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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
3
A fragmented society section item lists an office phone 3330 and residence phone 3407 for local personals and departments. The line hints at timing suggestive of morning availability and a reference to a Black area, but details are unclear and incomplete.
Monday Afternoon includes M B Needlework Club with Mrs C ov Bown, Columbia and Carnegie circles at Library west. Monday Evening features B Natural Music Club led by Miss Jessie Fink at 120 Harrison Street with Mrs Chester Cadwallader at Grant circle.
A grand junior senior reception at West High School’s Pythian Temple drew faculty and students into a purple and white themed evening. Sherman Drake led as host with Ray Cleveland Miss Glenn Blakeman Paul Johnson and Miss Marybeth Mack guiding guests through a formal program.
Courier patterns offer accompanying design with a coupon to send to Fashion Department, Even ing Courier Waterloq. Patterns require 6 yards of 26 inch material for 26 inch size. Sizes 34, 36, 40 and 44 inches listed. Orders should arrive ten days after sending.
Rev G Krumm and family depart Denver for Manning Iowa after eleven and a half years serving at the Evangelical church. A farewell for Miss Hulda Krumm and friends, a 35th wedding anniversary at Christ Molling home, and a Denver baseball win over Frederika are noted. Miss Mabel Collins and Ida Collins depart hotel duties. hotel to close awaiting new manager. First interscholastic golf match in Independence history set for Brynee Park with high school teams.
Jerry W. Strand president of the American Gas Company returned to Philadelphia at 2:80 this afternoon after two days inspecting the new district powered by the Citizens Gas and Electric plant. He and his wife visited Charles City and Waterton, touring by automobile. The Evening Courant and Reporter is read in nearly every Waterloo home.
Mrs. Francis Whitley of Webster City elected federation president. Delegates to New York biennial include Jineret Lake Independence and many others. Resolutions urge ballot for women, support suffrage, school medical inspection, water purity, and closer federation press ties. Fire damage repair to Waterloo store. lawn drainage work at county building. broad city paint programs. Orange township consolidation talks pause for district consolidation vote.
The Lassen Peak mud flow surged down the eastern Shasta county valley near Hat Creek, destroying several farms and homes while stranding livestock. Residents fled to higher ground with no lives lost, as a government ranger warned and led evacuees along the valley roads. Bridges were washed away and roads rendered unusable during the surge.
Des Moines May 22 George H York Colfax grocer has been granted a new trial on charges of violating the Mann white slave act by bringing Mrs E Jackson from Kansas City to Des Moines for moral purposes York was convicted a year ago and sentenced to a year and a day at Fort Leavenworth He was released on bonds pending appeal The circuit court of appeals at St Paul reversed and remanded for rehearing The reversal cites exclusion of attorney John Mulvaney testimony while two witnesses saw the conversation in Kansas City York drew notoriety from the M B Wheelock case the Colfax bank cashier who disappeared later found in the Des Moines river York was found heavily indebted to the bank and went through bankruptcy
Carles Carrington a 13 year old Chicago boy on trial in Rock Island Iowa was found guilty of murder and sentenced to twenty five years at hard labor in the penitentiary. The verdict followed a scuffle over an order to remove feet from a table in a dining car. Carrington claims self defense as Nesbit tried to seize a revolver. No eyewitnesses to the shooting exist.
John C. Sullivan of Sioux City died at 3:30 AM after a two week illness Brights disease contributed pneumonia. A former Illinois Central conductor based in Fort Dodge and later with the Great Northern, he was 49 and survived by a widow and children Mrs Clifford Ball Marjorie and John of Sioux City with brothers T H Sullivan of Fort Dodge and J O Sullivan.
The body arrived last night at 9:30. Funeral services were held today at 10 a.m. at Corpus Christi church with Rev. J.T. Saunders in charge. Burial followed at Corpus Christi cemetery. The Courier and Reporter notes the ad service’s value in its Want Ads.
A 1873 dime from the City mint without arrows sold for 170 dollars to a coin collector in New York. The report notes collector interest and market demand driven by Want Ads as a natural result.
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