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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1923
Page
4
Waterloo Evening Courier outlines want ad pricing: one cent per word with a 23 cent minimum, dash links and all caps lines priced per word, categories include Wanted and For Sale, and ads must appear on the final ad page with a minimum charge and strict formatting.
Six cars of coal reached Vinton on Saturday but rapid consumption left dealers exhausted within 24 hours. The shortage prompted a Knights of Pythias meeting at the hall and social gathering. Clyde Meuse won first in a declamatory contest, and Myre Malcolm McNie of Renton county, long resident, died in California. local sports saw Waterloo East top Vandals, while federated clubs and a marriage at the Kerkle home were noted.
Word arrived Monday of the death of a former Independence man, long associated with the Bulletin Journal and other newspapers. He left his home about 12 years ago and moved to Oregon, where his passing follows a period of illness and an afermath related to a fire at an unspecified office.
Osage reports Miss Marion Horner returns to Chicago after probation. Miss Dorothy Galsley dies in Cedar Falls hospital and is buried in Osage. Locals Wright and Wilde visit Cedar Rapids and Ames respectively. W J Sheldon buys German stamps for display at the bank. Naturalist club hosts meet with talks on Arkney Islands and the Limberlost. Judge Munger, once Osage resident, returned to town for years. Mrs J J Austin moves to California. trains halted by drifts. Osage wins interschool declamatory contest with top honors by Genung Gillis and Watteauw.
Sumner community updates include deaths in La Suez Center Minnesota affecting Mr. Kienzmans family, weddings at Fred Wittenberg and Finnell churches, births at Paxid and James Madden homes, and illnesses among residents. Much social activity cited with club guest night, Valentine party at Mabel Farrand’s, and letters from Dr. Stafford about Lone Beach practice.
Geneseo notes a district conference in Waverly with Grant in attendance. Mrs Wit Mann of Waterloo visited relatives in Geneseo. Four Geneseo high school members won in an oratorical contest at Grundy Center. Ellen Grant second in dramatic, Pierbart Speer fourth in humorous, Oscar Lambert fourth in oratorical. Dale Adair died after mastoid operation for scarlet fever. burial at Geneseo cemetery. Washington visitors Mr. and Mrs. Henry Radamar, formerly Bird Gardner, at Fred Lockard's home. Frank Lockard and CGI Weinbert traveled to Kansas City to buy cattle for feeding.
Busy social week in Jesup with viaibility of visits, weddings, and church events. Claude Miller of Waterloo visited sister Mrs. C. L. Bright. Miss Louise Weirich and Mr. George Hammond wed at Baptist parsonage. radio programs entertain at John Miller store. Lincoln symposium at Baptist church featured Civil War era topics.
Grundy Center notes residents moving into and out of town including Aaery Franz renting Marble house and moving March 1 Stickfoot family relocating from Holland to town Mr and Mrs Kenneth Noble weekend in dowS Malls tenants shift at Peter Wolthoff property a summer kitchen burned Cro yesterday Mr and Mrs Tom Kinsinger leasing a farm near Ferm starting March 3 there is a girl at Starvey Meyer Jr’s south of town Mrs W B Koons ill at 92 Mrs Emma Mingsiey from Howard Kansas comes to live with son W D Kingsley Hillman to move to parents farm then to Parkersburg Knights Templar and ladies to Town Falls for a card party at St Elmo commandery Gladys Franewig from Cedar Falls Sundays Mrs Wapmer visiting from Waterloo to help care for Mrs Lambert Stern Mrs Parle Fearer in Smith married last week Minus Peters farm north of Wetts Urs Anderson editor of the Conrad recover appointed carrier out of Conrad.
Frederika February 28 ceremony united Miss Greniver Alcock and James Yenenge Dixon S D at 2 30 pm Mrs Yenenge graduate of Waverly high school and State Teachers College taught in local school before moving to Town 5 D for new home Mr Yenenge attends district conference in Waverly News notes illnesses plays and travel among residents with several families reporting sickness and upcoming events including a Sunday school play by the Five Wires on March 2
Feb 21 notes show Diee Pixs renting Tim Flynn farm with March move. Percs Lyon buys local paper, will take possession next month. Mrs. George Jones of New Hartford visiting daughters. Dike basketball team travels to Reinbeck and Grundy Center for county tournament. Sickness and measles affect many. Ladies Aid to meet at Methodist church parlor. Mrs. John Deathdog to host. G Morris judged documentary contest at Dumont. Dike high school knit sweaters for players including Krog Knudsen and Schan. Know-Your-Neighbor club to meet at Mrs Larsens Tuesday.
LaPorte City February reports an improvement in grippe cases with most residents recovering. Local notices mention Washington birthday observance by W. C. U and a box social fundraiser clearing funds for a community event. Names like Mrs. T J Lane Mrs A Y Turner and others appear among the ill and social activities.
Barley and Feo entries. Brown visits Waterloo for eye treatment. Dunkerton creamery tea house filled. Matt Thomes assisted at Joe Ortner residence. Europe relief totalled 93 dollars at St Francis church, 159 in Fairbank. J J Ortner at St Francs for operation. Andrew Ortner tending today. Mrs Will Shimp ill after influenza, James Stewart funeral noted. Rev Kopecky at Duncan reports heavy snow and sleighing. Some drifts allow travel with crust. Monday stockyard shipping at Dumerton. 1924 Democrats bar Wilson, nominating another would defy fate.
In Denver Iowa February reports celebrate birthdays visits and moves. Edygar Molifing marked a birthday with about a dozen friends while Pauline Orier visited relatives near Sumner. Many residents announce relocations including Hulda Hagemann moving to Waterloo and the Henry Schneer farm rental by Hans Lorenzen family. Community sickness and travel to Waterloo, Des Moines, and other towns are mentioned along with a wedding in St Ansgar.
A fragment from In the Same Boat shows Aunt Madge and a 27 year old contemplating love and marriage, with humor about age gaps and high school to college transitions, revealing tension over a romance and social expectations.
Nell Clayton faces a pivotal confrontation with Bob about his secret wartime past and aging while planning their final night together. Bob reveals he lied about his age and service, confessing he is older and a veteran, leading to emotional tension and a tentative reconciliation.
A terse note references a sale in the business district with a stated good reason and mentions Will and Voice amid unclear identifiers like BVO and an Evening Carrier. No clear person or organization fully identified.
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