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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1921
Page
5
Classified notice outlines price structure two sections specify one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum for each insertion and dash lines six cents per line for all caps text and two cents per line for light paragraphs. It explains ad categories like Wanted and For Sale and states no advertisement will run for less than 25 cents per day.
A long mixed page lists thanks for help during illness and death of a wife, plus numerous classified ads. Items include employment offers, wanted help, real estate, rentals, auto sales, trades, personal notices, and public sale references from Waterloo Iowa areas.
Gilbert Hyatt president of the National Federation of Postal Clerks will address Waterloo clerks at Eagles hall Friday May 20 at 8 p m He will discuss new ideas aimed at humanizing the service Other speakers include Fred Cruikshank Martin and a Cedar Rapids postmaster Delegations from Charles City Cedar Rapids and nearby towns will attend The public and business users of mail are invited to hear Hyatt and Morrison urges early mailing to improve service Two additional notes mention a Friars meeting and an Australian news item.
Col E M House joins Lansing and Tardieu as commentator on Paris proceedings. He introduces the Scribners book What Really Happened at Paris and provides a chapter on The Versailles Peace in Retrospect. The piece reviews speeches by Hoover Gompers Scott Bliss Mayo among 17 authors. House argues Germany was not dealt with promptly and the League of Nations lacks public support in the United States. He warns of future upheavals in Europe and calls the United States to act to preserve peace.
Richard L Noxyle infant son of Mr and Mrs Doyle of 1863 Jefferson Street died yesterday at 1 pm in Presbyterian hospital from throat illness causing strangulation. He was born February 16 1920. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 pm at Union Congregational Church Rev W A Peterson officiating. Interment in Elmwood.
William Jenks died at his Shell Rock residence after a long illness that began with a stroke in 1916. He was born November 14, 1853 in Vinton and spent years with the Waterloo police before moving to Shell Rock in 1918. Survived by a widow, four sons and several siblings, funeral set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the local M E Church.
Cedar Falls May 217 special report describes a gas leak test performed at noon by Englehart Peterson aided by a lighted match. The explosion hurled Peterson across the room and caused injuries not deemed serious. Peterson is cashier at Citizens Gas and Electric Co. office in Cedar Falls where the dealer was displayed.
Waterloo schools announce final examinations on June 2 and 3 with promotion cards to be issued June 7. The piece notes the approaching three month vacation and frames the 1920 21 academic year as a play titled Getting an Education.
Cedar Falls May 17 four hundred dollars were contributed by Zion church members for the mission in China led by missionary Miss Bana Erffmeyer. No solicitation was used. Vernon Stevens services at St Patrick's Catholic church Wednesday at 3. Pallbearers from Cedar Falls American Legion Post and an armed escort will accompany the body to St Ballard's cemetery. Picked up in Panning for Clinton biennial Iowa Federation Women’s clubs meeting. Rev A B McLeod and Roger Islitt at Sioux City for Congregational churches of Iowa annual meeting. Rev BR Weiner, former Zion church pastor now at Naperville and Arg Watner, accompany Bishop and Mrs G Heinmiller.
Rome May 17 United Press reports indicate a growing conservative majority in Italy's national elections. Early tallies suggest the coalition led by Premier Giolitti will gain 250 to 285 seats with Socialists 90 to 110, Popularists 90 to 107, Communists 10 to 18, Republicans 10 to 35, Combatants 10 to 13, Slavo Germans 10 to 11, and Fascists 10 to ?
The R-14 arrived in port under jury rig a day after exhausting its oil supply while searching for the missing navy tug Lonestoga. It carried 10,000 gallons at Pearl Harbor and used sails built from hammocks and mattresses with steel bunker-rod masts.
Nicholas Schons 74 died Monday morning in Gilbertville after a sudden apoplexy. Funeral at St Marys church at 9 a.m. Wednesday conducted by Father John Nemmiers. Born in Germany 1847 he immigrated to the United States at 20, lived in Illinois and Indiana before settling in Gedar township Iowa. Survived by widow Anna Theis and 11 children with 27 grandchildren.
A. B. Johnson former Waterloo city clerk filed with Cedar Falls a plan to operate a bus route between Cedar Falls and Waterloo. He indicated a similar application would be made in Waterloo later the same day.
Los Angeles May 17 Miss J arie Vance’s exhumed body from a Chicago suburb showed death by diphtheria. Detective Sgt Charles Jones said pathologists found a poison in the body of accumulative nature but self administered for a pathological effect.
Prices of different trades of crude oil fell 15 to 25 cents per 2 barrel as announced by principal oil purchasing agencies in Pittsburgh on May 17. New prices include Carning 2.06, Cabell 2.91, Somerset 1.70, Somerset light 1.95, each down 25 cents.
Charles A Roby former city engineer of Chicago is in the city visiting his mother Mrs Elizabeth Roby at 415 Pine Street. Roby who designed the Mull an Avenue bridge has worked with Universal Portland Cement for the past year.
The Sanitary Dairy purchased the H. C. Petersen farm of 22 acres near Cedar Falls on Rainbow Drive for $18,000 and plans immediate construction to open a new dairy around July 1. The announcement notes the farm’s size and purchase price.
The text notes a sequence of visits including Mrs. W. J. Hurst and her two daughters in Charles City, along with an extensive trip to Springfield, Missouri, for relatives. It also mentions the death of Mrs. HM Brandt at Hampte Hospital and that her mother Mrs. C EK. Mix is with her.
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