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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
1
Davenport Indiana residents celebrate a major fund win totaling 194,643 for a new girls' home by the Lend-A-Hand club. A local construction firm offers to build at cost, a plumbing contractor and cement supplier pledge discounts, and the facility will include dormitories and a natatorium for a club with over 1,500 members.
Des Moines June 26 James M Pierce publisher of the Iowa Homestead refused to hear the Panama Pacific commission’s side of charges. Ralph Bolton testified the commission had spent funds before any appropriation and had prepared exhibits before state funds were authorized. Bolton said payments were made to staff for publicity and that a final fifth report accounted for most expenditures. The entry also notes a Davenport move picture house deal and a New York customs service disbanding notice.
The Atwood Patten family reunion at Willard hall Chautauqua park Rascoe Ill ends at noon with 109 present yesterday and 9 percent attendance Tuesday Invitations went to 104 families with most sending members The gathering honors Patten and Anna Atwood pioneer settlers who reared 14 children now four living present The next meeting will be in Rockford Ill with Archie Hershaw as president and Fred Pickard as vice president The gathering also notes service flag with 11 stars and two members not yet returned from France.
Law enforcement in Des Moines and federal agents set up nightly patrols to guard roads and trains entering the city for a final liquor supply before July. Agencies from Iowa and nearby states expect bootlegging from Minnesota Missouri and Illinois. Boots will be stopped and inspected. the effort includes stop orders for outbound vehicles. An advertisement notes a 1919 sale at 827 East Fourth and 514 East Fourth Street with a 3 pm sale on Saturday June 28.
Des Moines reports Gov. W. L. Harding named president of Liberty Life Insurance Co as articles of incorporation are filed. Other officers include T. T. Blaise as vice president J Taake as secretary and C J LeValley as treasurer. Offices will be in Des Moines. A safeguard note mentions Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a refreshing summer drink.
In Lowden Iowa conflict flares tied to a long standing battle between officers and directors of two German run savings banks. After a group of beaten men demand resolution or legal action, history notes 1913 formation of the German Savings bank and tensions with the Lowden Savings bank, rooted in loyalty debates before and during World War I.
At war start the German Savings bank becomes the American Trust and Savings Bank. Its directorate remains loyal to America while factions split the town. Proponents of the new bank claim the largest supporter circle in town.
Winfred Robb former chaplain of the 168th Rainbow division spoke in Des Moines last Tuesday for the sixth time since returning from France. He described the 168th Infantry’s actions from September 1917 through May 1919 with vivid slides, praising Iowa soldiers who faced death with courage and told their mothers of dying like men.
Farmers in Hudson and Black Hawk county shipped 2 866 pounds of wool to the National Wool Warehouse and Storage Co in Chicago on June 24. The wool will be marketed by commission men with F J Folk at Waterloo, Don Leversee at Cedar Falls, and Bert Haymond at La Porte City handling shipments. Practically all county wool will be processed through the cooperative Growers Assoc.
A historical advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoe Remedy as highly effective, claiming it wins good opinion and praise from users and should be tried when a remedy is needed.
New York city clerk issued a marriage license to Henry Zimmerman and Bertha K Noe. The couple, longtime acquaintances, described no romance, though Zimmerman plans to take Noe to Boston after the ceremony.
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