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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1928
Page
9
Classified advertisement notes garden and flower plant stock from Wahl Greenhouses located at 1900 Baltimore Street with phone 2390 R. Monthly listing continuation from page 17.
A fragmented ad page offers farm and garden goods and services including seeds tomato plants pruning and fertilizer, plus sales of phonographs magazines and misc. items. Addresses and phone numbers appear for several businesses and a legal notice references Waterloo Iowa city approvals and street use by a railway company.
Legal notices announce the appointment of Louis J Lauritzen as administrator of Albert Deremo estate and John T Muldoon as executor of Mary Kelly estate in Black Hawk County Iowa. Indebted parties must pay and claimants file with the district court clerk. Also includes notice of will probating for J Burd and multiple Waterloo ordinances affecting street and railway rights of way.
Scout Troop 14 won the 1927 Eviciency contest and the American Legion trophy by amassing 4,037 points of 6,000, led by Mortis the scoutmaster in a year of doubled membership. Troop 20 followed with 2,866 points as the field’s strong showing included test work hikes and public service. The unit, praised by a visiting Legion member for discipline, plans to emphasize community service again next year. A garden for a widowed neighbor and fruit baskets highlighted their service. Six members not pictured: Desmond Fuller, Kenneth Morse, John Miller, Robert Ralston, Donald Durchenwald.
City officials gather at Waterloo Waterloo to consider a special session. An ordinance to vacation part of Commercial street and Miles street and grant right of way for a railroad project is on the agenda. The council approves temporary suspension to review the ordinance.
The Waterloo city council passed ordinances granting railroad right of way, vacating parts of Westfield and Commercial Streets, and adopting related measures. Key actions include passage of Ordinance No. 1298 granting to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern Railway rights of way, adoption of Ordinance No. 1299 and No. 1290 vacating streets, and consent to sidewalk and parking plans amid public safety concerns.
Pointer Parents highlights affordable nutrition and the value of a child’s garden for learning. It advises safe, constructive toys to satisfy curiosity, and offers simple rules for effective parenting emphasizing regularity, fairness, cooperation, and respectful listening.
Campaign push reports enthusiastic reception of Judge G W Wood in Butler county towns New Hartford Parkersburg Clarksville and Allison. A flying squad distributed cards and posters while business leaders and women from Black Hawk county organize precinct by precinct support with county wide plans for district groups and local officers.
London May 5 The Duchess of York has set a one color dress mood with an all brown ensemble. Her outfit features soft charmeuse in pale brown matching her summer ermine fur coat, shoes, stockings, and brown felt hat. She follows Queen Mary’s monochrome style trend toward gray or mauve when appropriate.
The duchess, a widow with four living children, twelve grandchildren, and ten great grandchildren, continues to set fashion by adopting the sewer helmet hat and dresses of the picture type, signaling a divergence from her traditional conservative wardrobe. The description notes her full length gown and its hem details, underscoring evolving taste since 1856.
London reports an American millionaire sought a renowned London surgeon to treat his brain child in New York. The surgeon declined a long journey despite a large fee. A British physician later reviewed a 24 hour film of the child’s movements, prompting an American doctor to return with another film, a large payment, and a letter of thanks from the father.
A party of 25 adventurers plans a late summer Arctic voyage to capture a mate for Wrangel the polar bear at Sequoia zoo Oakland California. Bit Snow, son of the late H A Snow, says the expedition will include leading the party to Wrangel, with a three masted ship being fitted for the Arctic eclipse voyage and a special cage aboard to house his bride.
Solomon M East of the Illinois Central System, father of J L East, a tar accountan t at the Illinois Central, is highlighted in the April Illinois Central Magazine for maintaining youth of spirit at age 88 while working as a floor wader at the Merchants' Exchange in St. Louis. Born near Coulterville Illinois on March 13 1840 he once walked 50 miles over two days to sell turkeys in St. Louis before the river bridge.
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