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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1929
Page
9
Classified ads from a rural paper list lost items including a gold faced frame, two keys, a tire and rim, a large German shepherd, a tan leather bag, a white collie pup and an older collie with sable spot. Also entries for a reward and contact numbers, plus cleaning services and Easter specials.
An advertisement array promises fast loans from Equitable Industrial Loan Corporation and other lenders. It touts confidential, embarrassment-free service, same-day availability, and loans ranging from small personal sums to several hundred dollars. Also listed are pawn, diamond and jewelry collateral loans, with multiple Waterloo area offices and contact details.
An ad cites Walter Criterlow of Wheaton Illinois patenting an additive to heat engines that allegedly boosts mileage. He claims 58 to 65 miles per gallon for various cars and offers to send samples. The piece also includes multiple employment and service ads in a local classified page, listing farm work, housekeeping, nursing, auto repair, and home services with contact numbers.
Numerous listings for furnished and unfurnished rooms and small apartments, each with specifics on location, amenities such as garages and heat, and contact phone numbers. Includes several one and two room setups, housekeeping options, and terms for prospective tenants.
Real estate notes list several owner direct sales. A bungalow with double garage on high, dry Klugbard Hill, restricted to residence use with no filling stations or grocery stores. Also a five room bungalow on Acreage with chicken house and rent option. Other listings include a six room two story house with new garage above high water, a home in Prospect Hills at 3524 Sunset Road, and several lots on Mulberry Street near St Johns church with cash or easy terms. Call numbers: 647, 816 Clough Bet, 4761-M, 2436-W, 4067-W.
A jumble of real estate notices and coal company ads: six room houses near parking, modern bungalows, rent a store opportunities, and phone numbers. Also coal products from Smith and Bnyder Co and Beigler brands with price notes. Names include FB Gibson, Lester Wo Miller, and Royer D W. Local addresses like Project Bank Bldg and 493 Alta Vista appear with contact details.
A dense Waterloo area classified listing outlines real estate for sale by owner and through brokers, multiple trades, and trades for property. It includes to trade for city property, 8 to 18 room buildings, modern bungalows, lots, and 2 acre tracts, plus auctions and miscellaneous sales and business ads.
A note highlights animal suffering with a call to action and references Dr L P Scott of 31 East Sixth and a local phone number. The text shifts to advertise farm seeds and crop treatments including red clover, sweet clover, alfalfa, seed inoculation, corn and potato treatments, and insecticides. An adjacent classified item lists base-onak chine closet in medium A-1 condition, priced at 12 dollars, plus a lady's Elgin gold wrist watch in good condition for 15 dollars and a contact at Mrs Eva Walters in Steamboat Rock Iowa.
Iowa highway officials warn stay on paved surfaces for safety in the seventh district. Many dirt and gravel roads are impassable, with washed out and blocked sections on routes 20 69 16 64 93 and others near Waterloo Cedar Falls Readlyn Sumner Tripoli Independence and Dubuque counties. A 130-foot bridge north of Cedar Falls on route 218 was saved by a sand bag barrier preventing flood damage.
Hundreds displaced by Cedar River flood register names and addresses at Red Cross headquarters in a law firm library. Iowa field staff note greater damage than feared, with bedding, furniture, floors, and walls affected. A Nebraska native from the American Red Cross central division staff arrives to assist, while relief may continue or shift to alternate shelters as repairs proceed.
Repair of roadbeds and tracks along the Hook Island lines from Waterloo to Cedar Falls was completed late yesterday and steam railroads here were operating passenger trains normally today. Illinois Central reported 40 inches of water in its yards at Cedar Rapids delaying work. Cedar Rapids passengers are running. Officials indicated the crest of the flood appears to have passed Cedar Rapids and railroads should operate normally in a day or two. A washout near Cedar Falls required 20 to 25 carloads of cinders to grade the locks. Rock Island service had been delayed between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, but section gangs repaired yesterday. Chicago Great Western saw little flood trouble.
A new Boy Scout troop for the Waterloo council will be organized at First M E church tonight at 7 30 as the troop committee meets. The committee includes Dr Carl, James Lowe, Dale Kilpatrick, Tracy Glasener and Elmer Sherrill with a scoutmaster to be chosen. The troop will be installed at a 5 pm Sunday vestry service. Four other troops in the Wapsipinicon area were announced by Arthur F Jury, including Cresco Nos 62 and 63, Grundy Center No 58, and Cedar Falls No 41.
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