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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1919
Page
3
Waterloo WN reports a building revival in Waterloo. Kingsley school lot plans totaling 74009 dollars mark the era’s largest project, with paving and sewer work soon. Builders anticipate multiple residences and business structures, plus farm and store remodels, signaling robust spring activity.
A cottage plan by Charles 5 Seedgwick designed for narrow lots in small cities. Size 24 by 43 feet with front veranda, vestibule, and large front living room. First floor features a fireplace, separate kitchen chimney, pantry, full basement, and laundry. Second floor has three bedrooms and a sleeping porch with a balcony. closets and bath well planned. Exterior frame with brick veneers, cement stucco upper walls, pebbled dash, and shingles. cost estimated around 38 to 40 hundred dollars, exclusive of heating.
At a National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Chicago, John Willys and Edward Jordan urged postwar expansion and optimism. They forecast decades of growth, urged aggressive advertising, and highlighted trucks for farmers, predicting a booming American auto market after spring.
La Porte City March 1 Narcissus lodge No 142 K of P reports a strong rise in membership with 23 knights already promoted this winter and 18 more approved at the latest reg meeting. Two weekly March meetings planned to finish work before warm weather. A banquet to honor new members planned. Also noted a staff change at Farmena Mutual Telephone Co with promotions and new operators.
Preliminary annual figures for B F Goodrich, a leading rubber goods advertiser, show net sales of 123.4 million and net profits of 15 million before federal income and excess profits taxes, with no excess tax provision yet. The 1947 report lists profits of 12.78 million before war tax allowances and 10.54 million for dividends after tax charges.
After the armistice deposits in York savings banks rose over 100 million dollars, signaling mass prosperity and stronger purchasing power. Builders in Waterloo report a return to active home construction and higher rents as the country readjusts to a new financial order.
A call to mobilize nationwide labor for rapid infrastructure and housing expansion. Emphasizes full employment, rail and highway growth, sanitary housing, waterworks and sewerage, and broad construction of dwellings, schools, churches, and municipal buildings. Urges immediate action with patriotic impulse.
End of wartime help wanted restrictions frees Ackley ad market. Richard Grant, once a rural mail carrier, shifts to farming as local patrons on his route miss the personable service. The change reflects a broader move to a free and open labor market after wartime controls.
Real estate transfers listed by Black Hawk County Abstract Co include James I. Kenyon to Elenor 4 Taylor Point US 19, Lilian Graham to Vaclav Konick, Theodore Laures to T. B. Conson, Jalmar Peterson to L Krantz, Hanna to A CS Vaughan's sub-division, and others. Editorial comment praises workers and discusses formation of the Homebuilders' association to promote employment for veterans and stable industry postretirement.
The piece touts hiring returning soldiers as ideal workers, citing improved discipline and civil service fit. It notes past positive results after Civil and Spanish American wars and mentions a soldiers and sailors banquet. Other items reference music teachers resigning and local ads about goods and services.
A one night blaze destroyed the Tjaden farm home near Wellsburg. Wessel Haack and family barely escaped in freezing conditions with no time to dress. The modern house burned to the ground in less than two hours. The Haack family planned to move to Wellsburg until spring for a new house. Reniy for Canning Factory and factory talks drew attention as Grundy County considers new canning plants to process local sweetcorn. Bert Strickler, 23, died at his parents home near Conrad from a lung abscess following influenza and pneumonia. services set at the Conrad M church, burial in Alle warna cemetery. Rev. Mr Shock, Ivester pastor, contemplates relocation due to ill health of his wife.
Butler Bros of Chicago the largest wholesale mail order house reports for 1918 a net profit of 6,451,764 equal to 32.25 percent on capital stock. In 1917 net profit was 5,225,792 or 26.12 percent. Surplus after federal taxes about 2,500,000 is 12,950,000.
Advertisement claims Chamberlain's Tablets move the bowels and improve appetite. They are said to strengthen digestion without pepsin or other digestive ferment, enabling the stomach to perform its functions naturally.
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