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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1918
Page
6
Cedar Falls actions to close five city kindergarten schools and suspend the domestic science department follow a district court order. The move affects staff including Miss Bertha P. Hansen and Miss Grace Brit, as the board seeks to raise funds to cover four teachers’ salaries and a $2,330 deficit.
A fragmented notice reflects a quiet reply to police requests about music records during a sparse southern summer. The text hints at tired officials and residents seeking rest after a long day, with scattered references to Waterloo and casual leisure.
An old advertisement promises relief from headache and bloating with Cascarets. It touts gentle cleansing, improved breath, clear heads, and rosy complexions for women and children, urging readers to buy a 10-cent box at the local drug store.
A Waterloo Chamber of Commerce clubroom smoker and stag party drew a large crowd with patriotic songs, speeches, and a piano sketch. Officials of the club acted as reception committee while Mayor Law and other officials were unexpectedly sidelined. The evening featured humor, songs, pipe distribution, and tobacco served from an old box, ending as a lively, well run event.
Edmund Vance, a traveling soldier, lost his hat near Waterloo on a troop train. Within an hour, N MacArthur of 634 Summit Street called postmaster M N Kelly to report he had the hat. Kelly retrieved it as the train passed and will forward it to Vance via the postmaster.
Washington March 9 reports show 90 factories at capacity on standardized parts for the Liberty truck. The program will finish before August 1 with 500 Type A trucks this month and increasing monthly through July. Plans for the Type B machine are completed and motorcycles and bicycles are slated for planning. A passenger automobile for officers in France is also being developed.
Silk, serge, poiret twill or Jersey dresses arrive direct from New Yorks best workshops. These styles are rare to find and shoppers will enjoy them.
Six sales of farm land evidenced by deeds on file total $200000. Transactions include Emma and Harry Fink selling 160 acres in Lester township for $38400, Samuel F. Philp selling to Wm. F. Horub 160 acres in East Waterloo for $32000, John Dufel selling to John E. Johnson, 160 acres in Lincoln township for $27160, C. F. Burkhart selling to Henry A. Middlestein 80 acres in Lincoln for $19000, and Anna E. Davis selling to Ray and Ralph Mack 326 acres in East Waterloo for $46385.
Prominent Oklahoma businessmen from Mounds and nearby towns drive oil and gas activity as wells produce from 15 to 350 barrels daily. Reports cite Posy Thornton and associates on Betty Postoak farm, Wilcox swabs and multiple rigs at Fulsom, Grant, Leath, Harris, and Grayson sites. Lease sales, new locations, and rising values draw attention from Carter Oil, Paraffine, Crescent, Prairie Oil and Gas, and others in the Mid-Continent region.
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