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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1923
Page
4
A partial fire alarm activation occurred due to minor chimney damage at multiple sites, except the Marsh-Place building where a broken water pipe set off the alarm. Commercial notice: Play Safe, Insure with Bronson Insurance Agency located at 1574 C advertisement.
A bake sale fund event was organized Saturday under the direction of Mrs. W. P. Kerwin. The avenue committee included Mrs. B. G. and other volunteers contributing to the fundraising effort.
Reverend J. D. Blandford, newly installed pastor of Union Congregational Church, preached that Jesus is the bread of life from John I. The sermon equated bodily bread with spiritual life, stating Christ sustains eternal life whereas earthly bread sustains only the body. It urged daily acceptance of Christ and participation in the church to overcome sin.
R J Horsefield, field secretary of the ninth district veterans bureau, told Rotarians at Hotel Frussell Lamson that 390000 disabled veterans faced challenges returning to work. He urged swift administration of the Burton E Sweet rehabilitations act, noting training across districts totals about 10 060 men pursuing 70 objectives with 159 in the Waterloo area.
Seventy five percent of ten thousand men will finish training within two years. The bureau head notes the job market at completion dictates training success, stating that a trained person without employment is no better off than an untrained man without work.
Work for city firemen began at 7 30 a m today when called to the D L C Lumber company yards on Fifth street west a motor truck on fire caused the alarm At 9 30 a m a house fire at 1518 Jefferson street was attended to loss about 10 Pour alarms were sounded Sun-
Fire calls listed by address including John Faufas 414 Fourth Street at 12:30 a.m. W F Marquis 750 Parker at 10:15 a.m. Marsh Place building at 1:00 a.m. A J Busby 406 Baltimore at 7:40 a.m. Sparks-
A fragment reports Adams A B Chambers Fred Stearns A C Prime and G W Je Wald with Mrs G F Scales directing the second sale soon. The text is incomplete but indicates a sequence of sales guided by Scales and named individuals.
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