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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1919
Page
12
Prices of fats and oils have risen for weeks with no top in sight as Europe, especially central powers, faces severe shortages. Crisco cottonseed oil climbs to 39 cents, lard priced at 34.35 per 100 pounds, soaps also rising. Grace Olson, 14, dies in Bode after expected confirmation, funeral held yesterday.
Six people died and one was badly injured near Oxford Nebraska when a car carrying seven was struck by a Burlington train at a grade crossing. Victims include Mrs. Fred Flohr age 26 and children Dor othy 5 Velma 4 Frances 3 Corrine baby Mildred Ferguson 12. Fred Flohr the driver survived but in serious condition. The report notes the Flohr family, and other casualties and a church-related death story tied to a separate incident nearby.
Boone Iowa July 1 three were killed in an auto railroad collision at Ogden Sunday night. The victims were John McMahon aged 44 his wife 37 and their daughter 3 years old. They resided at Rockwell City. The son six years old was unhurt.
A report from Dubuque dated July 1 notes a fatal blaze caused by a man asleep with a pipe in his mouth. The piece also records June marriage licenses issued by Black Hawk County clerk, listing couples such as F. Adrian Wiley and Effie Litchfield of Waterloo, and Lloyd E. Witter with Lola Dawaun, both of Waterloo. It references June licensing totals and historical notes on long-distance travel and a July fire rate in Dubuque.
The Palace screens Here Comes the Bride with John Marrymore in a humorous tale of a lawyer in love with a mill owner's daughter. a £100,000 reward is involved. Also showing The Last Bottle, Jamon Montgomery Flage's satire on prohibition. At the Opal Palace Theatre Olive Thomas stars in Toton, a Paris romance at Crystal Theatre for two days starting tomorrow.
A fragmented page describes a film titled Toton featuring a daughter associated with a German gun incident and a pickpocket plot. The plot centers on a father and his adopted son, a reunion, and a famous artist as the leading role, with Miss Thomas portraying the key character in a climactic betrothal scene at Crystal Theatre.
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