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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1912
Page
10
Cedar Falls Iowa February reports a straw and hay shortage with prices surging. Twelve cars of straw and one car of hay were shipped to Cedar Falls from Dunkerton to meet local demand as prices rise to ten dollars per ton for straw and twenty one dollars per ton for hay.
Prof C P Colgrove of the Teachers college and Rev Richmond A Smith of Cedar Falls depart for Des Moines for the first meeting of the state educational commission. The two day session will study needs of public schools per a Des Moines resolution. Also notes Cedar Falls residents Kessler leave Cedar Falls after managing Chapman Lumber yards. Hesse elderly resident critically ill. Chris Thompson from Mitchell inspecting local rosier garden plans for summer farm project.
The New Hartford Grain Company ships shelled corn from Blark Hawk creamery siding. Last week rumors say farmers received payments amid a rising price path at 1f cents per bushel. Evidence suggests those who sell corn earn higher returns than hogs, with large totals cited for a specific sale.
Cedar Falls Ja Feb 21 transfers of property notes and local items. Forest Wynegar returns from Eugene City Ore to attend his father Samuel Wynegar’s funeral after an appendicitis operation. Henry Paul visits Oelwein for racket stock trade. Faye Bennison and his wife plan a Oklahoma visit. Professors Pasani and Seymour travel for university basketball officiating. Miss Bessie Pierson returns to Chicago. Billy Dahl sprained ankle in Cedar Rapids. Dr J W Eckman traveling from Winchester to Decatur. James Stewart of La Porte visits Cedar Rapids. Miss Perkins to address WCA at college. Bonfire of catalogues planned for Friday night supper.
Fire swept the Croete residence late last night between nine and ten o clock. Firemen arrived slowly due to a delayed response, but neighbors rescued most household goods. The property was insured. a previous lightning strike damaged Obete's barn last summer.
The fragmentary notice references a Washington event tied to a birthday or anniversary. It mentions a company, enterprise and managerial roles, with unclear details about programs and features. Readable entities include Washington and an enterprise connected to a service or operation.
Fort Dodge's typhoid fever epidemic has largely cleared with no new cases since mid December. City records show 160 cases since October and sixteen deaths, mostly young women, with reports suggesting about 125 cases in the neighboring city Cedar Falls.
Prof Colgrove of Cedar Falls College is active in church affairs and hosts Brotherhood members at his home. He conducts a Bible study class each Sunday and serves on Upper Iowa conference committees though he has no ministerial license. Ransom Hardware employees hosted a three course supper during a biannual social. Eugene Dyer of Cedar Falls is reported in very poor health and near the end of life, after decades in politics and business.
An open air gathering led by Evangelist Ray Forsythe fills a Wisconsin hall with devoted attendees and speakers praising faith, urging community solidarity, and delivering messages of reform and renewal. The event highlights include a dynamic address by a booster speaker and a call for sustained church leadership.
Fragmented OCR reads as a garbled local notice noting four hires by a group abbreviated as BD Little Damage Vane. Mentions cost items, dates, and various names in a confused stream, with no clear event details or outcomes.
The Black Hawk county farmers institute held its first session at the courthouse amid rough roads slowing arrival. F. B. Miller is president and B. M. Lichty secretary. Rev Hadwin Williams plus local speakers planned Thursday sessions with discussions on farm costs and feeding value, mothers’ essentials, and “Then and Now.” Williams to deliver an evening lecture. G. W. Barnes criticized road laws and licensing costs, urging district road supervision and simpler administration.
Fragmented text indicates a wartime patriotic program notice listing veterans and a scheduled event. Names and places are garbled but imply attendance by veterans and local organizations. The readable fragments suggest community notices urging participation in a patriotic program with veterans involved.
A garbled OCR-like text fragment lists scattered words and phrases including dates, places, and names in a jumbled sequence. No coherent event or clear news item emerges from the readable portions.
A political piece argues that judges should be servant to the people and subject to recall when they misuse power. It advocates recall as a last resort and as a remedy stronger than impeachment, especially on constitutional decisions.
Myrtle Thornton sworn statement from Waterloo Illinois states she was shot by Jim Brown during a February altercation. She says she is equally to blame and does not want Jim Brown prosecuted, as witnessed by a notary public.
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