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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
4
In Waterloo reads Courier Want Ads prices are shown: want ads cost one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum. Classified lines for tight cars and caps display varying rates including six cent lines and twelve cent sets. The paper announces ads like Wanted and For Sale on the classfied page, with charges stated per day.
Notices and messages including thanks for sympathy and heart offerings for Elizabeth Condon, plus extensive help wanted ads, rental listings, real estate notes, and Sale/Trade and public notices in Waterloo newspaper listings.
Final tribute to three Waterloo soldiers who fell in World War I will be held Sunday August 7 under Becker-Chapman post American Legion and King-Marson post Rainbow veterans. Sergt Harry W Marsen, Sergt Eben A Smith and Pvt Charlie M Hudson are honored. Marsen arrived in Waterloo last Saturday. Smith and Hudson bodies shipped from Hoboken and due tomorrow. Funeral arrangements are coordinated with families and patriotic organizations.
Estimates filed with county auditor F. W. Esher show higher projected costs for city and consolidated schools for 1922. Reports list figures for Waterloo areas and Cedar Falls districts, with totals ranging into tens of thousands but some entries incomplete or uncertain.
Mise Anna W. Godfrey and Guy Fleming wed at the M E parsonage in Oelwein with Dr W C Cleworth officiating. The couple will reside in Oelwein.
In a farmyard tale Weathercock complains of always working while hens eat. A storm hits, he rails at labor and finally collapses, only to be saved by the farmer who repaint restores him. He vows it is better to wear out than rust and resumes spinning atop the barnpole.
Aug 4 notes busyness as Jo Grave of the Live Fair works to ready the event set for Aug 15 to 19. entries are already strong across classes and the Farm Products Exhibit is expected to top prior years. Local social updates list residents visiting, traveling, and returning from trips to Cedar Falls, Iowa City, Dubuque, Clear Lake, Los Angeles, Waterloo, Chicago, and St Paul.
Charles City community notes celebrate Edna Steizhauer and others visiting at Clear Lake with weekend guests. Local groups report picnics, Rotarian talks, and social events while city council names Harry Wisher as at large member and a new oil station nears completion.
Bank clearings for the week ending Aug 4 1921 in Waterloo as reported by the Waterloo Clearing House Association show totals by day and week overage. In addition notes cover deeds mortgage activity and a federal case arising from an arrest for unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor with an associated grand jury proceeding.
Allison Iowa hosts the first Butler County tuberculosis clinic with Dr EL Scarborough as examining physician and Miss Imbelle Kellerman from the Iowa Tuberculosis association on site for preliminary work. County doctors will attend throughout the day. turnout urged for examinations. Dates for Allison and nearby Chantaugna events Aug 6 7 8.
Cedar Falls reports include the School of Methods for Sunday workers closing Friday after five days at Riverview Park hindered by rain. The Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mil Co mill grinds for farmers amid a rush for oats and early grain processing. Social events feature hostesses, dinners, and visits from guests in Cedar Falls.
La Porte City notices show Presbyterian church services suspended for three weeks with only Sunday school continuing, as Rev. T. E. Steran takes annual leave. Local guests include era W Bahsey and Margaret from Forest City and several visitors from Cedar Rapids and Gladbrook. Mrs Hart reports family visiting from Auxingdale and Mayo Clinic plans.
The Gillette Grove bank cashier D. R. Enefson died after being electrocuted in the bank where he worked. He was the son of Mrs. S. Enefson and brother of Mrs. E. Phillips, both of Oelwein. Other notes mention a Greek worker injured by a car on South Frederick Street, Letta Clark and Carroll Robbins wed in Marion, three drunken brawlers at Rock Island Park, and various local moves and visits including Sam Allaway seeking medical care in Rochester and Dennis O Connor visiting his brother in Tacoma. AIsion posts of the American Legion met despite bad weather with Clarksville and John Leven present. another meeting planned for Aug 15.
Rainbow-Seger Real Estate Co lists city property for sale and rent at 210345 East Fourth Street. Insures fire tornado auto and more. Emphasizes honest deals and the golden rule with farms for sale and bargains in Minnesota Wisconsin and Dakota. Invest in land not stock.
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