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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1925
Page
6
Waterloo Evening Courier classifieds list ad rates per line for one to six days, all capital ads incur 50 percent extra, 10 percent discount for a fine with rent, acceptance daily until 12 30 PM, discontinue by 10 30 AM, phone 5100.
Announcements list items lost including a diamond bar pin and a black leather bifold, with contact numbers and rewards. The page also promotes moving and window cleaning services, magazine subscriptions, sanitary bedding, piano lessons, health remedies, taxis, and a collection of beauty shops and business opportunities in Waterloo Iowa featuring contact details and brief service notes.
A dense page of help wanted notices lists multiple positions including salesmen with cars canvassing country areas, experienced canvasers, female housemaids, dishwashers, general helpers, and nursing or light housekeeping needs. It includes several specific employers such as Moore Advertising Co, Schrup Motor Car Co, Patten & Son Nursery, and Hawkeye Hotel. Many postings request contact times or references and offer steady pay and commissions.
A dense Waterloo real estate column lists numerous rental options including furnished and unfurnished apartments on downtown streets such as 520 E Fifth and Lafayette St, with varied terms from short to several months, plus several houses and modern flats. Contact numbers and agent references appear amid the scattered notes.
Real estate ad listings describe furnished monthly rentals and rooms for keepings across multiple addresses. Contacts include George Eewb and local agencies offering modern houses, cottages, and flats with utilities, light, and baths in towns around Washington Street and nearby avenues.
Classified autos for sale and repair services from multiple Waterloo dealers. Listings include used cars, tires, and auto parts. Companies mention Frankers like Waterloo Auto Market, Black Hawk Auto Parts, Bateman Motor, and Scholtz Tool Works with phone contacts and brief offerings.
Numerous local ads promote painting, roofing, cleaning, and carpentry services. Suppliers list screens, trellises, shrubs, and nursery stock with contact numbers. Also featured are auction services, rug and paint outlets, hardware and plumbing offers, and seed corn sales across several local streets and shops.
Extensive mixed classifieds list furniture, household goods, livestock, farm items, chicks and poultry, odd jobs, clocks and watches, repairs, tools, and miscellaneous wares. Various sellers include A Leath and Co, Fraser dealers, and local auctioneers with multiple contact numbers and addresses across Lafayette and surrounding streets.
Notice states A B Snyder relinquishes all claims on minor Alvin G Snyder and will not pay debts for him. Waterloo Iowa dated June 1, 1925. Auction of household goods at 2 pm June 10 at 220 Dawson Street Waterloo to satisfy a warehouse lien against BE Stevens and wife. Roy Elwess of Employers Mutual Indemnity Corp in the city to assist in car recovery from John Logan case involving a sedan taken at Albert Lea Minnesota.
A St Louis man credits his profitable pet business to Classified Ads. Starting years ago to reach customers, the ads generated out-of-town orders and helped launch a mail order department. The ad medium became a steady sales source for furniture, help, employment, or rentals.
Miss Grace Bowles a 19 year old account agent in Atlanta was shot to death in a room by K B Leonard who fired on hearing a sound as the girl entered the room in error.
Champaign Illinois June 1 engineering expert C C Williams head of civil engineering at the University of Illinois says well designed frame dwellings and schools can be made tornado resistant at a small fraction of cost. He notes tradesmen and architects often overlook stability, urging scientific design and proper structural details to protect life. The piece shifts to a separate note about a spoof chain letter misdirected to King George and circulated among officials.
Mexico City June 1 Beneath ancient sod lies gold and silver enough to discharge the national debt says Eric Fawlds noted mining engineer and historian of Mexican mineral wealth He recounts explorations and a petrified deer found in a deep cave and notes natives wary of guiding seekers.
Washington reports that the government backs a plan to provide playgrounds for the public. President Coolidge issued an executive order routing a 50 acre tract in St Lucie County Florida for sea bathing and public camping. The withdrawal aligns with the National Conference on Outdoor Recreation, which seeks legislation to permanently safeguard public lands as recreational areas.
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