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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
7
Porched shades advertised in multiple sizes with prices from 2.95 to 8.75 and free hanging service. Also featured grass matting and mats for porches, runners, and rooms with various yard and rug dimensions and prices.
Linoleums and mattings touted as clean sanitary floor coverings for all rooms. Pure ground cork and linseed oil linoleums, parquetry inlaid borders, and four yard wide patterns offered. Yard prices listed from 5¢ to 56¢ with sizeable savings, plus cut fitting by an expert.
Mrs. Jesse W. Gaskins of 1722 Jefferson Avenue died after taking strychnine during an acute melancholia attack at 7 30 PM yesterday in Waterloo. Burial will be in Waverly. Alexander Landis, longtime Waterloo merchant, died at Marathon Buena Vista County aged 94. Remains due in Waterloo tomorrow afternoon with services likely at Fairview Cemetery. Surviving relatives include four sons and three daughters.
Vincent Astor sailed aboard the Mauretania after denying rumors of an engagement. He plans a London visit to his mother and sister, then Baden for rest, followed by a six week tour of France. He will not finish his Harvard course to focus on Astor estate management.
The University of Chicago mounts a 10,000,000 year old reptile skeleton named Ophiacodon. F W Williston excavated the fossil in Arizona last summer. Paul C Miller rebuilt the creature in paleontology. The mounted skeleton is shown in the Walker Museum as a land vertebrate showcase.
The document lists Demos delegates by numbered and named positions across committees. It records Ninth and Tenth place holders, with vacancies and several named officials from Iowa locales such as Des Moines Jackson Grundy Jasper Marion Union Shelby Boone Woodbury Floyd Dallas Adair Monona and others.
Saturday July 27 is designated as tag day for the Associated Charities and the Iowa Children's Home at Des Moines. Young women will sell tags for any donation with headquarters in Waterloo west at Mra. H. B. Kellys drug store and in Waterloo east at Burch Bros. store with Mra. Alice Harrod in charge.
Waterloo banks report total clearings of 1,236,771.77 for the week ending Thursday July 26 1912. Day by day totals show Friday 178,575.28 Saturday 187,804.64 Monday 300,028.82 Tuesday 228,627.29 Wednesday 163,480.03 Thursday 182,855.91. Realty transfers list deeds 69 mortgages 29 chattel mortgages 14 bills of sale 1 totaling 3 836 to date. Corresponding week last year 954,879.81. Decrease 158.
Camp Douglas Wisconsin reports a staged engagement between regulars and state militia resulting in about 200 soldiers declared killed, numerous wounded, and captures. Bridges and rail lines were destroyed as 10 000 troops prepare to reenact a broader campaign over ten days across a designated battlefield 54 miles west to Camp McCoy. The scenario has Reds invading from Camp McCoy toward Blues near La Crosse across the Mississippi.
Black Hawk township farmer Ole Hansen died after being struck by a pitchfork. A deed filed with the county recorder transfers 120 acres from Hansen to his wife Sophia Hansen for one dollar and other valuable considerations. The transfer is dated July 22, the day before his death.
Rep Sulzer begins petition drive for another democratic caucus on battleship construction. He argues absent democrats will return to authorize building one battleship. senate opposes. An ice cream social for Mt Hope church will be held next Tuesday at the Tred Shining residence in Bennington township.
Miss Leah Hubbard returned from a week with grandparents in Jesup, accompanied by sister Miss Sarah who will visit for a few days. Eldora visitors Fanny Duren, her parents, and Winnifred Hilsworth enjoyed a Cedar River park picnic with library staff. Ora Trout, formerly of Ottumwa, now in Waterloo at 717 Vinton, plans to enter Waterloo as a home buyer. Sixteen Waterloo Dental Society members picnicked at Elk Run by auto from four members, with Spring chicken on the menu. The society aims to hold frequent outings to discuss professional matters.
Bicycle thefts plague the city as W T Edwards of Northey Manufacturing and a plant carpenter lose bikes. Carpenter alerts sergeant. Fred H Burk, president of Waterloo Sash & Fixture works and city councilman, arrives on a stolen wheel. Burk explains his wheel was stolen from the factory and he brought a different wheel to the station. Police search for both missing bikes.
William T. Edwards bookkeeper at Northey Manufacturing reported his new bicycle stolen from the areaway on Park avenue west. The thief rode off on the wheel and left an invalid wagon in its place. A second worker also had a wheel stolen from the game place, with no conveyance left in exchange.
The James Black Building company considers moving the main portion of the old Logan hotel block 70 by 98 feet from its present site to the Lane property behind the Commercial National Bank on Sycamore street to make way for a James Black Dry Goods building. A Chicago contractor will estimate moving costs tomorrow noon and pledges a bond and a damage-free foundation relocation. If pursued, it would be the city’s first such undertaking with the wing and livery buildings torn down.
Wanted competent girl to apply to Mrs Flo Mekithinnes at 32 Franklin. Phone 1008-Hlack. Apartments for rent near Went Third Street offer furnished units and prompt inquiries.
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