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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
6
A newspaper ad touts 5,000 yards of Flowueiges Swiss Nainsook and Cambrie fabrics including 18 inch lengths at up to 69 cents per yard, with Monday pricing at 25 cents a yard. It also advertises two cases of fine tissues never sold for less than 20 cents per yard, offering Monday yard deals.
Local brief notes report on amber lenses for sunlight, visits and travel across cities, court actions, and police updates. Highlights include a debt suit by Citizens Savings Bank of Harper against Joseph C. Kaufman for 68.78, police stay watches, a funeral in Dubuque, and a Waterloo hotel incident with a $10 fine.
Water loo physicians including Drs. T McManus Rentt and W T Small returned from Burlington where the Town Medical Society held its sixty first annual convention. Dr McManus spoke on Traumatic Injuries of the Cornea. Dr W B Small was reelected treasurer. officers include Trevnor Frantz Dorr Osborn Small with Dunkelberg as councillor from the third district.
Mrs Caroline Lartlect Crane testified at a Nelson resolution hearing that secret department of agriculture regulations diluted meat inspection and lowered standards. She charged Secretary Wilson appointed pro-regulation personnel to influence policy and urged removing the meat inspection service from the bureau of animal industry.
The piece notes surprise in New York over Robert Bacon’s resignation as United States Ambassador to France to join Harvard as a fellow. It suggests his departure followed a visit from J Pierpont Morgan and hints at a possible association with Morgan’s interests. It argues meat inspection favors packers, with the public undervalued in the system.
Sheriff Shores and County Attorney Hoxie returned from Cedar Falls where they aided police in locating the assailant of Miss Carrie Peterson, who was beaten and robbed near her East Cedar Falls home on Thursday night. No definite clue tied to suspects arrested in railroad yards, and Peterson’s limited identification forces reliance on circumstantial evidence.
The defense argues that the incident was intended as a robbery rather than a criminal assault, but no assault occurred. Miss Peterson remains suffering from nervous shock and numerous injuries to her head, face, and arms.
Opening date for the Jobbers baseball league moved from next Saturday to next Thursday to allow full preparations and favorable conditions. The governing board will meet Tuesday at 8 PM in Courier editorial rooms. all league members and players are invited.
An Ohio style tale from a Pennsylvania railroad town tells how a veteran engineer saved his train by stopping before a dangerous bridge after dreaming of disaster. He later vowed to never again grip the throttle, choosing a safer role in repair shops while others praised his caution.
Young princes Prince Christian von Eressen- Philippsthal-Barehfeld and Prince Heinrich XXVII von Reuse head to the United States with the German cruiser squadron. The fleet, arriving at Hampton Roads on June 8, will be received by President Taft and entertained in Washington under Rear Admiral Paschwitz.
Andrew Bengston committed death by his own action yesterday morning by leaping in front of a Rock Island passenger train near the old pap mill crossing. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 PM from 405 Reber avenue with Dr. Walter H. Rollins in charge. interment Elmwood. Coroner Waterbury declined inquest after preliminary inquiry.
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