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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
7
Fire department called at 1 30 am to Cedaralis Louisiana to battle a blaze in the paint shop caused by an overheated stove. The building stored windows, sash, varnish and paint. damage slight aside from a burned ceiling and roof. Temperatures near 13 below zero hampered spectators and firefighting efforts as crews saved the day.
The Theodore Thomas Orchestra has been engaged for the annual May festival at the Cedar Falls college drawing music lovers from Cedar Falls and nearby towns. Also notes on local industry E Le Febvre loose leaf ledger system factory and W C T U meeting with Miss Jeanette Carpenter on German temperance scene. Arthur Kingman returns from Chicago after auctioneering course and may start work in the West. Harnest Wilson, injured in a fall, ventures out for the first time in eleven weeks.
Cedar Falls Iowa January 19 Roger Leavitt Jr recovers from typhoid after twelve weeks with family. State bank examiner George E Pennell visits Citizens Savings and Security Savings banks finding them sound. Cedar Falls schools prepare exhibits for the short course and spelling contest. College basketball heads to Toledo to face Leander Clark College. Local church revival gains momentum with warmer weather aiding attendance. Several residents travel for business or visits. community social events include a women’s societies oral contest and a Masonic school session in Waterloo. The canning company attends a convention while a Christmas or winter gathering at the Sorensen home hosts thirty five guests.
The junior class of the high school plans a triangular debate with Waterloo east and west high schools in February. The home team recently debated Manchester and won on the topic that organized labor for the closed shot should have public opinion support. The state championship debate will be at Mason City on February 2 with Cedar Falls opposing the prior Manchester stance.
Eleven year old remarks frame hopes for a third trial as County Attorney Hoxie says the defendant will be held until a jury verdict. Rumors suggest jurors were split eight to four, with James T. Knapp defending Heiser and Assistant County Attorney McCoy for the state during prior hearings.
Announcement for United Spanish War Veterans Hleeg meeting at 622 1 2 Commercial Street in the G A R hall with muster of new members and installation of officers. Ladies Auxiliary will also meet. Also notes Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croup and Vogts barber shop under Waterloo Savings Bank opening.
Mrs W W H McCoy hosted the Coterie club with guests at her Lafayette street home. Mrs P J Pint was elected president and Mrs F I Fisher secretary. A three course menu was served. The group will meet again at Mrs Frank Qbele’s Thompson avenue home in two weeks. The Hospital Auxiliary met at Mrs Martha Bedford’s South street home to finalize a month long membership drive with leaders Mrs W W Marsh and Mrs F J Bightey organizing sides and a picnic for winners and losers. Light refreshments followed.
Travelers at the Illinois Central depot report uncomfortable conditions in the two waiting rooms as five men smoked in the ladies room and smoke circulated through an open door. Crowded depots and foul air prompt calls for better sanitary measures by railroad officials.
Dick Burton monologist bleeds into life as he appears before Judge E P Caldwell after a disorderly conduct charge. He admitted drinking after leaving a theatre engagement and a saloon visit led to a scuffle with Sergeant Howard Garrison. The judge fined him ten dollars with mercy conditional on good behavior. Burton had earlier staged a jail scene that won loud applause at a local theatre. The item closes with an advertisement for Folly’s Honey and Tar.
Daily services will be observed Sunday at the First Congregational Church with Dr J E Snowden Cedar Falls in charge. Advertisement notes winter overcoats made to order with a $15 surcharge at Glasgow Tailors East Fourth Street.
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