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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1917
Page
12
London dispatch reports a German raid on Ramsgate sinking a British destroyer and a merchant vessel, while another destroyer sustained damage. The admiralty announced the evening toll today.
Oldtimers weigh whether the Cedar River will set a 40 year lateness record for ice clearing above the dam. After freezing weather, ice clung to shores. past records show late March openings, with 1901 reaching March 22 and 1881 into April. A Waterloo wager hinged on the river clearing by March 29.
Northeastern Ionia area forecast for the next 24 hours calls for generally fair skies today. A low pressure area over the northwest brings southerly winds and rising temperatures in northern states. The disturbance will move west to partly cloudy conditions Monday night and Tuesday with a rise in temperature forecast for Monday night.
The Waterloo evangelistic drive, despite bad weather, drew strong attendance from 18 churches at a Ministerial association meeting. A detailed report will follow by Rev. H. B. Haywood. A committee including Rev. J. R. Macartney, G. C. Fox and C. B. Askins was formed to plan fundraising for Belgian and Armenian starving children, and a paper on preaching to today’s pulpit was read by Rev. O. M. Wagsy.
The Illinois Central railroad will pay Waterloo trainmen an overtime settlement tied to the Adamson law pending the U S Supreme Court ruling. C A Fish says the road has kept records since January 1 and set aside an equivalent sum. Trainmen’s secretary H H Young says the terms are unknown but a satisfactory settlement has been reached and will be acted upon by all brothers.
The Supreme Court sustaining Congress power on the eight hour day act for interstate rail service, overruling lower courts. It held the act a valid regulation under commerce power, endorsing compulsory arbitration of wage disputes to prevent disruption of interstate transportation. Dissent argues the measure overreaches, targets wages rather than commerce, and imposes costs without compensation.
Supreme Court decision sustains constitutional aspects of the 8 hour workday for interstate carriers and authorizes temporary wage boosts of about 25 percent for up to 11 months. It confirms federal power to regulate common carriers, limits injunctions against enforcement, and highlights ongoing debates over future wage scales and regulatory reach.
Walter Ten Eyck, a Dutchman from New Amsterdam, travels to Connecticut with traded pelts and a clock, befriends Patience Weatherby. She guides his return to New Amsterdam where his family resists a Yankee marriage, but Patience uses strategy and wealth claims to win over his parents and secure the match. The tale ends with a betrothal celebrated amid municipal uproar.
City notes on local people and events include miscellaneous visits and illnesses, a funeral service for Mrs. Nancy Conger at Kramer chapel, an appendicitis operation for a Mr. Gerber, and town observations. Also mentions regional business news, a livestock sale by Shlewman, and fire department practices. humorous anecdotes conclude the column.
Historic advertisement promotes Mother's Friend by the Bradfield Regulator Company. It claims to ease abdominal tension during pregnancy, reduce pain and danger, and lessen morning sickness. The notice invites husbands to purchase from drug stores and requests a free mother’s guide from Dept. F.1409 Atlanta Ga.
New York market report lists butter receipts 4,067 tons and 16,221 cases for fresh gathered cheese. Several major firms cited, including American Sugar Refining, Anaconda Copper, Baldwin Locomotive, and International Harvester, with broad coverage of steel, rail, and chemical stocks. A brief human interest note mentions a Miss Soandee teaching school and vaccine anecdotes from a New York Post item, with unrelated jokes from Kansas City Journal.
An advertisement touts a Cincinnati discovery named freezone a thin ether compound. It claims two small bottles remove corns and calluses instantly without pain, letting readers lift away hardened skin after application, with no irritation during use.
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