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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1925
Page
2
Bankers and trust companies in Waterloo report March settlements show landowners more optimistic than in years past. Despite earlier bad luck, higher land prices and expectations of a big crop year spur holders to keep land. Loans are being renewed or paid, with few foreclosures, and interest payments remain steady as farmers carry on.
A YMCA conference in Ottumwa gathers Waterloo boys led by H. T. Lay, secretary, for a major two day session with railroad men and youth leaders. Delegates include Thomas Tailroad, B Hoehn, Charles Smith, N L Mack, Richard Gaker, and staff members Fred Hansen Branden Mire and G H Klippel. Professor W R Boorman of the YMCA College at Chicago will address Pioneer club workers.
Religious work at home shows growth with nine Bible study classes held weekly and regular Bible classes meeting. Campaigns of friendship and personal interviews run this month in step with Lenten programs across churches. A Bible study exam at March end will cap the winter activities.
A. H. Olson, an employee of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway, injured at Cedar Rapids in Ta. Bob, 1923, sued for 25 000 dollars. The Iowa state supreme court affirmed a lower court verdict for the railroad, finding no negligence.
Johnstown Pennsylvania report says Balogh 16 and his sister Helen Balogh were arrested on a family mistreatment charge after admitting a broad relationship and that Helen is about two months from motherhood. They acknowledged criminal relations spanning 13 months and appeared initially as cousins when they wed in Cumberland Maryland.
Denver born George Alexander Parks, 39, named by President Coolidge as governor of Alaska, after 16 years in the territory. A mining engineer by training, he pursued outdoor work with a mining syndicate, worked in California and the Yukon, and has spent the last 15 years in Juneau as his base.
The narrative notes an engineer appointed to the Denver office who soon moved to Seattle to oversee Alaskan affairs. Fifteen years ago his headquarters shifted to Juneau and he has remained in Alaska except for a brief period in Washington and service in World War I. He worked as a mineral deposits surveyor for the Land Office.
The article promotes obtaining vitamins through natural foods rather than tablets, noting cod liver oil is rich in vitamins and serves as a tonic and food for the weak. It emphasizes nature’s provision of essential nutrients in everyday diet.
An unnamed figure spent much time in Alaska, guiding the Harding party on the Alaskan journey. Parks led the group from Tacoma and oversaw their movements until their return to the United States, while a concern loomed over George’s future at the Governor’s mansion without a wife.
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