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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
6
Cedar Falls council approves special election to raise 830000 for a municipal project. The move follows petitions from electors and outlines bond issuance for a city electric light and power plant. Separate voting expected for men and women amid March election planning.
Eugene Eldridge, president of Eldridge Steel Gate Co., was found dead in his Waverly home Tuesday morning from heart disease. An early Bremer County settler, he moved to town in 1858 and recently expanded into steel gas manufacturing. He was a long time Mason and respected citizen. A fire was reported on the Washington school roof at 8:30 AM Tuesday, narrowly avoided major damage due to teachers' prompt response.
A small loss resulted from a hole cut in the roof draining water from the building. Workers quickly managed the leak using buckets, and overall impact appears minimal.
Applications to cancel the mulct tax assessed against properties housing druggists accused of illegal intoxicant sales were filed with the county board. Seven druggists faced December evidence and information by the county attorney. The $600 mulct tax levied January 14 would total $4,200 if collected.
Middletown Connecticut January 29 article reports the ousting of Professor Willard C Fisher a leading educator after he stated that the country would be better if many churches were closed by law allowing people to enjoy themselves freely his controversial stance sparked dismissal and debate among academic circles.
Invitations issued for a dance by Zanno and Hobo fraternities at the college. Miss Jeanette Carpenter hosted about forty students with Welsh slides and refreshments. Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing set for Friday at the college auditorium. J. G. Ralston's hospital plan approved. bids for Sartori hospital to be invited. Rev. Jacob Miller moves to New York with daughter. Pasini hosts Phreanez club. Priscilla club meets at Mrs. Harlan’s. Peter Juhl buys 10th and Bluff Street property for 2000. Mrs. Keisal to visit Los Angeles. St Patrick’s church plans literary social at Armory. Rev. O H Holmes and family arrive from Albon.
Pittsburgh, Jan 29. Quiet prevailed at the Rankin plant of American Steel & Wire after a riot last night left one man dead and about a dozen wounded. Mill guards fought strikers as armed patrols kept streets clear. several guards were reported missing, feared captured by strike sympathizers.
Waterloo plans major downtown growth with two seven to eight story structures in near term. Lamson hotel to crown Fifth and Commercial, Citizens Gas & Electric Co building to open at Commercial and Park. McElhinney buys Miller block next to Black Hawk bank for new eight story companion. Remodeled Frying Hotel adds to ornate streetscape. Also mentions White buildings and Waterlo Savings Bank block as part of prominent cluster. Rev Bliss improves after pneumonia. Local horse sale and a forged check arrest noted. Weather dip and fish deaths as mill stopped.
In Rockford Iowa on January 28 the town records the death of Mrs Alfred Allen a respected resident. Representative J E Brace visited his family during a legislature intermission. A marriage occurred last Wednesday between Miss Iola Richmond of Marble Rock and Mr Walter Hoffman. Fred Mitchell traveled to Milwaukee for an appendicitis operation. G Mitchell made a business trip to Chicago last week. Nettie Buncken of Oelwein visits her brother H Buncken. Hazel Moore the Charles City grand jury reporter returned home Saturday. June Lorenz plans to serve as stenographer for J E Bruce and others in Des Moines leaving Monday. Clarence Moore underwent an appendicitis operation Wednesday. Last week Mr Sadler of Dougherty bought the Arthur Boyd property on the east side with possession to be given.
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a formal order for an inquiry into the affairs of American Telephone and Telegraph. The investigation, recently moved from the Department of Justice by Attorney General Wickersham, has not yet set dates or locations for hearings.
Debate over reviving the public fire alarm continues as officials and business leaders oppose restoring the old whistle. They favor constant use of motor fire truck signals to reduce accidents while responding to fires. Last night fire crews were sent to Mrs. L. G. Parrott’s home on Second Street East where asbestos covering on steam pipes caught fire with minor damage.
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