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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1921

Page

8

Wanted Helpers Include Barbers and Farmers

Classified rows show diverse help wanted ads from Davenport, Nashville, Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Listings seek barber college students, men for garden work, farm hands, housework staff, piano tuners, domestics, and general labor with various pay and hours. Many requests urge writing to post office box numbers or street addresses for applications.

Marc Hell Tri-City Barber College Davenport Iowa Tanne Earness Company Nashville Can Axvest Sters Sta . 4Th Smedley Torbustier

Hart-Parr Reelected Board of Directors at Annual Meeting

Charles City reporters note Hart-Parr stockholders reelected directors W. Ells C. Hiis A. B. Witt N. Frudden E. Hausbers and G. King at the home office meeting. The article also covers a wedding at J Fassbinder home Luella Fassbinder and Lloyd Ostenson wed with attendants, plus local obituaries and marriages in Charles City area.

Charles City Hart-Parr Company W. Ells CD. Hiis A. B. Witt N. Frudden E. Hausbers G. King Chicago Ostenson-Passbinder J. Fassbinder Luella. Fassbinder Lloyd Ostenson Verly Mr. Ostenson American Express Company Waverly Dorothy Ostensen T. L. Benedict Auto Decorah Minnesota Jakes Ed Ostenson Dorothy Ostenson Marjory Horan Foster Preston Garner John Fassbinder Clear Lake Ed Werder Thurstar Omaha Ira Fredrickson Hudson Werder Hereford Cole Werder Clara Nelson Wallace E. Voreck Clark Street Ellyn Lundberg Berwyn Til Rupert G Voreck Billings Mont Croom Foreck Bride West Vwonborg Dental Company Nelson

Sheffield Rites Set After Cedar Falls Crash

Cedar Falls July 4 services for Mr and Mrs Sheffield who died when their car struck a Illinois Central engine near town will be at 9 30 a m at First Presbyterian church Rev Earl A Roschman will lead. The bodies go to Eldora for a later service. Eight other relatives survive including children and a sister of Mrs Sheffield. The accident's cause is disputed but family says the car was a second hand vehicle. An inquest was not deemed necessary. Alice Sheffield, their nine year old granddaughter, is recovering from the shock at Sartori hospital. Further notes recount the Sheffield family and other local items from Cedar Falls.

Cedar Falls P. M. Sheffield First Presbyterian Church Earl A. Roschman Upper Town University Eldora Dp. m Alice Sheffield Sartori Hospital Itha Elatives Sheffield Sidney Smith Parson's Crossing Schubert Miss Catherine Stockton Ill Catherine Dubuque Flossie Matt Wagner Edward Town City

Rev A L Hauser Dies While Traveling Through Utah

Rev Andrew L Hauser 60 a minister in Evangelical circles since 1887 died suddenly Saturday in Salt Lake City Utah while traveling by automobile from California to Cedar Falls. A telegram to friends offered no details of death and noted he had moved with his family to California last fall but planned to return to Cedar Falls. He was driving with four family members at the time.

A. H. Nay Moulton Fairview Cemetery Dalechapel Edwards Macomb Andrew L. Hauser National Evangelical Association Salt Lake City Utah California Cedar Falls Zal 'Rey Hauser

Man Burrows Injured In Hay Wagon Accident Near La Porte City

John Burrows, a farmer east of town, fell from a load of hay when a wheel hit a road hole, breaking bones in his heel and bruising a shoulder. He was treated, a fracture splinted, and is resting at home. Also notes a double funeral in Waterloo for Mary L Burgess and her son James, with services Tuesday.

la Porte City John Burrows Hiram Parks jRoon Mr. Burrows Rel Hom I Burgess Narvissus Noéss Fe Porte Citry St Newton Newing Maxwell J. Worcester Frank Eline Waterloo Worcest

School board re-elects officers and outlines year

Barclay July 4 The school board re elected John Oriner president A Ms Koster secretary and F P Da wrer when it met at Center Friday Finances reported 373 47 The jery made calls for 5500 for the jeeming year Enumeration of those aged 5 to 21 shows 14 in subdistricts three and four 37 in five and 25 in nine a total of 80 The year will be nine months it was decided divided into 10 weeks to spring and fall storms and 16 to winter Amounts paid teachers will be those specified for graces taught and there will be no bonus.

Waterlog Mirer Markets Corn Sheller Sales Report

Algona Iowa July 4 1821 farmers report misfortune as corn sheller damages finger while shelling potatoes and new potatoes fetch prices. Prices listed for flour spring wheat cattle fat cows veal beef hides and hay with daily market notes from the area.

Waterloo Algona R. H. Abe Alsona Sorefa Armer Tame

Farmers Questions And Comments Invited

A brief notice asks readers to address the Editor Farm Department of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iuwa with questions and comments. It provides the phone number 2539 for contact.

Evening Courier Waterloo Iuwa

Iowa Dairy Congress to Host Innovation Milk Contest

A state milk contest at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo during late September will rank cities by milk quality and distributor performance. Milk inspectors will anonymously select two quarts per distributor, analyzed by state chemists with Ames cooperation, and prizes awarded for top city and top distributors.

