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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1913
Page
10
Walnut Street Baptist Church extended a call to Rev. Edward M. Rhoades of Danville to become assistant pastor. The church has grown from about 150 members to 700 in seventeen years, under pastorships of Dr. H. G. Beeman and Dr. John Bunyan Smith.
The Walnut Street Baptist Church reports growth in membership with about 150 new members this year and a flourishing Sunday school near Chautauqua park. An added modern chapel building supports missions in China and other works. Rev. M. Rhoades, 31, native of Indiana, joins as assistant pastor after studies at Peru High School, Chicago University, Purdue University, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He previously served pastorates in Covington and Dana Indiana and Danville Illinois and completed a three year term in Danville last July. His experience focuses on institutional and departmental church work.
Mrs. James Deiton and Mrs. W. W. Blaster of Jesup visit the city. Eastern Star Wo. 128 meets at Masonic temple Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. CF No. 445 meets in K C hall Tuesday to plan a picnic. Horace Van Meter Alfred Johnson and Charles McManus sail for a Cedar River trip by canoe to Cedar Rapids. Royal Neighbors of America hold meeting in Leash hall Tuesday. Black Hawk county convention Sept 18 at Dewar. O K eefe and Towns ambulance to Gilbertville to transfer John Luck of New Hartford to St Francis hospital. condition not reported as serious.
Tuesday afternoon program lists a 1 o'clock luncheon for Happy Hour club The Inn Bik Run. Joint plans of Y W and Y M G A Prospect Park. Mhilathea class Walnut Street Baptist Cedar River park. Riverside club Mrs Carl Danton Chautauqua park. Guest honors for Miss Clara Walker and Mrs Julian Olst Prospect Park.
Prof Daniel W Mead of Madison submits his report to Judge Mullan, assessing the Cedar river waterway beneath the Mullan avenue concrete arch bridge. He finds a free flow possible during extraordinary floods, but warns that future rare events could require sea walls along Cedar River to Black Hawk creek and possible levee and bridge height upgrades to prevent Waterloo flooding.
Daniel W Mead advises municipal authorities on flood risks from a proposed bridge location north of Cedar River and near Black Hawk Creek. He warns piers would deflect water during floods, threatening adjacent property, and urges careful planning, redevelopment, and early action to safeguard Waterloo from future extraordinary floods.
James E. Singes, former Waterloo manufacturer now bail bonded for grand jury, sues for divorce from W. A. Briggs of Waterloo in San Francisco on grounds of desertion and extreme cruelty. They married August 7, 1901 at Syracuse, have no children or community property. Briggs alleges wife cold and nagging, prompting move to California. Case to be tried in San Francisco, prosecuted by John F. Brennan.
A heavy rainstorm began before dawn and persisted into morning, soaking fields and garden crops. The 0.50 inch fall revived maturing corn and vegetables, easing humidity for Waterloo residents as cooler autumn air followed the shower. Thermometer readings for September show notable temperature fluctuations with highs around the mid 60s.
Voters in the third Maine district went to the polls to choose a successor to Congressman Forrest Goodwin. The Republican candidate seeks Wilson administration endorsement and tariff bill support. Mayor William Pattangall backs the Democratic ticket with Secretary Bryan aiding. Candidates include John A. Peters, Ellsworth, Republican, and Ewald M. Lawrence, Lubec, Progressive.
Prof Estes, dairy expert and chair of the Dairy Cattle Show committee, announced after hurrying along Fourth Avenue that the day’s big personal news was the birth yesterday morning of a daughter weighing seven and a quarter pounds at the Bartel home on Grant Avenue.
Chicago market notes wheat ease on lower cables and freer Russian shipments while northwest receipts stay large. Corn opens mixed with rains being insufficient for relief, oats feature light trade and firm prices. Provisions rise on yard gains and packer support as hogs, cattle, and market receipts are summarized with scattered demand across items.
The clipping shows a dense table of grain prices and futures for wheat, oats, corns, flax and white/red/yellow varieties across markets in New York, Duluth, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis and Winnipeg with Sept Dec expiries and percentage quotables. Names of grades Noor No. 2 white and No. 4 yellow appear alongside regional market references and month codes.
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