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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1915
Page
3
U S department of agriculture outline urges a nationwide crusade against the house fly. A 679 bulletin details maggot traps and manure treatment with hellebore or borax to curb larvae, plus screening to cut disease spread. The article covers trap construction, dosing, and the rapid fly life cycle.
A Galesburg Mail item satirically reports doctors touting a new science to allow babies to pick their birthdays. A Chicago doctor claims he has used this method for over a year with many births arranged within a two week window before the due date, aiming to avoid unlucky dates. The piece notes potential benefits and jokes about avoiding Fridays the 7th Christmas and February 29.
The tiny republic of San Marino with about 1100 residents is said to have an army of fifty reservists. Italy declares war, and San Marino volunteers join the Allied cause. About 600 volunteers are being drilled to join Italian forces, guarding roughly 32 square miles of territory.
A Waterloo item notes persistent crop pests stalling corn crops and seeks remedies as one farmer laments leaving ground fallow. The piece also reports state lab actions cutting serum prices, enabling cheaper production and distribution. Iowa labs plan new inspectors and shipments rise, while hog cholera outbreaks spread cautiously across counties.
Police say William Robinson, a colored man, conspired with Boyd Collins and Harvey West to rob a local bank and several residences. He drew a knife on O A Manning but was overpowered. Collins and West were taken into custody after travel by jitney bus and claimed alibis. Assistant County Attorney Harris will pursue motion.
Co operation in Curriers' organizations is more developed in Wisconsin than Iowa. Wisconsin has 1,526 farm cooperative companies including 247 creameries 296 cheese factories 35 live stock shipping associations 5 Kraft exchanges 40 grain elevators 609 telephone companies and 200 insurance firms. Butter and cheese industries show the strongest cooperative growth. Corn grades have six classes and use notes. Illinois finds weed control boosts corn yield. Land trades show large acreages and high prices in several counties. International exhibit plans include fat stock and horses with disease precautions. The corn louse is cited as worst enemy to corn crops by farmers in St Charles.
Enthusiasm ran high at a rally at the First Evangelical church as Young People alliance work and Sunday school progress were praised. Speakers Rev H C Schiuter of Waverly and Rev David Lang of Gresham highlighted Sunday school efficiency and B A activities, with Rev E J Lang presiding. Other conferences were announced for Dysart and La Porte City as part of the evangelical association campaign.
The Waterloo Dike and Elks plan to host Sioux City Elks next Sunday with five rooms reserved at Hotel TusgellLamson. A large visiting delegation will tour the city in the morning and attend the Plaza Theatre show after the baseball game hosted by Manager James Dryant.
Waterloo will be represented by at least six families at the Cedar Rapids district Free Methodist camp meeting. Pilgrims will pitch tents at Toddville eight miles from Cedar Rapids from Aug 19 to 29, under Rev Be N Miller and Rev J L Riley. The Evening Courier nearly in every Waterloo home.
Fireman George Perkins learned from his son Harry Perkins that he avoided disaster when a late-arriving Eastland orchestra member was spared. Pianist Henry Ston and performers Hierowitch and Horowich survived with help. Ston aided women and children in the ballroom. Hierowitch nearly drowned before being rescued with a rope and cane.
A lengthy late nineteenth century note extols Venice as art and history while warning against war that could damage Saint Mark's and the Rialto. The piece invokes profound infamy comparable to the burning of libraries and Rome’s sacking, naming an author and a work on Venfer.
Cedar Rapids July 26 tierman Burger a young farmer of Worth ingino Ta was seriously and possibly family stabbed by John Mihove while defending women from the insults offered by the drunken Austrian His assailant se under arrest SEEK HOME FOR CHILDREN Rev EMc McColltm Jones has in her care two small children a brother and sister whom it is hoped to keep together and find a good home for Anyone who would take these children with the hope of adoption area asked to communicate with Mrs Jones at rooting possible as both parents are dead and there is small means provided
Eyewitness accounts describe mass crowds viewing bodies after the excursion steamer Eaelland Lusned overturned in the Chicago river Saturday. J B Casey, a motel steward, says thousands swarmed roofs and fences as authorities restrained curiosity while inspectors cite 2500 aboard. Somebody will have to pay for the terrible disaster.
Russell Heil an electrician with Western Electric was aboard the Eastland when it capsized in the Chicago River on Saturday. He survived though others on board perished. The man, a nephew of Lew Marker of 421 Pine Street, was initially thought to be lost but a Chicago telegram confirmed he survived. Mrs Head did not accompany the trip, and son was not with him.
Anxiety over Earl Guy, a Western Electric employee, and his wife eased after a telegram from Mrs. Guy confirmed they were safe. Relatives Mrs. J. J. Duonwald Miss Hazel Guy and Mrs. Al Stith, all at Jefferson Street home, had feared Earl Guy might be among Eastland victims. Mrs. Smith, visiting from Des Moines, is in the city.
Many relatives and friends of Charles B Bradford the pioneer railroad man gathered at the EB. H. Bradford home for his funeral after he died at his son's home Saturday morning. Attendees included Mrs. Robert Waller Mrs. J Wickham Mrs. M M Larins Mrs John Mulhall and Himer O Hearn from Dubuque, his former home.
The First United Brethren Church saw higher than usual participation across all departments yesterday, with over eighty members joining in the morning communion. The evening service featured Rev. C. P. Baber delivering the Sermon Lecture on the lives of the disciples with stereoscopic slides, amid an atmosphere of notable interest for July.
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