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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1912
Page
5
Reader inquiries to William A Radford explain affordable cement block house construction. The plan features a 35 by 31 foot layout with stone foundations, hollow blocks, and monolithic cellars. It covers materials, mixing, block design, window fit, and frost resistant cement floors to ensure durability and healthful living spaces.
Local notices report Fourth of July at Electric Park drawing 3700 attendees. Warnings of travel plans include Ethel and Grace Billings visiting relatives. Eda Behrens and Nina Wilcox touring Colorado and Yellowstone. Louise Elliott vacationing at lake resorts. A marriage license issued to Edward Zubrod and Louisa Loeck. local sportsmen to Fort Dodge for state tournament. Majestic theatre shifts schedule. several residents plan trips to Janesville Lake Geneva and Minneapolis for vacations and conventions.
William Bergen, 32, a farmer from Jyenver Cole, faced a drunkenness charge after police reported he required many lager to reach intoxication. The magistrate offered two days of street work as leniency, noting Bergen’s claim of willingness to work and lack of funds.
Waterloo club women regret the death of Mrs Sarah Platt Decker former president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She passed away last night in San Francisco after an operation for intestinal trouble. A Denver resident she was a longtime club worker and a renowned speaker remembered from the Iowa Federation biennial in Waterloo.
S Ott of Topeka told county officials he paid taxes for twenty six years on a tract near Hutchinson that no longer exists. He found only river waters where the land stood and protested a valuation increase of 124 dollars.
The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company baseball team beat the Waterloo Giants, a colored team, 10 to 4 at Prospect Park yesterday afternoon. WAL struck out twelve over nine innings. Hill’s battery partner was Prue. Giants pitchers Smith and Campbell fanned four each, with Meypers catching for the colored club. The Giants invite challenges from nearby towns, manager Mort Brady said.
John Moss a 22 year old driver for Moore and Moore Lumber living with J B McKibben at 302 Conger street was thrown from his wagon when a Waterloo Fruit and Commission truck frightened the horse at Webster street and Logan avenue. He was taken to Presbyterian hospital in serious condition with likely internal injuries including lungs and stomach. the wagon overturned and Moss was dragged beneath the wheels. He had been in the city three years and was a new employee replacing a regular driver.
The First and Plymouth Congregational churches and Sunday schools plan a large joint picnic tomorrow in the woods near crossing 13 Denver Hine. Two special cars will depart from Sullivan Avenue Home Park at 6630, picking up people along the route. The outing is free and expected to be the biggest summer event for these church groups.
A lavish note celebrates the auto trade in Water as Mar Jager Morris of Cadillac unveils the new East Fifth Street showroom and garage. The facility is described as first class and built for a permanent home with meticulous attention to detail for automobile enthusiasts and the business’s progressive leadership.
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