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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
1
In Iowa City on March 14 Muscatine YMCA basketball defeated Ottumwa 16 to 13 to claim the state YMCA title. The Pearl City led 13 to 7 at halftime, with Ottumwa scoring six in the second half but unable to close the gap. This was their third meeting with one win each prior.
About thirty baseball fans gathered at City Hall to discuss forming a city league. Frank Mulkern was elected chairman as plans for a four team club were outlined, with potential Saturday and Sunday games. A grounds committee was named to report on location and park improvements, with the next meeting set for Wednesday March 20 at 8 o'clock.
Chicago March 14. O K G Billings reports that the harvester will voyage abroad in the coming weeks as part of a broader agricultural initiative. The note confirms plans and timing with no further details.
Senor Don Rodolfo Gaona, famed Mexican and Spanish bull fighter, leaves Mexico City for Madrid to begin his season on April 7. At 23, he earns far more than many opera stars, with a sixty-fight contract paying about six thousand pegotas. The Harvester, famed trotting stallion, sold for over $50,000 and will head to Russia with Billings string, while trainer Ed Geers prepared him for entry into harness racing.
In St Louis on March 14 a telegram from Chicago was shown to Mrs Bob Fitzsimmons. She quoted the message and complained that her husband would injure her if he could. She planned to cancel a Chicago booking and seek engagement elsewhere.
Jim Flynn the Pueblo firefighter knocked out Western league umpire Jack Haswell during a playful bout in Omaha. English lightweight Owen Moran outpointed Pat Moore in a ten round New York tilt with Moore badly bruised. Major league changes: 42 former American Association players from last year won or left. Milwaukee edged St Paul in a deal involving Weldell and La Crosse. Quaker manager Doom hails pennant rivals. Chesbro seeks comeback. A local verse notes a town man who overestimates, then signs on with the team.
Wheels from the tender and baggage car came off the rails but were quickly replaced. The baggage car was converted into a temporary hospital with a Dunkerton physician arriving on scene to provide first aid to the injured.
William Yockey, drunk at Lafayette and East Fourth, claims he is returning from his father in law R Downs funeral. He was jailed after police noted intoxication and attempted to bring him home. A second man, also intoxicated, claimed ownership of a grip and was arrested. Both to be arraigned tomorrow.
Indianola IA March 14 Clint L Price of Indianola announced his bid for the Democratic nomination in Iowa's Seventh District. He previously challenged Congressman Prouty in the last election.
Rev. D. Fouse dies at 72 after 45 years as a minister in the Reformed church and 20 years as general superintendent of the board of home missions. Funeral plans referenced in notice from Lisbon, Ta.
A severe snow storm is in progress with about three inches accumulated by 11 o'clock. The forecast indicates continued heavy snowfall through the day. Winds from the northeast presage more accumulation while the temperature hovers just below freezing.
A train on the Chicago Great Western derailed near Waterloo injuring several travelers. One car tipped on its side, rescuers and ambulances moved the injured to Presbyterian hospital. Foreman Alexander Brand among the hurt, while two laundry workers and a traveling salesman suffered wounds. Early rumors of deaths were unconfirmed.
An advertisement extols a product called TIZ for tired aching feet. It promises relief from bunions corns and soreness, claims improved shoe fit and lasting comfort, and notes a 26 cent price per box with direct sales from Walter Luther Dodge & Co of Chicago. It urges purchase through drug and department stores.
The Spangler feast will be held at the county home next Monday in Delhi In March 14. In keeping with Mrs Grace ix Spangler's will the event invites all county dependents and allows each inmate to bring two guests. An elaborate dinner, funded by the home farm, will be served followed by speeches music and recitations the day regarded with pleasure by the county’s poor.
An old medicine ad urges readers to take Hicks Capadine for head pains whether sick or nervous. The copy promotes a simple cure with confident claims, targeting common ailments and daily discomforts. The fragmentary text emphasizes the remedy as the sure solution to headaches and nervousness.
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