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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1929
Page
16
Waterlo o Evening Courier class ads list rates and policies, including ten percent cash discounts, minimum charges, and deadlines for placing or discontinuing adverts. Local services advertised include window cleaning, mattress remaking, sanitation bedding, and transfer storage with phone contacts.
An old classified page offers personal loans from 10 to 300 dollars at multiple lenders including State Loan Co and Black Hawk Loan Co with phrases like confidential service and quick approval. Also advertised are chattel and pawn loans on diamonds watches furniture autos and more. Beauty services list permanent waves and straightening with prices and salon names.
Classified notice style shows multiple job offers including male and female help wanted. Listings seek salesmen, collectors, drivers, and office help with various pay rates and locations around Waterloo and nearby counties. Also includes domestic help and shop staffing, plus an exceptional truck salesman opportunity and a few business service ads.
A collage of real estate ads touts up-to-date services and numerous properties. Listings include modern six room homes with oak finish and fireplaces, acreage on a streetcar line, several bungalows for sale, and a rooming house, all with contact numbers and owner offers.
Auction style ad listing multiple autos and services from Iowa area dealers. Includes 1928 Graham Paige Sedan, 1937 Oldsmobile De Luxe, 1924 Ford Coupe, 1924 Essex Coach with prices from 150 to 3150, trade options, plus associated auto supply and repair businesses, tow service, and secondhand stores with contact details.
Implied listing for immediate sale at half price in a prime west side district. Five rooms modern house with double garage and chicken house, near Decrees, owner leaving city. Multiple parcels offered, 5 acres unimproved, 5700 dollars, on paved highway with bungalow and new structures. Realtor Lester W. Miller listed.
Various local classified items advertise baby cab and walker, single harness, wholesale paint, water pump with motor, dress and coat deals, WalHash no buckle harness, and a disclaimer of debt liability by A J Yeldeman.
Francis Nesel, 25, quiet and mild, allegedly seized Florence Golde after a date and struck her with uppercuts before dragging her to a hospital. Florence, bandaged, expressed love and said they would marry today, while Florence’s sister Mrs John Russell watched. Nesel’s action sparked shock as police investigate the assault in Chicago.
Rev V C Kelford told revival listeners that the church largely shapes world morals and that lowered standards reflect church faults. He warned that a church flirting with the world risks rejection at the marriage supper of the lamb and urged stricter discipline. Also notes slight improvement in Co V Simmons in Evans ton.
Governor Hammill dominated Iowa presence in Washington during inaugural week. President Hoover seen as aiding his 1930 Senate candidacy, with Hammill photographed with Hoover and prominent in Iowa reception lines. Iowa delegation worried their own spots were crowded by his activity while cabinet members with Hawkeye origins praised Hoover’s Iowa ties.
A Waterloo city costs bill, approved by Black Hawk county auditor F W Esher, totals 1100 for handling contagious diseases in the last year. The count includes record books and quarantine cards. 1066.74 was contracted before 1929 and 91.10 after. County attorney Gwynne and a state attorney general opinion influenced the legality of payment. Also reported, 16 year old Douglas McBane died from a fractured skull after a motorcycle crash in Fort Dodge with companion Charles Winters.
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