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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
10
A vintage advertisement promises Cascarets will end headache biliousness dizziness and stomach misery. It touts cleansing the liver and bowels and says a 10 cent box will keep you regular and cheerful by morning.
The body of Percy Hopkins, a colored man shot by Robert Tracey, will be sent to Galesburg Ill. by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line at 4:30 pm. Coroner Edward F. Kistner again empanels J. C. Beem N. M. Beekly and Frank F. Yapp to investigate the death.
W O Kelly and his wife Sarah, both claiming Vin ton Iowa as home, are jailed in Dubuque on counterfeiting charges. Federal officers will bring them before the U S district court. they were arrested near Milwaukee after fleeing bonds in Waterloo. Both are about 40 years old.
Rev. Dr. John A. Marquis president of Coe College Cedar Rapids and Rev. Dr. B E Reed president of Lenox College Hopkinton spoke at the closing session of the Waterloo Presbytery urging more parental interest in education. The Presbytery adjourned to meet at Dowes in October for a pastor installation with next year’s meeting place left to officers.
Waterloo chatter covers W K Spain visiting from Minneapolis and Joseph Forsythe returning from Kansas City. A thirteen pound son born to Mr and Mrs Fred Pierce of Lafayette Street follows news of a ten pound son to Dr and Mrs Henry von Lackum of Lincoln Nebraska. Local figures include H L Rosser becoming cashier at Albert Lea with Alverta Powers succeeding, and Fred Clark of Waverly planning to enter State University with James Clark. Firefighters and merchants touch Prospect Hills while Dana Brannon Murdock and Isabelle McRae wed in Pullman and James Graham sells his Prospect Hills residence to A E Gibson.
Attorneys for the River Front commission urged speedy trial of suits over meandered boundaries between private property and the riverfront. Judge Mullan declined to hear the cases. they will go to Judge Dunham who will review files to understand leadings and present situation. Arbuckle proposed naming a court commissioner to decide the boundary disputes, with several defendants named in actions aimed at clarifying legal status of the commission and adjacent property.
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending Sept 18 1913 totaled 1 412 803 31 down from the corresponding week last year 1 785 964 78. Decreases appear across days with totals for deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages and a 12 percent year over year rise in total instruments recorded.
Constable Frank Graft wrongly tests a man at a Waverly soft drink stand who claimed the last name McCloughtin. McCloughlin and Susie Ackles were arrested and brought to Waterloo for arraignment on an assault charge by Mr and Mrs Kosburg. They were held on their own recognizance for a Saturday hearing.
A Waverly special reports the Bremer county fair had 21 879 paid admissions, the largest in the county's history, with crowds arriving from up to a hundred miles. The Moral hall displays fruit vegetables and slave school items drew steady attention as visitors toured booths and garden exhibits.
New York report details an engraver confirming a man matching Schmidt prepared copper plates for counterfeiting. Detective notes suggest broader investigations, with Dr. Ernest Moret linked to the case and questions about a person impersonating the priest. London police have no record of a Dr Benst Milret but note a Dr Ernst suspected in related activities.
The Waverly Waterlogals crowd swelled to nearly 1 000 in attendance at the Waterly Live Fair. Locals estimate around 700 arrived by rail from Waverly with 100 plus by auto, while about 80 000 are expected today. Yesterday drew roughly 25 000 as organizers expect banner crowds. Tomorrow features a baseball game as an added draw.
In New York during market activities on September day the list of prominent stocks included Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania The Illinois Central Rock Island Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific Southern Railway and Brooklyn Rapid Transit United States Steel and American Smelting Copper and Northern Pacific Great Northern and Missouri Pacific among others. A wedding notice follows noting Justice J Rune united in marriage Mr liveh Wilson and Miss Pearl Bean from Charles City and omaha with both couples residing in the home town.
Waterloo horse entries for next week's Port Dodge fair include Tackman in the 2e7 pace with James Sherfork, Sherlock in the 2:14 pace, and 2:26 trot with Tackman and Dr Spencer. Warren Brown also has an entry in the event.
Fannie Simpson is entered in the 29h trot as local bettors expect a share of the prize. Jackean’s stable leads the field while L. 8. Cass, president of Water loo Cedar Walls & Northern Railway, leaves for Cedar Rapids to push an interurban link to Urbana. A potential Waterloo Urbana line could debut by January 194, weather permitting. Cass notes progress and hints at a rate to let the railway compete with the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific line once the new route is finished.
A mixed OCR fragment covers a 1978 real estate and probate notice in Black Hawk County Iowa appointing Cassandra Cushman Ray Cushman and Julius Cushman as executors of Andrew J Cushman estate with requests for payment and claims. It also includes a hearing notice for a resolution of necessity by the city council of Waterloo Iowa in 1973 to grade curb gutter and pave blocks, with details on meeting time and street scope.
The notice outlines assessment of costs for improving alleys and intersections to be charged to benefiting property, with provisions for intersections where benefits are low or costs exceed 25 percent of abutting property value. If costs exceed amounts from city property, funding comes from the improvement fund with warrants issued per law. The mayor R C Thompson and City Clerk R L Degon sign, dated September 10, 1912.
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