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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1911
Page
1
Grounders reports widespread talk of Waterloo's uncertain Three-T league fate and possible moves to the Central circuit amid vague rulings. Dubuque Times-Journal notes tensions at the upcoming Three meeting and warns fans to stay alert for double crossings. Local notes cover residents' travels, health changes, farm sales, and upcoming school and telephone meeting plans with officer elections.
Chicago driven debate features Al Tearney's views on Waterloo ousting from the Three League and Quincy’s possible banishment from Central association. Decatur and northern clubs face criticism amid injunction battles. Gotch and Hackenschmidt boxing match referenced with mixed wrestling opinions.
St. Paw Minn Jan 20 George Hackenschmildt slows pace as Ed Adamson of Chicago emerges in middleweight boxing circles. Reports from St. Paw indicate Hackenschmildt shows signs of fatigue while Adamson gains on rivals.
Janesville brief records a fall injuring Dr. Joel Loveland, church services resume after forty years, Odd Fellows and Royal Neighbors events, members selected for campaigns and various travels, a pharmacy course in Des Moines, health concerns, farm work, a party at Darrus Crance’s, wood cutting activity, and visits from Missouri relatives as Roger-Myers weighs poured concrete blocks.
Chief Dunham rushed thirty one blocks through the snow to 1429 Grand View Ave yesterday afternoon where two inside closets caught fire. He arrived in time to extinguish a stack of bed clothing using chemicals before other units arrived. Mrs Jensen and two children were on scene as neighbors raised the alarm. the loss was slight.
Neenah Wisconsin January 20 John Fe Dietz reports his daughter Almyra is failing due to a bullet wound inflicted by deputy sheriffs. He says her brain is affected and she suffers frequent fainting spells draining her vitality. The Dietz family plans to relocate here as sympathy grows and a public meeting is planned. Dietz alleges a Milwaukee relief fund of 20000 dollars was never paid following a break with attorney Trubin.
New York City Chamberlain Charles H Hyde returned the same night the legislative investigating committee abandoned its effort to compel testimony. He faced bribery allegations tied to 1908 race track bills involving August Belmont Harry Payne Whitney R T Wilson and other millionaires. Hyde vanished for over a month then reappeared on a Florida houseboat and refused to resign saying he will continue to serve the city. A petition seeks Mayor Gaynor to remove him.
Traul ing ice is the current occupation for farmers in Orange Township. The Orange Creamery was filed Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert J. Miller welcomed a baby boy born last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hirbert Allison, cited to Illinois for the illness of his mother, returned home last Tuesday.
Poem in prison diary by William Winter recounts his crime near Titonka and his mother’s death after his capture. The lines reflect longing for home and forgiveness, ending with philosophical musings on space and reunion.
Chicago on January 20 reports United States Minister Charles H. Sherrill telling the Chicago Association of Commerce committee that high living costs in Buenos Aires exceed Chicago’s and that wage scales there reflect a prosperous market. He cites bank clerks earning 150 to 300 dollars a month and department store clerks 100 to 250 dollars monthly while noting substantial imports and foreign trade in Argentina.
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 20 the prosecution rested its case in the Laura Farnsworth Schenk murder trial. Nurse Alma Evans testified Schenk spoke of a bouquet from a man friend and denied administering arsenic or lead to her husband John O Schenk. The defense issued ninety four subpoenas for doctors during a recess as cross examination looms.
An ad touts a specialist with over 28 years of experience in treating chronic diseases. It contrasts with transient Hot Springs doctors and claims no free treatments, charging a large fee for effective work and guarantees satisfaction or the patient should not continue.
Merital Tonic Digestive is composed of hydrastis gentian pepsin senna India root and other ingredients. It is a general tonic that tones the system aids digestion improves appetite and cleanses impurities. A trial will convince you of its merit. Henderson Drug Co exclusive local agents.
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