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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1925
Page
8
An advertisement lists living room and kitchen furniture at low prices. Items include a three piece living room set, a red room ensemble with bed dresser and chiffonnier, a kitchen cabinet gas range, a white enamel table, chairs, and a refrigerator. Various prices and easy payment terms are noted.
Classified sale notices list young Jersey cattle puppies ponies and farm supplies including hay grain and feeds. Also wanted notices for rides, business purchases, trucks clothing and hardware. poultry and hatchery products are advertised with prices and contact phone numbers across multiple Waterloo area listings.
Multiple old classified ads list poultry chicks and feed at various prices plus assorted items for sale. Also notes on used clothing, furniture, fans, appliances, a grocery fixtures outfit, and small services offered by local shops with contact details.
Legal notice announces that an instrument purporting to be the last will of W. D. Schrock, deceased, has been filed in district court to be proven as to sanity. Hearing set for the May term 1925 in Black Hawk County with J. W. Thompson as Clerk of District Court.
Cheyenne Wyoming June 20 United States District Attorney Albert D Walton predicted a complete reversal of Judge T Blake Kennedy s ruling upholding Harry F Sinclair s lease to Teapot Dome. Walton said the ruling would be appealed and likely reversed by the Supreme Court. Kennedy overruled the government s key points and noted Albert Fall s act of locking the lease in his desk as an auspicious secretive act. Receivership will stay in place until all issues are decided. Net earnings since receivership stand at 1 285 000 with 60 percent to the government as royalty. Oil men speculated on the reserve s value and potential leakage timing.
A truck carrying hogs collided with a parked automobile after the driver dozed off in the afternoon. Charles McLaughin reportedly struck the Ford car owned by FR Cohn at Fourth Street West in the 96 block on Fifth Street West, damaging the Cohn vehicle.
Captain Roald Amundsen and four fellow explorers gain a heroic welcome in Oale Norway after their Arctic air voyage. Though failing to reach the North Pole by air, they survived hardships and reached Spitzbergen. Lincoln Ellsworth praised for aiding companions rescued from ice.
State and local briefs report Congressman Dickinson of Algona endorsing a McNary-Haugen modification as beneficial to agriculture. Other items note Lutheran League convention remarks by Rev W F Peterson in Des Moines, extradition papers for Edward LaDurie, labor needs for harvest crews, a transfer approval for Frank H Shaeffer hus, and the Iowa Association of Fire Fighters reelecting A K Marsh. A fire on the H F Woodruff farm destroyed a house near Cedar Rapids with $6,000 loss, and Iowa City will host the 1528 National Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education convention.
Centerville Iowa June 20 an Centerville girl is missing today. Her mother asks police help to locate Jennie Hawks first year daughter of Mrs Gertrude Hawks. Jennie left Sunday for Washington Iowa to meet a girl companion but did not arrive. She is tall for her age slender with dark hair and dark eyes.
Winthrop Indiana June 20 Harry Rich of Winthrop dropped from a parachute after an ascent in a plane about a mile south of town on Friday evening. The airplane circled the parachute as it descended and a large crowd witnessed the jump. Leo Carruthers piloted the plane.
Mrs Merriwell seeks new furniture before guests arrive and learns from friend Mrs Brown that local Classified Ads in the Waterloo Evening Courier sell household items quickly. Ads generate many responses, selling items fast and boosting family funds, with readers urged to use the Classified section daily and share successful experiences.
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