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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
6
Waterloo dealers planned to meet at the Commercial Club to discuss a sweeping auto show using each city garage as a display area. The event, aimed for March 29, 30 and 31, promises decor, music, prizes, and extended features, with each garage responsible for its room. Twins born to Mr and Mrs William Kaumano were also reported.
Experimental English findings claim catarrhal deafness and head noises stem from constitutional trouble. A home remedy using Parmint Double Strength is prescribed, mixed with hot water and sugar, then taken four times daily to reduce inflammation in the Eustachian tubes and balance middle ear secretions. The ad urges all with catarrh to try the recipe.
Chicago March 4 Wheat fell sharply in the last 16 minutes of trading amid unconfirmed reports that millions of dollars in war supply orders were canceled in the past 48 hours. May delivery slid to 1.37 a bushel, down about 7 1 2 cents from the prior close, with a volatile final session as prices dipped then rebounded slightly.
Des Moines March 4 an endorsement of President Wilsons European war policy was tabled in the Town senate by a 5 to 4 vote. A Clarkson substitute urged Congress to name a five man peace commission. The original proposal named Roosevelt and Taft as members. Debate showed opposition centered on praising the Wilson policy.
Heavy fighting reported near Sabinas as Villa and Carranza forces clash. Carranza troops reportedly lost many and retreated after cutting off one column, according to official dispatches to the state department.
Washington March 4 The German government reply to the American note proposing a joint plan with Great Britain to lessen dangers to neutral shipping in the war zone was made public today in Washington.
The Brace Fund of 100 dollars to buy braces for a son and daughter of William Van Moery at 2023 Washington Street is now nearly fully funded, with receipts of 250 dollars 2 dollars and 1 dollar from local friends. The father works as a fireman at the green houses on Third Avenue West and carpentry in summer. the children suffer infantile paralysis, with attacks about four years ago.
Washington March 4 The state of Arizona appealed to the supreme court today from the federal district court decision that held unconstitutional the Arizona anti alien employment law. Great Britain and Italy protested the measure as a treaty rights violation.
Washington reports Robert W. Woolley of Virginia is nominated to direct the mint. Maurice Connolly of Iowa is disposed as a candidate. Connolly does not expect a federal appointment and had not planned a serious bid for the mint directorship.
The remains of Mrs. Nancy Moody were taken to South MtGregor for funeral services and interment after her death yesterday at Presbyterian hospital. She is survived by a son and a daughter. Also noted is architect William J. Pedicord visiting Oelwein to view land for a three story store building on the G. W. Phillips estate, estimated at about 15000 dollars.
Waterloo weekly bank clearings report shows totals for the week and comparisons to previous periods, alongside realty deeds values and instruments to date. The issue also records the marriage of Heulah M. Hoff to Jamies McRoberts at the Hoff home in Orange township with a family reception and notes the bride’s teaching tenure and local ties.
Mr. McRoberts, from a notable Greene family, has spent the past years near Waterloo. He and his partner will begin housekeeping at the I. M. Forney farm, commonly called the old Wike homestead, near Orange Center.
Market summary from York lists cheese and dairy receipts for creamery products with varied scores and prices, including creamery extras and firsts, alongside state whole milk and unsettled Beggs figures. Poultry prices show live chickens and turkeys steady with small changes. dressed poultry and roasting chickens in limited movement. frozen items noted.
London correspondence notes Europe’s statesmen call for baby boys as essential for postwar needs, likening them to vital resources like wheat and copper. They set aside peacetime norms on marriage to ensure births, stressing urgency in the postwar rebuilding effort.
For Waterloo March 29th to 31st 1915 listing shows business participants: I P Albert 809 811 Walnut Central Auto and Supply Co Sixth and Franklin Franklin Motor Co 503 West Fourth Hileman Motor Car Co 405 West Fourth Miller Motor Car Co 911 Sycamore Morris Motor Co 308 310 East Fifth Peverill Motor Sales Co 728 Mulberry Repaa Auto Co 217 219 West Fifth West Motor Sales Co 1100 1104 Sycamore Waterloo Overland Co 104 108 East Fifth Waterloo Electric Vehicle Co 610 Washington St Morg Banfield 712 Sycamore Sylvester 705 Franklin Guy Campbell Co 181 183 Bridge 81 Dart Motor Truck Co Meeting of all automobile men at Waterloo Commercial Club Rooms tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for final arrangements.
A 1915 era article outlines German efforts to encourage rapid family growth, pairing fathers with frontline strength while midwives assist in Belgium and northern France. France legalizes illegitimate births. England faces criticism from bishops over treating unmarried mothers as equal in war benefits. English and French policies seek to boost marriages before front deployment, with proxy marriages in France proposed to legitimize children of soldiers. European women’s objections appear muted, while public notices and real estate ads intermingle with wartime social policy discussions.
Hetty Green, reputedly the world's richest woman, lives in a small room off a pantry on Sixty second Street near Madison Avenue. A cot, chair, bureau, and oil stove are her furnishings as she recovers from illness. She says she feels well, having outlived four executors and six doctors who predicted a year to live, and she values sleep, food, and conscience over indulgence.
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