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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
5
January post office receipts for Waterloo show a 14 percent rise over 1913 and an 11 percent gain over last January. Merchants report strong holiday trade, bank deposits rise, and employment improving 50 to 100 percent, signaling renewed prosperity.
Morinarin MES, Angeling Van Niman dies at home of son L. J. Niman at 1693 Washington street after a brief illness. Born March 2, 1843 in Ohio, she married Levi H. Van Niman May 9 1855, lived in Howard county Iowa before moving to Waterloo to live with a son. Survived by several children including Mrs W B Dunn Cresco Iowa Mrs J B Moulton Mrs F A Kingsley and V K Van Niman Minneapolis. Funeral at Petersen Bros chapel with Rev A P Blough officiating. burial Elmwood.
In a nostalgic column titled Topics of the Day, readers encounter humorous vignettes about hunting life. A child named Ray jokes about hunting a baby animal, while a hunter recounts near misses with a bear. Other cartoons poke fun at farmers, hunters, and ethics in sport with light, period-voice humor.
Chicago crime commission reports a 41 percent drop in motor cars stolen in 1922 while recovered vehicles rose. About six percent of stolen automobiles were recovered during the year, the commission said in releasing its findings.
Local brief updates include John A. Priest leaving for Los Angeles and other southern California cities, Mrs C C Balllett and daughter Helene returning from Chicago, and 2020 Fourth Street cast heading to Chicago for friends and an auto show. Also noted are a Congregational meeting, Knights of Columbus gathering, and telegraph officials visiting Des Moines. A Monticello school project is awarded to Lauritzen Construction of Waterloo. Peter Beck sustains serious injuries from a fodder load fall, and the Refsnider family heads back from California as Grant’s illness worsens.
At 10 10 a m the fire department responded to 516 Conger Street where sparks set the roof alight causing slight damage. Ad promotes Play Safs. Insure with Brongon Insurance Agency. Phones 1274.
Receipt details three letters from another town found in one large envelope with a note to mail from Waterloo office. Postal officials explain misreading addressees, advising postmasters to forward by destination and mark origin. New ruling adds a third receipt for insured parcel tracking to origin for lost or damaged items.
Fragmented OCR shows mention of rectal troubles and hemorrhoids with pricing and a mail order offer to Pyramid Drug in Marshall Michigan. It references Beta and a free trial package, urging contact to obtain a 60 cent box, and to call or send to the nearest drug store or Pyramid Drugs.
Secretary Mellon, chairman of the American Debt Funding Commission, called a late afternoon meeting in Washington to plan presenting to Congress the American British agreement accepted in London yesterday. The meeting follows notification from the British embassy that the British cabinet favored the American funding plan.
Police in Miami on February pursue a jewelry theft case involving $250,000 in gems from the winter home of Mr. and Mrs. David G. The investigation continues with no tangible break in the case.
Mrs Joyce reported to authorities yesterday that a woman guest and two other visitors were in the home at the time of the disappearance. Private detectives are at work, but as yet no theory or lead has allowed an arrest.
Chicago, Feb 1. Carl Boecklin, once famed as a German civil engineer and author of widely used university textbooks, was found dead in a downtown department store. His body impaled on a stairpost, with friends citing despondency from failing sight after a trip to the Arctic. A card bearing his name and one cent was found in his pocket.
Rev. 8 L Hammond of Independence leaves Tuesday for Brookings South Dakota. He has served as pastor of the First Presbyterian church here after moving from La Porte about four years ago.
The city council committee on restrooms will meet with officials of the Young Women's Christian Association this evening at the YWCA quarters to discuss the plan for a restroom in association buildings. Conference called by RB A Buck, committee head.
Digest notes the federal radio control bill granting vast regulatory authority to commerce for wireless telegraph and telephone communication. Other items report customs duties over 480 million expected in the year ending June 30, a Detroit war contract claim payment, the Indianapolis Star editor's death, and changes in marine insurance rates for voyages to Germany. The Beuthen mine entombment, a German glider record, Benes on Ruhr policy, Elsa Brandstrom to the Nobel Peace Prize, and rising divorces in St. Louis are also mentioned.
An old advertisement urges instant relief from cold symptoms with Pape's Cold Compound. It claims taking doses every two hours breaks the cold, relieves congestion and headache, and ends grippe misery. It notes no quinine and low cost at drug stores, with a pleasant taste.
A new Old Glory flag of 36 square feet will be unfurled atop the post office, with the ceremony set to occur tomorrow or soon after. The event marks a patriotic display for the community and honors national symbols.
Mrs H Vatter of Onawa Iowa endorses Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for feminine trouble. She reports no recurrence for over a year and urges others to obtain the tablet form from a neighborhood drug store or request a trial package by mail.
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