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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
12
Market day items include eels at 180 a pound and potatoes at 1.20 a bushel. Nine wagons offered fish and vegetables while buyers eyed large eels and bullheads. Cedar Falls residents spoke of planned crops and next week’s wider produce assortment.
Waterloo bankers returned from the Iowa State Bankers association convention expressing satisfaction with attendance and the two days of sessions. The next state meeting will be in Des Moines. Officers elected: Charles Shade Rock Rapids president, F B Vetter Davenport vice president, Charles R Hannan Council Bluffs treasurer. Plans for a national citizens’ drive on nonpartisan currency revision were endorsed. Sans Souci hotel opens Sunday night with a specialty.
Masons in Iowa gather in Burlington for the grand lodge school of instruction and the June 11 dedication of a bronze tablet marking the site of the first Masonic lodge in Des Moines No. 1. Grand Master Louis Block presides with Grand Secretary N I Parvin. sessions at the Grand Opera House run through June 13 with several entertainments planned.
W. M. Sherrets proprietor of the Globe hotel on Sycamore street was arrested by police for being drunk and disturbing the peace. He carried 120 in cash and planned a trip to Nebraska, pleading not guilty to both charges in police court this morning, insisting he had not disturbed the peace.
George Tucker of 721 West Fourth street Cedar Falls suffered twelve years of cramps stomach and bowels and could work only part time. After visiting United Doctors in Marsh Place building he received treatment and reports steady improvement with no pain for ten days and returning to daily work. He urges others to seek their care.
The case against Sherrets proceeds after his release on bond of 15 and a trial scheduled this afternoon with his wife son son-in-law and daughter summoned as witnesses in the matter.
J E Dempster was elected to fill a vacancy on the Waterloo independent district board of education after F L Northey resigned due to removal from the district. Dempster, a Second ward resident, will balance representation between First and Second wards. The notice notes the appointment was supplied by J E Dempster.
Fire departments were called to the Iowa Dairy plant this morning at about 9 o clock to extinguish a blaze started from hot grease in the dining department. Considerable water was wasted before the fire was controlled with slight losses beyond delays. no employee was seriously hurt though a few received minor injuries and there is belief that such fires are common in this department due to work and materials used.
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