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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1920
Page
4
Cedar Falls Daily News note identifies George Bh Twaddle as resident news representative for Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter with office at 11 wt Teleph xo 12 and hours 9 to 10 am and 1.
Nebraska editor KR Crawford lauds Iowa consolidated schools before the national rural school conference at Cedar Falls. He notes rapid growth, 340 consolidated schools in the state, 60,000 enrolled, and 1,670 graduates in June. He cites Buena Vista Marshall Woodbury counties as leaders and plans a nationwide educational campaign via model schools.
Unpaid pledges totaling 23,652.24 for Whitney Road were turned over to the county attorney for collection following a county board motion. Of 30,715 total pledges, 7,062.76 has been paid. the remainder may face court action if donors do not settle.
A. Van Order from Omaha Nebraska, expert on corporation tax, will spend a week at the Waterloo income tax office with J. A. Wesselman explaining tax law intricacies. Fosselman stays until March 15 urging prompt visits while funds and needs of modest families are noted in passing.
Central Labor union plans active participation in upcoming congressional and state elections this summer and fall. A communication signed by Samuel Gompers and AFL department chiefs urges nonpartisan voter action, supporting candidates fair to labor while setting aside party labels.
Capt. John Farrell longtime Waterloo police veteran and third shift platoon head was taken to Presbyterian hospital Tuesday with severe bowel inflammation. Doctors considered surgery but deemed it too dangerous as his condition worsened. A physician consultation was held today.
Loren H Ernest of Oelwein enlisted today at the local recruiting office for duty in the Forty seventh Infantry at Camp Dodge. John F Nostetter of Grundy Center enlisted in the Sixth field signal corps for Camp Grant. U S Helm of Waterloo joined the QMC for Camp Grant. Earl G Pierson of Nashua enlisted in the Sixth field signal battalion for Camp Grant. All men forwarded to their stations today.
George E. Hamilton, formerly of the Waterloo Daily, describes Fred A. Pratt of Waterloo as making good as a contractor in the west. Pratt & Nelson won a contract for a state house in Olympia valued at 823,170 dollars, the second unit of the capitol group, three stories and a basement. The project carries a 20 month completion penalty of 50 dollars per day. Pratt’s Tacoma work and the Temple of Justice project at Olympia in 1919 are noted, with his Oklahoma-born partner. Hamilton, long absent from Waterloo, expresses keen local interest and reports his weekly Herald.
The two men who were to present the India mass movement Pageant at Grace M. E. church are missing. Dr. EB Lockwood reports they have not been located and misfortune is feared. The team was slated for Mount Vernon Sunday Fayette Dayton and this city Tuesday based on pastor notes.
A letter from the centenary committee in Omaha critiques the In sta Mass Movement team for failing to appear at Grace church, leaving 1,000 in attendance embarrassed and prompting Dr. Lockwood to search for the missing men. The note claims the team was officially dated for the event and assigns sole responsibility to them. Meanwhile Des Moines reports a staffing change at the Davenport Soldiers’ Orphans Home with F L Treat replacing the resigning superintendent.
A home made cough remedy uses 214 ounces Pinex in a pint bottle with sugar syrup honey or molasses to create a cheap effective cough syrup. It eases phlegm throat tickle and sore membranes quickly and is claimed to help bronchitis croup hoarseness and asthma with daily use.
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