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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1923
Page
5
Classifieds list varied help wanted positions including housekeeper child care and office clerical roles, plus misc. sales ads for goods and real estate. Entries show contact details, locations, and brief job or sale notes from Waterloo area.
Fer sale orr sedan and first class transport. Phone 3244-7. Also selling a 2 ton Raplex truck and an Oldsmobile truck in A-1 condition. Wiss Motor Co. 219-21 West 6th street.
Vinton voters will confront two campaign tickets led by Citizens and Peoples factions. Citizens nominate Georges N Urice for mayor with ward and at large councilors and a slate for treasurer and assessor. Peoples ticket lists Barn and Contents Burn and other incumbents. A barn fire northeast of town caused insured losses. a Fish and Game Club dinner drew about 180 attendees. A basketball tourney is planned at Lincoln High with seven teams, and a New Century Club party featured radio talk. School board directors see waning material as terms end. C F Clark Cedar Rapids is in town for state legislative matters.
Methodist Episcopal pastors and wives from Waterloo Cedar Falls Dewar Dunkerton Jesup Ittyaond La Porte City and Geneseo met at Grace church Waterloo to discuss evangelism benevolences and the centenary program. reports showed salary struggles in smaller charges and a 1920 21 downturn easing as pledges rise. Dr Sheets and Dr Obern spoke planned lectures and sermon events at Grace and St Pauls M E church.
About 210000 pledged at the morning service toward a 1923 budget of 22000 for current expenses and liabilities. A new plan involved sign cards passed at services, with 1635 pledges signed. next Sunday a 40 member team will continue canvassing those who did not sign. The church plans occupancy of a new building at Park Avenue and Franklin Street in July.
Dr A E Magary pastor of First Presbyterian Cedar Rapids addressed the Waterloo Ministerial association this morning at Y M C A on Preaching to Babbitt The Cedar Rapids preacher urged clergymen to state facts and keep sermons brief to hold the business man in church A review of Roger Babson Making Good in Business was given by S A Cadagan Rev DH Middents led the devotional exercises
The American Legion Becker-Chapman post invites civic groups including Greater Waterloo associations Rotary Kiwanis and Lions to an open meeting on April 13 to discuss closer cooperation. A basket social will accompany the April 5 legion and auxiliary meeting, the first after Lent, while Yatture No 82 40 and 8 holds a regular meeting at Memorial hall. A St Patrick's Day feature is planned for public interest.
Broken glass shop ad notes Mr and Mrs Donald Sindlinger returning from Chicago. Miss Lydia Henry ill with pneumonia. Official notices: Waterloo district court opens term. will of John Over filed for probate. Various residents reported illnesses, travel, or minor misfortunes. several Waterloo area names and addresses listed among community notices.
Police investigated a puzzling accident reported at 7 pm yesterday when Net Atkinson stated a wire pulled from a trolley pole on Jefferson Street between Park and Third avenues struck his car, shattering the windshield and headlight but leaving him uninjured. Patrols watched the area as the W and N Company sent repair crews. no wire or cable was found. Investigation continued by the street car company with no fault located.
Waterloo Cedar Falls church choirs sang Israel Out of Egypt at First Presbyterian Waterloo yesterday afternoon. The appreciative congregation filled the edifice as the singers accompanied by organ and piano performed selections from a cantata.
Mrs. Snyder, 78, died at her sister’s home after a brief illness, pneumonia developed after grippe symptoms. She had moved from Marshalltown to stay with Heronia Kistler. Funeral held in Chicage with burial beside husband John Snyder. Survived by son Edward, Harry, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and sister Alis Longaker.
Dr. B. J. Lockwood, district superintendent for the Methodist Episcopal Church Waterloo district, faced a bitter night when a snowstorm blocked trains. Lacking a hotel, a friendly bank cashier offered shelter. He journeyed by auto from Chapin toward Hansell, battling snow drifts and heavy rain, recounting the episode.
A fragment notes men with shovels clearing a large drift on the main street and mentions a sprinkling machine used in many mines to lay down coal dust. It also records a girl's typical physical milestones, reaching full height by 15 and full weight by 20.
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