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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1912
Page
7
Cedar Falls residents grope through dark streets as the electric light schedule leaves roads unlit. Dense foliage and cloudy skies obscure weak moonlight, making navigation dangerous. City council urged to demand more from the utility company. The article also notes a play rehearsal and community plans for homecoming events.
In Cedar Falls Iowa on July 23 debate over Sunday baseball rages. Some residents object to spread of Sunday games in nearby towns while others want permissible week day play and a local venue like Mullins pasture east of the depot. The issue echoes nationwide. Also Dr Harvey Wiley spoke at Teachers College on pure food and Mrs Mary Morgensen of Webster City was buried there with funeral services led by Rev E Provensen.
Cedar Falls July 24. Mr and Mrs 7 5 Benham of Union township are in Lincoln Neb for their daughter Tessia s appendicitis. Mrs W L Hearst home from Oakdale a brief visit, recovering well as her new brick Dr Hearst residence nears completion. Prof and Mrs Robert Fullerton return from Florence Italy to Cedar Falls. Revs Snowden Day and Fahs attend interdenominational Bible school in Cedar Rapids. Sutton s great show failing to appear due to washout near Muscatine. equipment arrives this morning. Mr and Mrs Wm Livingston of Monroe visit summer school. Livingston cashier of Monroe State Bank. Duffie Young of Manchester own Sanitary Laundry. Clarence Showers on vacation at Sac City after posting 99 60 exam. Miss Fannie Dickey returning from New York Columbia University. to teach at Waterloo county institute. I D Corning stricken with pleurisy since Sunday.
Har ad Haines, 18, was fined 3 in police court after being found guilty of disorderly conduct for painting two Httte Greek boys with lamp black on a sidewalk near an army store. A witness quoted a racially charged remark during testimony. The note mentions Brady War Pictures in Waterloo Evening Courier and a separate trip by Mr. and Mrs. Stearnes from Yellowstone Park after attending a national Elks convention.
A brief note references Bob Apfel overseeing a program issuing dog muzzles for school children, connected to a sixteen second action or process mentioned in the article excerpt. The context remains unclear but centers on safety equipment distribution to students facilitated by local figures.
Prof. Ralph Cox, arriving from New York to serve as mail carrier duties, will stay several weeks with the Dayton household. W. J. Graham hosts his brother Theodore and wife from Dell Rapids. Mrs. D. Bennison and children left last night for Relatives in LeMars and Omaha. Misses Clara and Agnes Anderson departed for St. Paul for a two week visit with friends.
New York July 23 The arbitration commission heard B R Worthington president of Chicago and Alton railways testify again in the wage controversy between locomotive engineers and managers of fifty two railways east of Chicago He reviewed 115 statistical tables the managers offered to counter the engineers claim for about 7 4 million dollars annually He asserted the tables show engineers as the highest paid skilled workers and their pay has risen over time.
Des Moines July 22 an Iowa crop improvement bureau headed by Pt Holden formerly of Ames college will be established by the Greater Des Moines committee and Commercial club The object is to improve the crop yield in Iowa At a meeting yesterday the committee appropriated 1900 to start a 30000 fund to be used
In carrying out the plans of the bureau crop experts will be employed to tour the state and assist in the improvement work. Circulars and publications will be issued on behalf of the movement.
Boston July 24. The striking trolleymen of the Boston Elevated Railway presented their grievances to the grand jury after a technical victory before the state board of conciliation. District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier summoned company president General Wm. A. Bantroft and two directors, James Prendergast and James L. Richards, to testify.
BaltimoreMd July 23 Cardinal Gibbons is 78 years old today. He planned a quiet day at a friend's home in Carroll County where he spent many birthdays aside from years abroad. The cardinal is in good health and received many letters and telegrams of congratulation.
Chicago July 23 William Lorimer arrived yesterday from the east and declared he suffered no serious injury in Sunday’s automobile accident He declined to discuss the senate finding against him and with his son started to his summer home on Pistakee bay Contrary to expectations there was no delegation of admirers to welcome him.
Proceedings from Waterloo Iowa dated July 14 and July 18 1912 show the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors auditing claims approving dog damage and tax adjustments, authorizing bridge work and tax refunds, and naming a committee to examine Bridge 6 between Washburn and Gilbertville. The session adjourned and reconvened with members Boomer Leland Rownd Demuth McQuilkin Virden present.
Financial items from county accounts list salaries, autopsy, supplies, repairs, and rent across multiple offices. Notable entries include Waterloo Times-Tribune printing, Hartman Co. printing, various constables and clerks, and substantial poor farm costs. Several vendors and public notices appear with amounts ranging from a few dollars to hundreds, detailing committee work, repairs, and equipment for court house and county services.
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