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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1911
Page
8
An 0 story touts Pape's Diuretic as a harmless, thorough cure for kidney and urinary disorders. It claims quick relief from backache, dysuria, and bladder symptoms, with endorsements from physicians and pharmacists and a worldwide druggist network.
Sheriff Hogan arrested Wesley R. Herriott on a charge of obtaining $42 from insurance policies and not turning over the money. He was to be held pending the sheriff's arrival at six this evening. Earlier, Mrs. Ridenour reported an elderly man injuring her with a refrigerator blow, leading to the arrest of P. Moody of Oelwein for questioning.
January event brings rural pupils from Black Hawk Grundy and Butler counties to Cedar Falls for an inter county spelling contest. W G Weart chairs the event while Prof P G Holden pronounces the words. County superintendents are urged to invite top spellers to compete for prizes.
Chicago, Jan. 18, anti saloon campaign for 1911 opened with denunciations from pulpits and church meetings urging signatures on petitions to place the dry question on the municipal ballot. Some 73 000 voter signatures are needed with 2 000 petition carriers active to prevent duplicates before February 3. E. J. Davis claimed the effort will succeed in getting Chicago dry.
In Cologne Germany on January 16 a group of children skating on the Rhine broke through the ice. Five drowned and four were rescued with difficulty.
Chicago reports joy for households as butter and eggs drop in price after a long rise. South Water Street traders face gloom amid bankruptcies and large stockpiles of aged butter and storage eggs as distributors unload to satisfy creditors.
Grace church property at Fourth Street east and Mulberry Street is expected to pass to the James Gardiner company for about 55000 after negotiations and board approval. The 965 by 120 foot parcel on the downtown east side has long drawn realty interest and may soon be developed, with plans rumored for a hotel or apartment buildings.
Miss Grace Corbett, student secretary for the Y W C A North Central territory, visits Waterloo to gauge local interest in forming a Y W C A chapter. A Sunday meeting in Walnut Street Baptist church drew business girls, with Miss Corbett outlining aims and members voting to join and support. A gymnasium offer from East Waterloo high school is welcomed for weekly classes, and plans for further meetings are set at the First Presbyterian church.
About 1,000 delegates from across the country gather in Columbus Ohio for the United Mine Workers national convention starting tomorrow. President Lewis’ supporters expect his re election.
Waterloo representative M B Wagstaff joins Hundred Point Club members on special cars to Dayton for the annual N C R convention. The article notes the club’s experts improve store systems, boosting 1910 sales to 129,154 storekeepers and daily national handling over 50 million dollars.
G W Campbell Co of Waterloo reports the largest motorcycle order ever placed in Iowa for one carload of Indian machines from Hendee Manufacturing. About seventy to eighty bikes, priced 200 to 400 dollars, will ship by March 1. Sales rise from 45 last year. twenty already sold from the new order. Campbell covers Black Hawk Bremer Grundy and Butler counties, sells Indian Excelsior and Merkel models, and cites need for better roads to boost cycling.
John Andrews heads east tonight for a ten day trip visiting New York City Philadelphia and Chicago. Frank Thom of Winthrop and Mrs Schrader host relatives at Laf ayette street. Lucile Baldwin of Toledo visits 224 Randolph street with Mr and Mrs Underwood. Nel Keyes of Nashua returns home after a stay with Iowa Life Insurance relatives. George Thrower and wife from Des Moines leave after visiting the Peck family on Independence avenue. Carl Miller travels to Alystic Iowa where last week a destructive fire damaged nearly a hundred buildings. Delta Nu Delta club to meet at 312 Ninth street west hosted by Mrs Ernest James and Miss Ruth Jones. Frank Standish sick but improving. sister Mrs Bert Bunnell may depart tonight for Lolly. A F Stolt ill with pneumonia hopes to resume work tomorrow at 314 Seventh Street west. W C F N power-house strike halts cars for thirty minutes due to raw boiler steam. J E Turner return from Hook Island Texas after selling several Texas tracts. Frank FR Pierce of Springfield visits Waterloo and notes stock yards ties. Normal Bible training class at 7 20 p m led by J P Balcon aims to prepare youths for church service. Walnut Street Baptist camp gains converts. Crystal theatre hosts uncommon things show.
Democrats convened Saturday night in Attorney M. H. Kellys office to map a large city event for Champ Clark. A telegram from E. E. B. Wilson, county central committee chair, urged Clark to fix a date. No reply expected for days, though one may arrive soon. The group aims to finalize arrangements for a smooth program.
In Black Hawk County Iowa 1911 district court notice to John Cascaden and David Cascaden that an executor petitions to construct the will of Thomas Cascaden Sr. The court will determine whether the house at 27 Cascaden Avenue Waterloo corresponds to Lot 15 Block 2 Auditor Rainbow’s Cascaden Place and establish title to Lot 29. If not appearing by February 20 1911 default judgment may be entered.
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