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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
5
A retailer highlights carefully selected fabrics from top mills tested for strength and color. Tailoring is done by expert tailors and prices are fair, not inflated, just enough to ensure customer satisfaction with a guaranteed garment.
Residents on Franklin street petition Cedar Falls council to pave Franklin immediately and offer to fund intersecting streets at no city cost. If Clay street paving is halted by court action, the council may grant a favorable hearing to Franklin residents.
Judson J. Lyon a carpenter living at 318 BGratnober street employed by Illinois Central Railroad had two fingers and part of his left hand cut off early this morning while operating a joiner in the car repairing department. The accident happened shortly after seven o clock as the workmen were mounting the machines. Lyon’s hand was caught in the teeth and amputations followed. He suffered severe pain and blood loss and was taken to the office for medical care before being moved to his home.
Waterloo council No. 1051 Knights and Ladies of Security held a large meeting at their hall last evening. New officers were elected and committees named. Frank G. Remington elected secretary and Mrs. R. G. Verne prelate. Airs W. W. West and Mrs. Intha Ivey named as supporters to the president. William J. Mehle and R. B. Nennett noted in the proceedings.
The Rev. Elias Skinner will receive last rites at Grace M E church tomorrow at 2 30 with Rev EH D Hull and several old-time Methodist ministers officiating. Masons W R C Lincoln Circle Ladies of the A R and Robert Anderson post will attend in a body. Burial follows in Fairview cemetery mausoleum. Relatives and friends from distant places will join the service.
Word comes from San Antonio Texas of the death of Rev P H Hines a well known Iowa pastor of the United Evangelical church. He formerly preached at Ashton and Marshalltown and also served in Omaha Nebraska. He went south seeking recovery from illness.
Kossuth county Democrats adopted resolutions favoring Champ Clark for president. Twenty delegates to the Burlington convention on May 16 were elected, but no instructions were given.
A Waterloo notice lists Ernest Van Schoick and Alvina Klemp as licensed to wed along with Henry E. Wolff of Cadar Falta and Eva Mauda Webster of Cedar Falls in a regional marriage license entry.
Memorial Day programs set by the James Brownell post G A R include a memorial sermon by Rev. D B Weiner at the Zion Evangelical church and an address by Dr H H Seerley. Cedar Falls Concert band and Teachere College Glee club will provide music at the opera house.
Washington May 2 This report states that more than 15 million persons will vote in the presidential campaign this year based on the Statistical Abstract figures. It notes the 1908 total and analyzes the average population per vote across multiple elections. The article lists state by state electoral data and names party leaders.
Deputy Game and Fish Warden Brees led fishermen who moved fish from ponds along the river below Bik Run to the Cedar. The operation was successful, restoring stock left by recent overflow. The catfish included 60 pounds.
In Waverly on May 2 a man named Giles and his wife found 16 dollars hidden under a carpet edge. The money, placed there at Christmas for safekeeping until banks opened, had been forgotten. The discovery came during a cleaning raid that had the housewives urging more help.
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