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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1914
Page
3
Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter runsWant Ads at one cent a word. Listings include Lost Found Wanted and employment notices across categories. Items mention rewards and contact details like phones and addresses, reflecting a bustling local classifieds page.
For rent houses and rooms listed with varied amenities and locations. Includes modern cottages on Wellington Street with contact numbers, seven to ten room houses on Mullan Avenue and East 4th Street near parks, and several Furnished three and two room units on the West Side near Jefferson Street. Properties priced from around 100 to 400 dollars. Contact numbers and owners listed for each listing.
Classified notes list several autos for sale including a 5 passenger cheap compact in good condition with phone contact iger Red a 40 H P five passenger car with phone 162 Red and a $2,250 White Can auto in best condition two more five passenger near new Model T Ford overhauled reliable with electric sights and starter Ryder Bates contact 30%0 Cor 9th and Sycamore. Also a thoroughly overhauled Huy Coupe for sale by John Andrews at Fred J L Kimball Co Waterloo Iowa.
State of Town Iowa notice in probate district court in Black Hawk county announces final report by A W Haffa as executor and petitions for authority to pay distributive share to the clerk. hearing set for June 16 1914 at Waterloo court house unless appearance is made. Fred Pettit, Clerk.
A local update lists Oakley Mayes with a broken wrist from a Saturday car crank. Visitors Bart North and Verne Lehman arrive from Minneapolis for summer with their parents. A Hadley home was struck by lightning with minor damage. Belzer family plans visits and relocation to Gary, Indiana. Paul McGaheran returns from college for summer. Bitterly and Ashley attend Waterloo business, while Ben Bitterly visits from Arriba. Guy Manwell starts in a hotel barber shop. An ad claims Foley Kidney Pills aid kidney and rheumatic ailments.
Chicago wheat and corn edged down as the government crop report weighed on sentiment. Prices recovered slightly but finished weaker on export bid softness and western supply signals. Oats followed corn, while provisions softened with weak yard prices. Livestock saw mixed results as heat and demand influenced cattle, sheep, and hogs across Kansas City and Omaha markets.
Grain market data shows Wheat Corn and Oats prices across No. grades with July and Sept futures in Duluth St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis Winnipeg and more. New York stocks close list includes Canadian Pacific Reading Rock Island Union Pacific Amalgamated Copper and others with mixed gains and losses.
The annual state convention of the Spanish American War Veterans opens tomorrow in Council Bluffs with full Iowa regional attendance. Delegates from eastern Iowa depart tonight or tomorrow morning, including John Boeller Fred Byford M W Flynn O B Lamb Joe White and Andrew Artus for Fred C Willard camp. The Waterloo group joins the Dubuque delegation at Illinois Central station after 11 PM and travels together to Council Bluffs.
Charles Wilson, held in Bremer county jail for robbing an American Express Co office, is housed in Waterloo county jail for safety. He had previously escaped Waverly jail and was tracked from Oeder Falls to Electric Park, with ties to Rock Falls depot robbery and Mason City vagrancy arrest.
Western cesses eee ETE GC40 Yearlingt. Native lambs Western lambs Grain and Provisions, Chicago, June 9. Open High Low Close data includes July and Dec futures for various grains. Pork and lard figures shown with bid and ask ranges, plus July Sept contracts and monthly progress notes.
The Volunteer class presents a war time program at 8 pm in the Linden M. E. Church auditorium. The program features songs familiar in the sixties and contributions by war veterans. Hard tack coffee and beans will be served with proceeds aiding a missionary.
Waterloo officials hear popcorn vendors protest city rule charging six dollar monthly licenses while many pay fifteen to twenty five dollars to operate near businesses. The ordinance committee may remove the abutting property owner permission requirement. Council extends ordinance revision deadline to January 1. Dog pound established. dog catcher appointed. motor cycle for police to curb speeders. Officials may have expenses paid for conventions to gain information.
The Waterloo Greek colony outlines tentative plans to build a Greek Catholic church. Leader Ioter Marvelis says 700 to 800 Greeks in Waterloo support the project and about ten thousand dollars is needed. Rev Cedaris of Moline endorses the move and Greek businessmen offer to fund initial contributions.
The Waterloo Military band performs this evening at Lincoln park east side at 7 30 p m The program includes Occidental Sousa Overture Pique Dame Suppe Reverie Smiles and Tears Voelker Selection Lady Slavery Kuhn a request Cavalliera Rusticana Mascagni Overture Lust Speil Keler Bela March M E Koeller and the Star Spangled Banner.
John Comerford, a Huntington County agriculturist, praises Iowa as offering two opportunities for the average youth for every one in the East. He cites Waterloo ties and Pennsylvania roots, urges ambitious locals to explore the Midwest, and jokes about family opposition to moving west. Printed a note on season tickets for Waterloo Chautauqua with prices listed.
Tomorrow at midnight Dr J E 7 2 leaves via the Illinois Central for New York where he will join Mrs O Keefe visiting Miss Blanche nehlin. They sail on the Oceanic with about 1500 physicians to attend the clinical congress of surgeons in America in London from July 27 to Aug 3. Dr Matt E O Keefe accompanies for a second visit to Europe and Rose Jennings of Chicago joins the party.
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