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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1917
Page
3
City council to meet in special session to act on sewer program for the season and approve plats while advertising for bids. A four bridge program is proposed including a river bridge at Sans Souci and a Black Hawk bridge with extensions from Wellington to Hagerman, plus a Parker Street span.
Petition circulated by O A Manning with about 200 signatures asks for a street car line along Jefferson Street to La Porta road. The proposal covers roughly 1.25 miles and will be taken to a joint conference of street railway and city officials for discussion of franchise drafts and potential expansions including Wellington to Hagerman, Third Street line extensions, and service toward Cedar River park bathing beach.
Washington reports that about 40 Dutch steamships in British ports have been confiscated by the British government. The move follows long standing Dutch refusals to carry cargoes to British destinations, with ships detained for six to eight weeks. The information comes from a grain house that supplied grain to the Dutch government. Confirmation could not be obtained in the Netherlands.
Communication from the marors' committee of America urges Mayor W. R. Law to convene a citizen action to adopt resolutions supporting the government during the international crisis. April 5 is suggested for the demonstration and urging display of national colors nationwide. Flags are reportedly common in many cities, but some display windows lack the stars and stripes.
Mark J. Rechtfertie, formerly foreman in the East Street Department, is appointed motorcycle patrolman by Chief J D Calewell. He will begin Sunday and lead a crusade against speeders and automobile law violators. Chief Caldwell seeks two more officers for summer traffic duty. council action pending.
Committees met last evening of the Sons of Veterans and auxiliary to confer with other patriotic orders and arrange for display of the flag in homes business houses and public buildings. The display of the flag is requested as a patriotic observance by all citizens.
wartime dispatch describes artillery fighting near Antre du Mesnil and Maisons de Harigne along the Tenmile front. Reports heavy shelling east of the lower forest of Couey and advances with prisoners taken in the region of Chaaipaue, while a lull follows on the Oise front amid thaw.
New York police detained a man who claimed to be Mathas Johnson of Amboy after finding a motorboat with dynamite and detonating caps within a half mile of Fort Totten and near a United States destroyer on neutrality duty. He said he was a wrecker seeking shelter from rain and darkness, but produced no license to transport dynamite or operate as a wrecker.
Des Moines reports revised estimates showing April 1 distribution of 1,250,000 across 99 counties for good roads. Funds come from automobile licenses and flow through Security Savings Bank amid a state auditor requested condition statement noting 100,000 capital stock and 20,000 surplus.
Several hundred boys, many of foreign birth, gather at the Salvation Army citadel in Chicago for a patriotic demonstration. Lifesaving Scouts members will pledge allegiance to the United States and wear the traditional uniforms of their fathers’ lands.
Mrs Milforp T Cas of 322 Harmony St Penn's Grove testifies to the Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieving inflammation weakness and irregular menses. She reports severe pain before use then improvement after taking the remedy and urges others to trust Pinkham products for displacements backache and nervous distress.
The Vacant Lot Farming club reports 130 applicants seeking plots as leases begin. Of offered lots, 11 percent are already promised to non downtown areas, prompting a canvass to place near applicants. The group stresses plants as patriotic duty and warns forfeiture for neglect.
Local notices report repairs by Buchanan and a two week Tex trip, court clerk Paut in Des Moines, St Mark's Episcopal service tomorrow, weddings licensed for William Terikinson and Elizabeth Holland, settlement award of $50 to Addie Ketlar from La Porte, funeral attendance for Rev. C. A. Peddicord, health updates for Gary Peddigord and county Supt. Moeller, noon meetings at Waterloo Gasoline Engine plant, Christ Episcopal Church services to be limited, Ladies' Guild meeting, Loyal Order of Moose entertainment for members, Miss Melen Gaiser corrections, benefit dance for Harley Burns funds, accident involving John Schmidt, Miss Harriet Lytle visiting Monmouth, classmate Caroline White visiting, Monmouth Glee Club tour, M L Bowman assigned to International Harvester campaign in Nebraska starting May 7.
Report from Berne via Paris says Vienna authorities and citizens reacted with surprise and dismay at news the Vienna munitions loan totaled 1 billion crowns instead of the 250 million asked. Some blame national lenders for not investing, preferring to lend locally. An investigation is expected.
J P Halland president of the New York state federation of labor issued an official appeal to organized labor to sign a pledge backing the president in protecting American rights. The pledge is circulated by the federation's national defense committee and hundreds of thousands have signed. The note ends with a local line about Waterloo Courier circulation.
A maintenance of way strike affecting about 1000 workers on the Chicago and Alton railroad from Chicago to St Louis and Chicago to Kansas City is called for 6 pm. The wage demands include a 10 dollar monthly foremen raise and 12.5 percent for foremen to assistants, 19 to 22.5 cents hourly for laborers, and a 7 dollar monthly crossing watchman raise. Officials in Kansas City report little impact and no confirmation from road management.
New Haven March 28 spring football at Yale has been discontinued because of uncertainty in national affairs. The decision was announced today by Yale athletics officials.
Advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as instant relief for a weak or overworked stomach. Claims include no gas, souring, lump in throat, or bitter morning taste and urges banqueters and rich-food environments to use the product. Free trial package offered via coupon.
An old newspaper ad promotes Pope's Diapepsin as a cure for indigestion and fermentation in the stomach. It claims the product neutralizes acidity within minutes and stops gas belching, with a large case priced at fifty cents.
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