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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1924
Page
8
A garbled classified ads section lists miscellaneous for sale items. Entries reference Silvertone, Singer, and other brands with nonsensical phrases, phone numbers, and partial product mentions. The fragmentary notices offer vague sale prompts and street references like Sycamore Street and Lafayette, with listing chaos throughout.
A fragmented page of coal and loan offers mixed with farm and chicken listings from Kentucky and nearby counties. Advertisements include coal sellers like Good ward and Button Coal, loan shops such as State Loan Co and Black Hawk Loan Co, plus livestock and farming services, transfer and storage firms, and miscellaneous sale notices.
In Des Moines the proposal to compel daily Bible reading in public schools stirred debate in the House and drew support from Rankin and Carter while critics warned of religious bias and practical hurdles. Separate notices include a divorce granted to Belle Mellus, a new building permit for a beauty shop, and a remodeling permit for Moyers Nursery Company.
A compact city in brief section notes visits and events in Waterloo. Mrs. Ernest B. Mounsey and her son Ilia stay with her sister at Cedar Hapidg. John Nansen of Castle Fill underwent an operation at Presbyterian Hospital and is recovering. Mr and Mrs RB Shaver of Des Moines visit Cedar Rapids friends, as do Mr and Mrs C Ki Meyers at Mrs MN Stew. Cedar Heights F A Miller, a government inspector, was in Waterloo for final approval of the new post office addition. Mrs Hi WW Maynard sails to Miami to recuperate, with granddaughter Margaret Weleh. First Baptist Weavers class met at the church parlors for business and supper, with music by Warne Smith and accompaniment by Mrs Roland G Taylor and Mildred Withick.
A rifle team from Co. BL Iowa National Guard defeated the Black Hawk Trifle and Pistol Club by one point last night at the armory, posting 479 to the rifle club’s 478. Challenges to the guard team should be sent to KE.
A dated home remedy offer promotes a simple treatment to banish asthma hay fever and catarrh, claiming quick relief. The ad asks readers to send for a full bottle with no payment upfront and to pay only if convinced after ten days. It lists a P.O. box and an address in Rosedale Kansas.
Cedar Walls hosts a special surprise party on March 8 for Mr and Mrs Henry White. The event is announced as Friends of the couple celebrate their anniversary with a gathering noting scores and a rifle club challenge involving S Jeppesen and C S Jeppesen at Cedar Walls.
Abroad reports praise a new fat reduction method likened to Marmola Prescription Tablets. The item claims safe, easy weight loss without exercise or dieting, priced at one dollar per box, available worldwide from Marmola Company, Detroit. The tone mirrors a promotional bold claim about a slimming product.
Mrs. C R Miller of Rotan Texas reports relief from back pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound following her second birth. She claims the remedy improved her female troubles and urges others to try it. A nationwide canvass found 98 percent of respondents benefited. For sale by druggists everywhere.
Last evening residents on White Street celebrated a forty first wedding anniversary with a simple picnic supper. The event gathered family members and neighbors, marking the couple's long union.
Plaintiff seeks judgment for damages to his car and interest after a collision at an intersection of two highways in Orange township. The defendant's negligence is alleged to be the sole cause. The suit notes a car owned by the plaintiff and driven by his son and a defendant vehicle.
P H Lynch files suit against A K Glessner seeking damages of 325 dollars. Filed today by P H Lynch with BW Koepke clerk of municipal court. The plaintiff alleges a collision occurred under an act authorizing an appropriation, with specifics unclear in the fragment.
In Waterloo the U S patent office will administer civil service exams April 9 10 11 in the federal court room. Tests cover mathematics technics physics interpretation of drawings and languages. Entrance salary 1860 rising to 5000 with raises. Office currently processes about 0 000 applications yearly and has granted about 4 500 00 patents with one third from the U S government. An exam also set April 9 10 for Matron and Seamstress in the Indian service.
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