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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
4
A fragmentary item notes pallbearers aiding in completing a crew event for Lou Fg Sz. Details are limited in the OCR segment, but the post hints at a social or commemorative gathering surrounding a local figure.
Aarne SCL RAZ Gn REPEL REALL BO TLE UBIO. details unreadable in the fragment prevent a clear summary. The readable bits provide no distinct event, names, or locations to anchor a proper item.
The piece discusses Alaska's 1867 purchase price debate and urges forest policy reform. Col. W. B. Greeley backs Snell's bill for national forest protection, fire control, and timber management. It highlights Western Canada pulpwood, British Columbia hemlock, and Alaska’s coastal forests as key to future newsprint supplies and industrial growth.
Reports at the Waterloo Bank & Trust Co annual meeting show strong last year results and authorize a 100000 stock issue to be allocated among stockholders of the merged American Trust Savings bank and Lincoln Savings Bank. Consolidation with capital now 4100000, total authorized capital 300000. Directors elected include Ben J. Howrey and J. Arbuckle with officers named for president cashier and savings manager. Executive committee named with C. Landgraf and F. Altstadt among others.
Center Point Farmers' Savings Bank in Iowa replaces cashier Bryner with E. E. Meineke after Bryner faced a $20,000 damage suit related to alleged defrauding attempts. State examiners found no bank instability. directors assure depositors are safe as Hough faced a $10,400 check-kiting charge. The bank aims to restore confidence while Bryner considers remedies from bank stock and Liberty bond pledges.
June 2 report states the Town National Guard board will survey Camp Dodge in Des Moines to assess its suitability for a permanent national guard encampment and for ongoing use. The group will reconvene June 13 with recommendations, with Aug 10 24 set for the encampment.
The Greater Waterloo band plans summer concerts starting June 11 in Lincoln park and alternating weekly with Washington park. A 50 piece junior band will perform every other concert, with details from the Tri City Master Printers meeting.
George B Rath leaves for a two week visit to St Paul, while Lou Aldrich takes a week off from the main post office. Administrator H W Grout fixed a 10000 bond for Burton E Wilson's estate. A light rain yielded 0.12 inch per the local observer gauge. A hotel guard report says an attempted holdup near Hotel Russell Lamson frightened off the bandit. I B Brady, recently ill in Rochester, Minn., shows improvement and may undergo another operation next week. Streetcar ticket sales at reduced rates are heating up with new 18 for 1 tickets and station sales. A burglary at Fish Unser garage on Sycamore Street yielded various stolen auto parts. State checkers Carlson and Stamp wrap up county audits and prepare reports. Memorial Day plans underway with final reporting. Keith L Buechele earns college honors and prepares for dental school. Household news notes sweet peaches as a dietary item.
Miss Lolita Ar Armour daughter of Mr and Mrs J Chicago will marry John Mitchell in Chicago on June 18 in a high profile social event. The ceremony will take place at the Armour home in Lake Forest Illinois. A photograph shows Miss Armour with her fiancé at a recent Chicago farm dress ball.
Beth Backus files for divorce from 9M M F, an engineer on the F C road, claiming the couple married in 1904 at Newbern, Tenn. She seeks alimony of $200 per month and an initial $800 for attorney fees in district court today.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Grace ALE and a person named Lockwood in a disturbance. No clear date, location, or outcome is readable. Toward minutes, the text references a waitress and a Memorial event but specifics are unreadable. Authorities or witnesses are not identifiable from the legible portions.
Grundy Center Iowa June 3 The Wellsburg and Marshalltown Independents will collide Monday June 6 at 2:30 PM for supremacy in a prominent farm bureau event. Both squads are in tiptoep form and seek to protect their laurels in this notable county contest.
The production of copper in the United States has risen dramatically, increasing more than twenty fivefold since 2880, signaling a historic expansion in mining and metal output across the nation.
Students in the West district face annual examinations today with tomorrow set for continued testing. The discussion about filling House vacancies prompted by recent political shifts colored the mood in grade schools as pupils tackled questions from geography to grammar.
The House debates a constitutional amendment allowing governors to fill vacancies caused by resignation or death in the U S House of Representatives as part of a routine session. Separate items touch on annual exams in western schools and a New Orleans shipping tale involving customs officers and a scotch laden sack.
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