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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1923
Page
9
Readers in Waterloo are urged to build bird houses to attract bluebirds and wrens. Practical designs are given including dimensions, ventilation, and painting in brown or green. Locations on trees, fences, and buildings are advised, with cautions about English sparrows and humane sparrow control.
A Davenport radio schedule lists concerts on 400 meters with time signals and weather forecasts, including openings at 11 65 and 12 00 noon. It notes pipe organ and educational lectures, a fusion of concerts by Bachman and Swindell, and a police bulletin with biographical sketches. Official central standard time announcements occur during the day, with a café advertisement for walnut fudge.
Des Moines reports March brought harsher winter than most of the prior season with a 76 degree high and 10 below zero, an 85 degree swing in 18 days. Snow totals topped 11.7 inches on mid month and eight inches in a fierce March storm.
A blizzard on the 18th caused trains to be delayed up to 24 hours across sections as new plows attempted to break through drifts. Light damage to winter wheat occurred because earlier snow kept the ground from freezing deeply, per Director Reed. The first state war monument in France for Missouri was designed by woman sculptor Miss Raney Hahn of St. Louis.
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