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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1913
Page
6
Chicago bids rally wheat after early weakness while corn holds firm on light world stocks. Hog and cattle markets mix with hogs opening down but closing near. cattle soft early then steady. sheep rise. Cash wheat and corn quotes listed. New York and St Louis closes shown for July contracts.
Charles Fish of the Illinois Central Waterloo office announced the Springfield division appointment of George E. Patterson. Patterson, previously a trainmaster, will base at Clinton as T. H. Sullivan moves to Fort Dodge on the Iowa division. Sullivan succeeds L. A. Downs, who moves to Dubuque on the Minnesota division. Downs takes over for Walter S. Williams, reassigned to Carbondale on the St. Louis division, succeeding John J. Gaven who is on leave for health reasons. The notice came from Chicago general superintendent A. B. Clift.
J T Ryan Rock Island general agent confirms an interurban pledge to connect Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern tracks with the new Waterloo station. He favors a separate Rock Island depot to avoid misrouting at the union depot caused by Great Western passengers, following talks between WCFN and Rock Island officials.
The Smoker has moved from the old frame building at Fourth and Saxon to the new Schroeder block next door. Fireman P F A Griffith has returned from Colorado and is ready for duty after being gone since last October. Two specials were sent east today.
London hosts the cordial reception as President Poincare of France visits King George of England. The French leader enjoyed a warm public welcome during his tour of the capital and engagements.
Illness kept engineer Wheeler and fireman Frye on duty after the Green Mountain wreck while Wise and Green led another team. Fred A. Sparre has returned to work at Rechtfertig and Sporle. A temporary vacancy exists for engineers on the Waterloo district switching train with applications due by July 23. The piece notes city weed control desires, mentions W. T. Courtney’s injury recovery, and details Jay Sweitzer’s May illness and hospital surgery after the wreck. It recalls the Green Mountain disaster as a major Waterloo loss with 51 killed and many injured on May 10, 1910.
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