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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1923
Page
6
Waterloo Evening Courier page snippet shows Want Ads with pricing at one cent per word and 25 cent minimum. Includes numerous listings for housing rooms furnished, rooms for rent, employment and services, plus real estate, auctions, and personal notices across Waterloo area.
Miss Burula Norman leaves Winthrop for New York to begin a teaching post at Columbian College. Ole Johnson plans a Swedish visitor's arrival. Mrs Kagel Crovier returns to Binghamton after a weeks stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson. Rev Robert Smith and family relocate to Breen Bow Nebraska after visiting his wife's kin. Mrs Winifred Lindsay and two children visit Reimer Mass. Mrs Madalene Whitney returns from New York after her sister’s sudden death.
Geneseo notes report several visitors and local incidents. Andrew Speer consulted specialists in Town City over Nis Hentrn and Ernie Nation suffered a severe facial injury after a tractor mishap. Crank firing GM and a fall during work were noted as hazards. Church lean games planned next Saturday. local families and visitors from Cedar Falls to Dubuque shared time with friends and relatives.
A jumble of classified ads offers remembrances, farm land at 226 per acre, and trade inquiries for phonographs and pianos. Regional notices reference transactions, property offers, and upcoming sales while local society items report visits, travel, and family movements among residents of Parkersburg and nearby communities.
Janesville notes include visits from Mrs. Ernest Murray and family to Mrs. Murray’s sister, camp near Cedar Falls by Axoy a Campfire group, and multiple regional social calls. A Saturday storm damaged crops east of town. a runaway wagon incident caused no injuries. Movie crowd small due to rain. several locals mentioned attending events and visiting relatives over the Fourth of July.
Bremer Live Fair officials in Iowa Falls announce August 14 to 17 as premium exhibit dates with new features and a strong livestock section. Entries open Aug 13, with premier judges for cattle swine sheep and dairy. The article also notes local creamery history and dairy industry context in Iowa Falls.
A mysterious traveler in Manchester, Indiana carved a woman and child sculpture titled Cast Up by the Sea from clay on the riverbank. A cardboard note asks pennies but locals favor silver. Walter Cooler, recent law graduate, plans to practice in Manchester. He is son of Mrs. Oscar Saalberg, educated at Manchester High School, Coe College, and Stanford. The American Legion Auxiliary hosts a Thrill Park picnic July 17 for ex servicemen and families. Woodcraft Indians will perform at the fairgrounds Sunday and Monday with dances and songs, and take trips to Ash Hatchery and Backbone State Park. Fred Holbert leaves for France with horses for Holbert Horse Importing Co. Mrs. Marian Graft visits North Dakota for several weeks.
W. J. Campbell of Jesup earned numerous ribbons in Fargo North Dakota after judging Jersey cattle. He took first and other placings across age groups in both bull and cow categories, with junior champion title for the yearling bull and several herd prizes.
Cedar Falls July 12 parishioners gave two parties at Bethlehem church in honor of Rev. A. C. Kildegaard pastor. About 200 attended. He received an electric fan and umbrella while his wife got a coffee service. Mrs Max Cumming of Redmond Oregon hosted a courtesy gathering for Ruth Webster and Wilfang. Ruth Webster Reinbeck and Fred Wilton Parkersburg wed yesterday at Rev F J Miller's residence. The couple plan a farm near Reinbeck after a honeymoon trip to Minnesota. Bert McDonall and wife from Cleveland Ohio, graduates of Teachers College visited en route to Cherkee. Twenty five women joined a picnic for Biblical Art and Literature departments at Mrs Stine Cedar Heights.
In Porte City Ia Mrs Edith Adams reports residents sewing for a Watarioo La Porte City trip. travelers from Saginaw Mich camped at tourist grounds last week where a son was born to Edward Hackett and wife amid crude surroundings. Local features describe birthdays, visits, and dairy industry activity including creamery operations and buttermilk demand.
Claude Noble and two children with Mr and Mrs L Gritzner visit Plainfield for a Woods picnic. Various locals and families share travel, illnesses, births and visits, including Mild health notes, July 4 gatherings, and church services with plans for summer. Names include Mrs stan Kelly, Rev C F Brown, Mrs Gertrude Smt, Howard Roach, Harland Bartlett, Le 04 Tyan Brockwar Iowa Falls, J J Hulme, Ruth and Derotts, J J Smith, Dorothea Wade, F D Ford, W G Darton, A E Bex, and church events at M E and Baptist churches.
J M Darling of Des Moines reports that renowned cartoonist Ding will draw Iowa’s entry for the National Dairy Exposition in Syracuse during the week of Oct 4. The exhibit, titled Town Feeds World Butter, stresses Iowa’s dairy leadership with a butter statuary scene of an Iowa farmer and a worldrepresentative boy. Funding will come from cooperative and individual creameries, with possible support from dairy breed groups and milk dealers.
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