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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
5
In San Francisco a horse trader named Frank Gasparo runs the city’s last market and earns about $12,000 yearly by trading mostly draft horses. He dismisses talk of the horse becoming obsolete, noting demand for drayage in the city and that horses excel on short hauls while gasoline vehicles win on long trips.
The narrative recalls bustling color days when hundreds of horses shaped daily life, noting about 1 800 horses in use and 200 added for riding academies. It contrasts past auction centers with today’s reduced demand, where bankers, farmers, and buyers chase different horse types, while speed and showy roadsters fade from prominence.
Linden M E church will hold a daily vacation bible school starting Monday June 10 for three weeks, according to a Sunday school meeting.
Fragmentary note mentions a board and an announcement to follow, with references to Virginia and a serviceable wagon, unutilized in that state yearly, and a freight train traveling 200 miles.
An advertisement touts a ready baked Chocolate Layer Cake named Hostess. It claims the cake equals elite home bakings, uses time proven Colonial New England recipes, and cites endorsements from domestic science experts and over a million women.
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