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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
12
The nationwide inquiry into high living costs shows no clear drop in food prices. Retailers say profits are fair and supply issues keep costs high. milk and ice cream ingredients rise while ice cream makers resist price hikes. Potatoes remain unusually high at 3 dollars a bushel at the public market, with tomatoes cheaper and gladioli bouquets selling for 10 cents a bunch.
Foury former Rainbow division soldiers signaled willingness to guard the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines August 20 to 29. Major Weilein is handling applications. Capt. L D Ross, Rainbow regiment officer and public safety superintendent, will oversee. Guard pay is 44 per day with meals and quarters on grounds. transportation to Des Moines and meals are the guard’s responsibility.
The Black Hawk county board of education endorsed a state federal plan to teach agriculture in rural schools during winter months. Miss Dora L Burr, health nurse, leads the effort with Red Cross support. A three month course covers agriculture, farm accounting, farm mathematics and allied subjects for boys over 14 who commit to the program. Black Hawk was chosen as a pilot, with W T L Bender arranging the teaching.
Marion Davies stars in The Dark Star at Plaza Theatre in a Robert W. Chambers adaptation with Norman Kerry Dorothy Green and others in a dramatic tale of a girl under planetary influence. Shirley Mason headlines The Winning Girl at Palace Theatre in a California Paramount production from George Weston story and Will Maitland scenario.
A garbled roundup notes a forecast collapse of a movement in liberty, an English blockade timing, a 1000 mile fight, a king, and a Peking dispute. Parliament may authorize a mandate declaring no state of war between China and Germany. Rumors say Premier Lenin may retire. Julius II Barnes urges wartime dietary reforms at home.
Fragmentary wartime report notes rising costs of living and public discontent. Police suppress suspected seditious literature at Aton and halt revolutionary activity linked to food shortages and shifting governance.
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