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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1914

Page

8

Easier Cookery Methods Taught by Florence Peet in Waterloo

Florence M. Peet, secured by the Courier and Reporter, to give six free lectures and cookery demonstrations at the Armory for Waterloo women. She teaches scientific housekeeping and easy methods to reduce kitchen drudgery and improve efficiency, with emphasis on standard measurements and precise recipes.

Florence M. Peet Courier Waterloo Miss Peet Courier and Reporter Armory Peet Peat

Antwerp Zeppelin Raid Report Describes Harmless Strike

The Ant werp correspondent of Central News details a second German Zeppelin raid on Antwerp just before dawn. He says the bombardment showed the futility of German efforts, with rifles and machine guns firing from rooftops and flames erupting from vantage points while the city remained calm until dawn.

Landon Antwerp The Central News Frers

Less Dope Fiends on Account of War

Physicians at the City Medical Society meeting warned that opiate use will decline in the United States due to rising import prices from Europe. The discussions covered school medical inspection, milk inspection, county cage treatment, the new workingmen’s compensation law, and methods for general account collection. The meeting was well attended and a light Japcha was served at the cload.

United States Europe City Medical Society Cload

Cedar Rapids Line Nears Completion For Cedar Valley Route

Work on the Cedar Rapids extension of the Cedar Valley lines is near completion. A large force of workmen is finishing the final connection between the two cities and trains are expected to operate soon.

Cedar Rapids Cedar Valley

Rail line progress between two cities on schedule

The weather favored railroad work this summer and construction gangs worked quickly. President Caan announced last winter that cars would run between the two cities before October 1, and the prediction is expected to come true.

Bu l Caan

Cruel Days Ahead For School Boy

Fateful days loom as school opens with summer ending and stores stocking school goods. West and east city buildings are cleaned for Monday morning, with Superintendents Hakill and Kling and Principals Wallace and Miller tightening schedules. Teachers arrive through the week bringing several new faces to Waterloo.

Hakill Kling Wallace Miller Waterloo

Bank Clearings and Realty Transfers of Waterloo in 1914 Week

Bank clearings for the week ending September 3 1914 were 1,161,834.20 with daily totals listed and last year’s figure 1,375,851.75. Realty transfers show weekly totals and prior week comparisons, plus chattel mortgages and mortgages data. Deaths in June total 1,558 with 40 in Black Hawk county. diseases of the heart were most common, 169. Infants under one year numbered 187. longevity rising due to sanitation and health boards. June county mortality around 9 per 1,000.

Black Hawk County Abstract Co Waterloo Bank Leah G. H. Sumner Black Hawk County Boards of Health

U S Wins Control of Key Panamanian Harbors

The United States secures absolute control of Colon and Ancon harbors and two Ancon islands, plus Battery Hancock site and northern canal front pieces in a new treaty with Panama. The accord replaces the 1904 Davis agreement and expands Panama’s direct link to the republic, with four years of negotiations culminating in September.

Panam Sept United Suites Walters Colon Ancon Wm. Jennings Price Ernest T. Lefevre Canal Zone Panama Canal Panama Republic Tas Sabanas Panamia United States Anson Ancon Harbor Coast Artillery

Dry Leader Sued for Slander Over Prohibition Work

Des Moines reports lawyer and former temperance worker WH Saw yer sues A A Cantes secretary of the Iowa Constitutional Prohibitory Amendment association for 10000 damages. Alleged slander covers period 1910 to 1924 while Sawyer headed the association and managed funds and lecture programs. The case follows a separate action for unpaid salary from 1913 14 with remarks alleged to accuse Sawyer of embezzling Prohibition funds. Also noted is W J Schmidt leaving for Omaha to attend the national postoffice clerks convention and a vacation plan with his wife in Magnolia.

Des Moines WH. Sawyer A. A. Cantes Iowa Constitutional Prohibitory Amendment Association Sawyer Rawyer Diset Coater John Wright Coates W. C. Barber All Saloon League M.S. Odle Schmidt Postofice Omaha

We Do Furnace Repairing

Beakley Mdn Co offers furnace repairing services. Contact 448 for service inquiries.

Heakley Hdw Beakley Mdn. Co

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