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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
16
Waterloo postmaster Ray C. Eggert reports two days of mail show widespread under postage. No-postage mail was excluded. 41 letters due one cent, 707 due two cents, and many others up to 24 cents. Traveling salesmen singled out as worst offenders. Many letters remained unsealed, risking loss of checks and drafts.
A Fayette Iowa crowd estimated at 10,000 attended the cornerstone laying of the Fayette courthouse. The ceremony was led by the county Masonic organization with its annual gathering present. Speakers included the Iowa Masons chief officer and OG EB Robbing, commander of the Iowa American Legion.
Oskaloosa Iowa June 23 Central Holiness University of this city gains accreditation as the twentieth Iowa institution of higher education to train teachers. George W. H. U., an interdenominational school founded in 1906, seeks state board approval to credential teacher preparation.
Fragmentary report describes a disease causing fatigue and loss of control during a religious festival in Tolied. Observers note a dance marathon until exhaustion, with a mix of varying mental and physical symptoms and no clear treatment. The outbreak is described as epidemic with widespread impact on participants.
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