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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1915
Page
1
Des Moines Register reports Iowa Democrats push for a general conference of dry Democrats to set clear plans, pick standard bearers, and improve organization. Key figures include Sen. John T. Clarkson and supporters of W. Marsh for governor. Polling books show many affiliated Democrats favor wet candidates, complicating the dry effort.
Porte City Sept 11. Webster Thorn and Mrs Grave Betta married on Tuesday and will return Saturday. The groom runs the Palm cafe, and has many friends. Mrs Atlard of Cedar Rapids arrived with her sister for a short visit, returning home soon. Edna Brandt underwent an operation in Minnesota for tenails removal while visiting in Gladbrook. Several residents journeyed to Independence and Waverly for fairs and tepid horse races, and visits to relatives.
Davenport Sept 11 One of Davenport's historic sites the old Trinity cathedral grounds formerly Episcopal and recently used by a chiropractic college was bought by the combined Masonic Judges of Davenport for a future Masonic temple The site on Seventh and Bra 292x150 feet was 22 060 The Masons own the temple site at Third and Male streets worth over 200 000 The property is a good revenue producer and will likely be held for tax purposes
Des Moines reports the Des Moines Methodist conference rejected a merger proposal involving Parsons and Iowa Wesleyan. Instead ministers launched a campaign to raise 400000 for Simpson College including 225000 for endowment and 100000 for a new central building. The conference plans a districted campaign with aid from the national board of education and a New York publicity expert.
Reynolds Indiana farmer PB Heimstra, Dutch Reform church member, arrived in Council Bluffs seeking a hall to stage a side show for Billy Sunday’s tabernacle. He plans matinee and evening services if a local hall is rented, else goes to Omaha. He says he will not oppose Sunday but will present scripture backed views and may collect at his meetings.
Summer illness complaints include headaches rheumatic pains and fatigue. Potey Kidney Pills promise quicker relief by aiding elimination and improving sleep. Plaza Tea Shop offers a special fried chicken dinner Sunday noon to 2 PM at 50 cents. Evening Contier notes high newspaper circulation in Waterloo.
Miss Allen Henry, who recently testified before the grand jury and District Attorney, claims police protect vice in New York and that one man known as Norteie Goldberg controls 1,600 women. She says police are in league with the white slavers and that the crime is as strong as ever, with her jaw broken and facial injuries suffered for speaking out.
A New York City women’s strike was indefinitely postponed at a Aug 24 meeting, with the Publicity council of the Epirs state campaign committee steering the matter. They argue no strike is needed to prove women’s place, praising women’s labor outside the home and urging continued efforts for equal suffrage nationwide. Mrs. Fred A. Patterson of Sioux City notes Californian support and the impact on law and social equality.
Twelve thousand former Iowans now living in California gathered in Long Beach for the Southern California Iowa Association summer picnic and unanimously adopted a resolution urging Iowa to grant women the vote. Miss Falla Rogers spoke on equal suffrage, and the group sent greetings to Iowa with continued devotion to higher ideals back home.
Chilmark Mass editor notes equal suffrage debated like the War. Julia Ward Howe lists twelve reasons women should vote emphasizing dignity, law reform, quicker influence on legislation, better candidates, broader minds, orderly elections, wider educational funding, access to offices, increased female officeholders, higher political honesty, a less commercial view of politics, and closer family ties through shared interests. Alice Stone Blackwell cites Howe’s arguments as still relevant today.
Suffragists promote theVotes for Women message at the Iowa exposition in Des Moines. Exhibits, pennants, maps, and suffrage colors adorn cottages and cafes as visitors encounter the campaign across grounds, cafes, and eating houses during the event.
Des Motees board voted to support an organizer through June as they push suffrage campaigns. Income from the Register and Sentinel women’s edition, the Jawn fete fund, and calendars funded the effort. New suffrage clubs form in Creston and several counties and towns are polling attitudes. National groups including the Association of Collegiate Alumnae and the New York State Federation of Labor back suffrage. Oregon’s wage law cited shows gains for women workers. Davenport Times notes New York suffragists appealing to street car workers with promises to gain votes.
Farrar and Kreisler present tender renditions from the Vietor September release list. Notable performances include Kreister on Mazurka and Elman with modern French songs, Alma Gluck and others interpreting classic arias, duets, and instrumental pieces across a vivid catalog of operatic, Scottish, Italian, and Hungarian works.
Radcliffe financier B Fieste has acquired the Central House near the Central depot of Frank South and plans a spring construction of a modern hotel on the site. Local capitalists are said to be backing the project as partners with Fieste.
M M Lewis, a Reinbeck pioneer, died suddenly at his sister Mrs Fannie Hamiltons home in Reinbeck on Sunday evening. Born February 15 1832 in Franklin County Vermont he moved from Shellsburg Iowa to Reinbeck in 1877 and opened a lumber yard. He served as school board president and valued honesty. He married Susie Atkinson in 1862 producing four children, then Harriet Ingols in 1880 producing four more. Surviving are sons Ray M Lewis Jesse N Lewis Harold D Lewis and daughter Nellie M. Also sister Mrs Fannie Hamilton. Funeral services were held at the cemetery chapel.
Governor Harris of Georgia said in a New York Times interview that granting woman suffrage would end the conditions that made Leo Frank's lynching possible. He asserted that female voting would curb male fury and warned the protection women’s helplessness affords.
Iowa Falls reports Judge S. Weaver of the Iowa Supreme Court is backed as a delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Church in Saratoga Springs. For nearly fifty years he has been a devoted church worker and his local church endorses him in resolutions adopted at the last quarterly meeting. Arrested for Illegal Conting. A Waterloo business man was arrested at Wall Late at season opening and convicted of shooting before sunrise. A deputy game warden witnessed violations but caught only one violator with a $1 fine and costs. Prospects for Another Hotel This city plans to build another hotel if plans mature. B
The M E church held a funeral Wednesday at 2 30 in the afternoon with Rev J L Robinson of the M B church officiating at the obsequies. Rev A W Sinden of the Congregational church led the service and a mixed choir from both churches provided music. Many generous offerings were received from friends and neighbors. Attending were Mr and Mrs Ray Lewis and two children of Waterloo, Mr and Mrs Jesse Lewis of Delta Ta, Harold Lewis of Loomis D, Bra Mha Mastatn mo.
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