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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
16
Des Moines reports the sixty fifth Iowa State Fair and Exposition closed with an estimated net profit between 60 thousand and 70 thousand dollars, a record high. Attendance reached 406,185 as management plans a new cattle barn, aviation field, expanded grand stand wings, and improved facilities at an expected total cost near 240 thousand dollars.
J. Yoder of Kalona Iowa was elected moderator at the national Mennonite church conference in Harrisonburg Virginia. Delegates from 16 church conferences across 19 states Canada and India attended. The body adopted a war resolution urging respect for Mennonite doctrine on war and seeking noncombatant service if conscription is adopted.
Associated Press report from San Salvador notes Honduran revolutionary forces disarmed villagers near Santa Rosa and fled with 34000 pesos as government action loomed. Rebels, driven across the Salvadoran border, are said to be consolidating for further hostilities.
The Peverill Motor Sales company announced a $2,250,000 expansion to grow Hudson and Essex production. About $1,250,000 funds land and buildings, $1,006,000 buys machinery. The 40,000 cars planned this year will rise to about 50,000 next year, with a new Essex plant being built near the Detroit Hudson factory to increase capacity while keeping motor assembly in the Hudson plant.
Montrose Colorado officials quarantine 6000 acres of alfalfa after state entomologists confirm alfalfa weevil infestation. The measure restricts movement of hay and straw from the area to prevent spread. Growers monitor crops closely amid the action.
Waterloo becomes the stamping ground for King Pietertje Ormsby Piebe, the Holstein bull valued at $75,000, a record animal owned by Maxwell Farms of Waterloo. The half interest was sold to Maxwell after weeks of negotiations, with the bull to be shown at the Iowa state fair. Maxwell farms are famed for Holsteins and own other noted cattle including Ormsby Skylark.
A complete model home by Chas. B. Sedgwick features a 30 by 30 foot footprint plus a 9 foot front piazza. Central entry opens to a 14 by 22 living room with alcove, dining through sliding doors, two chimneys, and a rear main staircase. First floor uses fumed oak and birch floors, full basement with laundry and furnace rooms. second floor has four rooms and a sleeping porch. Construction uses 2 by 6 outside studs, flaxlinum and cement stucco, with white trim and textured brick chimney. Cost estimated at 5500 to 7000 dollars, not including heat or plumbing.
A Munsey's Magazine account describes a beaver family driven from their dam by wolves and a strapper. With no food stored, they dig a tunnel toward an aspens grove, drag trees through, and toil under ice and snow to reopen the pond. Six beavers survive, returning in spring to repair the den. The article ends with a note on future UK demand for labor.
Mr. Nash, president of the Motor company, exemplifies a philosophy of quantity production blended with quality. C A West of West Motor Sales credits Nash for prioritizing quality first, then expanding output to reduce costs.
Cleveland, Ohio Frank 8 Krause, organizer of the old Thirty-Cent to Chile venture, has formed the national PEC club for pork eggs and coffee. He seeks the mayoralty as a free and unfettered candidate and urges club members to boycott pork eggs and coffee for three weeks to drive prices down.
Capital rumor and public weeks of activity surround President Wilson and Mrs Wilson as they plan 30 city swing. Des Moines will host Sept 6 and 7 with talks at the college and Presbyterian church. Delegates, staff, and reporters prepare a simple program for rest days and a presidential suite at the Fort Des Moines hotel.
Balvages Purse owner Joly Bros. carried papers between locations. A man identified as Steve saw a woman he thought was Mrs. R A Jolly drop a purse, took it, and chased her. The woman realized the loss, pursued, and Steve returned with $100 in bills and some change.
Raymond S. McLaren, chief field work for the Second division AEF, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre. Word reached his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joli McLaren of 130 Heber Avenue. He is on special duty in Washington and expects to return in about two weeks. He enlisted in the regular army and has seen active service for more than two years.
In New York a World correspondent asked about a Newton incident involving Mrs. James Dobbins and her cow. The animal wandered into the woods and lay by water for an hour, prompting Mrs. Dobbins to follow, while a bystander asked a fish milk a cow question amid the inquiry.
Real estate transfers list names Raymond Storey and G A Same with parcel references 246 and 328, Pleasant View area, indicating property conveyances recorded by Hack Hawk County Assessor. The snippet notes transfers between Storey and Maverish and another by G A Same with a nominal amount.
Local land records show numerous transfers and plats in Waterloo area including references to Waterlo Township parcels, Fairfield district plots, and figures such as 500.00 and 1,976.37 tied to various property deeds. Names like McCleery, Howrey, and Smith appear amid plats and street designations, with measurements and plot sizes noted in the listings.
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