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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1912
Page
11
County figures show male teachers earned 41,052.14 while female teachers received 142,849.22. average monthly wages were 115.46 for men and 42.93 for women. The article also discusses auto travel as a leisure trend and state road funding to improve highways and bridges.
The Salvation Army serves the poor in Waterloo with street and hall meetings, nursing, clothing, coal, and employment aid. Volunteers visit the sick and needy, run Christmas baskets and a 240-child Christmas tree, and operate rummage sales and charity fund drives. Ensign Catherine Thomas and Adjutant Thomas lead the Waterloo post with two Watertown girls sent to Des Moines for the rescue home. The year shows 299 street meetings, 390 hall meetings, 62 children’s meetings, 67 young people meetings, 938 visitation hours, 2439.56 dollars cash for charity, and 1475 people aided in various ways.
The readable text references national or state schools in Waterlon with scattered mentions of east and west Watertag areas. Details are unclear due to severe OCR errors.
A. J. Knapp, proprietor of the Waterloo Monument Company, is highlighted as a high class monument maker. Born in New Hampshire, he spent twelve years in Barre Vermont’s granite trade before establishing his Waterloo business in June. He has traveled Iowa widely as a monument salesman and chose Waterloo for its business advantages and access to rural markets.
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