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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
10
President Taft transmits the postmaster general and federal provisions reports, urging a 1 cent per pound rise in second class mail while retaining county free privilege. He notes past postal growth, cost studies, and calls for a targeted levy balanced with publisher interests and public service.
The commission's exhaustive report analyzes second class mail, detailing costs, volume, and handling methods, with recommendations aligned to the president's message. It rejects space based ad rate discrimination, endorses a 2 cent per pound raise for second class matter, and urges a transitional period before implementation to alleviate governmental burdens while aiming for fairer rates.
Waterloo February 22 Reverend J B E Johnson pastor of St Pauls Methodist Church defends remarks on civic duty and moral conditions denying intended attack on current police officers He says accusations arose from remarks about a resigning officer and urges support for peace officers and improved civic order.
Elizabeth Turner an early Iowa settler aged 72 years 9 months and 7 days died last night at her niece’s Wellington street home after a weeks illness. Born May 14 1824 in western New York she married William Turner in Joliet Illinois and moved to Iowa in 1881 living near Charles City for over four decades. Surviving are sons C P Turner Estherville and A Turner Osage and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at her home tomorrow at 9 then burial at Lloyd beside her husband conducted by Rev A W Bissell.
General markets summary reports cow and hog receipts, price ranges for native beef steers cows and heifers stockers and feeders at St Louis. Hogs show slight early gains with pies lids and lights. Chicago produce notes steady cheese and dairy prices with live and dressed poultry and steady potato quotations. Weather outlook for Iowa North Illinois and South Dakota included.
A historical notice outlines ambitions for waterloo with three to six new factories, a summer hotel, and a ban on liquor on the tract. Projected population rise of about 10 000 within five years would lift real estate values and boost local merchants and banks.
In Waterloo, Mrs. Caro Ryan, administratrix of Nella A. Holbrook, seeks $4,850 from E. C. Litchfield on a written note. After jurors were empaneled, Judge Ransier entered that the case would be appealed to the supreme court on Judge Platt's December demurrer ruling. The action seeks the balance of $4,850 after $150 paid. the demurrer was overruled last December, and the defendant elects to stand on that ruling. The case stands on that demurrer and amendment, with judgment against the defendant for costs and interest from today. The article also discusses Waterloo land plans and backers for a development project in the area.
In Gibbon’s view the Roman peace lasted 390 years when crime almost ceased as Rome’s reach extended to the world, making escape from law impossible and lawfulness universal across the empire.
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