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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1913
Page
4
A noon crash near J. L. Carson grocery involving Sullivan car No 204 and a Rath Packing Co truck caused the auto to skid onto rails in snow. The front was stove in and windows shattered. only one occupant, Mo Terman Waterbury, escaped injury.
Building Trades council of California plans to file bonds totaling 249000 to secure the release of Olaf A. Tveitumoe secretary and Eugene A. Clancy of the structural iron workers union. They were recently convicted in Indianapolis. Bonds must be approved by the U S district court in San Francisco.
Miss Evelyn Stewart of Jacksonville Florida was found unconscious in her sleeping car berth on the Big Four train. She had been chloroformed and her arms tied behind her. An empty bottle and forty six dollars in cash plus a Knoxville ticket were found in her berth. Attendants say no one could have entered the berth during the night and all passengers were accounted for.
Washington January 13. Commissioner Franklin K Lane of California elected today by the Interstate Commerce Commission to serve as chairman for the year beginning January 13. He succeeds Commissioner Charles A Prouty. Lane has served on the commission for several years.
Rockford dated Jan 7 reports Albert Karyner surviving a fall, W Khickwohn’s hardware business in Des Moines ties, Mrs Birntell hosting teens, Judson and Herman yearns, Edna Mot Vie bert visiting Burton home, Miss Hulda Raasch to Madison, new piano installed at the theater, Alice Burton and Mae Stewart at a family reception, E Quatkenbush visiting Minneapolis, grapefruit sale, and Merital Hair Tonic ads by Henderson and Red Cross Drug Co.
Concord New Hampshire January 8 Representative Samuel D Felker of Rochester a Democrat will be governor of New Hampshire for the next two years He is the first Democratic governor in twenty years A joint session of the legislature chose him after a November election failed to produce a majority Felker received 220 votes to 191 for Republican Senator Franklin Worcester of Hollis
Local notes report attorney J. C. Beem in Marengo on business and Miss Florence Wilder returning from Arizona. A Cedar Falls couple Louie Minikus and Dorothy Buckerman receive a marriage license. Harold Schultz returns to Lake Forest College after holidays with parents. Diphtheria adds Emma Dudley to quarantine, total at seventeen. Fern and Zola Hosteter resume schooling after visit. A. E. Lawton, Clara Brisbin, R. A. Black, and W. A. Brisbin attend funeral in La Porte. Incarnation papers filed for The Dick Businer Shoe Co. officers announced with J. O. Tagellery as president and W. T. Coram as vice president. Several local residents travel for family, hospital, and school matters while crime news includes Dave Grooms plea on larceny and a stolen bicycle inquiry ongoing.
A Waterloo dispatch notes the parcel post infant now one week old with rapid growth from 3.5 to 18.4 ounces in days. First week inaugural parcel mail shows 2248 packages mailed citywide and 1136 incoming for delivery. Records list daily weights and counts, including freak parcels like bricks and a sack of grain.
In Cedar Rapids on January 8 insurgent members of the M B A convention denounced the supreme officers as the dirtiest sellout and urged defeating the Mobile bill. Strong resolutions were adopted as insurgent members including many women attended. Speakers said they received broad encouragement and funds were donated on the platform.
The New York stock market closed with mixed prices for key issues. Notable names included Canadian Pacific, Pennsylvania, Reading, Chicago Great Western, Northern Pacific, United States Steel, Amalgamated Copper, and New York Central among others. Prices shown varied, reflecting uneven demand across sectors.
A reflective quote on awakening to noble duties. The author argues that no duties enrich life like the dull daily tasks, asserting fulfillment comes from consistent effort rather than stirring moments.
Evangelist Way Bell of Carbondale is described as an exceptionally fine speaker in revival previews at the First Methodist Church. He spoke on the love of Christ, urged its motive power, and noted the constrained duties of believers. The weather kept attendance modest, but music by the church chorus and a large choir drew praise.
A garbled note mentions affection toward Hemeraldat TM and OP course Tiove you new acquaintance and admiration for someone named pop ayes. The text is fragmented and lacks clear events or dates.
A fragmented advertisement touts tonic remedies for what it calls the greenback problem, claiming forty five percent are of one to five dollar denomination. It promotes cold and headache relief and a laxa tive product labeled Bromo Quinine. The sole signature observed appears as GROVE and related garbled text.
In Peking area Chinese robbers shot and killed John Jal lisse, infant son of Rev. R. O. Jallisse of the Canadian Methodist missions. The party of missionaries, returning by boat to Zeliutsing, was attacked between Chengtu and Chungkin in Sze-Chen province. One robber was captured, others fled. J. B. McElroy of Lamson Bros. reported return from Chicago after their annual banquet with 70 attendees.
December 23 1912 Black Hawk county Iowa board of supervisors met in adjourned session auditing claims. They canceled taxes on L F and Maggie McGarvey and refunded errors to EH Kendall and James Yandee. They approved burial for ex soldier Geo EL McNutt and authorized bridge fund warrants for Cedar Falls dike work. Damages by dogs and several clerical refunds were ordered. Budgeted claims cover county fund bridge work and numerous county officers and services.
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