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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
5
Brief travel notes and social items from Cedar Falls outline teas, weddings, visits, and local happenings. Notes mention guests visiting from nearby towns, a Greek Players visit to the State Teachers College, a lecture by a noted speaker, and community group activities. The piece also covers club meetings, family visits, and local civic notices.
Various local notes report A.W. Thirel in the city from St Paul on business, Mrs. H. Carpenter traveling to Ryton Minnesota to visit a sister, a license to wed issued to William Cameron and Meda Wilkinson, and numerous social visits and arrangements. Firefighter visits, travel to Osage, and a church or club meeting are mentioned along with weather impacts from wind and lightning. A sale of land on the Wagle Center road and other local happenings round out the brief.
Former Severin Tire and Supply president A. L. Severin and his wife, long-time Oakland residents, are in the city for a few days visiting relatives. They previously lived in San Diego and San Francisco, traveled to Portland, St Paul, Tacoma, Seattle, and Yellowstone, before settling in Waterton area fifteen years ago.
Mrs Mouf WelY TEtAy received a telegram from Cicrober stating Mrs Estielman wife of the last evening. She was former Chiral Statterbeck of Tadlopendenge and was well known in Waterloo Be. Her husband and all her children are girls.
Fragmentary remarks from a senator reflecting on years of service and pension eligibility. The speaker complains of not receiving a pension after spending years in a demanding role and hints at political frustration. References to the president and winter season appear in unclear context.
Journal account details Clareney Higgs Braley and an unnamed youth accused of robbing the Nunward saloon and the Third avenue and Sullivan Street store. They seized nearly $40, cigars, a knife and lunch supplies, riding to Cedac Falls before returning home. County officials plan further actions as investigations continue.
The Galloway station opens Tuesday afternoon with a broad book selection including dictionaries encyclopedias year books and magazines. The room offers study access even when circulation is closed and a story hour returns in two weeks. Linden station also opens today with similar selections and a 4 o'clock story if weather allows. Buildings close at 8 pm and are not open on Sundays. Community meetings at Big Brother mission feature rotating city pastors this week including Rev R A Brovies and Rev Goodell with other speakers to follow.
A speaker who delivered a praised address on The Tabernacle and Its Symbolism will repeat the talk. Services begin at 7 30 Sunday evening. The Williston board quarterly meeting is set for Friday noon at the Y WLC cafeteria.
Heavy rains delay Campbell-Saxon Automobile endurance race drivers and they will not return to Waterloo as planned. Frank placed third at Cedar Falls, covering 162 miles. Hummel totaled 200 miles in car No. 1. Frank’s fuel economy is 41.79 mpg. Hummel’s is 3.74 mpg with oil usage details noted.
Nearly a dozen youths aged 13 to 20 are under investigation for a series of robberies including bicycle thefts and an automobile taken from E J Smith’s garage on Hammond Avenue. Four boys were arrested on auto theft charges after a midnight joyride ended in a collision. five more boys were detained for operating a bicycle clearing house and recovering stolen wheels. Confessions link several to the scheme, while others deny knowledge amid differing accounts. County Attorney Wenner is reviewing all cases.
An Overseas News Agency item cites an official report detailing British submarines and torpedo boats in Turkish waters sinking armed passenger ships and even a hospital ship with 700 wounded aboard. The dispatch notes torpedo attacks were carried out without warning, highlighting wartime naval actions in the region.
Mason City July 7. Dan La B convicted of swindling W U Om of this city out of $5,000 by means of a fake wiretapping game. He was sentenced to the penitentiary as the Minneapolis judge denied a motion for a new trial. After sentence had been imposed La Ba bond was revised and he was freed pending the supreme court appeal decision.
Marie Holt a colored woman was arrested last night on suspicion of robbing farmer George Fal of Cedar Falls. She was taken into custody while preparing to board a Rock Island train and remains in Cedar Falls jail.
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