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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
5
A real estate leader notes demand outstrips supply in Waterloo with fifty extra east-side residences needed. Rentals of 10 to 14 dollars and 25 to 30 dollars a month are most sought, while travel staff and workers flood in. Population growth continues despite strikes, as newcomers and factory workers relocate, stressing affordable housing.
Real estate ad by W F Bryan offers 240 acres of Iowa land near Waterloo with good soil and improvements at 110 dollars per acre. Properties include 16 and 18 acre tracts, an 18 room house near Logan Avenue, a four block from Chautauqua Park, and a double house close in. Property accepted in exchange for general stock of merchandise. contact via phone numbers 2319 or 1414.
F G Pierce secretary of the League of Iowa Municipalities informs P J Martin Waterloo that a new Iowa bill grants cities and towns the right to pass building ordinances once it becomes law. He notes Davenport once considered such an ordinance but lacked enforcement power. The letter was released by M J Pommer of the Waterloo Realty Board.
Fhelle Ericksen a Cedar Falls area farmer plans retirement from agriculture. Architect J G Ralston has begun plans for a two story frame home on Tenth street Cedar Falls costing about 4000 dollars. Work to start after specifications are finished with occupancy hoped early next fall.
The article notes a wealth of ocean life including many fish and red prawns at depths around 3,000 feet developing color adaptations. Despite bright red coloration these species remain nearly invisible in deep water where color contrast is reduced, making them less conspicuous than would be expected.
Real estate men report brisk demand for farm lands in the region with many inquiries from Illinois and other states. Buyers from Black Hawk Buchanan Grundy Tama and Delaware counties purchase farms as tiling and high corn yields draw interest. The May border land rush follows the sac and fox departure as settlers stake prairie land by torchlight.
Seventy years ago on May 1, 1843 central Iowa opened for settlement under a treaty with the Sac and Fox Indians, made the previous year by John Chambers, governor of the Territory of Iowa. Dr. John C. Parish notes in Chambers biography that the Sacs and Foxes stood west of their new boundary and the land to whites would be open, though surveys were to follow.
A London Chronicle item notes a quip about a suspected drunkard from Stratford on Avon. It cites a line from Jane Eyre about a man putting hands into his breeches pocket and mocks the difficulty of pronouncing such phrasing for a strict abstainer.
A Waterloo survey notes rain after a dry spell boosts onions cabbage rhubarb and asparagus. Gardeners including suburban husbands and wealthy residents plant and tend plots while housewives lead the season with gardening duties as rain arrives at an opportune time.
Abstract company reports multiple transfers including Robt J Nester to Frank R Asquith for part of lot 10 block 6 Home Park Waterloo. Nester to Lucina J Hozie same parcel. Viola Johnson to Joel Burke lots 40 and 41 Morris Addition Waterloo. US to James Dunn in 22-89-11. Marsh to Bryant Asphalt Paving Co lots 31 and 32 Kenwood. Leavitt to Hurlbert Beekly lot 12 block 1 Millers 5th addition Waterloo. Hall to Clara H Johnson jot 1 block 11 Does addition Waterloo. Allard to Wm Evans jot 3 block 2 Leavitt Johnson Miller's addition Waterloo. Elizabeth Walton to Edna Willey land in 6-89-13. Hostetler to F B Stewart land in 1188-12. US to Dennis N Cooley land in 1989-12.
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