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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1928
Page
17
A collage of WANTED ads for salesmen and distributors plus extensive FOR RENT notices detailing rooms, apartments, and houses with locations, features, and contact points. Includes addresses like Winona Minnesota New York Akron and Brookline and realty firm notes for Waterloo.
An advertisement lists various coal lump and egg grades from Pocahontas Black Jewel Blue Ridge Kentucky Zeigler and Eastern Kentucky sources with prices ranging around 8.50 to 13.00 per ton. It promotes Genuine Pocahontas Peerless and Red Parrott brands from Tennessee and West Virginia and invites readers to call 1750 for calendars.
Nothing down and payments for up to 20 months offered on a range of cars including a 1928 Whippet Coach and Sedan, 1927 Whippet Coaches and Sedan, 1924 Willys Knight Touring, 1923 Maxwell Coupe, 1943 Durant Touring. Trades accepted. Sehierbrock-Waterloo Co. E Sixth and Franklin. Phone 336.
Buick coupe listed with ample wear left, paint and tires solid at 135 dollars. 1928 Chrysler 52 four door sedan in A-1 motor tires paint. 1927 Whippet coach with new tires and battery and mechanically first class. 1923 Jewet sedan with good paint motor upholstery. 1927 Dodge coupe motor overhauled and in good condition throughout.
A classified line items listing multiple vintage automobile models including 1928 52 Chrysler sedan and coupe, 1926 70 Chrysler coach, 1926 58 Chrysler coach, 1926 70 Chrysler sport roadster, and 1927 Nash Advanced Six coach in a historic car sale catalog. The entries specify model names and approximate years as catalog data.
Legal notices list executrix appointments for Elizabeth Ennert and Peter Kies in Black Hawk County Iowa. Caroline Heiple and Aleda Lena Kies named executrices with instructions for debt payments claims and filings to district court clerks. Attorney references Butterfield and Butterfield with dates December 1928.
The Associated General Contractors of America report that construction costs held their position gained last October, after a June rise. For the first 11 months of 1928, the average costs are slightly below the same period in 1927, due to softer early-year performance. No change in basic material costs or wages occurred last month. the last rise in materials was in October and wages rose in September.
The National Association of Football Coaches votes for a slight rule revision for next season. A committee led by Knute Rockne Glen Warner and W A Alexander will meet the Football Rules committee in New York after Christmas to discuss a proposed change. The association backs a rule making a fumble recovered by the defense dead at the spot of recovery.
Missouri suspects fleeing toward the state line after a last night raid in Shelbyville. Officers report robbers escaped with 300 muskrat, 50 skunk, 50 possum, 8 mink, 8 coons and other skins. Authorities seek leads and vehicle descriptions.
Emma M. Bodey transfers to Ida M. Klopp in a lot in Waterloo with blocks and additions. Ida M. Klopp and her husband convey interests in a southwest quarter tract. Floyd E. Hershberger and spouse sell lot in Maple Leaf addition. Matt Roth and spouse convey cliff lot in Cedar River Park area. Auditor Rainbow’s Cedar River Park plat listing appears in Waterloo notices.
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