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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
9
The letter from C V Halsinger of the State Agricultural College Ames urges immediate potato planting for home use to avert a potential famine and shrinking seed supplies. He notes expected reduced acreage and continued high prices, urging careful seed preparation and small plantings of one to four bushels to stretch seed and hedge against market volatility.
London reports Nancy Perkins Field wed Arthur Tree, widower Kenny Field. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts poised as temporary Republican convention chair. Washington notes 88 house members protest Ireland arrests without trial. Berlin ex-harness maker Ebert expelled from Saddlers union for signing death warrant. The Hague lists Kaiser memorabilia for sale linked to Count Hohenzollern. Warsaw notes Polish advance toward Kiev despite Bolshevik resistance.
Dubuque Iowa May 5 a special election held to approve an $785000 bond issue to fund a city wide school reconstruction program with potential total spending around $1.5 million for the district in coming years the measure aims to upgrade facilities and expand capacity across districts urging voter approval to finance the project.
The Fifth ward will lead the public school system under a reconstruction plan. Voters will decide on two measures on June 3, one for the enlargement of facilities and another for a bond issue. The plan includes building two junior high schools and a senior high project with $1,500,000 local bonds and $715,000 already authorized.
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