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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1921
Page
8
The Waterloo Courier prints want ads with rates per word and line, a 25 cent minimum, and several capsized line formats. The notice lists locations, contact points, and sample listings for selling goods, jobs, and services, including piano salesmen, housework help, and used car ads, plus a city council update on ordinances and notices.
In Qelwein Ta May 5 Scoutmaster Len Chitty chose Boward Sprague and Albert Korteling as temporary chiefs of two patrols to be organized in the Presbyterian church. Anothe meeting will be Thursday evening. President Swaner of Curtiss Iowa Aircraft Corp Fort Dodge will speak Friday evening in Oelwein Chamber of Commerce rooms about the proposed terminal. S. M. Shields has leased a garage at Fort Born. Born to Mr and Mrs Fred Buats Wednesday May 4 a son. Yeomen will bring own lunch and buy coffee at half Saturday evening. J Fred Bartelt left Wednesday to enter a hospital at Rochester Minn. The school band will give a concert at the auditorium Tuesday evening May 10. Charles Wagner and Bernard Hornweck St Charles 11 are held at city wall pending instructions. James Ross has a broken arm from cranking a car. Interstate Power Co will install a 1000 horsepower feed water heater at their plant in a couple weeks. Ray Tiffany hired as superintendent of public schools at Cresco for coming year. The council may decide to oil 20 outlying streets with no paying. A 1 year old toy struck by 2 cars on South Frederick Street Wednesday noon told startled spectators that he wasn’t hurt.
Oelwein Iowa May 6 Knights of Columbus receive plans for remodeling Winders building on South Frederick street purchased last year. About 10000 will be spent to create a modern, well equipped lodge and club home in northeast Iowa. Northeast Iowa Library association held sessions at city hall discussing library support and recruitment. Other notes include a car collision in East Charles and First streets, a well drilled for Mount Vernon city, a marriage at West Union, and residents visiting Rochester hospital and Excelsior Springs for rest.
Mrs J B Dunham longtime county pioneer dies at East Fayette Street Manchester after winter with daughter Mrs Ptheli Brater Grand Function Ia Funeral service held at residence led by Rev H L Goughnour interment at Earlville Birth to Jucy Bridges in Willems town Massachusetts 1829 moved to New York Ohio Earlville Medina and Almeida township later to Manchester four children survive Myrtle Smith Frank Dunham Buet Dunham Gy Water sister Mrs Laura Far in Grand Junction Court opens Monday May term with limited docket Legion post plans women auxiliary May 14 at armory charter signings planned
Treer Ia May 6 Tama County bankers association met in Treer and appropriated 50 for the widow of the marshal of Stuam Ia who was killed while attempting to resist bank robbers. J T Hampton president and Ed Farrow cashier of Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids spoke. Hamwilton aged 78 Cedar Rapids business man urged bankers to help patrons and farmers. KP Moore cashier First Central Trust elected president D E Goodell Tama vice president G S Buchanan Montour secretary treasurer.
A Gladbrook driver, son of Harlow Wescott, and two young women escaped injury when a big car veered off the road on a May 6 trip along Truer Gladbrook road. The vehicle struck a corner, nosed into a ditch 13 feet deep, landed on its side in soft mud, but no one was hurt.
Permanent organization of a Tama county unit of American Legion has been effected with temporary officers Willard FP Russell chairing and L H Gever as secretary treasurer. An executive committee moved to secure an unexpended balance of over 1400 for war work, to be held as a trust and used for legitimate expenses and relief of disabled veterans. A Tama County reunion is planned for this summer.
Funeral services for John McQuilkin who died at his home here yesterday at 1 43 PM will be held Sunday at 230 PM from the Presbyterian church. Rev C B Purmort of Waterloo will lead both morning and evening services. Each mother in attendance will receive a remembrance. Other arrangements are not completed. Local notes mention Mrs Boardman returning from a visit west and Mother's Day observances at the E M church with a sermon by Rev E Clements titled The Greatest Mother in the World.
Miss Alberta Still a public school teacher in Charles City, Dubuque Presbytery School Flame and Foreign Missionary Society report her illness as pneumonia. Her parents Prof and Mrs W S Still are with her and note improvement in her condition.
Eleven will graduate from Hudson high school this year. The roll lists Marjorie Baldwin Bertha Mastain Marian Peterson Marian Wilson Leo Gutknecht George Loonan Florence Waltman Matilda Schiefelbein George Sergeant June Fearer and Annette McWillan. Officers: George Loonan president Marjorie Baldwin vice president George Sergeant secretary and treasurer. Colors old rose and black. flower Columbia rose. The Community Annual, a 65 page booklet, features graduation portraits student and faculty views and community scenes. The star in charge of the annual was Annette McMillan Marjorie Baldwin George Sergeant George Loonan.
Cedar Falls May 6 Special Fourth chapter in the Ford Holmes school feud unfolds as L H Holmes principal files assault and battery charges after being slapped by J W Ford who had rebuked Ford’s son. Ford had pleaded guilty to interfering with school peace per board action.
The bricklayers voted to accept a ten percent wage cut from 1.25 to 1.12 and begin next Monday. John G. Miller of the Master Builders of Iowa says contractors in many places are pushing open shop and hiring at one dollar per hour. Cedar Rapids reached a 1.05 rate, while Waterloo prepares talks with 19 representatives about the building situation. A board meeting may be called in Des Moines to discuss statewide issues. Vermont's legislature details follow.
A rural to city property listing describes multiple houses on East Fourth Street and West Side, including a $3,000 four room house and a $5,500 five room modern house. Acreage to Cedar Falls on a paved road, an 11 acre farm with buildings near a graveled road, and exchanges offered. Separate parcels priced individually or combined with flexible terms. If you seek to buy, sell or exchange property, contact the dealer.
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