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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1914
Page
5
Classifieds solicit former trades and services with favorable pay, ranging from clerical and sales to skilled trades. Includes requests for helpers in barbering, warehouse, upholstery, accounting, and farm loans, plus housework, canvassing, and postery delivery. Numerous street and city references appear across a sprawling recruitment and sales section.
Numerous rental notices list furnished rooms and modern housekeeping units across multiple streets including West 6th Ward Ward Ave Commercial St East Ninth St and Franklin St. Advertisements show options for light housekeeping bath private entrance down stairs and portions for gentlemen with contact numbers and street addresses.
A jumble of rental notices lists modern furnished houses cottages and rooms for rent on Vine Street Ricker Street West 3rd West 5th West 16th East Fifth Street and Jefferson Street plus a double house half-occupancy and a farm loan firm ad includes contact details and prices such as 18 per month for a 4 room modern unit 19 for a room and 14 6 Black phone numbers and local street names appear throughout the clipping indicating numerous scattered housing options and a few sale items and a barn for sale with torn down in the brief classified page.
A cluttered ad page lists real estate for sale or rent across Pleasant View and surrounding towns. Items include lots, cottages, farms, and multiple unbuilt parcels, with contact numbers and trade offers such as car exchanges. Listings mention water, gas, electric service, and proximity to streets and additions, with prices and terms varying.
Waterloo Iowa city council to consider a resolution of necessity for grading curb gutter and paving Wellington, Allen Randall Rebel Oak Lawn streets and intersections. The plan includes 24 foot roadways, 2 inch asphalt paving on a 5 inch concrete base, Portland cement curbs, a five year pavement guarantee, and assessments against all lots within proposed benefits with private property affected up to 300 feet from the streets.
A mixed local report covers bicycle shop details at 712 Sycamore Street and city finance on special assessment certificates led by Mayor R. C. Thompson. It also lists market results from Chicago and South Omaha, noting wheat declines, corn and oats movement, hog price shifts, cattle and sheep receipts, plus Chicago prices for butter potatoes and poultry.
Grain and animal product quotes from Chicago St Louis and Kansas City markets show mixed futures for wheat and corn with No 2 veal calf prices, various hides and cattle figures, and regional price listings for flour, oats, and feed grains. The report lists specific bids, grades, and dates across multiple commodities including wheat, corn, oats, barley, and dairy products, plus livestock values for hogs veal calves and cattle.
Fisher Fred Ross recounts a perilous encounter aboard the schooner Albert D Willard as a swordfish pierced the dory footer and trapped his foot. He fought with a knife while the fish thrashed and overturned the boat before fellow fishermen arrived and killed the fish, saving his life.
An ad touts Citrolax as the ideal laxative for children and adults, claiming mild, thorough cleansing. A separate police report notes a $25 robbery by a colored girl from H. F. Ricker, with no trace found, and a warning to patrol officers to stop women loitering late at night, citing disturbances in residence districts.
Rev Howard Amspach pastor of St Luke s English Lutheran church will leave Monday for Dayton Ohio where he will spend a month visiting relatives This week Wakefields Blackberry Balsam is touted in drug stores as a reliable remedy for diarrhoea dysentery and related ailments claiming sixty nine years of safety and urging readers to stock up now with eight bottles per household
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