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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1919
Page
10
London reports say rationing has tightened with shortages of flour and fats as households face limits while grocers push back against government guidance. The British cost of coal could rise with wage and hour changes, affecting industry costs and consumer prices.
Sunday's show at the Fessie Theatre presented six acts including the Majestic Orchestra led by Jeavis with musical selections. The Marriott Troupe performed juggling bikes and strength feats, Lloyd in Hey There provoked laughter, and the human puppets Jess and Mr. Poverty entertained. Bernivici Brothers played violin with classic and jazz pieces, Jen Lindsay Co. offered Hokum two scenes, while Coley &xon contributed Sillyisms with a dog act, creating a lively variety bill.
WA Falls High lost to the Fastfort Dodge five on their home floor Saturday, the second defeat for the Iowa Falls squad this season. Iowa Falls will enter the Cedar Falls tournament March 7 where about 30 northern central Iowa teams will compete for the state title.
A Burgeaen county congregation voted 71 to 52 to choose English for main services, with German once or twice monthly. The pastor’s paper urged assimilation and argued English strengthens American identity while preserving minority language for a small group.
Chicago Tribune reports a Waterman area family seeks to annul the 1915 marriage of Emory Wygant Westlake Jr. and Marie H. Kramer Westlake after the bride, age 17, and groom, 19, obtained a license by misrepresenting ages and wed at McCabe Memorial Methodist Church under Rev. George McAdams.
Warsaw on February 23 reports Ignace Paderewski announcing a large Polish army is needed. Inter allied mission members may stay beyond the three weeks planned to study Polish affairs. Also notes vast peat bogs in Canada covering 36,000 square miles could yield fuel value amounts rivaling coal.
A Des Moines official bulletin notes a Waterloo recruiting station will open around March 1 with four Iowa stations planned in Burlington Davenport Wort Dodge and this city All discharged soldiers and marines get a 30 day furlough upon enlistment The Navy aims for 225000 personnel and will appoint an officer to establish headquarters in Waterloo before formal opening
Eddie Shevlin Boston welterweight champion of the US Navy is matched to fight Johnnie Bagan England's welterweight champion at the National Sporting Club London on March 17. They previously met January 27 at the same club with Bashan winning in a 15 round decision.
The two boys pleaded guilty to assault and battery with intent to rob and asked mercy of the court. Judge Birdsall sentenced them to $100 fines or 30 days in county jail. A third youth pleading guilty to uttering a false check faced a $10 fine plus costs. The judge spared binding them over to the grand jury due to youth.
Personal notes for the fourth liberty loan are due today in Black Hawk County banks. Dated Oct 24, 1 j, notes run four months to Feb 24. The installment plan, arranged with the County Bankers' association, lets banks advance funds while subscribers provide notes. Final payment for Installment plan is due by March 29.
State dairy expert E S Estes, in Des Moines for a legislative committee meeting on bovine tuberculosis, supports a bill to reimburse farmers and breeders for losses after herd tests. The panel notes federal law allows such reimbursement and Iowa lacks similar provisions, aiming to clear infected stock and reduce public health risk.
Arrangements are complete for a father and son banquet hosted by the Hi Y of East High School at the Y M C A on Wednesday evening March 5. Harold Plumb of the Iowa Dairy Association will be toastmaster, with speeches by B F Swisher of the Waterloo Independent School District J T Houser Y M C A general secretary and others. The Hi Y boys of West High will host a dinner for Hi Y girls Tuesday evening March 4 in the Y M C A parlors.
Col H R Bennett of Des Moines, former commander of the 168th Infantry Rainbow division, arrives from New York tonight to an organized welcome with a parade in Des Moines. He recently returned from France after crossing the Atlantic.
A foreign trade survey will start in Waterloo under the US Bureau of Education. Superintendent C. W. Kine provided about a dozen firms that engaged in foreign trade before the war. Confidential questionnaires will be sent to each institution to assess how to promote foreign trade and related issues. Bankruptcy proceedings and divorce actions are listed alongside other city notices.
William Case Alumbaugh sues Bessie Alumbaugh for divorce filed Friday. They married at Newton Kansas May 1 1909 and alleged desertion on February 1 1914. Plaintiff seeks custody of two minor children.
Birth notices list multiple families with newborn daughters and sons. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Archia Albert Ray, Roscoe Conklin Beatty, Burt W. Kanebeel, Bart Schuttes, Clyde G. Wilson, with dates in February, March, November and locations such as Union township, Sycamore, Jesup.
Waverly Iowa reports the death of Aunt Sarah Harris a Bremer County pioneer aged 91. She came to the county in 1852 with her husband and lived on a farm north of town. Survived by daughter Mrs May Hurra, funeral held at 3 p.m. at the Methodist church with burial in Sarlington cemetery.
A fragment argues weight depends on air bubble pressure in ice rather than freezing agent. It claims 5744 pounds per cubic foot, then trails off. The snippet mentions physical concepts but lacks clear figures or names.
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