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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1923
Page
14
The Evening Courier reprints items from 59, 40 and 20 years ago, delighting readers with changes in customs and industrial life. Older residents recall Main Street, steam railways, bridges, and river crossings, while the series traces village growth into a city.
The Waterloo Courier looks back over a decade of stride in machinery and text, noting advances in harvesting gear and the emergence of the horseless vehicle. Reprint selections from 20 to 21 years ago reveal early auto interest, with nostalgia for era headlines and town life as responsibilities shift to modern times.
The passage notes a rivalry among merchants who set hitching posts by their doors with inviting signs to attract farmer customers. Farmers preferred tying near shops to unload produce and buy goods for the coming weeks, creating advantages for nearby merchants.
Mrs C Kurth of 1326 Logan Avenue escaped injury when her car door was torn from its hinges in a crash with another vehicle at the corner of Fourth Street and Nowell Streets at 10 p m Saturday. She was alighting from her seat as the other car struck.
Fire crews rush to Northey Manufacturing plant on Park Avenue at Bluff Street after a basement smoke report at 6 pm Sunday. No damage or injuries reported as flames were contained and extinguished.
Waterloo Lodge No. 716 Odd Fellows vacates Rialto theatre rooms and moves to Pinkerton hall second floor 210 Fourth street west. First meeting in new quarters set for May 25.
The Palace features Harry Carey in Tenderfoot's Money with Henry B. Walthall and Jana Novak in Calleen of the Pines alongside a Juramp comedy and Chats. The Strand presents The Tale of Whost Ships with Milton Sills and Anna Nilson, plus My Pony at Subystal and Evie King in Aden and Eva at the Waterloo Theatre.
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