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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1920

Page

14

Arotarians Ke Some New Ideas

William Coppock of Council Bluffs Iowa Rotary was elected district governor of the Sixteenth district at the Des Moines tristate conference. Waterloo delegates praised Rotary’s broader vision and discussed the boy problem amid organizing a Boy Scouts council. Dave Darrah urged Rotary members to match their lives to the life of a boy as a key aim.

William Coppock Council Bluffs Rotary Tristate Des Moines Waterloo Rotary Waterloo Dave EB. Darrah Charles City Club Retarian

Waterloo in Brief Indicates Local Happenings and Moves

Fort Dodge postmaster Frank Ryan visits Waterloo on business. Waterloo Business College class meets to elect officers. Several residents ill with smallpox. Locals return from California and Rochester for a health update. Students from two colleges compete in a scholastic contest, with a cup trophy to be awarded. Community events include theater management attendance at a convention and a veteran group meeting. Minor accidents reported. engineers plan statewide framing meeting. Naval academy examinations pending. bicycle theft reported.

Frank Ryan Fort Dodge Waterloo Watterloo Rochester Minn Frank Pinkerton Santa Ana Cal Sam H.pinkerton Leland Avenue Irwin Sage FB. C. Sage Webster City High School Walter Wood Williston Avenue Hogland R. A. Culbert Army Rpavenport A. J. Busby Des Moines Itending Iowa Bill Posters’ Association Black Hawk County Bolo Llub Memorial Hall G. A. Wheeler Cascaden Place William Kuiper Fourth Street Warren Gilbert Wang & Miller Waterloo Business College Fort Dodge Business College

Wireless music tested by Sergt Brass in Atlanta

In Atlanta Sergt Thomas Brass demonstrated wireless music to the Atlanta Radio Club, reportedly the first public wireless concert. He played Dardanella and described plans to send music to distant audiences via a special listening setup needing synchronized sounding boards for dancers.

Atlanta Sergt Thomas Brass Tyth Vorce Atlanta Radio Club Sergi Brass

Brothers Meet In Chicago After Sixty Two Years

George S. Payne venerable astronomer and poet will visit his brother B M Payne in Chicago for the first time in 62 years. George, aged 63, left Pennsylvania for the West when B M was a boy of 10 and they have not met since. They plan to see the Northwestern University telescope and then travel to Des Moines.

George S. Payne Chiciago B. M. Payne George Payne Pennsylvania Yeome West B. M Chicago Payne Courier Northwestern University Des Moines

Kasinski Exonerated by Jury in Fatal Bedroom Incident

Walter Kasinski, 16, was cleared by a coroner's jury for the death of Hazel Fredrickson, 17, at 2906 Warsaw Avenue after a visit to 2914 Warsaw. He pursued her with an empty revolver, then inserted a live cartridge and fired as he attempted suicide when his stepfather intervened.

Chicago Walter Kazsinski Hazel Fredrickson Hazel Warsaw Avenue Walter

From Arizona to Waterloo By Auto

Mr and Mrs Ernest Schenk arrived in Waterloo after three weeks on the road from Arizona. They averaged about 100 miles a day amid bad roads and heavy storms. Schenk, a government engineer in the southwest, will stay in Iowa for now. Mrs Schenk, formerly Edna Alton of the American Bank Trust Co, had traveled to Arizona last summer for their marriage.

Ernest Schenk Arizona Schenk Southwest Iowa Edna ‘Alton American

Drama Brochure first Waterloo issue to be published

A unique little magazine titled The Drama Brochure will debut tomorrow in Waterloo. Volume 1 number 1 contains 32 pages of literary and poetic articles and advertising. Editors include Thomas Meyers Maude Mackane A E Haswell Lao J Rosemer with Glen H Snyder and Van Hoesen Clancy handling advertising. It will be issued monthly.

Waterloo Fred Ie Kimball Company

Local building permit notes and addresses scattered

Mixed OCR fragment lists building permits and addresses including Logan Avenue Cedar Street Baltimore Street and various names. Mentions school building and district references with unclear amounts and dates.

C. C. McClinton Logan Ave AWD H.C.’ Herber Les Dawson Otreet Raine A X Reaney Street Billthouer Atreet Willie Graham Baltimore Street Yeland Hill BUMES

Red Cross Port of Missing Men Aids Families

Local Red Cross chapter acts as a port of missing men aiding former soldiers and families. Walter Frener, in naval service, returned to Waterloo only to find his parents moved. No forwarding address was left and Mulberry Street was his family’s prior address. Corporal Fay Fenton Fessenden, Jamestown, missing. Red Cross aiding relatives. Several cases and inquiries described by executive secretary Mrs. George B. Worthen.

American Red Cross Walter W. Frener Naval Service Waterloo Frener Mulberry Street Red Cross Fay Fenton Fessenden Jamestown Company M Three Hundred Tenth Infantry George B. Worthen

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