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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
3
For Rent farms offer good improvements and fairbank location. Farm in fair condition will clear with right party. About 2000 dollars expected this year. Address Lafayette Louisiana 2222 Black.
For Sale or Trade six room modern house for small term. List your property. Eaxcharkes my specialty. Waterloo incident property trade. Phone Go5. For Y Trade three late to move to Waterloo in trade for five passenger auto. Lota clear, want a good machine. Address 603 Logan street Grand Rapids Michigan. For Sale or Trade 155 acre Brook Farm in Lacinde county Myo good barn and sheds. Six springs. Farm land and timber. Write ELC. Biller.
Notice given for the regular annual meeting of Leavite Johnson National Bank of Waterloo Iowa on January 8 1917 at 10 oclock a m to elect a board of directors and handle business. Also Special Election of Consolidated Independent School District of Orange Township Black Hawk County Iowa on January 6 1917 to approve twelve thousand two hundred dollars for a school building bond. Including Home Building and Loan Association Waterloo annual meeting January 2 1917 to elect directors officers amend articles and conduct other business.
Notice details that ads running till forbid require written orders to stop, to avoid phone instruction errors. Advertisers will receive and return a printed blank to discontinue, with a copy kept for reference. Waterloo Evening Courier and Naily Mleperter.
A vacancy exists in the corporation and the elected person will hold half the term until the next annual meeting when the vacancy will be filled. The elected individual holds until the end of the term or until a successor is elected and qualified. Dated Waterloo Iowa December 2, 1618. Secretary J H Dempster.
Food riots erupted in Dresden on December 17 to 19 as shops closed for lack of stocks. Women stoned storefronts, marched, and shouted for food while police and troops failed to intervene at times. A Tuesday clash left about 100 women and 2 policemen wounded before soldiers cleared the streets.
The special election failed to approve an extra 40,000 bond for a new high school. Voters chose against increasing totals beyond the already approved 100,000. Officials plan spring construction and later additions. Holiday closures noted and staff changes include Miss Forte Carrier resigning to teach in Fort Morgan, Colo. Pythias officers elected. Pastor W H Rogers received a call from Waterloo church. Parent teachers appoint officers for the high school.
Local items list visitors Grover Snyder and sisters Chas Hummel hosts. Snyder to manage a Waterloo stock ranch in Delano California. high school boys beat Clarksville 25 to 14. girls fell to experienced team 27 to 5. Mrs Stebbing visits Cedar Rapids. Mr Stebbins joins for Christmas. Ingram recovering at home. La Porte City school closes for short holiday. staff scattered to homes for vacation. W R C birthday boxes bring cheer to two families. Jimmy Paige, ex Southern Field publisher, now Industrial Agent for Southern Railways in Chattanooga. Local students plan Christmas week at home. teachers and others travel. Exie McQuirkin returns from Pella for holidays. Charley Hummel turkey shoot success at Waterloo.
Waverly and vicinity report residents leaving for Chicago and Muscatine for holidays. Miss Vorabert returns home for a week with Livermore friends. Mrs. John Ryan improves after a hospital stay in Fairbank. Rev. Zimmermann is a Mercy hospital patient. Dorothy Dawson returns from Madison for a two week break. John Gebbie and family arrive from Sheldon to visit Hodges family. Elsie Grunemeier attends aunt’s funeral. Misses Litian and Maude Strom head to Chicago for a week. Joe Brecknar and wife visit Hastings relatives in town.
Barcaly Center residents and visitors gather at J F Anderton home. High school girls Mabel Campbell Kathryn Brown and Alice Biack spend Christmas at home from Waterloo and Dunkerton. J J Campbell sells 25 Poland China boot sows and mares to John Miller and Henry Stiefel near Berlin. J J Andersen and daughter Elizabeth visit Waterloo. Mr and Mrs E Gleing visit with sister Mrs W G Gibson. Joe and Fred Griswold of Oelwein call on WW GC. Mrs Clark Walker visits Waterloo. Christmas treas at J P church Saturday December 2% with program starting 7 30 PM.
Independence reports visiting relatives and local visits by James M. Pierce editor of Iowa Homestead. Buchanan county farmers institute address set for January 20. Celebrations include twenty fourth wedding anniversary for J E Brame, Christmas programs at high school and churches, teachers added at Hawthorne building, ice crew cleaning, and students Miss Jo Close Miss Amber Hopkins Miss Maybelle Wells returning home for holidays.
Linden residents share illnesses travel and family visits as Christmas events loom. Mrs Crum is ill at home on Lafryatte street while Tom Banfield visits from Serena. Mrs Baker and children travel to Mason City for the holidays. A Brotherhood musical was postponed to January 3 due to the Cornelia banquet and Christmas church exercises set for tomorrow at 7 20 p m. I Kaplan heads to Minnesota for Christmas with daughter Rose Berman. Geo Reed recovering after stomach trouble surgery and Edith Holts is also recovering from an earlier operation.
The Morning Post notes the King's Speech in parliament as the best reply to Wilson's peace idea. It warns against trusting treaties with nations like Guatemala or lesser powers and highlights U S entente risk amid submarine fear and Belgian deportations. The Daily News views the note as respectful yet uncompromising, stressing Lansing’s warning of war and possible strains with Germany. French papers mix cautious support with calls for clear aims and retaliation if necessary. The Temps questions Wilson's peace emphasis, urging recognition of initial war responsibility and urging a firm stance before peace.
Rev D M Bhairns comments on Isaiah IX and XII, linking messianic birth to a virgin and the second coming. He traces the structure of Isaiah, the Immanuel prophecy, Bethlehem birth, and the kingly rule, noting fulfillments in Matthew and Luke and contrasting earthly armies with divine judgment by the Lord. He closes with exhortations to study prophecy and make resolutions.
Chicago markets closed today as the Board of Trade and all stock exchanges suspended trading until after Christmas. Volume was light and cancellations followed the holiday lull.
New York market notes show unsettled butter receipts at 6087 tubs creamery 404 420 perforations mixed. Eggs firm with 4382 cases including fresh gathered and refrigerator specials. Cheese irregular with 2485 boxes state held specials and average fancy 24 44 2c. Poultry alive strong chickens 20 21c fowls 21c, turkeys 27 480. Dressed firm chickens 40 29c turkeys 20 other prices vary.
Kansas City Missouri stockyards report hog receipts around two thousand with steady opening prices. Hog sale ranges bulk 9.80 to 10.86, heavy 10.15 to 10.20, packers and butchers 10.00 to 10.25. Cattle receipts around one hundred with steady open. prime feeders 10.50 to 11.25, dressed beef steers 7.50 to 10.26, Western cattle 6.50 to 10.25, cows 5.25 to 6.25, heifers 6.00 to 9.50, stockers 5.76 to 5.00, bulls 5.59 to 7.25, calves 5.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts around one hundred with steady opening. lambs 12.60 to 13.16, yearlings 10.59 to 11.50, wethers 8.50 to 9.60, ewes 3.00 to 9.00.
Market list from Waterloo shows prices for flour and grain, meats, hay, hides, veal, hogs and dairy products. Includes fresh eggs, butter, potatoes, and poultry items with wholesale and retail hints and notes on quality like premium hogs and cured hides.
Des Moines dispatch reports Mayor John MacVicar ordered a carload of coal bought with city funds to aid poor families at Christmas after wholesalers refused to sell. He says a coal shortage is the result of dealer combin ations and will seek a grand jury investigation. Twenty to fourte en thousand Courier subscribers are noted.
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