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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1919
Page
8
The Waterloo Evening Waterloo County edition outlines new want ad rates and formats. Ads will be charged per word with a minimum, shifting toward concise listings while promising clearer, better written notices for the Waterloo Evening Tidings and Daily Reporter readers.
Public notices from Brandon list gratitude messages and lodge acknowledgments. Several residents are mentioned with military service statuses and family arrivals or greetings. Names such as Mr and Mrs de Weart and local families are noted, alongside a burial notice and community reflection.
Real estate for sale includes a residence with gun chain cistern cellar and front corner lot with good location priced at 80 dollars. Also a 40 acre farm near Cresco with well improved tillable land 60 percent interest, 120 acres plowed, possession March 1. Write Box 311 Cresco IA for details.
Auction and sale notices list items including quick meat coal range at 366 Por SP, furniture and house contents at 1206 Jefferson For Sale, two pigs weighing about 5p lbs, feed barn with poultry and livestock services, registered Short Horn bull aged 4, stoves furniture and tubs buyers and sellers, coal and coal heat options, Wisconsin potatoes at $1.2 per bushel, and a city demonstration wind plant for farm use with installation help.
Cold wave travels from the West toward the East with near zero readings in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Iowa, while western districts remain well below normal. Heavy snow and blizzards disrupt rail traffic from Duluth to Minneapolis as trains stall and zero to 25 below readings persist.
Several deaths are reported including Emma Peterson, Mrs Hull Peterson, and Minnie Chapman. Emma Peterson and other kin are listed with surviving relatives in Pennsylvania and France. Anna Koepke remains unlocated relatives. Mildred Williams and Carly Foale are noted with funeral plans. last rites to Fairview and at Gindl chapel respectively.
A London-wired reminiscence details a maid asking her employer if wages should drop now peace returns. She explains sisters in munitions earned eight dollars weekly plus a four eighty bonus and will be laid off soon. Domestic service workers fear losing status and demand humane treatment and fair pay after wartime strain.
A collision yesterday afternoon at Washington and Third streets left two autos damaged. Driver Mark McHarry escaped uninjured while D C Gnagy suffered a painful left leg injury. A police car also incurred minor damage when a farmer’s driver struck it on the scene.
A Franco letter dated December 9 from Sergt Campbell Janney to his parents describes traveling with a fellow officer through Paris Chartres Versailles Nice and other cities by car. They plan to return to Paris for President Wilsons reception and then motor toward St Navarre while visiting Monte Carlo and the Prince of Monaco’s palace. Earth shocks recorded in Washington DC last night on Georgetown Observatory seismographs began at 10:18 pm and lasted past midnight with an estimated epicenter 2300 miles away.
Lieutenant Miller completed a 2500 mile journey from Fort Crook to San Antonio and back, covering key landmarks across Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska. He noted favorable northbound winds and clear weather, with setbacks from storms delaying return at Fort Crook for almost three weeks.
Syracuse novel note reports Annie Tiffany star of stage for more than fifty years died at home after a long illness. She appeared on stage with stars like Lester Wallack and Joseph Jefferson, last seen in Hartford, leaving a shadowed mark in New York theater. Soldiers Fire On Streets in Upper St Germany. casualties reported as crowds strike on January 1.
A garbled description outlines a series of activities at the Y M C A social center aimed at community engagement. It references parents, outings, singing, and Easter events with unclear dates and participant details due to OCR errors.
Light yet drifting snow fell overnight creating slick streets and delayed streetcar service. A cold wind moved through morning, and early commuter trains faced minor slowdowns as crews cleared tracks.
A Waterloo Commercial Club meeting was held yesterday to plan its annual gathering. Cal U M Trewnehle, organization expert of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D.C., will address the event and join a committee to develop competition plans.
Inquiry notes show some confusion over draft lists for Black Hawk County. Volunteers will be added later, with full, government-printed lists to follow. Parents disappointed when a son’s name was missing from the published sheets.
Gossip in the Ton ton papers notes President Wilson may invite King George and Queen Mary to visit the United States during his term. The Standard reports Wilson hinted at a future American visit when bidding them farewell, though no official statement has been issued. Also listed: Sergeant Ross Morrison and Soldier Ben Roffman returning from Camp Pike.
A plan for a free bed benefit run by May TC, led by national and auxiliary figureheads, is announced with a large committee comprising union workers and city officials. The event includes rehearsals, a stage show by Join Blagers Company, and a Labor Temple rally to activate a public fundraising drive.
Thirty three wounded U S soldiers in Metz cheered as two American Red Cross nurses arrived to treat them. The nurses Miss Maxtar of Lewiston Montana and Miss Marion Whitney of New York City were among the first American women to enter Metz after German departure. They were flooded by grateful patients who pressed for attention and conversation once able.
Reports from the American Chamber of Commerce in London indicate British businessmen are pressing for an immediate detail of the defense act. Financial leaders anticipate changes in regulations and government plans to protect European assets during the reconstruction period.
J. Du Telle, son of actor, filed suit in the New York Supreme Court against Varie iy vaudeville weekly. He seeks 250000 damages for alleged harm after a March 18 article implied discord between him and his wife Geraldine Farrar.
Hogs remained steady at Tuesday’s market prices with all major categories holding firm. Buyers and sellers reported stable bids and consistent weigh totals, while industry receipts showed notable volume and a steady trading pace across regions.
Prime cattle trading details show varied results with calf and steer prices noted. The report lists prices for dressed cattle, calves, and ewes, including steady and 20 percent adjustments, plus references to quantities and locations.
A German correspondent reports that Potsdam housed the Kaiser’s correspondence and key internal papers. A white book on the war is planned in three to four volumes, with the fifth coming soon, including annotated imperial papers and no missing foreign office items.
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