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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
6
Washington DC reports the war department starts a parcel post sale of 70 surplus food items. Postmasters receive price lists, buyers order via local post offices, with unit and case prices, weights, and parcel post rates. Distribution covers 13 subsistence districts with prices FOB storage points. zone rates are suspended.
Builders report excellent progress on the new barns and amphitheatre at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds. Three 36 by 200 foot barns for horses bound for the International Tri gian's Horse Show near completion with lighting ventilation and roof windows. amphitheatre walls abutments seats under way. steel center arena components arriving. McKeown Bros. installing 100 foot trusses and water systems extended to the new structures.
Federal Judge Henry T. Reed orders the Waterloo September term of 1919 postponed to January 13 1920 and moves the Cedar Rapids term from September 23 to October 7 1919. All pending cases and recognizances are adjourned accordingly.
Construction at the George Miller Manufacturing plant in Northfield progresses with one roofed bay and finished cement doors. The Faultless Engine Co of Kansas City and the Robinson Spreader Co of Vinton will move in when the building opens, as Miller plans to double production capacity and receive new machinery.
Independence residents learned County Treasurer Rebel had resigned. Sherman Luther, a recently returned soldier, was chosen to fill the vacancy until the next election. Luther had been employed at the People's National Bank, and his wife plans to visit relatives in California.
Central labor union plans a full Labor Day program in Waterloo. The day includes a morning parade of union men, a morning speaker, sports during a Cedar River Park picnic, and an evening dance after the official program is drawn up at Tuesday night’s committee meeting.
Disturbances Saturday led to several Waterloo Gas Engine Company employees pulled from a street car. Five strikers were arraigned in municipal court on assault charges with bail set at 160 dollars each. A continuance to Aug 12 was granted. One additional man, Harry Allenbaugh, faces a public disturbance charge. a jury trial decision was pending on request.
In a wage scale adopted by 200 general chairmen of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen a demand for a 35 to 65 percent raise is issued across the United States and Canada impacting railroad firemen and hostlers. In Warsaw Gen Simon Petlura attacks Bolsheviks and conducts the town of Zwe
Paris reports Gen. Pershing plans to sail for the United States about Sept 1. Washington warns that Senate delays risk delaying foreign relations action on a crucial reply. New York notes rail losses from prohibition could total about 250 million dollars. Coblenz and Cologne report the mark at 245 per 100 francs at week’s end.
McCoy Directory Company, long publisher of Waterloo City Directory, is not currently in the city to compile the 1920 edition. Representatives arrived to renew contracts for advertising spaces and the new book will be assembled as in prior years, with Mr. McDonald taking charge to ensure a complete directory with new features, delivered on schedule.
Real estate transfers filed in Black Hawk County include Howrey to Emma Miller lots in West Waterloo, Pleasant View and Litchfield additions in Waterloo, and multiple transfers involving Bod, Tubh mers, and Home Park additions. Several parcels list prices around 1.25 to 5.00 with various lots and blocks recorded.
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