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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
5
The Waterloo Evening Courier advertisements advertise want ads at one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum. The page lists varied needs from rooms for rent to used furniture and real estate, highlighting how readers use the classifieds as a local market and exchange hub.
Building permits mention George KO Miller and John Hansler in Westfield action with a modern house on Red Street and repairs. Various entries cite re roofing and dairy-related work, plus real estate transfers, farm parcels, and notices from Black Hawk County Abstr Cal J. Miller and others. The scattered items reference finances, addresses, and local residents seeking home and farm projects.
La Porte City July 10 report of Presbyterian church ladies thimble bee at Mrs. Knox West Main. Social greetings in intense heat, fancy work, visiting and refreshments with assistance from several women. Also Mrs Milne hosts a lawn party with ice cream and raspberries for ladies. News on Mr. Geo Hackett after a porch fall at Marshalltown leaves him with a broken hip and serious condition. Master Henry Lamb’s sixth birthday noted with cake and gifts. Other community items include travel and local visits, church meetings, and an ice cream sociable planned by the Emmanuel Evangelical Church auxiliary.
A World telegram from New York reports 66 German merchant sailors interned since the war’s start at Fort McPherson are en route home aboard the Martha Washington, after expressing gratitude for American kindness. They leave Atlanta for Charleston, reflect on justice, and vow to face the peace with resolve.
Waterloo businessmen C D Cass Edmund Millar and Hf 3B Plumb head to Europe arriving in Liverpool. They will meet a London celebrity amid a busy business tour of England and France. The local delegation is linked to the Waterloo Associate Marine and national manufacturers. Marty n, the foreign representative, notes the potential for profit in their London move despite Britain’s tax on surplus profits.
The market report notes hogs up with 5,950 head, cattle and sheep shown with varied figures, and New York stock averages opening higher as speculative favorites gain 1 to 2 points. Local notes detail visits, homecomings, and the return of servicemen, including Glen Smith from overseas and Marvin Schluter.
July 10 1919 prices for cotton futures show July at 34.88 October and December at 34.60 with January and March in the 34 range. London silver prices 534d Der Wuree. market notes include Waterloo market listings with dairy and butter prices, potatoes, cattle and hogs, hides, and bale values along with premium hogs and poultry data. Reports deny American troop occupation of Upper Silesia and confirm yellow fever in Merida Yucatan with government actions to curb spread.
New York prosecutors report sightings of Harry Thaw at cabarets shows and social events while confined at Kirkbride asylum Philadelphia. Ed win Kilroe and Robert Johnstone testified in Harrisburg that Thaw attended autos parties and met friends, contradicting claims of prolonged restraint.
Police court proceedings led by Judge G W Wood fined Fred Yenne ten dollars for being a ga grant and held for mental soundness inquiry. the sentence was suspended if he secures and maintains employment. Two disorderlies from Clarksville and Des Moines forfeited ten-dollar bonds. Six traffic violators forfeited three-dollar bonds each, none appeared.
Automobile tourists passing through this part of the state favor Waterloo as a stopping place. Jake Levingston of Russell-Lamson said last night the hotel was practically filled with tourists overnight. For weeks many long tour parties have been entertained, with daily arrivals of several automobiles and frequent excursions from nearby towns and cities.
Berlin citizens ask Gustav Noske to call for volunteers to man surface and subway lines and to provide military protection on the trains. Rome premier Nitti argues peace negotiations concluded and friendly relations with allies, especially France, are maintained. Washington reports war costs to June 30, 1919 at 30,177,000,000 per Secretary Glass. Rome general strike proclaimed from midnight Tuesday by the chamber of deputies as protest against police and military measures adopted by the government. Berlin Prince Henry of Prussia pleads for abandonment by the allies of their project to bring the former kaiser to trial.
A broker lists multiple Iowa farms with 40 to 160 acres near Waterloo Winthrop Ridgeway and surrounding towns. Prices range from 123 to 250 per acre with improvements, soil quality, and easy terms. The seller claims control of all farms and offers to deliver, plus two autos available for sale.
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