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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1913
Page
12
Society items list meetings and gatherings for C I club M E B church groups at various addresses, plus weddings at St Marys church and Kreft Unger nuptials with guests. A long column details picnics, teas, sorority dinners, and family celebrations with dates, places, and hostesses.
A column on human error and blame shifting. A friend frets over a forgotten letter only to discover the address was wrong and the letter was returned from the dead letter office. The piece explores common mistakes and our quickness to fault others.
Dean Moines June 16. Demand was made Friday upon the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad company for an additional 7 775 770 by Kistle Wright Council Bluffs attorneys because of its alleged failure to pay taxes for five years on moneys credits and corporation stock valued at 160 000 000. Previously the firm filed a suit in the district court asking for 15 661 440 together with interest at 6 per cent since May 1909. Friday an amended petition was filed in which 7 775 770 is asked the equivalent to the fifty per cent statutory penalty provided by law when a corporation neglects to pay its taxes promptly. The total demanded now aggregates 23 327 220.
Request coupon from fashion department to obtain up to date courier patterns for accompanying design. Send 10 cents per pattern to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo. Patterns allow for seams. Orders filled within ten days after sending.
Advertisement notes a boys Russian suit available in four sizes 3 4 5 and 4 years. The 6 year size requires 3% yards of 44 inch material. Price ten cents.
Local notices report visits by M N Louis of Reinbeck and Roy M Louis to the city, Sister Mary Hilary of Chicago visiting Mrs Adelia Mitchell, and multiple residents planning trips to Cedar Rapids Detroit Fos toria and Center Point. Births travels lodge meetings and a gun club shoot are also listed along with medical and banking news.
A commentary argues that following moral personal choice and spending a few pennies enables workers to access self education that was unavailable to the wealthy a generation ago, emphasizing practical self improvement over impulsive self indulgence.
Waterloo Loyal Order of Moose members plan to attend the Mooseheart cornerstone laying a few miles from Chicago. Supreme Lodge meetings in Cincinnati may enable a special trip to Windy City around July 28. Mooseheart symbolizes care for orphans of fallen members and national Moose support. Best Thinking Times discussed by authorities studying human judgment.
Quote by O. W. Holmes on choosing books as constant intellectual partners when intimate confidants cannot share all pursuits. Reflects belief that books provide companionship and diverse ideas beyond personal relationships.
Dr. Hall Young, a pioneer in northern exploration, will present a stereopticon lecture on Alaska at the First Presbyterian church this evening. He has previously delighted Waterloo audiences with tales of his experiences and accompanying pictures, and the church invites the public to attend the free lecture.
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