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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1919
Page
10
The article urges a fixed home for the city assessor citing long moves across courthouse rooms. It notes Burtner currently occupies a shifted space with no proper filing, and that grand jury sessions in May will force another move. Davenport maintains a year round office with deputies, fireproof filing, and daily noon transfers.
H News notes a dinner dance for the Secret Le Joyeux club at Motel Ellis with dinner at 8:30 and dancing to follow in the ballroom. Also reports Lieut Joseph Whitney's Manila wedding to Mrs Franc Judd Fresno Cal after a 45 day voyage, with sister Margaret Whitney present. Whitney to remain in regular army, likely abroad long term. details include family ties in Waterloo and Pasadena.
Last night at Mrs. W. W. Marsh's home the I E QO election officers for Chapter 7 PEO were chosen with Miss Kimball as hostess assistant. The executive board includes Mrs. N. Shane as president and others, and a 50 grant was approved for the educational fund. Westminster Presbyterian Ladies auxiliary planned an all day meeting with Red Cross work and lunch, followed by a 2:30 p.m. business session for officer selection. Miss Norma Gaiser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Gaiser, will perform a student recital at Walnut Street church, including works by Quilter. the event ties to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. A Knights of Pythias hall dinner dance drew about 160 guests from Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co.
Returned servicemen are urged to visit the Red Cross Home Service office in the Waterloo Savings Bank Building under Miss Marion Chapman. The office offers guidance on securing disability allotments and pursuing vocational training, with the national Red Cross stressing training for veterans. Chapman will help with insurance, allotment issues, and complaints about dependent allotments.
Complete arrangements are set for a Victory banquet tonight at Memorial hall to honor returned soldiers sailors and marines. 100 to 235 men are expected. Lincoln circle hosts will serve a 7 o'clock meal. Speakers include C. D. Becker and Willard M. Filron with Van Doren's orchestra providing music.
The remains of Claire B Hawver arrived from Colorado Springs where he died last Friday. Funeral services will be held at Peters Bros chapel at 2 p m Wednesday with Rev BE J Lockwood in charge. Burial in Old Waterloo cemetery. Born April 11, 1891 in Wisconsin, he moved to Waterloo in 1894 with his parents A B Hawver and wife Helen Wood Hawver plus a son Richard five. also surviving are his parents and a brother Jim in Colorado Springs.
First Congregational context announces a society gathering in church parlors tomorrow at 2 30 p m. Hosts are Mines Ridenour Haswell Stiltman and Burnham with assigned hostesses.
Winda Central officials held an all day conference led by W S Williams to discuss eliminating train accidents, maintaining on time operations, and reducing transportation expenses. Attendees included division superintendents J F Dignam K B McCabe T H Sullivan and others across Freeport Dubuque Fort Dodge Cherokee Waterloo Winterset as they aim to raise Illinois Central's on time performance from about five percent over recent months.
Two plate glass windows were broken during the night. One at B. W. Schuneman & Co. drug store 300 Fourth street west likely due to wind while the Kurtz & Steely meat company office may have been the work of intoxicated men. Police arrested Ed Sprouce and R. J. Sparlin from descriptions. in municipal court they pleaded guilty to intoxication but denied smashing the windows. Judge Birdsall postponed sentence pending further investigation.
Austin Burt, returning from Philadelphia where he attended an American Gas Co. managers meeting, compares conditions. He notes hesitation to start new schemes, stable future prospects tied to organized labor, and asserts the West shows far better labor opportunities and support for returning veterans than the East.
Evening program at Walnut Street Baptist church under three local churches opens at 10 30 am with Dr S G Phillips on church efficiency Samuel Neil on Evangelism and Dr White on The Devotional Life The afternoon session features Phillips Batten Neil and Mrs Osincup Tonight Burton Avenue Baptist choir to sing Dr White to speak on Young People and Reconstruction Miss Boyd to discuss elementary work Dr Batten to speak on an unannounced topic.
Des Moines reports Lieut Clarence M Young, a Des Moines aviator once prisoner of Austrians on the Italian front and released at armistice, has been appointed deputy insurance commissioner for town. He is a Yale graduate who studied insurance law.
The man faced a judge on a petty larceny charge after a window was broken. Police believed he may have caused a hole in the glass but not the breakage itself.
A new grocery and bakery will open at 324 Fourth Street West under Barry Farr J Arnold and Charles Ulrich. Work on remodeling is underway and completion is expected soon. The firm’s members are well known locally with Warr linked to Pinkerton's grocery and Arnold formerly with Franklin McVeigh in Chicago. Ulrich will lead the bakery department.
Hi y Bible class members from both high schools will host a program for Y W C A members in the Y parlors this evening with refreshments. Corp C F Perrott announces open night for soldiers sailors and marines and their ladies Friday evening. Postoffice notes report station A numbers changed from 2,000 upward and wage increase for janitors in federal buildings effective March 1. February postal receipts total 27,497.66 vs 27,443.96 last year. Want ad in the Courier promises best results.
A funeral party near Waterloo faced a blocked road to Eagle Center as a car damaged by deep trenches eroded a roadside shoulder. Workers cut away the embankment with an axe to reach the cemetery gate, instead of filling the trench.
The Peoples Mutual Bustling and Loan association held its fortieth annual meeting and officer election at the bank building. Irwin Mentelko was re elected secretary and W Logan was reelected treasurer. The auditing committee J N LaBarre and A ws Covert was reappointed. J C Thurman was elected president and J J Miller vice president.
Cedar Heights school facilities housing 120 pupils were discussed at yesterday's Parent-Teacher meeting. Mrs Macy Campbell and Mrs Charles Beat were chosen to confer with the city council. A vote will be held Monday on purchasing three acres for a new school site. the current four-room building, with two basement rooms, is condemned by the state inspector.
The John A. Wilson farm of 280 acres seven miles west of Cedar Falls was sold today to Arthur Wright for $200 an acre. The property is regarded as one of the best improved in the area.
An old fashioned family medicine, not a patent drug, free from opium morphine or chlorform and free from alcohol. It is a food medicine, wholesome and nutritious, with years of success for cold and throat troubles and as a tonic to strengthen weak systems. It warns against stimulants and nerve-deadening drugs and promotes Father John’s Medicine as safe for all ages.
The article reflects on how advertising transformed commerce from past times to today, noting that promotions reduced selling costs, expanded demand, and widened distribution for mills and merchants. It credits readers of yesterday and present advertising for economies, varieties, and lower prices, urging thorough engagement with advertised merchandise.
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