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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1920
Page
3
A federal study highlights the strain on farm women, averaging long 11.3 hour workdays with limited vacations and scarce amenities. It notes few homes have running water or adequate heating, while many women juggle chores, child care, and farm tasks with rising demand for modern machinery to ease daily life.
A garbled OCR passage estimates farm women perform about five to six weeks of additional household and farm labor annually. It cites percentages of farms reporting extra work and notes tasks like milking, tending cows, and other chores may extend their day. The text references time in weeks and percentages, but specifics are unclear due to the damaged source.
Ames city news notes several residents traveling or visiting. Davis leaves for New York City. Miss Andrews guests of Mrs. George. Police matron Barr returns with a wanted woman. patrolman Denniston ill. Council meets. Johnston named civil engineer in Ames. Scully moves Highland address. plant cabbage yields notable five-pound head.
An ad for Zemo antiseptic liquid promotes use on eczema and skin troubles. It claims quick itching relief, healing of sores burns wounds and chafing, and notes penetration cleansing and soothing action. Sold by druggists 5 cents or 1.00 for large size from The E. W. Rose Co Cleveland Ohio.
Fire Chief Ray Tiler received a $10 check from Northey Manufacturing in appreciation of prompt services after an alarm. The money was placed into the firemen's pension fund. A separate report notes William Farmer was arrested after neighbors alleged domestic disturbance. his wife denied the claim. A Waterloo post office clerks and carriers exam was postponed from July 14 to July 24 due to too few applicants. Empty notice of a farm rental opportunity and a benefit musical Friday night at K P hall with tickets at Davis Store.
In Chicago on July 12 John Pipping Juliet IL and Lawrence Nowak Griffith IN were killed and Joseph Kodat Carbondale AL injured when an electric handcar carrying signal repairmen for the Elgin Joliet and Passden railroad struck a freight car loaded with pig iron. One injury was severe and unavailable details. The report mentions a junemon plant and an unrelated ad note about a Wor Sale Act in the Courier.
The Labor parity committee drafts three merger oriented platforms ahead of talks with the Committee of 45. Buck notes adherence to earlier party principles including nationalizing raw materials and public utilities, with Ireland freedom and a steeply graduated income tax. A joint platform aims to unite under one name and ticket, with splits over single tax and candidate La Follette.
The article notes that a large number of claims were settled by dieset orders and payments from allied reparations accounts. It discusses a second organization to handle final deliveries and assume liability for any deficiencies and mentions colonization ideas among involved groups.
Premiums at the Dairy Cattle Congress total nearly 15000 dollars for the September 7 to October 3 event, the largest cash prizes for a dairy show in the U S besides the national show. The International Belgian Horse Show adds 6500 dollars in premiums. Breeders across the United States and Canada are to receive premium lists and entry blanks by mail. Four thousand dollars in cattle prizes come from five leading dairy associations led by the American Association of Belian Worse Breeders offers 1500
Rev. G. W. Taylor of Hiawatha Kansas reports that among 227 couples he has married only two have sought divorce.
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