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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
7
Fred Wallacks, a Cedar Falls day laborer, received a letter from Germany promising a share of a rich uncle's estate. The amount is uncertain but estimated between five and ten thousand dollars with payment expected around late February. The news comes as Cedar Falls prepares for several religious gatherings and conferences this spring.
The Cedar Falls Mothers' Council held its first meeting of the year in the kindergarten rooms at the college this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. C. P. Colgrove presides. Miss Mary Townsend of the college domestic science department presented a paper titled A Visit to a Butcher Shop and the Things Seen. The council focuses on practical topics and investigates local business practices.
The Cedar Falls Courier reports strong public enthusiasm for C E Hearst as a legislative candidate. It notes uncertainty about his willingness to run and mentions Hearst as a leading local business figure.
Joseph Felhouse and J F Odell form a partnership to lease the Cedar Valley garage in Waterloo and take possession within a few days. Odell previously chauffeured J B Cass on a major automobile tour of the east last summer and fall.
Cedar Falls Iowa January 6 special J H Poland died at 3 30 this morning after a paralytic stroke Tuesday night his daughter Mrs Lewis Gillias and husband arrived from Sheldon in attendance Rev Gillias presiding elder of the district W Poland a brother came from Cameron Missouri another brother in Ohio and another daughter Mrs Victor Schurtz in New Mexico Leslie Poland a son resides in Denver funeral time not yet set
A local report claims the Union MH mill will not be rebuilt right away. A knowledgeable source says the recent Waterloo piece was hot air. Work focuses on water power equipment, with dam repairs, sixteen inches added to height, race repairs this spring, a new flood gate near the ice house, and other improvements planned.
Bituminous coal miners and operators from Indiana Illinois Ohio and western Pennsylvania convened behind closed doors in Indianapolis to negotiate a wage scale effective April 2 1912. The United Mine Workers will reconvene as officials attend the wage talks seeking a two year contract with increases of 10 cents a ton 4 24 percent for day labor and a seven hour day.
Funeral services for Charles H. Fitch will be held Sunday at 2 PM from the late home 826 Parker Street West. Rev J E Johnson of St Pauls M E Church will officiate with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Mrs Wm Marquis, Fitchs sister, is expected home tomorrow.
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