This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1922
Page
3
The undersigned will auction at public sale at 2040 College street Cedar Falls Iowa on December 28 1922 at 2 o'clock p m the entire stock of tools supplies diaries fixtures equipment quite used and owned by Harold S eta bankrupt in continuing a restaurant in said city C S Hansen trustee
Chas. Q. Meyers and McDougal announce a public auction on the Dunkerton farm four miles north of Dunkerton to sell horses cattle hogs poultry and feed, including 1500 bushels corn 200 bushels oats 100 bushels barley and 16 tons hay plus farming equipment. Also listed are household items and assorted stock. Auction by Meyers Sale. Also listed are sale or trade notes for 1919 Oak Oakland and business chances in Mankato Minn. Transfer and storage services advertised. Ensure inspection prior to sale date December 28.
For Sale notes list various autos including a Ford touring and a 39.6 Ford roadster with prices. Also items such as a Maxwell Touring car on new tires, a hand washing machine priced around six dollars, and several shop and commission services with contact details, all advertised from local locations and phones.
Numerous coal lots and goods offered for sale across Illinois and Iowa. Listings include Lump coal at various prices, coal screenings, and related equipment. Also notes on mortgage notes, cash discounts, and farm property details with contact numbers in multiple towns.
Athens reports the Minister of War General Pamkalios was named commander in chief of Greek troops in Thrace to quell a mutinous split in the Thracian army. Part of the Thracian forces have allied with Bulgarians and Turks in the unrest.
Mrs Electa Jolls a Waterloo area pioneer aged 91, longtime First Presbyterian member, died and was buried at Fairview cemetery after a 2 p m funeral service. Her life spanned westward migration from Davenport to Waterloo, with the Jolls and White families among Iowa’s early settlers enduring blizzards, ox teams, and frontier subsistence before the community grew into a city of 37 000. She survived by seven children, twelve grandchildren, and sixteen great grandchildren.
A devoted reader known for her keen eyesight read daily until her death at home. She survived two hip fractures later in life and recovered enough to walk again, maintaining her habit of reading her Bible in a chair.
George Hubbard of Chicago visits his sister in Waterloo while George Lighthart returns from Cedar Rapids. Local events report a Modern Woodmen gathering at the K of P ball, several residents traveling to visit relatives, hospital releases, and Christmas gatherings. Citizens consider council business, and Christmas social affairs unfold as families travel to Florida and Saint Petersburg after holidays.
Washington dispatch reports Federal Fuel Distributor Spens resigns after declaring danger of serious fuel shortage averted. He will be succeeded by F. R. Wadleteh, who has served as his assistant, with Yasthoe relinquishing the office today.
Across the United States warm Christmas weather set new records with Fort Worth Texas reaching 78 degrees and Chicago noting 45. Kansas City Missouri logged near 68, while many eastern and gulf states reported unusually high readings. The weather pattern broke multiple regional records and even exceeded typical cold snaps in Montana and North Dakota.
Ilinois Central trainmaster H G Brown will convene a special fuel economy meeting on the Minnesota division to plan waste reduction. The fuel economy committee will discuss preventing coal waste from unscientific stoking and excessive steam release through the popoff.
Abraham Becker, found guilty of assaulting and burying his wife alive in a lime pit, was sentenced by Judge Gibbs in Bronx county court to die in the electric chair the week of February 5. Becker heard the sentence with no emotion.
Des Moines records Christmas Day warmth with a 53 degree reading at 3 p.m. marking the warmest December weather in Iowa since 1881. The Weather Bureau has tracked Des Moines temperatures since 1878, noting last year’s Christmas was bitterly cold at 5 below zero.
Cedar Falls Christmas reunion for two old friends in Cedar Falls after almost four decades apart. Arthur Lloyd, born here, while en route to his daughter's home, reunited with Montgomery Wilson on Main Street and spent four hours recalling childhood incidents.
La Porte City Ia Dec 26 The Thursday club held a Christmas party at the home of Mr and Mrs J F Gay with about 65 attending including members and families. Festivities featured songs readings games and refreshments. Several guests and visitors were noted including relatives in town and friends from Cedar Falls Waterloo and Vinton.
Oscar Edwin Bradfute elected president of American Farm Bureau federation lives on the old home farm near Xenia Ohio in Greene County. He has served as vice president, is president of Ohio Farm Bureau federation and trustee of Ohio State University. A stockman and breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle, Bradfute helped found the movement and became a leading figure after two years as vice president.
The Waterloo public library placed 38 new books into circulation today, fiction and non fiction. The titles cover varied subjects and include works by Shoebar Stratton Ameés The Teaching of Geography Branom The Yellow Poppy Bros ter Mendoza and 4 Little Lady Caine The Crimson Alvi Cohen Lilia Chenoworth Dowd It Is Tor Laugh Geister Chanting Waheeis Hutchinson Citizenship Dramatized Meritorers Jane Journeys On Mitchel Dower of Oblivion Onions East side library also adds Mother Gorky Modern Seminary volumes 1 2 3 and 4 Hale Franklin Mack ay erm Essays Morley Immigrant Press and Its Control's Park Bible and Spade Peters The
Training course listing includes books and authors such as The Love Match Bennett My Diaries volumes 13 3 4 Blunt Hepplestall s Brighouse Qne Thin Off Cobb Principles of Christian Service Copaj How to Study Birds leb The Per sonality of God Snowden Some First Steps in Human progress Starr Interior Decorating for Mod ern Needs Wright.
Notices report the deaths of Mrs. Samuel J. Shimer in Los Angeles, with funeral plans to follow on arrival of the body and surviving children listed. George Haskins of Waterloo, 31, died after surgery with service details at O Keefe Towne chapel and burial in Fairview. Baby George Hane, child of Mr and Mrs Marion O Hane, born today and died shortly after, with burial plans in Grundy Center. multiple other survivors named in brief notices from Waterloo and surrounding areas.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.