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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1919
Page
5
Police report a liquor nuisance case against E C Smith after a search found a bottle and money. A hat band yielded incriminating notes linking Smith to a four pint sale at five dollars per pint. Smith bound over to grand jury. bail set at 300 dollars.
In a terse plea the editor notes many readers resist paying their daily charge while a few suspects the pressure to settle dues. The piece laments the general push to collect every day, highlighting frustration and the perceived unfairness among subscribers.
Charlotte Margaret Pierce daughter of Mr and Mrs Pierce near Eagle Center died of tetanus at St Francis hospital after a small sliver pierced her foot while playing barefoot at the farmhouse. She received anti tetanus serum but died at 2:30 a m Sunday. Funeral set for Tuesday at 10 a m at home near Wapgle Center with C O F initiates noted earlier.
Waterloo residents show interest as a Lawson airship, built in Milwaukee, may land at Byrnes park on a coast to coast flight plan. Mayor Thompson received a request from Lawson Airline Transportation to evaluate landing a 26 passenger craft, 95 foot wing span, 14 foot cabin height, on a level field within the city within one or two months. The city would notify the company to bring the ship for a test visit and potential service via Byrnes park with park commission approval.
Government warehouses in New York and New Jersey hold 7,006,960 pounds of pork in surplus. The quartermaster department orders sale to highest bidders, under the Omaha surplus property division. The sale, described in a letter to the Commercial Club, aims to unload prime loin and shoulder meat through public auction.
Mrs. OG D Kelley 64 Franklin Street was badly scalded at 10 am when a washboiler of boiling water toppled from a raised gas plate bench and burned her face neck back and arms. A physician took her to the hospital. Births: Elmer David Callies son July 16 and Roger Allen Schroe dermeier son July 16.
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