchange notes the king of Siam possessing a white elephant that boosted prestige until a Cambodian king in Europe brought back a second-hand taxicab. The quip contrasts ancient royal display with modern imported wealth.
Mrs. T. N. Buchanan is expected in the city from Wall Lake this evening to visit her daughter and son, Mrs. Fred Pettit and T. M. Buchanan.
The author notes heredity in feeding habits and recounts a case where a mother's late meals affected a child’s sleep and appetite. A bedtime cake led to immediate sleep, suggesting prenatal factors influence infant temperament and eating patterns. Readers are invited to share similar examples to guide healthier prenatal nutrition and dispositions.
Spokane, Wash. February 15. Cartoonist William C. Morris sparked a controversy with four cartoons suggesting belts with nails to curb ragging at dances. Two days later Elna T. Hunt hosted a dancing party and ordered belts for all girls after the orchestra was directed to play the raggiest tune. The belt plan provoked a clash and drew attention as photographers captured the scene.
Miss Alice Cropper hosts a six o clock dinner Tuesday evening at her Highland home for the McKinley school teachers. The Book and Needleworks club meets Tuesday afternoon at Mrs C W Mullan s Forest street West home.
A reception was held at the C. H. Burk home in Bennington township honoring their son and his wife Mia Burk and Mrs. Charles A. Burk who wed Wednesday evening. About one hundred relatives and friends attended. Violin and instrumental music and vocal numbers by Cyrus Jacobs accompanied the supper provided by the groom's cousins. Out of town guests included Charles Ludtke, Gertrude and Laura Mueller of Waterloo, Nora Burk of Iowa City, and Casper and John Reinhart of Denver.
Canon Tue Basketban Challenge aims to attract any team in the same class. Valleu Ies Basketdanl seeks a match with College of Commerce second team next week and is open to East Side eighth grade West Side freshmen Great Side eighth Cedar Falls eighth grade Junior A MC A or Hawthorne. Notify D Bragdon to arrange games.
Sheriff Shores reports locating multiple pairs of roller skates believed stolen from the Grace church rink. Two sets were found near Winds Central belt line, another hidden under a boy's feet, and one pair was in use when seized during an East Side market purchase. Charles Linstrum, 1014 Washington Street, is ill with tonsillitis and pneumonia at home.
A newspaper feature by William A. Radford promotes the bungalow as a versatile, affordable home style. It outlines design flexibility, distinct interior layouts, and exterior finishes, highlighting a 38 by 284.5 foot plan with a wide verandah and living spaces, aimed at summer cottages and suburban homes.
The London Mirror notes a craze for odd eye looks to match eccentric dresses as a way to appear alluring. It cites eye coloring practices using belladonna and colored tints to achieve asymmetrical gaze, alongside descriptions of distinctive bungalow houses and a six room summer cottage design.
In Good Shape Charlies J O Connor recalls at Borrowed Time club dinner a Chicago attorney telling a tale of an old man who, after passing 103, and still spry at 100, questions how long he will live while claiming he feels better starting his second century than his first.
A dialogue notes progress in rehabilitation as a son advances from unable to walk a block to running up a Dill staircase, highlighting quick gains from exercise in the college gymnasium.
Chicago reports zoos face rising animal costs as python prices jump five dollars per foot and lions, elephants, rhinos, and giraffes inflate. Cy Berry, Lincoln Park zoo keeper, notes a 26 foot python now costs at least 1000 dollars while prized lion Roger rose to about 5000. He foresees fewer purchases as prices climb.
A committee of Dubuque citizens invites all residents to a non partisan mass meeting at the Dubuque club this evening. The gathering seeks value oriented suggestions for municipal government and welcomes women participants. It is a precursor to forming a municipal improvement league comprising the interested population.
For sale an excellent residence on Logan Ave with downstairs oak finishing, large living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms and bath. Lot 389 by 120 feet east front, priced at 4000 by James Gardiner Co located First National Building. Also corner lot 90 by 120 near business district on east side, paved both sides, tarms oay, price 6500. Seeds at once. The James Gardiner Company, What National building.
A proposed 60 foot boulevard would run behind the Commercial street frontage from Bridge to Fifth, paralleling Commercial. Union Mill officials reviewed the site to assess feasibility, with Fourth Street extension also under study. The project would convert valuable brick business property to street use, adding sidewalks and a demutified thoroughfare along the rear of existing blocks.
Rail timetable excerpt lists East Bound departures from Dubuque Chicago to 12:40 am and 4:15 am, plus express and local services to Chicago. West Bound includes early 12:35 am to Ft. Dodge and Omaha, Omaha express, Sioux City mail, and local runs. North Bound from Dubuque shows Twin Cities Limited and Albert Lea locals, with daily and Sunday notes. Interurban schedules cover Waterloo Cedar Falls shuttles and multiple connecting routes with detailed departure times and running times.
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