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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1923
Page
14
Three services closed a month long revival at St Paul M E church resulting in about 150 souls converted or reconsecrated. Rev W A Buell and team return home for a week before new meetings at Elma Indiana. The congregation raised roughly $600 for the evangelists and church needs.
Aplington High School teams swept Parkersburg in a doubleheader on Friday night. The girls won 12 to 6, while the boys won by forfeit 2 to 0 after Parkersburg pulled a player for roughness. An umpire and referee supervised to ensure fairness.
F. P. Leahy of Gelwein Ta has been made a captain in the medical reserve corps to assist recruiting for the Ninth field artillery Des Moines unit to be known as the Iowa battalion.
A police squad dispersed a poker game at 7 30 p m yesterday on 1437 Sycamore Street. Roy Schneck, John Schneck, Bil Harvey, W Snyder, William Ellis and Cora Brydut were booked for disorderly house and released on bonds. one man stayed in jail overnight due to insufficient cash. Wa Tate and Walter Marts face illegal possession charges in municipal court after a 5 30 p m arrest and were fined 100 dollars plus costs and jailed for nonpayment. L J McDonald of OcIewin was held for intoxication at around 8 am.
John V. Olmstead of Waterloo was killed when his car was struck by an eastbound Milwaukee train near Covington crossing, five miles west of Cedar Rapids. The crash, witnessed only by train crew, crushed the car. Coroner reported no inquest. Olmstead’s body sent to Marion.
Bantamweight champion Joe Lynch expressed willingness to fight the winner of the Tremaine Curtain bout in New York. Tremaine and Curtain meet in Cleveland and Jersey City respectively on Friday night, with a decision expected.
All local telephone managers plan talks to Y M C A members tomorrow evening at East Park Presbyterian church. A. J. Weigel and Foster Outing of Northwestern will present illustrated talks on the telephone system. Fifty sides of details will accompany the speeches. The life of Alexander Bell, inventor of the telephone, will be highlighted by Outing. Two reels of national pictures will be shown.
A brief note describes an added attraction featuring the nation's expirals and their highways, presenting a showcase of travel routes and road systems as part of an upcoming display.
Sunday afternoon at 2 45 p m firemen were summoned to Mrs Mary Walker at 910 Randolph where sparks on the roof started a blaze The department had a busier Saturday with four alarm calls including 226 Jefferson and 1409 Connnerelal and other locations.
An old advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for stuffed noses and congestion. It claims two to three doses ease symptoms, stop a runny nose, and relieve headaches and fevers, with a low cost in cents.
A garbled OCR style snippet lists multiple names and addresses with dates such as Jan and Feb and mentions births and family entries. The text names individuals and households across various streets like Oaklawn and Sycamore and includes scattered dates and parental references.
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