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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
22
Waterloo Evening Courier by The Waterloo Parket section lists Classified items and notices. The page features small ads with addresses and contact numbers under a December 1 1927 dateline.
An ad touts Pocahontas and Eastern and Western Kentucky coal as economical general fuel options for winter. It highlights Blue Star coal high heat units and Solvay Process Coke, promising clean delivery and reasonable prices with phone contact for heating satisfaction.
Storm window ad announces measurement service and free estimates for windows and doors with a phone contact. The misspelled copy suggests a sales pitch urging homeowners to prepare for cold weather.
Classified items include baby carriage and items for sale, rent, and services plus multiple legal notices from Waterloo Iowa. Listings cover secondhand jumperoos, car tops, garages, and a bake of court actions including notices of attachment and divorce petitions with dates in 1927 1928 and court locations in Waterloo Black Hawk County Iowa. First bank and attorney names appear with case numbers and payment terms.
Washington reports that effective December 1 major frequency shifts and power changes clear 25 of 35 channels in the 600 to 1000 kilocycle band for 36 stations with national reception, enabling coast to coast programs with minimal interference. WEAF KDKA WGY Wu2 WBZ WLS among high power stations. Chicago gains five cleared waves for wide midwest coverage.
Berlin December 1 Max Kahlow veteran Luft Hansa pilot reaches his three hundred thousandth mile in the air. He began in 1913 as an army flier and later moved to commercial aviation with London flights boosting international traffic. A regular service plane set a 250 mile Cologne Halle Leipzig record in 100 minutes versus seven hours by express train.
Dallas born Lenora Corona, a young American soprano, makes her Metropolitan Opera debut in Verdi’s Rigoletto on Thanksgiving matinee as Leonora. She trained after meeting conductor Gennaro Papi in the Pacific coast and studied in Italy. Her father, Judge Cicero Corhane, is deceased. her mother attends the debut.
New hair insertion method sews curly bronze hair into a bald patch using a fine gold ring and hollow needle. Norwegian Prof. Askhaven demonstrates on Miss Peggie Tudor, claiming results can last up to 2000 years with about 2900 hairs for a large head and several months per patch.
The Black Hawk County Board met on November 28 1927 at Waterloo to approve domestic animal fund claims for losses from dogs and to authorize cemetery arrangements. It set Hillcrest Cemetery for county use with trustees to manage and operate, and noted filing of bonds for board members. Real estate transfers listed include multiple parcels in Linden Place Warneke’s addition and Home Park additions.
A London ecclesiastical commission suggests removing obscure monuments from Westminster Abbey rather than adding new ones to honor future national heroes. Critics argue existing plaques and figures, from Chaucer to Harrison, distort the abbey’s beauty and sacredness.
Berlin court session ends abruptly when a spectator powders her face with lipstick and uses a comb during the trial. Judge Dr Wesenberg orders the woman to leave the room for un befitting behavior in the dignified precincts of the court.
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