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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1914
Page
6
Basem ent specials listed with finished tinware cases and bright yard goods. Notes show 18¢ and 15¢ dress fabrics, with special yard prices and multiple colors. The fragment mentions school dresses and general wear, reflecting a period catalog style.
Nome Alaska September 15 The gasoline powered schooner Teddy Bear captained by Joe Bernard left Nome on a hunting trading expedition. The ship sailed 1200 miles since August 4 unable to engine due to no gasoline aboard. Bernard joined by Joan Bandstrom and an Eskimo crew explored Coronation Gulf en route to trade among Kakimos and possibly reached Hudson Bay had gas been available. The voyage linked with Stefansson meeting and Eskimo stories of descendants of Greenland settlers.
Stefansson notes that 74 percent of Eskimos east of the Mackenzie River had never seen a white man or his vessel. Natives live in primitive condition using stone and copper weapons and corked utensils. The Teddy Bear carried a vast collection of birds, furs, eggs, tools hammered from river copper, stone cooking pots, and other curious items weighing several tons.
Salgon Men in Norfolk Va forecast a dry vote will keep liquor saloons shut for three days across Virginia. With the state treasury feared to lose Shine revenue, tax increases are proposed to offset a license tax loss. Prohibition supporters stage mammoth torchlight protests led by women to celebrate the anti liquor movement.
Owing to the Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks being present on Wednesday evening and Tuesday, the W and A Tegilar meeting and installation of officers will be held on Thursday night at 7 p.m. In respect to the grand ruler, we cancel regular meeting nights. All members and candidates are asked to be present Thursday Sept 4 at 7 p.m. Rox social and entertainment to follow.
Large audiences watched The Dollar Mark a five reel melodrama of finance at the Palace yesterday. The same films repeat this afternoon and tonight, opening in Cabot with action and vivid scenes filmed in Newport and New York. The story follows lovers Jim and Alice as danger and a miners’ mine tragedy threaten a trust and a million dollar property, with high waters and a storm test.
Announcement notes that the ieulap meeting of siles cepis coupi Noosks Cy Gk I will be held in Svation ball on Wednesday evening. Due to the late arrival of the supreme exalted ruler of the Elks, the Knights and Las sies of Security meeting rescheduled from this evening to Thursday evening.
In Galesburg Illinois on September 92 A Rayrant of Galva killed himself six weeks after Eva Manderling drank poison. The incident centers on a presumed romantic suicide pact unraveled as authorities confirm the grim act of self-destruction and the linked tragedy surrounding the two lovers.
Chicago dated report identifies Esther Crawford a 60 year old Iowa and Illinois school teacher who attempted suicide by self inflicted wounds near Camp and Silver Licks road. She was transported from Kenosha to a hospital and survived. Her sister in Missouri Valley says she had taught in Ames and elsewhere for 25 years. She left a note saying she preferred death to penury. No reason for the act was given by relatives or her attorney.
In Lincoln, W. Sept. 22, Carl Person editor of Clinton labor union paper went on trial for the murder of Tony Musser former Clinton police chief. Judge W. K. Whitfield presides in Decatur. Person pleads self defense amid related shop union tensions.
A city in brief item lists several travelers and visits including Uuchanan for optical service, Fred Austin in Cedar Rapids, Ralph Jamison en route to Albuquerque, M. Co. D. Gass to Chicago, J. O. Reber in the city on business, W. OR. Law from Charles City, Mrs. C. M. Straley visiting Jesup, Dr. Alfred Hoffman returning from Dubuque, and other residents making trips or being in town. Standish purchasing the Joe Clark restaurant, Shour heading to Rockford for a large electrical wiring contract, and many others noted for visits, trips, or local business. No election results from the fourth vote for major of the Fifty third regiment, with another ballot planned. A Cedar Rapids police captain and wife visited police HQ, Roy Olmstead and family reconsidered moving to Boonville, Harold Howrey plans study at a Waterloo college then return to Ames, Rev. J. E. Rutledge attending Methodist conferences, J. A. Knittel seeking specialist care in Rochester, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Marietta expected to visit the Marietta home in Waterloo after traveling with Patterson shows. The Homer Seerley lecture on “The Spirit of the Suc cagstul School” was moved to 4 PM in the manual training auditorium with public attendance invited.
New York dispatch reports the vessel Germania is struck from Fabre Steamship Line records and renamed Brittania. The change, announced today, affects ownership listings and the ship's identification in company materials.
Captain Alfred Rawlinson of London is appointed by Lord Kitchener as special aide-de-camp to Sir John French, commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France. A noted polo player, racing driver, yachtsman, and aviator, he will drive the Hudson as part of the Tourist Trophy presence, aiming to boost American car fame in Europe.
Arthur Davis aged 40 an aeronaut died at Spencer Indiana Saturday evening. His parents Mr and Mrs W H Davis of 104 Commercial Street have received no definite word, but it is believed he was killed during a balloon ascent over Colorado streams are to be resuscension. Stocked with trout by the severn Mr. Davis had been making flights ment.
Relatives report that Anibal, once employed by PF Lt. Anibal of this city, left Waterloo five years ago and has lived in South Dakota. A letter to family claimed an ascent at Spencer last week, and the family believes death resulted from a fall. He has two brothers Walter Davis and W A Davis and a sister Mrs B A Richmond residing locally.
The engineering-extension department at Iowa State College hosts a gas engine class. It aims to improve general understanding of gas engine principles for citizens and meets at 7:30 tonight at East High School. A world famous actress will appear in The Crystal Theatre today in Gus Mystery of the Sleeping Death.
Peking reports Japanese torpedo boat Vermans sunk by a German cruiser outside Kiau Chau after Japanese destroyers shelled German barracks north of Tsing Tau. Hydroplane bombs failed to damage Peking defenses as garrison kept airships high. British detachment may land at Laoshan bay to avoid neutrality issue. Also cinema feature The Mystery of the Sleeping Death shown today.
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