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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
7
May 1 to 6 is set as postal improvement week by postmaster M. H. Kelly who invites complaints and suggestions to better the service. Early mailing speeds delivery, reduces night work, and posters plus carrier guidance will promote efficiency and organized bundles for catalogs and circulars.
A local note describes William the foraging cat at George W. Daniels address after a nocturnal fight. His left cheek was injured in a prior bout and swelled after the latest clash. The piece notes his dignity remains intact despite trouble and questions whether he will endure another summer.
Inquiries pour in to M L Bowman general secretary of the Greater Waterloo association about hosting about 1500 delegates for the Farmers Grain Dealers association annual convention in Waterloo in 1923. Directors meet at Fort Dodge April 27 to pick the site. The farmers association has 700 companies in Iowa. Fort Dodge secretary BS Larson spoke. Last meeting was at Fort Dodge in January with 1400 delegates. Rev A W Rider will address a Baptist union at First Baptist Church at 7 30 pm today on continuing the 15000 600 campaign for the Northern Baptist convention.
Three of the few surviving Civil War nurses are pictured and identified as Mrs. Susan C. Mills, 82, Slaverhill. Mrs. Mary E. Smith, 80, Lowell. and Mrs. Fannie T. Hazen, 81, Cambridge. They belong to the Massachusetts Association of Civil War Nurses.
In Battle Creek Michigan on April 21 Kid Buck known as John McCrumb married Cecil Olson at 7 30 PM. An hour and a half later he fought as Kid Buck defeating Frankie Mason of Fort Wayne Indiana former flyweight champion of America in two ring engagements last night.
Short parade of notices including travel and visit plans. J F Diets leaves for Mason City to see his brother while H K Dieta travels to Chillicothe for a death. Eyes injury recovery of Milton Hartleip after baseball. Typhoid case reported in Herbert Siefkins, 13. Thefts of motor meters and a home burglary at 18 Logan avenue. Social notes on Wapello, Iowa and Waterloo residents. Church events announce chicken supper at WCA and Rainbow Circle at Memorial Hall. St Margarets Guild sale set for 11 a.m. on 4th street.
Della Miller Chris Sorensen Mrs Margaret Carmon Weir and J B Cheney were brought before United States commissioner J E Dempster for violations of the federal prohibition act They were bound to the federal grand jury and released under bonds of 300 each The next session of the federal grand jury will be April 25 at Cedar Rapids.
William Gindt at 617 Mulberry street started excavation today for a brick bungalow residence in the 300 block of Cortlandt street. The 30 by 52 feet house, contracted by Péter Gindt who recently returned from Oklahoma to Waterloo, will cost 7500 dollars.
Woods Millinery introduces authentic hat styles with affordable pricing. The collection highlights versatile fedoras bonnets and berets designed for everyday wear and special occasions.
Alexandria April 21. Wail “Wa dahwetti” spreads as protests rise against the Sarwat Pasha cabinet and British protectorate plans. Zaghloul supporters issue manifestoes, while Prince Yusef Kerel leads anti-Sarwat activities amid public meetings and limited press freedoms. In Connecticut, Fauvie's Star, owned by A V Darne, tops Jersey milk records with 20,616 pounds in a year, surpassing Passport at 19,695.
Harrisburg April 21 Associated Press reports sergeant Howard Zimmerman of the Pennsylvania National Guard describes experiments tracing wireless communication among insects. Cockroaches reportedly use a half to one inch wavelength with low frequency to call siblings, while a tumble bug and moth show wireless ability and beetles little. The work links to Luxembourg barracks and the Fifth Division signal corps led by Captain Armstrong.
California fruit canners, growers, and packers associations unite to oppose a DC Supreme Court motion to modify the consent decree that bars Chicago packers from the fruit canning business. Vice President Preston McKinney of the Canners' League of California says the action is led by the California Cooperative Canneries of San Jose alleging the filer packs less than a stated threshold.
A fragment notes a fruit business in the state mortgaged to Aramour & Co of Chicago for $200,000. No further names or locations are readable to specify the parties or date of the agreement.
Prices of seats on the New York Stock Exchange continue to edge higher as a gauge of market conditions strengthens. A seat recently sold for 93,906 dollars, up 4,000 from the prior sale, marking a continued upswing in the market pastime.
A comparison shows seat prices from $34,000 during the 1914 stock market slump to $115,000 at the peak of the war boom. Earlier purchases included a $500 seat on June 17, 1884, with wide variations since, and $13,000 as the lowest price in a generation.
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