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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1915
Page
9
The program Know My Love an Old Irish piece and Sing to Me Sing formed the second concert of the season staged by the Brotherhood of Wirst M. I. church.
Tonight Murray club hosts Ruth Reed and others. Wednesday events include Pond Lily Crochet and Missionary society meetings. Wedding of Gladys Leeper and Edward Herring planned at the bride’s FortSecond Street home. Various clubs meet at Westminster church and other local venues with programs and menus noted.
Philadelphia March 2 Evangelist Sunday preaches with renewed vigor after hours of strain and hoarseness. That day his campaign netted 1 158 converts while 15,000 listeners witnessed his resilience. He resumes five more weeks of sermons amid a week of daily meetings and immense public impact.
Waterloo Poultry association officials led a meeting at 3243 Fourteenth Street urging defeat of substitute for house file 40 which would create a state poultry bureau with an advisory board and secretary salary. Henry Grout and A W McFarlane pledged opposition, while Waterloo's bill aims to add a state college experiment station with governor appointed board.
The article notes liquor dealers plan to open, count on few closings due to holidays on Sunday, and seek locations as Des Moines bartenders apply for local saloon jobs. It mentions tenants reluctant to move, keeping buildings occupied after January 1.
The board of county supervisors finished reviewing the petition this morning and found it sufficient with a majority of 851. The election total was 5,949 with 2,775 needed for a majority. The filed document listed 3,227 names, the board found 93 duplications and four withdrawals, with no names omitted on the poll books.
The Maza theatre and the Caseheer restaurant, half a block apart, will be connected by an electric bell used by theatre management to alert Caseheer patrons that the picture show is about to start. A frame beneath the bell will display film posters and announce that seating should begin five minutes before projection. Managers J E Bryant and Tack Cascheer anticipate mutual benefit for themselves and their patrons.
Waterloo golfers accuse an auto driver of carelessly driving across the number two green at Byt nrs park golf links. The road blocked signs warn motorists not to cross the green but the driver allegedly ignored them and sank into wet ground. Golfers threaten arrest over the incident.
Mrs. Hester Dorsey Richardson, founder and president of the order of Colonial Lords and Minors in America, departs Baltimore for San Francisco to direct the Colonial Building at the expo. She authored Rid elights on Maryland History and represented Maryland at the Jamestown exposition.
The article notes Iowa shifts in liquor laws with Des Moines going dry while Waterloo may become wet for the next nine months. State associations may move the 1915 convention from Des Moines to Waterloo as venues reconsider host cities.
London reports a curious shell explosion effect in military hospitals. Dr. Charles Myers cites three cases where troops, while uninjured flesh-wise, lose taste and smell, unable to distinguish sour from bitter or salty, forming a distinct shell shock class related to hysteria.
In Washington on March 2 President Wilson sent to the Senate the nominations of George A. Huffman for Des Moines postmaster and Edward Kirby for Sioux City postmaster. Huffman’s appointment came as a surprise and Kirby’s approval ended a contentious contest led by Judge Wade and opponents linked to Frank R. Wilson.
A brief item from the Philadelphia Public Ledger recalls a hypothetical scenario about leaving a baseball game in the ninth inning tied, questioning loyalty and devotion framed as a social test.
The People's Mutual Loan and Savings Association held its annual meeting with G. Sedgwick reelected president and J. Uy Jharte Wan Wis co elected vice president. Edwin Mesivk kept the secretary post, W. UL bie gun named treasurer, and long-serving directors Reek and Manuel honored for 36 years. Auditing committee re elected. nine loans approved totaling but a misprint leaves figures unclear.
Marshalltown reports Edwin J. Nokes aged 61, a patient at the county hospital, died after allegedly finding the new federal law would curb morphine access. He was found dead in bed this morning, having reportedly cut an artery with a pocket knife.
Total collections reach 6.10 toward a 100 goal to buy braces for a crippled son and daughter after infantile paralysis. W B Vankvery of 203 Washington Street urges contributions through the court and reporter offices or directly to his family. The father works as a fireman at Kemble greenhouses on Third Avenue.
Property owners along brick paved streets in the city’s business section oppose replacing brick with asphalt in 1915. W J Strayer, county board chairman, signed the petition. others say they favor brick until worn out and oppose an added burden on nearby property owners.
Resident ALFL Gates of the Waterloo Business College with WLP Teer, stenotype district agent, left early morning for New Hampton to oversee the annual banquet for students and parents. President Gates plans to stay overnight to review work completed at the New Hampton College.
Sin Burt will lecture at the Progress Club of the Citizens Gas and Electric Company this evening at eight sharp. The talk aims to simplify electrical theory and recent scientific investigations for a general audience using lab demonstrations.
A long list of property transactions across Waterloo and Cedar Falls dominated by various lot and block transfers with prices noted. An unrelated advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills claiming relief for kidney pain backache and rheumatism.
RCA No. 1125 announces a regular business meeting and initiation in Pinkerton hall on Wednesday evening March 1. A large class will be initiated and all members are urged to attend.
The YWCA hosts a St Patrick’s party for contest-winning beginners and married women with a 69 percent member gain, plus hostesses from several groups. March birthdays will be celebrated with a public party at the YWCA, featuring supper, music, and toasts. A new cooking class for advanced domestic sciences starts tomorrow afternoon, and a YMCA basketball game against East High is planned Wednesday evening. The Waterloo Commercial Club discusses membership growth, while Rep and Mrs Clayton J. Vronson’s nine-month-old daughter battles pneumonia.
An aged witness in the Grocery sill contest yesterday provided amusement with odd replies and antics. She sought private talks with Judge Mullan, left the stand to converse with opponents, and after finishing, thanked the jurors. She claimed a right to sit in the bar area but was barred from doing so.
A promotional appeal touts Dr Willard's Home Treatment for gums and loose teeth. It claims a painless, inexpensive method to cure pyorrhea gingivitis and foul breath, urging readers to request a free book and stop costly dental visits. The message cites dramatic reader testimonials and provides an address in Chicago for responses.
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