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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1913
Page
6
Iowa Senate to restrict agenda for rest of session to key issues under Senator McColls measure with set precedence items listed. The plan limits debate to 10 am to 4 pm. Also notes proposed seven dollar weekly minimum wage for girls and sanitation measures for kitchens under the pure food department.
Prof A A Burger of the Black Hawk County Crop Improvement Association printed a pamphlet on oat smut and potato scab with formalin treatment. He cites Iowa losses from smut, outlines the 40 to 1 ratio of formalin to water, and invites farmers to visit his Cedar Falls office for guidance.
Foley's Kidney Pills claim they help any kidney or bladder trouble and backache, with benefits for rheumatism and uric acid poisoning. The ad says the pills are strengthening, tonic, curative and contain no habit forming drugs.
Joseph Bancroft aged 87 died at 9 a.m. at his home 1218 Franklin street Cedar Falls following age related illness. Born December 19 1826 in Leicester England he immigrated to the U.S. in 1851 and settled in Cedar Falls where he established the greenhouse Joseph Bancroft & Sons which became renowned across the state. Survived by four children John W George Bancroft Eliza Knickerbocker and Mary Ford all of Cedar Falls. Funeral Monday at 2:30 p.m. from the house with Rev Titun Lowe officiating burial in Fairview cemetery.
Cedar Falls Indiana March 15 The caucus to nominate a non partisan city ticket was called by Charles Shelley but stormy weather limited attendance to about twenty and a adjournment was set for Monday night at six o clock A non partisan ticket will be placed in the field The local paper's claim that Thursday night was the first non partisan caucus here was denied Three tickets are in the running with Democrats also holding a caucus and the coming election promises to be interesting.
Cedar Falls March notes show Roger Leavitt visiting Des Moines on state education board business and Mabel Frisby heading to Canada to help a farm. Others narrate Iowa Falls Gate Co rep F Z Hale's travel, Mrs. Conkey's Chicago visit, and a Cedar Falls noonday luncheon series. Also listed are Geo W Samson lecturing at Cedar Rapids and Benish checking the local Express office.
Henrietta Crosman starred in The Real Thing at the Waterloo theater last night delivering a lively performance. The story follows a devoted mother neglecting her husband for her children, with wit and domestic tension as the sister Joa Loraine attempts to intervene. The audience praised Crosman and the supporting cast, especially Grace Joyce and Joe Wallace, for their domestic portrayal and stage presence.
Mrs. J. E. Manhard hosted a refined afternoon for Miss Alice Cropper at her Highland home. Eighteen intimate guests enjoyed lavender and white Easter color decor, harpist Louis Alberti, a wedding march by Mrs. Stanley Moore, and a lavender centerpiece eight-course menu. Invitations announce Miss Cropper’s May 7 wedding to Lester Ross at which guests received violet bouquets and hand decorated place cards.
The First Baptist church of Waterloo presented a well attended concert at Dunkerton last night marking its dedicatory service after recent remodeling. About one hundred locals traveled by special car to the event as the Baptist program concluded with a supper by the Ladies' Aid and Easter lilies on the tables.
The program for next Tuesday's Waterloo Theatre concert features Carolina White with Theodora Sturkow Ryder. Selections include Aria from Herodiade, suites and divertissements, and pieces by Glinka Balakirew Schindler Rachmaninoff Arensky Kurk Schindler, with an intermission and a final pair from Marriage Figaro and La Columba.
Iowa forecast shows a cloudy night, cooler in the east, Sunday fair and warmer in the central and west. Chicago market news reports wheat futures slipping on bearish crop outlook and stronger central-west moisture, with May wheat near 89 and closing around 88 5/8. Corn and oats weaken with mixed buying, while hogs and pork prices edge lower. receipts expected around 44,000 hogs and 4,700 leftovers from Sunday.
Cash wheat and corn prices listed with various grades and bids. No. 2 red wheat at 1.00 to 1.06, No. 2 white corn at 46 to 48, oats values around 30 to 34, plus New York and St. Louis close quotes for wheat and corn with May and July futures.
Major Cassius E. Gillette retired U S A mining interests urges immediate recognition of the Huerta government in Mexico. He says swift recognition would allow access to funds to suppress rebellions in outlying states and he visited the White House but did not meet President Wilson.
Ralph Crowl of 439 Denver Street Madison Wisconsin has been elected business manager of the Badger Junior Annual for the coming year by unanimous vote. He won first prize in the Vilas short story contest among 2700 University of Wisconsin entrants and has written poems and moving picture scenarios. News of his election was telegraphed to his father F S Crowl.
A mob that threatened to storm the county jail to lynch Frank Sullens over an attack on Dorothy Holt was dispersed. Four National Guard companies remain on duty and Sheriff Purcell plans to move Sullens and co‑defendant Ernest Harrison to another county seat for safety.
London reports the death of William Hale White known as Mark Rutherford at his country residence at age 84. The writer rose to prominence thirty years ago for novels addressing domestic social moral and theological questions.
Lars Anderson and his wife departed Yokohama aboard the Manchuria for San Francisco. Col. Arthur Bailly-Blanchard, secretary of the embassy, serves as charge d'affaires in Tokio after Anderson’s resignation as United States ambassador to Japan.
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