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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
4
The Mail's Berlin correspondent reports German monarchists plotting an early coup d etat. An old officer class and general staff allegedly hold power, aiming to overthrow the government and restore the old order, with potential civil war and political murders feared.
London report details German intrigue in the United States tied to Count von Bernstorf and figures Wolf von Igel George von Skal and Dr Heinrich Albert. It claims funds moved with the chancellor's acquiescence and notes Albert controlled much of Germany’s money for compromising documents. The evidence surfaced among Papen papers left in Nazareth after retreating British advance in Palestine.
Rev Patrick Hayes titular Bishop of Tecasta is named metropolitan of the New York archdiocese by Pope Benedict. Unofficial reports say official confirmation would follow from Monsignor Sponzano with installation expected around Easter in St Patrick's Cathedral.
A stove pipe overheated and ignited plaster on the wall, destroying Lloyd Huffnagle’s temporary residence at 543 Burton Avenue this morning around 9. The blaze consumed nearly all furniture and clothing. firemen saved nothing as the structure, valued at 400 to 500 dollars, burned entirely.
Sergeant George Rausch, son of Mr and Mrs Edmund Ravech, arrived at Camp Dix New Jersey from overseas duty and will transfer to Camp Dodge. He belonged to the 168th Infantry Rainbow division and was gassed abroad. He is recovering well and his mother rejoiced at the call from hundreds of miles away.
Two influenza cases and one scarlet fever case were reported for quarantine yesterday. Notes cover residents, a marriage license, a fall fracturing Mrs. Henry Badger’s hip, postponed lectures, school voting details, and local police incidents including two minor auto accidents.
Mrs. Ted Weeks and her husband were injured when their auto collided with a streetcar near Fourth Street at about 6:30 last evening. Mrs Weeks suffered a brain concussion and scalp wound. Mr Weeks sustained a scalp wound and a dislocated right collar bone. Both were taken to Presbyterian hospital where they were treated and kept for observation.
Col E M House longtime friend and informal adviser to President Wilson sells his Austin residence valued at 47000 to a Williamson County stockman. He owns land across the state and maintains a New York home he spends much of his time at.
Geneseo residents note Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Merritt marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a surprise gathering at their home. Both natives have lived in the area all their lives. Raymond Lambert attended the Amos carn show and won several prizes. Ed Speer and Barry Adair shipped hogs to St Louis. A. D. Sawyer family moved to Greene after loading household goods.
Raymond and nearby Readlyn report numerous moves and visits. D Zearing relocates to Mendota while Mr. and Mrs. Zearing wed near here. John Youngblut and family move, Britman relocates, and new home sites and construction begin. Local hog shipments to Chicago, illness and funerals are noted along with an Illinois Central schedule change and social events.
New Hartford announces Ward and Dodd will start a retail grocery business around April 1 in the former J C Colvin storeroom under Ward and Dodd Corp. Alfred Barrett returns from overseas to be salesman for Knipe and Fredrickson. Mark Peterson discharged from the U.S. Navy recently. Mrs Maude Glanville returns to Rocky Ford Colo. a 3 pound girl was born to Mrs Jessie Jones widow of Dallas Jones. Robert Fortune, longtime local, dies in Modesto Calif at about 75. Mrs J D Batley Waterloo visited her mother Mrs Margaret Miller. Chester Larsen Bradford Ia visits his parents Mr and Mrs S P Larsen.
In Denver on February 71 a school program is planned at Dickmand hall Friday to boost the school fund. Christ Judas will transfer ownership of the hardware store to Devrees Bros. on March 1. A farewell party honored Mr and Mrs Christ Brandt. Rand and family plan to move to a farm east of Denver later this week. Red Motter resigns as section boss and will relocate to Waterloo. Conrad Meyer and Mrs Aug Harperworth visited Grandma Thoms. Mia Blanchard and Mrs Collins visited Mrs John Collins. John Sass reports his Plymouth Rock hen hatched 72 chicks from 16 eggs set. The ladies of that community gathered Tuesday evening.
San Francisco reports a price drop for beet granulated sugar from nine dollars to eight dollars ninety cents per hundredweight. The reduction applies to producers in all Rocky Mountain states and states west of the Rockies, announced by the refineries.
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