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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1923
Page
10
July brought extreme heat with 101 degrees on July 22 and a high of 100 plus on six days. The coolest night reached 21 degrees above freezing. Total rainfall was 1.27 inches, with most on July 14. Past years show 1922 moist and cool, 1921 hot at 101, and 1920 rainfall near five inches.
City officials opened Seventh Street from Sycamore to Illinois Central tracks as a public market place on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday from 6 a m to 4 p m to provide more space and better facilities at no cost to farmers and gardeners. Producers may park trucks under police supervision to prevent disputes over favored positions after a private market on vacant Seventh and Sycamore recently failed to accommodate all sellers.
Elis D. Robb of Waterloo has been named chief national bank examiner for the Sixth Federal Reserve District covering Florida Alabama Georgia and parts of Louisiana and Tennessee. Robb began in Hardin County Bank Eldora Indiana rose to cashier and state bank examiner before becoming national bank examiner. He will be stationed in Atlanta Georgia and has worked in loans reviews for war finance committee and larger New York banks.
Mr and Mrs M C McNamara of Washington Virginia on an automobile tour stopped in Waterloo yesterday. Mrs McNamara left a handbag containing money and valuables in a store. At 7 pm Cedar Rapids reported the loss. Chief P B Walker searched stores and found a clerk using a mirror in a handbag fitting description.
Registrations surge for the Boy Scout camp set August 11 to 20 on Morris Isle. Judge John W. Gwynne of the camp directs the program with Judge George W. Wood, C. A. Ralston, Joe Snively, Donald Parry, and Edward Anderson assisting as scoutmasters and swimming instructor. Athletic gear will be moved to camp as activities focus on reducing fatigue and offering new features for Waterloo scouts.
Robert Hanson of 122 Argyle, employed by Standard Glass & Paint Co., suffered a severed artery in his left arm when a large plate glass pane fell at 10 am while he and coworkers were removing broken glass from Thompson Cigar Shop at 190 Bridge Street. A gust of wind caused the pane to fall. Hanson was taken to a physician for treatment.
J M Hoyer of 707 South Street, long ill with heart trouble, is reported much improved and able to be about his home spending time in the open air. In probate, Joseph J Garvin directs that after debts and burial costs, all his property bequeathed to his sister Ta Garvin.
City council committee spent four hours examining a draft franchise from Citizens Gas and Electric Co. proposing a 26 year renewal to aid bond sales. Present franchise expires January 28 1926. Special paving on Miles Street approved with assessments levied. Officials plan further meetings to finalize wording for submission.
Mr and Mrs Ellsworth G Newton of Los Angeles paused in Waterloo for a few hours while returning from Wisconsin and Iowa. Newton learned the printing trade in Waterloo, formed a Cedar Rapids partnership with Mayor Huston thirty seven years ago, and later moved to Los Angeles where he now holds a leading position with the Times Mirror printing and binding house.
Nashua July records show pastor Rev. Edward Lea logging 3500 registrations and 81 marriage ceremonies in the Little Brown Church through July 29. Rev Lea to take a month vacation. Dr. Walker to preach August 6 and 12. Rev Carl Hempstead to lead services August 19 and 26.
Waterloo Elks announce an annual stag picnic to be held Friday Aug 10 at Laland's pan Tara and Woods. At tomorrow's regular meeting committees will be appointed to arrange entertainment events and meals. A notice about September meeting follows.
Independence Ta July 31 Funeral services were held for J N Penrose a county pioneer who died last Friday from a stroke. Born in Waukesha Wisconsin in 1838 he moved with his parents to Iowa after marriage to Martha Putney. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery. The Penrose family formerly settled on land in Sumner township and later moved to town about six years ago. A large barn on the Qouk and Cook farm burned Sunday afternoon, believed due to spontaneous combustion, storing 60 tons of hay and some machinery. Penrose’s death followed eight years of ill health.
Mr and Mrs Martin I Current of 221 Baltimore Street were injured when their car left the road and turned turtle near Cedar Falls Sunday. Mrs Current has a broken collar bone and Mr Current a badly wrenched back. no internal injuries were found.
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