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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1912
Page
1
August Strong of Minneapolis says Dr Kilmer Swamp Root eased his lame back and kidney trouble after buying a bottle from druggist Mr Skinner. He reports relief after a single fifty cent bottle and plans to continue using it.
Letter to De Kilmer Co Binghamton N Y offers sample bottle and booklet on kidneys and bladder. Mentions Courier and sales of fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores.
Des Moines announces Thomas Fairweather, former Sioux City president, will take full control of the Des Moines baseball club. President N. Is O Neill says Fairweather arrives from Chicago to rebuild the team with Frank Isbell and William Singhes assisting. no details yet on improvements or grounds. O Neill urged R F E O Callaghan to attend but he declined.
Mordecai Brown, three-fingered star of the Chicago Cubs, arrived from California for New Year and said his contract expired and he likely will not pitch again. He plans to pursue business with Alderman Al Tearney, president of the Three-I league, signaling retirement from baseball.
Jim Flynn the Pueblo fireman is matched to meet Al Palzer in a ten round bout before the National Sporting Club in New York February 15. Both have knocked out Al Kaufman, with Palzer achieving the feat faster.
Berlin reports show no new poisonings since the arrest of a wholesale liquor dealer who disposed of wood alcohol and groceries at a municipal night shelter. About twenty six people remain seriously ill in hospitals. Authorities say initial deaths were from ptomaine and wood alcohol, with early cases blamed mainly on ptomaine poisoning.
Waterloo Y defeats Chicago Institute and Training School five 40 to 24 on the Y floor. Strong Iowa contenders Waterloo Ottumwa Muscatine vie for state Y championship as Chicago suffers its third straight loss. West High falls to AXy Midgets in curtain-raiser. game notes, lineups, and scoring details included.
Winter term enrollment at Waterloo Business College includes numerous out-of-town students. Names listed: Martha Hough Ayrshire, Lenore Cole Traer, Leo Lalan Cedar Falls, Alburn Pattee Morrison, Aber LeClerc Manchester, Louis Patterson St Olaf, Theo Birker Remsen, Belsen Waverly, Dallas M Armstrong Hampton, Will H Toomey Independence, Mae Bahrenfuss Webster City, BE M Zwanziger Frederika, Edmund Reed Morrison, John G Kreb Fairbank, Lena Bulthuis Morrison, Arthur LE Thompson Dows.
Sioux City Iowa January 3 officers report several vacancies in public schools due to marriage. Four teachers resign to become brides: Cecelia Toller Webster building, Smeite Faulk Worcester, Edith Gillin Worcester, Mary Greenacre high school. Two more resignations follow: Orpha M Ayers Irving building and S Snell physics high school.
Howard Sydney appears as Monsignor in The White Sister at Waterford next Saturday with Viola Allen, continuing his noted stage career after The Right of Way. The drama, an adaptation of F Marion Crawford, promises a strong pairing and a period romance in a staged production praised for its church theme.
District court actions total 7001.54 in unpaid taxes against Wilbert Schallenberger, I G Bickley, J G Bickley and F F McElhinney plus related suits. Treasurers allege taxes due from 1909 to 1919 on varied valuations, with Bickley and McElhinney contesting levies or residency. Separate breach of promise suit with Christina Walsh against William Bell advances, while Lillian A Smith sues The Pullman Co. for 5000 in damages over a passenger incident. A slander case seeks specific statements from Ely Tamberg. Local notices end with ad for Perfection Oil.
In Washington on January 3 President Taft faces a shift as Secre tary Hilles and Otto H Barnard rush to New York to confer with leaders. They aim to uncover Roosevelt’s intentions and prevent Taft from losing ground. The White House now believes Roosevelt is pursuing the nomination.
Verne Powell confessed to breaking into twenty two houses in Fairfield and three in Mount Pleasant over three months. Sheriffs Campbell and Gae estimate stolen watches overcoats and cash totaled several hundred dollars. Powell was captured in Fairfield Sunday night and will be bound over to the Jefferson county grand jury after release from Eldora in May.
Waterloo Aerie No 364 Fraternal Order of Eagles held regular session last evening installing officers for the ensuing year. Worthy president L E Roberts Worthy vice president Charles Christianson Worthy chaplain Bud Norcutt Secretary P B Banton Treasurer I C Schultz Inner guard Roy M Davis Outer guard N H Bure Trustees A Connolly W H Alt house C B Holbrook
Gene Marie Thompson, 24, daughter of former Bank Street Christian church pastor Mrs Suzanne Thompson, married Donald C Chestnut, 21, after eloping to Fort Madison. Parents of the bridegroom fought the match. the Rev Mrs Thompson aided the couple.
Washington D C Jan 3 with opposition to Judge Hook of Kansas growing the Deemer camp gains momentum Representative Towner will seek another audience with President Taft. Reps Martin and Burke of South Dakota back Deemer strong endorsements reach from Minnesota Nebraska Oklahoma and other midwestern states.
Henry J. Goldstein of Boston reports five years of severe rheumatism that stiffened his knees and stopped business. After taking Hood's Sarsaparilla he improved quickly and says he is entirely cured, recommending the medicine. He was advised to get the liquid form or Sarsatabs.
Rev. An drew Hahn of Waverly collapsed at the German Lutheran church on Tremont street while delivering a benediction New Year’s day. He sustained back and right hip injuries, was treated by a physician, and taken to the home of Miss Margaret Pawson at 722 Walnut street where he rests comfortably, with hopes he will remain away from home for several days. The preacher had visited Cedar Falls weekly for years and previously suffered heart trouble but this was the most severe attack.
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