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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
3
Waterloo outlines 1919 Chautauqua with Reconstruction as keynote. Lectures feature Lieut. A J Nielsen the flying parson on air problems, Dr Lyman Powell, Dr D C Vaughan, and Dr James T Nichols, plus overseas band and varied entertainment.
Details of the sound ranging service show how enemy guns were located and their calibres determined by physics. A photograph chart was finished within a minute after artillery activity. Prof. Augustus Trowbridge presented the method, a former lieutenant colonel and chief of the sound and flash ranging service.
The Peoria city council voted to set street car fares at six cents. In other brief notes, American Minister Gibson reported no atrocity findings in Poland aside from the Pinskes Vilna affair. A Europe wheat survey estimates 700 million to 850 million bushels needed. public debt in May hits 25.92 billion. Navy division C-8 arrives in Cape May after a nonstop Akron flight. Gen Pershing lands in Bordeaux to plan repatriation of American troops.
Edwin Victor Morgan announces Bethlehem football team has accepted invitation from Brazil to visit Rio Janeiro Santos and Sao Paulo to play Brazilian teams in September. U S Football Association is considering an invitation from South American teams for the next championship tournament.
Frank P. Heffelfinger of Minneapolis was elected captain of Yale's 1420 track team. In Rockford, John Freiberg defeated Charles Cutler in two falls in a wrestling match. In Kansas City, Mike Gibbons and Smith to box ten rounds here, daily four. Also listing marriage licenses from Chester Caldwell Waterloo and others. The quickest way to find a lost item is to place a lost ad in the Courter.
Cedar Falls June 4 Rev N M Andreasen and committees prepare plans for hosting the Danish United Lutheran church of America convention to invade the city for a week. The First Methodist church offers its plant for the week and other churches welcome gatherings. Summer term enrollments at the college begin with heavy prospect, band concert opens open air season Thursday with director F J McCreary outlining the program.
From Iowa City comes word that L. R. Isasce, principal of the high school, will leave this week for his home near Topeka Kansas for a few days with his parents. His plans for the summer remain undetermined. He may farm or attend the state university at Lawrence Kansas.
Chicago reports that the union bakers strike is officially off. About 1,800 bakers had returned to work and will receive a weekly $2 raise and a 20 cent extra for late night shifts. Nearly 1,500 wagon drivers and several hundred engineers also returned to work.
Manchester Commercial club members were served heavily camouflaged turtle soup Monday night by Dr. E B G Dittmer using a 30 pound river turtle captured by club members. The exact prescription remains unknown but the dish reportedly carried a strong ham flavor and other disguising ingredients.
The Hawkeye Highway club discussed Fourth of July events and a county fair program. Plans include closing businesses 12:30 to 4 pm, a parade and about 76 floats with exhibits from various American history topics. a committee was formed and officials elected for the fair grounds.
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