This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1927
Page
16
Police hail compulsory fingerprinting for all persons charged with bootlegging and related liquor offenses. The measure targets repeated offenders by linking fingerprints to a central agency, enabling faster identification across counties. Sheriffs and city chiefs must collect prints within days and forward them to the central bureau.
A E Haswell, longtime Waterloo resident active in business and civic life, returns after two years in Jacksonville Fla. He is appointed agency supervisor for the Columbia National Life Assurance Co in Cedar Rapids district and will base at Cedar Rapids. He and Mrs Haswell traveled 2500 miles by car via Washington DC and the Lincoln Highway with a mud delay between London and Lisbon Iowa.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a riot incident in London involving a person named Suess and a fashion element in the street scene, with mentions of storms and floods in the south and a capture tied to disorder.
A fragmented listing shows Rayon Step-ins and Bayou Bloomers among undergarments with prices from 19 to 89 cents. Kayser Knit Vests and Children’s Union Suits appear with similar low prices.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.