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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1915
Page
9
London reports the House of Commons approved a fresh war credit totaling 1.25 billion pounds, raising the overall to about 1.262 billion pounds. Premier Raghothi announced nearly 3 million men have enlisted as he reviewed financial and military needs and future exigencies.
The Hawthorne school building erected in 1875 with $80,000 cost, the city’s oldest major structure aside from the Central building in Waterloo west, burned with an estimated loss of 10,000 and 17,500 insurance covering 15,000 on the building and 2,500 on equipment. Firemen tore down remaining walls for safety while dynamite was used on dangerous sections. The board plans immediate rebuilding and will meet soon to decide action.
Albany Sept 15 Attorney General Egbert E Woodbury has dropped his 50 000 libel suit against the New York Tribune over a story about Dropping of Willigin Travers Jerome as counsel in the Thaw case The Tribune editorialized that it never meant to attack the attorney general and the case was to be tried in Chautauqua County
Tokyo reports the Japanese government will mobilize industrial resources to boost arms and ammunition output for the Allies. Premier Okuma, in a Kosumin Shimbun interview, notes Russia and England face munitions shortages while France can meet its needs, and says Tokyo will cooperate with allied powers.
A sensational drama featuring Estha Williams in the central role. Manager C W Peterann announced a second machine is installed to show pictures continuously. Tomorrow’s feature is The 2 Flaming Sword starring Jane Grey and Lionel Barrymore.
Judge George A. Carpenter orders action in the Southern District of New York to recover 6 million dollars alleged to be misappropriated from the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway by present and former directors. Defendants include Daniel Reid Ogden Mills W E Graham Ib L Moore and others. Ancillary New York proceedings to appoint Jacob M. Dickinson and H A Mudge as receivers over New York state property.
Beem pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent behavior as Lilian Van Winkle, arrested with him, forfeited bonds. Police Judge Meyers heard witnesses that Beem and Van Winkle lived together as man and wife. Mrs Been of Grinnell filed the information, but Beem’s wife forgave him and they plan to live together again. The couple had been rooming separately recently.
A partial list of marriage licenses shows couples including Floy A Strayer and H Armstrong in Waterloo and Nellie J Wilkins and Joe I May in Waterloo. Also noted are pairs such as Claude T Lyte with Waterloo entries and Dorothy J Fellner in Waterloo with John C Evans of Dysart. The document references multiple other names and locales including Orient Cedar Falls and Waterson in a historical registry style.
Inclement weather last evening postponed the Pain's fireworks spectacle in Waterloo. The company will remain an extra day with plans for shows tonight and Thursday if weather cooperates. The Waterloo Baseball association expects a gate receipts share. with good conditions over the next two days, it should net a neat sum. Tonight's show begins promptly at 8:15.
An unclear report from Boston notes a high prior event and new work. The text mentions fears and expectations before sundown but lacks specific names, places, or outcomes to confirm details.
Waterlon readers learn Solvas kidney remedy by Wangler Bros Co promises relief for lazy or clogged kidneys with a money back guarantee. Local customers praise the product and the firm claims a high cure rate while offering refunds if unsatisfied.
London, Sept 15. London newspapers editorialize about recent air raids, adopting two main lines of comment. Gratitude notes the appointment of Sir Percy Scott to lead the city’s defenses against aerial attacks.
The ad promotes using pure coconut oil as a gentle cleanser for hair. It argues regular soaps and shampoos dry the scalp and harm hair, recommending two teaspoonfuls of coconut oil, rubbed into moist hair, then rinsed to leave hair soft, shiny, and manageable. It claims coconut oil is cheap and lasts months for a family.
The piece reports on raids and European air warfare rhetoric, noting a pattern of nightly Zeppelin visits and anticipated reprisals. It also records local crime outcomes, with Joe Oblinger pleading guilty to larceny and receiving fifteen days, and Thomas Connelly’s thirty-day sentence for related offenses.
An article discusses fattening through nutrition and a product named Sargol promoted as aiding digestion to absorb fats. It notes failure of some dieters, cites malnutrition, and claims Sargol improves weight with meals. warns it is for flesh gain and not general weight increase.
London reports that documents from the German and Australian embassies in Washington and from American war correspondent J. J. Archibald will be made public in England. Lord Robert Cecil told the House of Commons that some papers have already been published and that there is no reason all should not be published.
Overseas News Agency reports German newspapers recently arriving in the United States denounce pamphlets urging the rearming of American munitions factories as stupid and dangerous. The effort appears to be the work of misguided private citizens and not the responsibility of any newspaper office.
Sept 16 the body of Sir William Van Horne Canadian railway magnate arrives on a special funeral train from Mon to Jolie for burial. reports describe the ceremony and dignitaries attending as the city acknowledges the prominent industrial figure.
Simple burial rites marked the funeral of Sir William after ceremonies in a Canadian metropolis. His body was interred beside those of his father and mother in a local cemetery.
President Wilson received a miniature American flag pinned on him in Washington on the eve of the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Water town readers are reminded of the Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter insert reaching about 6,500 homes, with one copy per home distributed nightly.
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