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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1912
Page
3
Sioux City Iowa July 39 circus workers walk off after a night performance. Roustabouts desert posts to seek harvest wages. Boss calls them to railroad yards and the circus train departs as tension and payroll disputes unfold.
District court resumed with Judge Platt presiding and aimed to hear juvenile cases involving west side youths charged with gambling theft drinking and smoking. Bessie M Whitamore seeks divorce from Jesse F Whitamore custody of their child and alimony plus suit money and injunction. They married in Paris Missouri and have cohabitated. cruelty cited. Injunction would bar interference with custody. Defendant earnings estimated at 18 to 20 dollars weekly. Also McCormick Harvesting Machine Co sues Milton Jordan for 117 on a promissory note.
An inter-church social in Lincoln park included Rev John Bunyan Smith of Walnut Street Baptist delivering a baseball themed address likening life to a game. L N Morer of Des Moines and Ira Beall sang, with Mrs Elmo Bateman offering a solo.
Clarksville on July 29 saw the new First Presbyterian church formally dedicated with the debt cleared. Rev. W Th Sandford from Waterloo spoke and helped raise 3300 dollars while the church cost about 10000 dollars. Citizens express great delight at the debt free dedication. LICENSED TO WED. James Cranse Fairbank Gertle Ohl Fairbank
Fairbank updates report residents in travel and visits across Oelwein Independence Cedar Falls Waterloo and Chicago. Names include Erwin Moore Lewis Munger Geo Jardee Daisy Filix Mrs Chas Waugh Mrs Eaton Mrs Hermon Sieglekow Edna Peters and others with trips to western Iowa Minnesota South Dakota and Chicago and a hospital visit for Mrs Harriett Adame.
A Republican majority report urges legalizing and regulating large corporations instead of dissolving them. It proposes a federal charter for big firms, recapitalization at actual value, an industrial commission with price powers, and measures against interlocking directors and holding companies. The document cites United States Steel and J P Morgan & Co profits, and notes labor reform ideas. outcomes depend on future legislation.
Article notes the States Steel corporation advocating replacing two twelve hour shifts with three eight hour shifts in blast furnaces and rolling mills. Workers would maintain total hours while reducing daily burden. Industry officials outline benefits for productivity and safety amid union pushback.
CW T Schmidt longtime Cedar Falls nurseryman and Cedar Heights resident sells his home with it grounds and refreshment stand to George Frants of Waterloo. Possession given March 19 1913. The Schmidts plan to move to Waverly to be near relatives and friends. Also notes Montessori inspired Italian school children rapidly learning to write.
Parents urged to provide Brady War Pictures with text matter to children. Sixteen sections are being issued weekly and a coupon appears on page 3 for subscription or access.
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