World Chess Title Tilt Draws in Final Round
In a tightly contested match, grandmasters from around the globe keep the world chess championship race open. Critics note precise endgame play and strategic patience as the decider remains unresolved.
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1914
Page
8
In a tightly contested match, grandmasters from around the globe keep the world chess championship race open. Critics note precise endgame play and strategic patience as the decider remains unresolved.
Mrs Frances Sprith leaves Cedar Falls for San Diego to make her home after forty years here. The First Congregational church debate revival plans, St Luke's guild reception, and various visits and entertainments mark a busy week as residents travel, host clubs, and celebrate local society.
Edmund De Wagenaere, 22, born near Ghent, Belgium, is hospitalized in Waterloo after a Rock Island railroad accident at Fifth Street left him penniless and legless above the knee and ankle. He traveled from Peoria to Waterloo seeking work, later crushed under a freight car and amputated. The Courier and Reporter will collect donations to cover his hospital bills and aid his return to a new start.
A note invites contributions to a local charity to be published later. George White, the Progressive candidate for Governor from Nevada, will speak at the K of P hall Thursday at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to attend.
A booster tally tonight at 7 45 at the Y M C A association rooms will select four captains and 100 volunteers for Waterloo’s YMCA membership drive. The goal is 1 000 members, with Waterloo trailing peer cities in Iowa in membership. The campaign pits Waterloo Burlington Keokuk and Ottumwa in a competitive effort to boost YMCA membership.
Dr Margaret Vaupel Clark was notified this morning of her election to the committee advising the public health committee of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs Emma Blair of New York City chairs the federation. Clark has served on the public health committee for six years. Her election is a double honor.
A crowded social listings page details church suppers card parties needlework and thimble clubs, birthday celebrations and a G A R event. Guests include Mrs. Leo Billings, Mrs. Lulu Belle Walker, Mrs. Florence Duninkelburg and many local hosts at G A R hall First Baptist church and other venues.
Reed Nelson was elected class president at the first senior meeting yesterday. Other officers include Madeline Hutchinson as vice president and Mabel as secretary.
Anderson announces Lucile Geismar treasurer and O N Oleson chosen as class advisor. About fifty eight seniors expect diplomas in June and plan a plaque event at Cedar Heights next Friday. Latest styles and materials in suits and dresses featured.
The senator described a tough struggle against treasury raiders and a hungry-wolf phrase, criticizing pork barrel appropriations as pure Pratt.
A crowd gathered at the county treasurer’s office as the last day to pay taxes without penalty approached. Heaviest taxpayers waited in line while others mailed checks. By evening, the office remained busy with tardy property owners seeking deadlines.
Senator Kenyon and State Senator Frederick Larrabee of Fort Dodge stopped in Waterloo yesterday afternoon on their way to Manguoleta where Kenyon would address an old settlers gathering. He remained fatigued from fighting to block a pork-barrel bill that sought 93 million dollars for current and future works. Democrats agreed to a 20 million dollar substitution for river and harbor projects already begun as Kenyon faced the strain.
The clerk, under Judge Mullan, issues a citation directing Morris Vaughn to appear at nine Friday morning to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt in violating an injunction served June 22, 1914. Plaintiff Katherine Vaughn seeks divorce.
James Lang, a machinist at the Illinois Central shops, was disabled by a steel splinter penetrating his eye. E. Neilson, a handyman, suffered a gash above one eye when a heavy iron bar slipped and struck him.
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