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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
5
City residents oppose an ironclad water contract that makes property owners responsible for all water charges even when tenants occupy the premises. The board of water works trustees filed an ordinance with the city auditor. council action is expected next meeting.
The Watertown Y W C A delegates from Waterloo aim for the annual summer conference at Lake Geneva in August. Chaperone Mrs Langlais will accompany eight girls, with more forming a party. trip cost under $30 and offers recreations at the lake resort. A Lake Geneva evening program yesterday drew interest from a dozen girls and featured solos and piano pieces.
A telegram from the Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association announced during its Sioux City session that the 1813 convention will be held in Waterloo. A. W. Brown, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, noted the vote. The notice also includes a card of thanks from H. K. Nielsen for support during illness and bereavement.
Daily stock prices list a mix of major corporations including Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio United States Steel Amalgamated Copper and Union Pacific. The brief table shows varied figures across railroads metals and utilities reflecting trading activity in New York.
Testimony details a possible late Harriman donation as campaign funds near the close of the race. Cortelyon cites unidentified contributors and says about 700 to 800 people were authorized to solicit monies. He notes some women gave around ten thousand dollars and describes anonymous bank contributions similar to charitable or religious giving.
Mr and Mrs John W Lodwick left Sunday for Horhhester Minnesota where Mrs Lodwick underwent a surgical operation yesterday William Howard 32 was arrested at the TH frels Centra tredght office at 3 o'clock this afternoon wanted by Burlington authorities for wife desertion J Gates left this morning for Chicago with his sister visiting from Syracuse New York for two weeks He will visit his daughter Miss Fanny Gates
The 4 league aims to protect the French tongue under Adolphe Aderer as founder and promoter. The group, The Friends of the French Language, will defend French genius from foreign words and neologisms. Its committee blends literature, science, artists, merchants, and public figures.
William A Radford offers free advice on boiling and home design. A sample 32 by 39 foot house is shown with full scale floor plans to help purchasers imagine room sizes and furnishings and avoid costly mistakes. He urges readers to study plans before building and provides guidance on stairways entrances and furnishings.
Waterloo weekly bank clearings totaled 1,458,242.83 for the period ending July 11 with daily figures listed. Instruments recorded included 47 deeds totaling 45468.75 and 28 mortgages totaling 85350. Last year totals show a decrease of 205 instruments.
The jury appraised 3.78 acres of land on Newell Street near Mallevle Tron works to extend the Watering Cedar Falls and Northern railway. Beeson Purdy owners asked 9850, and the street railway company plans to proceed with the purchase despite possible appeals. The condemnation process took eight weeks and the land is needed for the freight end of the line.
Portland hosts a large Elk parade as 15 000 Elks march through the city. The event accompanies the grand lodge session and reunion of the Elk order in Portland, highlighting a pivotal move of the organization.
A village rooster proves cleverer than his peers by snatching extra grain. After feeding, he retreats to a wood pile where he shakes loose a half pint of grain caught in his feathers. He then eats it, growing larger each day and convincing his owner the bird has unusual sense.
Mary Wirseh buys southeast quarter of blocks 6 7 and 19 in Virden addition for 8000. The sale is part of the Calvin W. Eighmey estate requiring consent of heirs Katharine Eizhe imer WL PL Eishmey Nettie B. Miler J. Eighmey and WW. Eighmey. A legal document conferring power to Executay FL J. Eighmer was filed with Clerk Pettit.
Funeral services for Mrs. Will Sihert at her Randolph Street home drew a large crowd. Rev W O B Sandford of Westminster Presbyterian led the service with Mrs Esme Bateman singing three hymns. Interment followed at Elmwood cemetery. pallbearers included Thomas W Morgan and others.
J T Rigdon of Waterloo area finds an order for shoes attached to a toy balloon found on his farm. The note mentions a store morning shipment and an order honored at Stolt Bros stack. Card of thanks from Elliott and family thanks neighbors for kindness during sickness and death of their son. Miss Maude Varman and Miss Harmon noted in the reference.
A Los Angeles jeweler named A HM Whitman advertised for a horse after shooting his old mount. He accepted a bidder promising a gentle family horse from China, bought it, and later found the animal behaved like his former steed, implying it was the same horse.
A lunch for an official party during a delayed train ride led to frying potatoes twice in a pan. The second delay produced potatoes puffed like gold coins, a serendipitous creation named pommes de terre scout fleas.
A pensive speaker asks about future women while another replies she will be a year or two younger than today. The fragment hints at a discussion of aging and gender in a reflective tone.
A brief classifieds item notes a courier wants to rent a piece or asset referred to as havi. Details on rental terms or location are not specified in the readable text.
In San Francisco, Robert Louis Stevenson jokes about local waiters never admitting they lack menu items. He asks for a double order of behemoth and the waiter claims they are out of behemoth but hints more exist, though not fresh enough to serve.
A fragment recounts a whispered joke about a club secretary whose nerves are strained after recording winter meeting minutes. The gag implies she may be sent to a sanitarium, lightening the mood with a quip about the burden of minutes.
Three year old Casper H Miller of 10623 Tacoma Avenue wandered from home and, after being found at McVeigh's on Hathaway Avenue by dairyman Mr McVeigh, gave his name as Hart Miller. An Eddy exchange operator helped locate the street and number Eddy 391X, prompting his father to consider Hartmiller as a family name.
Eddie Foy, the actor from near New Rochelle, damaged his car on the way to a New York rehearsal. He hailed a passing car to the station and offered a dollar, but the driver refused. The man identified himself with a card reading W. H. Vanderbilt from the New York Telegraph.
Mr. Baker, famed for cooking knowledge, chats with Lawyer Thompson and Colonel Robb at a hotel piazza about snails as a breakfast fad. Robb, initially sleepy, suddenly notes three snails playing marbles in front of the post office, provoking a light exchange about messengers.
Andrew B. Humphrey of the American Peace and Arbitration League spoke in New York about the universal peace movement noting its progress but urging caution. The piece includes a humorous vignette with Peleg Shucks pondering buying a gun and waiting until European nations sign a disarmament contract to make guns obsolete.
An owner on eighth street offers a house at 91 eighth street for 2100 after previously listing at 2500. The 40 by 100 foot lot features an 8 room house with 4 bedrooms, cistern and well. Contact James Gardiner Company First National Blog at 266 for details and quick action.
The Emanuel Evangelical church at Park Avenue and Lafayette Street opens its first quarterly meeting Friday at 7:45 PM with Rev. H. J. Faust presiding and preaching in English. A business session follows. a German language service is offered Saturday at 2:30 PM for older members, and communion occurs Sunday morning in English with the presiding elder officiating.
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