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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1913
Page
11
City notice on dog license due by May 1 with delinquency after June 1 under Ordinance No 316. Rates set for males two dollars and females four dollars, per city clerk Russell L DeGon.
City council debated straightening the Fourth Street alley running in an L shape between Fourth Sycamore Park and Lafayette. Property owners offered quit claim deeds to land inside the alley to extend fronting buildings, but the issue paused when Dewey noted warrants were needed to avoid mortgage or other claim complications. The matter was adjourned for a future meeting.
The Gollmar Brothers Show visits Waterloo on Thursday May 15 with a grand street parade and extensive tent spectacle. Parade starts 10 oclock from the Illinois Central lot. the big display includes fine horses, wild animals and lavish tableaux. Performances inside the tents receive equal praise as the management shows the show’s character through the parade.
Washington reports a fragmentary note on prolonged life in parts of the human flame after the organism line died, with the line suggesting continued cellular activity. The report is incomplete and lacks clear entities or dates for fuller context.
South Bend Indiana May 13 Arrest of Herman Hodges alias Popper on a warrant for aiding in publishing a libel against Evangelist William A Sunday. Hodges sold copies of Brann's Iconoclast Saturday in the city and was jailed for arraignment. The case arises from distributing a pamphlet containing false and defamatory statements about Sunday. Police say the warrant was served by Fred Seibert yet Sunday party members deny knowledge of the arrest.
A session of American Physicians and Surgeons discussed the notion that a snake's tail symbolically represents life extended beyond the sun setting. Papers claimed life in cells taken from a living organism has persisted for over four years after the source animal ceased to exist under certain conditions.
An advertisement promoting the Waterloo Evening Courier and Farmer and Breeder combined offer. It markets the best agricultural weekly for the Northwest with practical content from expert farmers. The ad highlights a saving, a renewal drive, and cadeau of multiple addresses.
The S J Lewis American league club must pay Jack OConnor 5000 dollars as salary he would have earned as manager had he stayed with the club. A circuit court jury decided last night after a daylong trial. OConnor testified to rebut others who charged him with giving orders affecting Nap Lajoie and Ty Cobb's 1910 batting averages.
An advertisement urges readers to subscribe to The Iowa Homestead, the oldest and largest farm paper, priced at 3.50 per year for both papers. It invites farmer subscription agents and offers inducements, directing inquiries to James M. Pierce, publisher, Des Moines, Iowa.
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