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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
4
We are busy opening up the greatest stock of up to date merchandise. Each department fills with new fall goods including dress fabrics blankets domestics hosiery underwear rugs carpets and ladies wear. Tomorrow last call on wash goods voile batistes and prints with yard wide percales half price.
Cedar Falls readers are asked to report any irregularities in delivery to J G Packard correspondent or Clarence Wynkoop business agent. Report to 123 Main St Cedar Falls for Waterloo Evening Courier.
Cedar Falls July 31 residents of independent school district No. 2 protest moving the school building to the district northeast corner claiming bias toward Cedar Heights property holders. They will file petitions with County Superintendent Myers and the state superintendent, noting the old center location as more sensible.
A Cedar Falls report notes the state pure food inspector began work and jailed a Mt Vernon farmer's wife for selling eggs with over two percent bad. A Waterloo excavator, Albert Strayer, won a contract to clear 26 090 yards of earth for the International Harvester plant in Cedar Falls. Katharine Weis married Prof. Frank A Wilson yesterday in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Dave Benedum burned cleaning clothes with gasoline but sustained minor injuries. Miss Marjorie Miller hosted a B A T gathering at 1109 Tremont Street with music after dinner.
A July update lists a band concert at Main and 3rd streets, a cool evening forecast, Nettie Johnson returning from Rockford, R C Whitemore and family driving to Nora Springs, and Jakes of Marshville visiting the city to move to an Old People’s home. The Robinson Dry Goods store closes on College hill for fall. Rev. Titus Lowe and J L Bailey head to Chicago to order plate glass for a church annex. Mrs. Shelby Smith of Washington DC visits J E Bishop. Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Merner with three children plan a two month western trip after a week in the city. E R Huckell will preach at the Baptist church Sunday. Edna Lang and Margaret Hoover of Waterloo visit Albert Lea. Ella Weisbard hosts the B A T’s for dinner at 6 at her 3rd and Washington home.
A Cedar Rapids man confronted an attorney at Rock Island station and accused him of living with his wife. The clash left the husband with injuries and both men jailed for a judge's hearing this afternoon. The incident involves a reputed blackmailer who sends his wife to Waterloo to entangle men for money.
John Call, head of the Waterloo township road crew, reports volunteers in Cedar Falls and Waterloo have contributed funds to oil three miles of the old road toward Lawn City. A $20 gift was offered but not accepted until grading and improvements are completed. William Galloway’s oiling trial on his farm has convinced drivers.
John Call of Water loo township cites yields of forty to sixty bushels per acre while Cedar township reports twenty four bushels on sandy land. Heat drove workers from strawpiles on consecutive days and automatic stackers operated without human help.
Funeral services for Julia Smith infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith were conducted yesterday morning at the family home 1841 Sycamore Street by Rev. T. J. Fuller pastor of the Free Methodist church. Burial followed in Fairview.
Rev Effie McCollum Jones of the Universalist church will return to Waterloo about August 7 after a vacation in Vermont. She will resume her pastorate on August 10, replacing the earlier plan for August 2.
Secretaries announce a tentative plan to select a successor to late John H. Hildebrand as County Central committee chairman. The Progressive party marks its first anniversary on August 5 with plans for a banquet postponed by Hildebrand’s death. Secretary Sias expects broad invitation across townships. no event will be held Tuesday. Independence services will be at R. G. Swan’s residence.
Notice announces the incorporation of Northwestern Land and Investment Company in Iowa. It lists the business aims, capital of 250000 dollars, stock terms, directors, officers, and initial directors, with property frontages and sidewalk bond requirements in Waterloo Black Hawk County.
Water in the Cedar River drops about a half inch daily for ten days, six inches lower than two weeks ago. Wa terloo Cedar Falls Union mill officials cite hot weather and low rainfall with high absorption. The decline is most evident at the Beach and along sandbars near the northeast bank, and downstream past the Fourth Street dam.
A group of six Waterlooans led by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Demmel and including Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Coykendall and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Ballangee left today by car for a three week vacation. They will stop in Chicago this evening then sail on a Lake Michigan steamer to Niagara Falls and Buffalo. The itinerary includes Milwaukee and other eastern cities before returning to Chicago via Lake Michigan.
The funeral services for Mrs Charles H Thomas who died yesterday morning at 622 Washington Street after a three year illness will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 o clock at Independence Funeral Services.
City of Waterloo Iowa to hold a hearing and consider a resolution of necessity for cement sidewalks. Meeting set for August 25 1913 at 7 30 or 7 50 p m in city hall council chamber. Describes sidewalks on Linden Butler Avon Vinton and West Ninth streets in specified blocks and additions.
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