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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
7
Council Bluffs woman Mrs. T. J. Nixon endures sorrow as her 3 month old daughter Helen was born without arms. She cherishes the child’s beauty while grappling with questions of gestational causes, fate, and a future where arms are absent but resilience may grow through other limbs.
Police data show June arrests total 69 for misdemeanors with 17 for traffic violations and five for speeding. May figures: 59 traffic and 20 speeding. Total arrests that month 123 plus 14 state felony or investigation arrests. Myrtle Barr, police matron, reported 4 office calls 38 outside and 2 arrests with several family disturbances and public dances noted. Regular public dances closed for summer.
May 1921 reports show fire losses under 500 dollars with 16 alarms in Waterloo. chief Ray Tyler cites one incendiary incident three due to wiring and one from sparks. May 1920 saw 19 fires and losses totaling 121149 dollars including the Cham erlain Machine company plant loss of 118000 dollars. Marriage licenses listed for local residents including Clifford Gatlin Miller Alden Blanche Rosemond Wood Alden Joan W Gwinne Waterloo Myrtle Nash Waterloo Thomas Griffin Waterloo Hatia Lewis Waterloo Joseph Hugene Duffy Waterloo Mayme Hibert Waterloo MM Parkhiser Nevada Josie Olson Nevada
The column lists several births with parent names and addresses including Christensen, Katz, Cage, Colvin, Coon, McMahan, Garland and others. Dates range from March to May with daughters named Betty Harriet Ann Marian Lucile and Arnold C. Garland among newborns.
Des Moines reports that Congressman James W. Good plans to resign, triggering a special election to fill the Fifth district seat. Governor Kendall is expected to set a swift election, with Orrenus Coles of Cedar Rapids and Leo T. Farrell of Fairfax named as early candidates. The Panama Canal posted record traffic last year with 2,814 commercial vessels and 11,236,000 tons of cargo.
An east and west Waterloo Hi-Y club picnic and campfire marks a farewell to the senior class. The riverbank event invites all senior boys and welcomes all students from both high schools. A joint committee assembles a campfire program with talks and songs reflecting the year’s activities.
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