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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1915
Page
10
Sioux City officials vow to hold own expenses as city revenue is set to drop 20000 with saloon closures in January. Street department plans for culverts and bridge work face postponement. council eyes nonessential improvements and scaling back to meet tax income. Street grading will proceed citywide amid readjustment.
Keokuk March 13 Living under an assumed name Glenn Hood of Bushnell Ill engaged to wed a widow in Murray near Osceola is jailed to be sent to Peoria to answer murder charges dating to last May He allegedly shot and killed his wife after a failed plan to separate at a Murray resort. A second item notes Frank Amedeo Italian to spend life in Fort Madison penitentiary after murder verdict for killing his wife and daughter on February 5 in Des Moines
Sioux City reports the district court grand jury has nearly finished its investigation of alleged police department corruption. New testimony may delay the weekly report. findings will be submitted to District Attorney George Jepson in Judge Anderson’s absence as he presides at an Onawa trial. Indictments are expected for George Peirce on multiple counts. George Bidwell notes no officials or others will face charges.
March 13 Miss Orpha years old of Columbus Jonetson was burned to death yesterday while making a cold remedy. A kerosene turpentine and lard mixture on the stove burst into flames, igniting her clothing as she ran from room to room attempting to save the home.
Cedar Rapids March 13 The body of Starry Landheer was recovered in Prairie Creek by two fishermen who claimed the $200 reward posted by his brother F C Landheer of Sterling ill The youth fell from a standing train on the Beverly trestle over the creek
Supt Griffith presided at a Northwood preliminary contest yesterday evening in Waverly. Clara Cray of Horton visits Norma Ammilamponp, and many locals hosted guests from Keadyn, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and Osage. Births noted for Rudolph Albright’s daughter and F L McAlpine’s son. nurse Ruth Wentworth returns from Greene. Pythian Sisters held a cupper with state inspector Anna Morrison remarking on the chapter.
Cedar Falls residents attend library story hour and visit relatives while travelers depart for a three month western stay. Notables include Miss Mary Kam funeral details, hunts for council seats, and G A R memorial plans. Evangelist Lowry draws large tabernacle crowd with "The Stump Digger" sermon and several conversions.
The St John Evangelical Lutheran Church votes to build a new pebbled ash church 52 feet by 92 with a six thousand dollar estimated cost. The old church will be sold or torn down after services March 21 led by Rev A C Fritz. committee members are W G Behrens William Hesse and B Ganschow.
Rural teachers gathered at Cedar Falls for the North Central Iowa County Teachers association meeting. The program ran smoothly with a welcome by Prof. Seerley and health lecture by R. Peltongill of Lansing. Miss Margaret Myers presided. new officers and two counties added to the association.
Two athletic tournaments organized by YMCA classes begin next Tuesday at Y Gymnasium. Volleyball and basketball schedules show Business Men, Young Men, and Boys’ departments competing across March 16 to March 22 with multiple matches daily. Winners receive post-series supper with defeated teams. writers invited to attend all games.
Resolution adopted by the Iowa Uride Milders association in Des Moines on March 12 asserts that bridge builders deny graft accusations and support law modifications. It calls for advertisement lettings under supervision and requests an early hearing before roads and highways committee and the state highway commission to discuss changes.
West Union records the death of Miss Thalia Blackmun on Monday at the state sanitarium in Oakdale after long illness. Born September 2, 1892, she lived in West Union most of her life, excelled in public school and Iowa State University study, and joined local art and tourist clubs during her college years. Funeral was held at the Methodist church with burial in West Union cemetery.
A meeting at the Chamber of Commerce parlors in Waterloo formed the Waterloo Motorcycle Club as a temporary entity. Harry Tullur led the meeting with plans for a permanent club, social events, and a general committee to handle founding tasks and future activities.
A cable from Fleet Street says Lafe Young proprietor of the Des Moines Capital has left Belgium and is staying at the Hotel Geet in London. He comments on British French retaliation against Germany as proportional and questions whether clergymen should stop drinking. The New York American notes Young’s recent tour for American relief and broad gratitude abroad.
Cascarets promise rapid relief by cleansing and regulating the stomach removing sour undigested food and foul gases. They claim to flush excess bile from the liver and carry off waste and poison from the bowels easing headaches and colds for healthier bowel action by morning. Includes advice for children and a note about purchasing from a druggist.
The text argues that aid to the United States by food from America could save up to 70 00 000 people from starvation, highlighting the urgency of relief.
Ex postmaster W. T. Arbell of Ex wardsport Indiana reports kidney and back pain relief after using Foley Kidney Pills. The ad claims widespread aid for backache rheumatism joint and bladder issues and notes sale by all druggists.
A regional ad promotes Merital Hezema Remedy for eczema and skin diseases with a guarantee. Prices listed as 00 and 1.00. Advertisements from Red Cross Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co in Waterloo Iowa.
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