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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
7
Cedar Falls Iowa January 7 special. Lee Simpson has accepted a clerkship in the county treasurer's office. The White Sox of Waterloo failed to show up last evening and the bowling game was postponed.
A vintage health ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as universal aids to digestion. It asserts meals alone cannot cause trouble and that proper digestion enriches blood for the next meal. The copy urges after-meal use, warns against overwork of digestion, and promotes buying at 50 cents from any druggist. It blends with a local notices section describing community events and residents.
Cedar Falls Iowa January 7 Special The fire committee of the city council yesterday inspected the gas filling machine at Woods garage Washington and Fifth streets after a Waterloo gas machine explosion alarmed nearby residents. Panama Canal subject discussed by Parlor Reading circle with Rev F X Miller and others. Mrs Humbert and Mrs McMahon added details. Cedar Falls woman to speak to Waterloo society on child welfare. School board to sell J P Larsen residence to clear site for a full block for school use. gymnasium planned with Paul Pfeiffer donation aiding funding.
A coroner's jury, empanelled the day of the Wangler drug store blast, will investigate the explosion's cause tonight at the coroner E F Kistner's office. Members include M A Batterfield J W Williams and William Lamb. Pharmacist John Roberts, badly injured but recovering, will testify. William Schneidermann died in the blast.
The Fortnightly club invites the public to an open meeting tonight in the Congregational church. W R Law will present a paper titled The Generals and Administration of Public Service and Industrial Corporations.
A Des Moines Register and Leader photo linked Miss Edith Wills a Council Hill girl missing since Dec 29 to a young woman who registered under the name Miss Barnes of Fort Dodge in Des Moines. An Evening Tribune investigation supports the theory the Rock Island sighting is the same person, with relatives contacted and a possible reunion possible tonight.
Secretary Houston approves sale of one billion feet of western yellow pine from Kaibab forest in Arizona to fund a 200 mile railroad linking Colorado and Utah with the Grand Canyon. Stumpage goes to highest bidder. bids open mid 1914 with up to three years for rail and mills and twenty five years for cutting. annual yield at least forty million feet. The plan aims to develop southern Utah and adjacent regions while preserving scenic beauty.
The Elis hosted a lecture by Tr. E. Beverage on advertising. Beverage, with years of experience, outlined two ad types: those aimed at merchants and those for consumers, analyzing each and explaining fundamental principles. The event included general discussion of advertising concepts.
Bismarck N D Jan 7 One law from last session requiring health certificates for pure bred cattle went into effect Jan 1 The act bans sale of cattle within the state without tuberculin tested and disease free certificates Violations carry a fine of 25 to 500 dollars or 30 to 90 days in jail Tuberculin test supplies are available from the livestock sanitary board at Bismarck A federal law already requires testing for breeding stock shipped interstate
In Strassburg on Jan 7 Col. von Reuter of the Ninety-ninth Infantry testified at a Zabern court martial over illegal authority. He said he would shoot if citizens laughed at the army, admitting he had machine guns ready in Zabern streets. District Commissioner Mueller testified the colonel refused to withdraw patrols after being asked.
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