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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1912
Page
12
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, safe cure for indigestion and related stomach distress. It promises relief within five minutes, enabling continued enjoyment of meals, and recommends a fifty cent bottle for home use.
O F Teeter purchased the corner of Fifth and Washington streets known as the Joder and Troxel properties from Mrs Peterson. The 120 by 100 foot site fronts Washington and Fifth and will be cleared for brick business blocks. Purchase price was 15500. Adjacent Bumpus residence near Sacred Heart church also sold to A B Hallowell. No saloons for two years per Waterloo Business Men's Temperance Association advertisement.
Rev. Jesse McLaughlan, eleven years a missionary in the Philippines, spoke at the First M E Church using Ezekiel and the little river parable to illustrate faith leading to eternal life. He is a Bible society field worker and recent Cedar Falls address highlighted Home Mission Week of Prayer.
Dr. Henry Turner Bailey and Royal B Farnum prepare for a U S Bureau of Education exhibit showcasing top drawing work from elementary to normal schools and select art schools. The portable show will travel to cities at minimal transportation cost, aiming for a compact yet notable display.
A proposed drawing exhibit prepared by two renowned American art education leaders will ship around January first and be sent to localities with minimal cost. Dr Claxton expects it will advance drawing and art in public schools by promoting application to the Education Commissioner in Washington, DC. Read about the temperance plea from Waterloo Business Men's Temperance Association.
Good roads will be the principal topic at the Iowa Automobile association convention opening tomorrow afternoon in city hall. H Leslie Smith secretary has been here since Saturday to finalize plans. The first session starts at 2 pm with Mayor R C Thompson giving the address of welcome and W E Moyer of Des Moines presiding. The program includes responses from H O Bernbrock N E Nissen and editors and A G Batchelder of the American Automobile association executive committee.
In La Crosse Wisconsin on November 18 the circuit court hears the case of Dr Ralph Allen accused by twenty eight girls and involved in two divorce actions. A woman claims misappropriation of eight thousand dollars and testifies as the chief witness that she was enticed to La Crosse under false pretenses and kept prisoner in his apartments. Two local girls are among the witnesses. Allen faces a divorce action from Berdina Peustah of Reedsburg asserting marriage in Minneapolis while he had another wife. His first wife also sues for nonsupport abuse desertion and immoral conduct.
Marriage license records list Henry F Southerland of Waterloo and Fern I Saxby of Waterloo, Charles W McKenna of Buckingham, Clara F Hayes of Cedar Falls, Howard E Johnson of Cedar Falls, and Emma Belfield of Cedar Falls with various ages and dates. The entries reflect licenses issued in the Cedar Falls Waterloo region.
On December 16 Waterloo will add three postal sub stations at Johnson drug store 645 Independence avenue Ackermann drug store 1427 Third avenue west and F W Gregory drug store 1124 Vaughn street selling stamps money orders and acceptance for registration. Mail delivery remains unchanged. Station 1 at Landgraf drug store has long operated and other post offices exist on Commercial street Fifth street east and Park station in Chautauqua park.
In Jewell and nearby towns illness prompts Dr Louie Ostrem to visit a home, local optician Mr Boyes offers glasses, and a Majestic theatre floor is noted. Elsie Moore and Mabel Redpath visit Cedar Falls, Hast High hosts a domestic science luncheon, and the Alberta cafe on Sycamore street is sold to Harry Hutchinson.
Real estate transfers listed by Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co. include George H. Clark to Elizabeth Clark of lot 8 block 12 Cedar Falls for 1 dollar and Clark to Blanche H. Clark of lot 7 block 12. Lydia R. Hunt et al to Josephine N. B. Goodwin in La Porte City for 2,190 dollars. Other transfers cover Wa terloo parcels, Cedar Falls additions, and Waterloo blocks with prices ranging from 81 to 2,190 dollars.
Seraphir Heights hospital, run by the Franciscan Sisterhood, is nearly finished and will be dedicated December 4. Plans for the ceremony are not yet set but may be elaborate with many prominent Catholics expected. The city is paving the road near the institution to match the interior quality described.
R J Rice reports a Seattle clipping announcing his son A R Rice has been promoted to radio inspector in the department of commerce and labor seventh district covering Washington Alaska and nearby territory. The Waterloo native trained in wireless telegraphy at Des Moines college before moving to Brooklyn. He rose from student to instructor to superintendent in various important posts.
In Waterloo and Marshalltown residents discuss housing scarcity and saloon closures. A resident recalls paying for repairs and modern improvements, while business leaders say rents and storefront occupancy improved after saloons closed. Mayors praise moral and financial gains and back efforts to keep saloon opposition from returning.
Judge F C Platt ordered new equity and law case assignments at 2 pm with eight jurors waived, delaying re calls this term. Seven civil suits against Maytag Mason Motor Co. were dismissed with costs. Sheriff Shores sent 200 cards describing three burglary suspects to sheriffs and police chiefs statewide and in neighboring states. County rural schools report a few winter vacancies. Hubbard Ia man sues Waterloo Land Co for $100 on contract. Later, armed men fired into Standard West Virginia. A train bearing strikebreakers was fired on. militia returned fire with 25 arrests, including three women.
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