United States Dury Cale Valerloo Lowa Sresa Des Moines Iowa State’ College Ames Dairy Cattle Congress Congress C. P. Thomson Waterloo

Jesup Breeder Leads First Show Circuit Departure

Jesup Iowa July 4 Jersey breeder Will Campbell ships 17 head from his shore herd to Crookston Minnesota for district shows July 7 to 9. He plans to follow the circuit to Fargo and Grand Forks then return for county fairs Des Moines Dairy Cattle Congress Waterloo and other events with a diverse herd including aged cows yearlings and multiple bulls.

Jesup Will J. Campbell Jersey Crookston Minn N. D Grand Forks S. D Iowa Des Moines Dairy Cattle Congress Waterloo Campbell Calif

Lowly spud forcing corn for high honors

Dike Iowa July 4 farmer F C Erickson joined the crop boast as he marketed five bushels of new potatoes, the first homegrown spuds seen on Grundy County markets this year and believed to be the first in the state. They sold for 75 cents a peck.

Iowa Holds Lead in Purebred Beef Cattle States

Iowa remains the top purebred beef cattle state among eight western states after US census figures. Shorthorns lead Iowa with 69,660 head, Herefords 40,894, Aberdeen Angus 27,407, and Polled Shorthorns 9,476. The eight states show Shorthorns 46.7 percent, Herefords 31.5, Angus 18, and Polled Shorthorns 4.1, with Iowa a clear Shorthorn stronghold and Angus concentrated in Indiana and Illinois.

Iowa Towa United States Maois Indiana Ohio Nebraska Kansas South Dakota Oklahoma Illinois Wimote Finois Tlinois Prairie Missouri Valley

Frost and insect woes trim Iowa fruit yields this year

Des Moines reports from the Iowa State Horticultural Society show April frosts and freezes cut a large share of the apple crop. Bugs and later June fruit drop further reduced production. Codling moths and other insects are more numerous. unsprayed orchards suffer more. Winter apples yield about 10 percent of full crop, summer 24, fall 25. Grapes 78, black raspberries 68, red raspberries 71, blackberries 78, gooseberries 31, currants 2, peaches 23. Strawberries 45 and cherries 5 percent. Insect damage will likely be severe unless spraying is practiced.

Des Moines Iowa Herrick Towa State Horitawltoreal Society Jeurcyllo

Free Movies Reach Over Ten Towns in Iowa This Year

Ames July 4 Free films shown nightly in at least ten Iowa towns and rural areas via extension department of Town State college. The program promotes better agriculture health and living with constructive messages. Last year over 390 thousand attended with 301 thousand verified by organizers. total likely higher due to missing reports. Approximately 1,798 showings and average attendance about 115. Circuits rotate among nearby communities or are sent to single towns upon request through schools churches farm bureaus the Y M C A and state institutions.

Ames Iowa Extension Department of Town State College Charles Roach Department of Visual Instruction

Films in Visual Instruction Dept Grow with Public Use

The department holds nearly 600 films, many loaned by industries and some by the U S agriculture department. Since 1914, exhibitions rose from 26 to 231 in 1915-16 and have expanded sevenfold since. In 1917-18 total attendance reached 63,415, while 1916-17 saw five times more. Slides accompany the service with 1,220 performances drawing 65,766 viewers.

Visual Instruction Department College United States Department of Agriculture Lto Film

Weekly Food Index shows steady 1929 week totals in New York

The weekly index of wholesale food prices lists 31 items at 2.74 per pound versus 2.74 last week and 4.77 the week ending July 1, 1929. Of 72 quoted commodities, 10 rose, 2 fell, 49 unchanged. notable increases include hogs, butter, eggs, lemons, and oats, while declines include flour, wheat varieties, copper, steel, and petroleum products.

New York Union Reeves Pacific Bo. N.Y

Hughes to Oppose Cole in Fifth District Congress Race

John N Hughes of Cedar Rapids was nominated for Congress by the Fifth district Democratic convention in Marshalltown Iowa on July 4. The nomination followed the acclamation of John M Redmond of Cedar Rapids who declined the bid. A note in the Courier described a silent but effective salesman for a For Sale Ad.

Marshalltown John N. Hughes Cedar Rapids John M. Redmond The Courier

County Hearing Urged to Probe Agricultural Problems

United Farm Bureau leaders plan a local hearing before July 11 to gather farmer input for a Congressional Agricultural Inquiry. Secretary J W Coverdale outlines procedures with county agents and representatives from banks, elevators, and schools to provide testimony, with stenographic records sent to state and national offices.

American Agriculture Congressional Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry Washington DD. C Farm Bureau J. W. Coverdale American Farm Bureau Federation County Farm Bureau Shipping Association Office State Farm. Bureau Federation American Pana Bureau Federation Garland East Washington Street Chicago State, Farm: Bureau Federation Eck Coverdale

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