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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1919
Page
10
Local Cedar Falls report fragment mentions Cedar Falls and surrounding area with limited details. No clear event, date, or entities beyond the city name.
Local Waterloo notices list George Hh Twaddle as resident news editor for the Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter. Office hours are 9 to 10 a m and 1 to 4 p m at the noted telephone number.
Black Hawk County Sunday School association held its annual two day session closing with 140 attendees. Officers chosen include Rev. Clinton F. Smith as president and Winfield Scott as vice president, with others in roles across administration and departments. The page also notes the college May fete with 700 at the gym, May Queen Alva Gaarder crowned, and various local society updates.
A May 20 supper at the Masonic temple will feed 700 or more. George C. Welker leads the committee listing vast quantities from 250 pounds beef to 700 cigars and 24 sheet cakes, with bread, cheese, butter, vegetables, coffee and dairy items included.
The West High class of 1919 outlines ceremonies starting with the junior-senior banquet on May 20 at K P hall. Class day June 1 features history, poem, prophecy, statistics, will, song, and a seniors play Every Graduate. Rehearsals for An American Citizen run daily, with a June 3 production at Waterloo theatre. Graduation on June 4 at First M H S church includes orations by Caroline Munn Joseph Lipkin a Mildred Court reading and diplomas with choirs.
A Waterloo soldier known as Eagle Beak Dietz Lyle M Dietz to friends is praised for his fighting, humor, and reliability in World War I service. Descriptions recount his spirited singing during marches his wit at piquant moments and his unexpected survival of bombardments while keeping up comrades’ spirits. Legal notice of suit over losses follows in Youngstown Ohio.
The Illinois Central concert band will give its first open air concert of the season tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the intersection of Saxon and Iowa streets. The group, formed last fall, shows rapid progress toward becoming a top state ensemble. A student band concert follows next Thursday at Iowa and Argyle streets.
Police notes recount a night of mixed behavior with four violators in each class of offenses. Deputy bailiff George Kreiman allegedly concealed a highly intoxicated person at a municipal court headquarters. Police found celebrating youths near Byrnes Park at 2 a.m. with no authority to arrest, prompting calls for a new ordinance to curb late carousals.
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