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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
3
Fragmented classified sections show a large furniture auction by Security Storage Co and numerous real estate offers across Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota. Listings detail 60k worth of goods, beds, dressers, tables and chairs, plus farms near Grand Rapids Columbus Waterloo and other towns with prices, terms and contact points.
FOR SALE Heavy duty harness mare and loads of equine gear. Pony aged about five with sturdy build, complete outfit includes harness saddle two seated rig rubber tires detachable runners for sleigh and more. Also offered is a pony with brake to drive and a foot saddle. Waterloo Office Supply Co. contact 1657.
City of Waterloo Iowa warns property owners to cut all weeds by July 1 or the city will do so at the owner’s expense with penalties added and forwarded to the county auditor. Report uncut properties by July 10 with owner name and location. city will arrange weed cutting. Also bids due July 9 1915 for coal for Third Street station with storage and delivery provisions. Waterloo Water Works reserves right to reject bids.
Chicago market notes show wheat fluctuating with heavy selling then brief rally as export business waned and weather forecasts hint better harvest. Corn and oats rise on wheat strength, while hog prices weaken. Livestock arrivals at South Omaha and Chicago proceed. cattle and sheep receipts mix with price shifts. butter and eggs ease in Chicago Produce.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow show hogs 50,000 Cate 16,000 Sheep 12,000. The hog market opened shade up with bids from 7.15 to 7.70 for mixed and heavy grades. By close the market remained steady with mixed at 7.16 to 7.70 and heavy around 7.35 to 7.80. 1,750 left over from yesterday.
Walter, J. Marshalltown, and Hawinsuc figures appear as team moves. Bobby Lynch, a third baseman with a 13 game season last year and a .274 average, is signed as manager of the Marshalltown club. The Ansons plan to strengthen the roster as they prepare for upcoming league play.
Parkersburg reports arrivals and departures from Belvidere and New Hampton. Mrs. Celia Bennett returned home from New Hampton. Agent Volbrook takes leave and vacations in Chicago Milwaukee and the East. Miss Anna Peters and Gladys Turner will teach next year. Died John Dobson age 72 at Parker of heart failure married 1915 to Mrs Myra Manley of Lake Preston South Dakota. Funeral at Parker. Mary Whaler returned from Preston. Bride Payton visited Cherokee. Mrs Sam Christiansen and children return from Allison itinerary.
Chicago and Duluth show wheat prices around 1.25 to 1.36 with July and September futures noted. Corn ranges from about 0.73 to 0.76 for July and September in multiple markets, while oats hold near 0.48. International: Liverpool spot shows No 2 Manitoba at 11s4d, No 3 Manitoba 11s3d, with Minnesota and Winnipeg futures listed.
Heavy Wolfe age 48 residing at 1632 Franklin street fell 16 feet onto rock while helping build a scaffold at the new German Lutheran parochial school Walnut and Paremont streets. He escaped with a broken right arm between elbow and wrist, minor cuts and bruises, taken to physician then home. He work as foreman for contractor M Blutch.
The artesian wells supplying Waterloo's thousands draw wide notice for an ornamental pagoda cover in Cedar River park. Supt J P Berry conceived the Japanese shock effect, attracting requests from trade journals for stories and photos. Publications in Engineering and Contracting and Water appear to seek coverage, with photographers finishing new images of the premises.
Waverly residents make visits to Clarion Mason City Cedar Falls and Naperville while many summer plans unfold. A lightning storm yesterday destroyed Geo Schroedemeier’s barn two and a half miles east of Waverly.
June 28 report from Winslow records visits by Master Harvey Carter of Shell Rock to aunt Mrs. C. E. Leverich, plus social attendees including Mr. and Mrs. C. A. George at a Waterloo chautauqua, and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Barton with daughter from Waterloo at Mrs. M. Cortright’s home, plus the Garner family from Waverly at the Leverich residence.
Thomas G. Forney of Washington D C and George McHenry a waiter also of Washington are held by Pittsburgh police accused of conspiring to kill candy manufacturer FLYT Schneider at a hotel. If Henry G. Carlisle is extradited he will face a conspiracy charge as well.
A sequence of real estate transfers listed by Black Hawk Co Abstract Co and local registries shows trustees, heirs, and buyers purchasing lots, blocks, and easements in Waterloo Cedar Falls and surrounding additions with prices from $1 to $3 250. Notable moves include parcels in Grand View Place Normal addition and Whitney Sedgwick additions with multiple parties named such as L E Park Frances Elizabeth Church Elmer Vanderveer James H Stier and more.
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female disorders and periodic distress. It targets girls and women at key life stages, claiming to regulate the nervous system, improve strength, and restore bloom, with advice from Dr Pierce's staff and a free 134 page women’s health book.
A promotional note claims 58 8 5 cures rheumatism by supplying blood with an antidotal combination of ingredients. It asserts relief from all forms and urges readers to buy at local drug stores, warning against substitutes and directing inquiries to The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
The advertisement touts GETS-IT as the world’s wonder corn remover. It cautions buyers to avoid imitations and insists GETS-IT is the genuine product spelled GEYS-IT, offering effective relief for corns. The selling copy urges confidence in the authentic remedy and warns against counterfeit preparations.
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