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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1912
Page
6
County auditors examine bills for supplies to a woman linked to an automobile owner. Abett County Superintendent H A Moore says he will double as superintendent until year’s start, working mornings and Saturdays. Board contemplates vacancy rule after November election results.
Children and families gathered at Grace M. E. church for a free organ concert. Kenneth E. Runkel played the organ with a quartet including Mesdames Elmo Bateman H Wilbur and Megsra Harry T. Parr and Paul Ogle. The event invited cripples and orphans and drew a large crowd, with the program lasting about an hour.
In a Pueblo style event near Pasai ve and Ganado Aziz a couple faced a corn meal cake shortage required for an Indian wedding. The groom Hubbell and Misa Derr journeyed sixty miles to fetch enough corn meal, then rode to Pasadena for a second ceremony after delays and a Mok i dance visit with Moki chiefs.
D J Manning, after a hospital operation last week, shows signs of recovery on the road to health. Previously physicians feared for his life when an abscess formed, but recovery underway.
General Count Marusuke Nogi supreme military councilor and his wife Countess Nogi killed themselves in Akasaka after attending Emperor Mutsuhito’s funeral. They planned to coincide their deaths with the emperor’s funeral procession, drinking sake, then both died by self-inflicted wounds as a signal gun fired. A student who found them rushed for help but both were already dead.
Friends describe Miss Massey as a pretty modest girl with brown hair and fair complexion, while Mrs Dunn, who was found packing at home, declares belief in her husband’s innocence and plans to travel for independent evangelistic work. She blames Mrs Mikschi for gossip, noting Massey is the church organist and that the husband’s notes to her concerned only music.
J N LaBarre and Arthur LaBarre left for Dubuque by auto. Wallace Highby of Fairbanks visited Waterloo on business. Dr John G Bickley returns from Colorado trip. M H Kelly travels to Cedar Rapids on business, return Monday. Mrs Scroggins and daughters visit from Little Rock. Mrs Everett Heiple recovering from illness. Tom and Edward Hayes visit for business. G N Garrettson travels to Huntington Pa to see relatives. Miss Lora Dennis leaves for extended visit. Charles City couple wed in Waterloo. groom Bryan J McCartney, bride Maud F Krause. Dr C B Chase, formerly Waterl oo, now at Iowa Univ Med School, passes through. Miss Belle Hanna visiting brothers. Ernest Sage near Mt Hope church improving after heart trouble. Senator Courtright visits with mother and sister in Ruthven. Ira Rodamar returns from Detroit and Chicago after banking convention. Mrs Jean Balcomb heads to Albion to join husband in hydroelectric project. D E Peterson to be district passenger agent of Chicago Great Western Railroad Monday. Mulberry street investment purchase by Rhey N Cowin and Lore Alford of former M L Newton property for 12000. Motion pictures from Dallas Associated Men’s convention to be shown at Crystal Theatre. Local residents may appear in footage.
The Rev. W. T. Dunn, pastor of Dewey Avenue Methodist in Granite City, resigned after admitting letters to Estelle Massey, 14, claiming he loved her more than Jesus. The affair prompted church officials to consider a trial. Massey’s mother protected her and Dunn allegedly pursued meetings despite warnings.
A draft discusses U S territorial expansion from 1783 through 1804 including the Louisiana Purchase and the Panama Canal Zone. It links land gains to economic power and to strategic Pacific influence, contrasting democracy rhetoric with land abundance and the looming problem of land scarcity for laborers. It cites Carlyle on democracy and land, arguing future wealth rests on vast land for few.
Advertising columns announce an automobile garage public auction in Reinbeck for Saturday September 21. The building 44 by 100 feet is fresh and the only auto agency in Reinbeck. Wm Holland of Waterloo acts as auctioneer as owners depart for the Pacific coast. Foley Kidney Pills promote kidney and bladder health in a plain advertising tone.
Government secret service man H B Mills visits Vinton Benton county investigating a suspected currency factory not sanctioned by the United States. Mrs W Q Kelly of Vinton is jailed after arraignment on counterfeiting charges. Her husband Wm Kelly was arrested in Waterloo for drunkenness and counterfeit currency found on him. Counterfeit dollars and halves traced to Waterloo and Vinton. Mills seeks moulds at the Kelly home. Local officials warn of victims among business and professional men amid ongoing federal inquiry.
Public sale set for Dunkerton on Thursday September 19 at 2 00 oclock featuring four Magee and Dunkerton Horse and Green farms. No. 1 Magee 120 acres all tiled with strong crops No. 2 Magee 160 acres grass with fencing No. 3 Dunkerton Horse Farm 238 acres near Dunkerton two miles west tiled with fine residence new barn No. 4 L Green Farm 160 acres two miles east well fenced tiled with new barn and water system Buyers may finance 5 to 10 years at 5 to Ad percent with conveyance provided and free inspection transport available.
Attorney Fre L. Feely chaired a county central committee meeting with many members and candidates. The group planned the upcoming campaign and scheduled another session in about a week to finalize details, predicting this will be the most vigorous Republican drive in the county’s history.
Mrs. Lasalle Corbell Pickett widow of General George Pickett is dying in a Philadelphia hotel after a pneumonia attack linked to a lecture in rain. The 70-year-old Civil War reminiscencer spoke across the country, urging reconciliation between north and south. Her final public appearance drew tears from veterans who knew her husband as she read his letters through fading strength.
The account recalls Mrs. Pickett aiding a lecture tour in Philadelphia, with her son visiting her late husband General Pickett’s widow as she nears death. A vivid Lincoln anecdote about George Pickett’s wife, her baby, and Abraham Lincoln is shared, and the piece mentions Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a noted medicine.
New York Police Commissioner Waldo prepared to appear this afternoon before the aldermanic committee investigating police blackmail. He informed counsel that he is ready to turn over all records of the department and aid the committee in every way.
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