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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
3
Over 100 children from all city districts attended the daily vacation Bible School picnic at Byrnes park, the first open air gathering for the school with an attendance of 238 noted. Separate items highlight society events and a housewives beauty column.
A reflective column discusses tenacity and letting go. It contrasts bulldog grip with overattachment to tasks before vacations and warns against mental strain from unyielding standards. It urges relaxation, selecting vital aims, and freeing oneself from excessive obligations.
Waterloo will host the fifty first annual convention of the Knights of Pythias of Iowa in 1921. Grand Lodge officers were installed in Cedar Rapids after the golden anniversary convention, with W. OK. Law elected grand chancellor. Mrs Law returned from Cedar Rapids and Cedar Rapids welcomed visiting delegates with a parade honoring the grand lodge’s half century existence.
About 100 police officials plan to attend the Waterloo convention at Hotel Ells. Mayor Frisbie and Chief Young will welcome visitors. entertainment includes electric park and Wortham carnival free for all. A Tuesday parade and banquet are scheduled amid reports on the Poland crisis and Allied troop dispatch options.
In a municipal court session Judge Courtright discharged two of eleven men arrested in a Wednesday night gambling raid. Nine were fined. others had bonds forfeited. One spectator warned not to repeat the trap game. Jordan for defense said they were entranced witnesses, not participants. Frank Law fined 25 dollars and costs for disorderly house.
A wooden canvas playhouse at 1506 Black Hawk Street was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon before firefighters arrived at 423 9 p m. No one was in the structure and there was no insurance. Fire damaged wallpaper at Edward Perry's home on Independence Avenue due to defective light fixtures. A kerosene engine caused smoke in Guyer Paint Shop basement. no damage. A riverbank campsite tents were damaged by an oil stove fire with cook tent torn down and moved away.
Mrs. Margaret A. Greelis aged 82 died at 4:30 p m at her son J H Greelis 901 Broadway cause paralysis after about 10 weeks She was born in Sligo Ireland around 1848 came to the U S as a child lived in Tracer 25 years then Waterloo Where her husband died Feb 16 1911 Surviving children include T L H Greelis R G Greelis J W H Greelis Mrs Thomas Kinniet Mrs Matt Tally and Mrs P O Schibtling Three children predeceased her Funeral services set for 9:30 a m tomorrow at St Joseph church burial Calvary
Herbert Shepherd sprayed kerosene in a chicken coop to kill vermin and lit a pipe, causing the henhouse to burn in flames. A dramatic incident recounted in a Courier sale advertisement context.
A report by Sir Frederick Sykes notes France leads with five aerodromes and 24 landing grounds for civilian flying and plans air links across colonies. Germany, Austria, and Hungary form government departments for civil aviation despite peace constraints. Belgium sets up an air ministry and attaches in Paris and London with 2 million francs to develop flying in the Belgian Congo. Hungary, Italy and others apply large budgets. Britain records expanding air transport and global attaches.
Chelsea Massachusetts report details an Italian band that switched to The Star Spangled Banner when police ordered it to stop Sunday music. Officers stood at attention for 20 minutes as the tune repeated, then the band dispersed. Also noted is the destruction of over 80,000 carcasses of sheep and lambs for export in Shepperton Victoria.
Berlin declares the en tente will be prevented from sending troops via Germany to aid Poland as stated by Dr Walter Simmons in the reichstag. In New York John Barrymore and Mrs Leonard M Thomas wed at the Hitz Carlton hotel, a socially prominent ceremony. The Avon of Death is quoted from Plato in Phaedo noting death’s appeal and the need for a benefactor.
Paris reports fluctuating progress as Polish forces halt Bolshevik advances northeast of Warsaw and defend key routes to Danzig. Observers note heavy fighting near Brest Litovsk and assess Poland’s southern gains while Romania concentrates in Bessarabia and Bolshevik unrest grows. London dispatches flag possible flyover missions over Germany amid shifting fronts.
An old newspaper ad explains Waterloo Evening Courier patterns with a coupon to request the design for a girl’s frock. It lists sizes 16 18 and 20 years, fabric options like organdie sateen and gabardin, and yardage needs for a 20 year size. Orders are filled as promptly as possible and mailed after 14 cents is sent.
A reader offers 15 cents and requests a sewing pattern sent to a specified address. The note provides pattern number 3307 and asks for the city and state to accompany the mailing. The abbreviated ad appears in a classifieds section seeking mail order fabric patterns.
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