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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1914
Page
10
Black Hawk and Eagle townships invest in graders and tractors to drag township roads after rains. A mill tax funds drag operations across about 168 miles of county roads under county board supervision. Local trustees hire pad supervisors and farmers perform dragging, aiming to match county system quality.
Bryant Asphalt officials eye a 1.6 million dollar street project in San Antonio. Bids for the largest single street paying job in the nation will open Monday. Company leaders FP L Bryant and Thomas Ward left for Texas. further delegates head there later. The project covers about 55 miles of streets totaling 760000 square yards, mostly in the residential district.
Miss Getje Gatje a 26 year old school teacher seeks 25000 dollars in damages from John G. Miller the contractor. She claims a dynamite blast and a flying fragment struck her on Fourth street March 7 1914 causing severe injuries to the head arm and back confining her to home and subject to epileptics. She also asks 500 for medical attendance in a complaint filed by Boice Hook Decorah and Duxbury Conzett Pettijohn St Paul.
The Great Western freight house employee baseball team lost 9 to 6 yesterday in Des Moines to freight house players there. Commercial Agent T. J. Cleary and Agent Kelly coached the squads, with Edwards as coach and manager. The local lineup included Bashford, Benjamin, Claus, Jensen, Brown, McGreevy, Gipe, Staehli, and Ballenshirer.
The Oliver Players opened their second week at the Majestic with My Dixie Girl. All parts are capably handled and the scenery is pretty. the show made a hit. A coupon offers a 20 cent reserved seat for 10 cents on Tuesday. Wednesday matinee offers ladies a silver spoon souvenir and a baby giveaway that evening.
Misses Emme and Erna Jebo of Biloux City spent Sunday with their coun Miss Ella Ashbrenner. Mrs Kroll left for Greenville Michigan to remain summer with relatives. R H Brown of Kankakee Illinois visited parents. Mrs Clarence Seeley and son Loran returned from visit near Rowley. Grace Dexter Drennan visiting at Bowman home. Charles W Cole returned home for summer from University of Minnesota. Boat capsized at the dam. three fishermen unlisted. Fine strawberries on market. grower Tournier notes late rains harming fruit. P J Martin received a card from George Huntley at national T P A convention. Robert Montgomery and wife of Washington DC at Elite hotel. D W Neidy and Carrie Neidy depart for western trip. plan Grand Canyon and California. Wilhelm Kalkhof of Heidelberg visiting to learn American methods.
Waterloo Greeks brace for possible conflict with Turkey as 100 men prepare to rush to the Halkan peninsula. Peter Mavrelia, head of the Greek colony, analyzes rising tensions and predicts a Turkish move upon news of a new English battleship. He says Greeks are ready to strike while Turkey is unprepared.
Wixhth Ninth and Tenth streets east property owners protest city council action to pave with gephalt despite remonstrances. They claim a majority oppose the project and vow united resistance, arguing many residents are wage earners who cannot pay the pavement tax. Petitions urged against paving, but the council ordered the work anyway.
Waterloo Evening Courier reports June 15 1914 police busy with 22 arrests including Thomas Jackson a colored man charged with disorderly conduct after a bear party and other violators. Nance fined 3 for shooting in the city. total costs and fines reached $75 in fees and penalties.
Attendance at Ainutt Btnset Baptist Sunday School reaches 9,879 over five months, with collections totaling $785.88. Previous year attendance was 8,947 and receipts $702.81, showing gains of 932 in attendance and 83.07 in collections.
Paris on June 15 features a hair reading fad advertised by M. de Rochetal. He claims scalp hair near the brain signals intellect and imagination while the mustache reveals heart’s affections. He also declares a clean shaved man is cold and ungallant.
Clothing and shoe clerks who met Monday night have received their charter from headquarters at Lafayette Ind and will meet tonight in Labor Temple to perfect a permanent organization. Local No. 781. charter open thirty days to enroll about one hundred members.
The women of First Congregational Church will hold a thimble bee on Wednesday at 3 pm at 406 Commercial Street. Hosting committee members include Mesdames E B Rausch F A Scott A Sweitzer E Lawson C J Langfeldt and V A Plummer.
An old classified ad lists Collection Agency Credit Adjustment Co at 501 Commercial Building with H Mc Mahon as manager offering overdue account collection on a pay-for-results basis. It also advertises buying, selling and exchanging novels at 1127 East Fourth Street and notes HOME CAFETERIA Basement First is a location. Date 1926.
New York June 1 Theodore Roosevelt II born yesterday at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr eldest son of the former president married Miss Jeanor B Alexander June 20 1910 Their first child a daughter born Aug 17 1911 Mrs Richard Derby formerly Miss Ethel Roosevelt has a son Returns from West Constable Theodore Peek returns from California after two weeks on business and pleasure trip visiting San Francisco exposition grounds noting rapid building progress and recent widespread rainfall across Texas and California
Supplied by the Buchanan Optical Company, it records the day’s temperatures from midnight to 1 pm with highs and lows. Yesterday’s max 72, min 66. 1911 max 88 min 62. 1512 max 81 min 62. 1913 max 98 min 69.
A jumble of help wanted notices seeks workers for corn weeding and farm tasks, a girl to keep company with a child, housekeeping staff, a general house worker, and bellied by a color coded parade of contact points. Also listings for real estate, a Harley bicycle sale, and a car swap plus routes and canvassing jobs.
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