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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
8
Heavy March snow breaks numerous records as Waterloo totals 33.5 inches in three and a half months, with 12 inches in March alone. Officials warn of further storms and potential nationwide record breaks as rail traffic suffers and plows try to clear routes.
Short items report a new hair goods line at 3244 W 4th St and the phone listing for Mrs S EB Johnson. Several social notices follow including visits among Waterloo area residents, travel plans to Cedar Rapids and Palo Alto, and a Waterloo High School assembly with Rev Edgar A Valiant. William Goodfellow was injured exiting a Rock Island train at Mt Auburn.
A Detroit News column notes a pastor opposing a bride’s father giving her away, arguing the bride should be free like the groom who gives himself away. It adds a satirical line about bags of potatoes and a Courier ad suggesting readers need attic stored furniture.
Farmers urged to germination test every ear as seed quality decides Iowa’s 1912 corn yield. With $70,000,000 at stake, many regions face seed shortages and poor stock from Nebraska to Oklahoma. Authorities push nationwide seed testing to ensure a vigorous stand.
John Wilcox, 1831 birth, Clyde Park Montana resident, died in his daughter Mrs A E Bennett’s home at 1701 Lafayette Street of craemic poisoning yesterday afternoon at 2 50. He had visited two weeks since Thanksgiving and planned to return east. Surviving are seven children including Mrs Julia Griffith Mrs Lizzie Boddy and Mrs Havens. 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral plans await word from Montana relatives. body likely to be sent to his old home for burial.
Waterloo overseer Joseph Klingaman reports a spike in destitution with many families lacking food fuel and clothing. He cites crippled elderly women, a mother with a two week old baby, and aid already supplied with fuel and garments amid a harsh winter front.
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