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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1924
Page
8
Classified column lists sale notices for hens roosters and chicks with prices per hundred and phone contacts. Also includes wants for secondhand clothing and home services alongside miscellaneous small ads and real estate inquiries.
Distant visitors and local residents appear in a string of notices. Dorothy Miller traveled from Cedar Rapids to visit friends, while Mrs V Reehrfertia of Denandan is slowly recovering from rheumatism. Des Moines and Mankato guests extended weekends with local families as telegraph supervisor G O Perkins visited on business. Various residents plan trips to California and San Francisco, and a divorce suit by Nellie Sanders against James E. Sanders seeks relief from domestic strain. Peter Quamn of Iowa State College to speak on China.
Indianapolis May 37 The Pantheon de la Guerr painting a panoramic view of the war may be exhibited in America with sponsorship by the American Legion. The national executive committee will discuss travel exhibits, memorials for Woodrow Wilson, and plans for a national Legion museum alongside issues of membership, trophies and aid programs. The committee gathers May 1 to consider these matters.
London May 7 The Carlton Club renowned for aloof prestige opens its doors to a party of three laborers who have spent a year refacing the clubhouse in Pall Mall Lord Younger chairing the luncheon urged closer cooperation among English social classes and empire welfare The Carlton Club does not admit stragglers.
Captain Bartlett, noted Arctic navigator and co explorer with Feary, joins the Coast Guard ship Bear on an Alaska and Siberia cruise. He aims to map bases and harbors for potential air routes between Point Barrow and the North Pole, aiding future American Arctic exploration under navy cooperation.
Madrid May 17 Whaling as an industry has been highly profitable in Spain prompting several new companies to launch whaling expeditions. The Algeciras station run by British capital has proven successful and plans for a northern Spain base are underway. Spanish controlled firms are forming bases and buying gear as sardine fishing falters due to offshore candling depth. A Spanish commission is to Newfoundland to study cod fishing methods.
Cantwell Alaska May 17 Will iam T Lopp superintendent of the Alaska division of the bureau of education predicts that studied efforts at herding will result in the domestication of the wild caribou roving Alaska in hundreds of thousands. When the caribou learn that man will shield them from predatory animals and provide them with protected ranges they will become tame. Some caribou herds already mingle with domestic reindeer and learn there is nothing to fear from the furclad Eskimos nearby keeping wolves at bay.
Anna B Hooper daughter of Ben W Hooper and delegate at large to the Republican national convention from Tennessee says women can marry and still participate in politics and run a home. She argues women should act as humans not just as wives and counters extreme views about marriage and politics. Her early interest began in childhood and she aided her father during his governorship.
Berkeley reports nutrition experts at the University of California fixed yearly vegetable requirements per person and space needed to grow a family. The table lists greens 36 pounds carrots 60 pounds cabbage 20 pounds turnips 30 pounds tomatoes 55 pounds. It details row feet for spinach chard carrots cabbage turnips beets parsnips string beans peas potatoes corn onions tomatoes squash and more.
The Missouri River cuts a swath through central Iowa reducing hundreds of acres of rich farm land. Logans residents recount houses moved from Nate Wallace and Chester farms as flood-prone shifts erase fields. Farmers, aided by county boards and sometimes federal aid, vigilantly defend banked land with stone and timber to slow erosion, but mortgage holders often hold no recourse.
Tom Yokares, owner of the Waterloo poolhall for five years, and Gust Alvezos of Des Moines have purchased the Camp Dodge poolhall and barbershop at 623 Commercial Street to operate as the Iowa Pool Hall. Moscow authorities announce a 5 percent higher tax on unmarried individuals.
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