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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1922
Page
6
A garbled OCR classified page lists numerous help wanted notices including stenographers, travel agents, lawyers, salesmen, and production staff. It mentions locations and vague pay ranges, with broken names and stray words, giving a fragmented view of job ads and contact hints. The legible fragments suggest a bustling classifieds section with diverse employer needs and compensation hints.
A cluttered classified listing offers numerous rental options including 4 and 5 room modern houses, duplexes, and a floor plan with garage on Kimball Avenue and Maple Street. Also advertised are half doubles, a five room modern house, and several rooms for rent with utilities. Real estate for sale lists an eight room house near Cedar Falls with garden and outbuildings, plus a prewar bungalow and other properties with varied prices. Some items mention proximity to Cedar River park and local streets Argyle, Saxon, and West Elkman. Phones and contact details accompany each listing.
A mixed page shows real estate loan and storage ads for city and farm properties, plus a fireproof storage facility and phone contacts. Legal notices include the Adams & Dooley estate dissolution, will probate for Sophia Weltzen, and bid notices for bridges, culverts, and road projects in Black Hawk County with detailed bid deadlines and bond requirements.
Uncle Harry lectures about fifty years of disease fight progress from education to sanitation. He cites vaccination, reduced child mortality, and eradication efforts against malaria typhoid and mosquitoes. The dialogue notes a class in nutrition, measles quarantine, and ongoing campaigns by educators scientists and medical men.
May 6 Cedar Falls Woman's Club meets at Presbyterian church to elect next season leaders. Officers listed for Civic Music Drama Science History divisions. Chapter anniversaries and Pioneer groups end seasons with dinners and social events. Priscilla Fleming, five months old, dies. funeral plans pending. Cedar Valley high schools hold annual contest winners named in oratorical dramatic humorous categories.
Public health week emphasizes prevention over cure with lectures clinics and moving pictures. Citizens are urged to consult physicians and dentists regularly as awareness grows that illness should not be feared and seeking care is normal.
Pittsburgh reports steel leaders foresee continued coal supplies from West Virginia and Kentucky, reducing reliance on Connellsville coke. Byproduct ovens near mills expand capacity, while plans to add 800 more ovens at Clairton push total to over 6 million tons annually. Miners in the Connellsville region begin favoring resumption as industry diversifies sources.
A brief note explains that the disruption concerns affiliated supporters rather than the strikers themselves, outlining indirect impacts on related activities without detailing who is on strike or the specific demands involved.
Washington May 6 Navy officials began an investigation into a midair collision over the Potomac River near Washington that killed Lieut. Harold F. Seldon 25 of Washington and Ensign Frank Miller 35 of Hyattsville Md. The two seaplanes were testing a new propeller as Lieut. Commander G Johnston and machinist's mate C W Jacobs escaped with minor injuries.
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