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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
4
Wart ads feature prominently in Katsaloo Evening Courier and Waterheo Reporter as communities seek price guidance and service options. Local merchants promote offerings with brief notices, linking readers to sale dates and contact points.
For rent rooms near Fons Music House by Waterlo o Savings Bank. Vacant three roomy double rooms in the city. Enquire Miller at Waterloo Savings Bank.
A cluttered sale list from a small-town paper offers items from a typewriter Vietrola and leather chairs to household goods, tools, and mops plus numerous real estate listings across Minnesota and Iowa. It includes prices, contact details, and multiple farm and urban property opportunities with cash terms and terms like easy payments.
Mixed advert pages show for sale notes and services. Includes Studebaker cars, gear and service details, a Des Moines medical ad about cures and rectal disease testimonials, bankruptcy sale in Waterloo Iowa, executor notice for Helen Dean estate in Black Hawk County, and petty notices with contact phone numbers 2559 1620 and addresses.
Excessive rates push wheat deliveries higher with May weak amid large shipments. July and September advance after early dips. Iowa field conditions threaten corn acreage, hogs rise as slaughter slows. Cattle scarce with uneven demand. lambs and sheep weak. Regional quotes show mixed futures and cash prices across wheat, corn, oats, and livestock in Chicago Kansas City and Omaha markets.
Prices in Chicago markets show butter and poultry nearly unchanged while receipts rise. Hog market opens and closes strong with gains, cattle and sheep stay steady or weaken slightly. hogs lead gains across the day, cattle steady, sheep weak to steady.
Waverly and nearby towns report a busy week with convention attendance in Des Moines by Simil Weyrauch, health improvements for J. F. Woodring after a winter stroke, and visits from Mrs. George R. Pearson of Fort Dodge. Neighbors attend funerals, weddings, and class plays as residents travel to Clinton, Cedar Rapids, and Rockwell for events and gatherings.
A Cedar Rapids arsonist struck twice, causing about 12000 dollars in total losses over the last month. On Tuesday night a blacksmith shop at 312 14 South First Street and the Cedar Rapids Sash and Door plant on D avenue and Sixth Street West were set with oily waste. Sprinklers contained the latter blaze, while early fire crews battled the former before flames reached the roof.
Davenport May 27. Frisco weather isn’t much to brag about says Woodie Clum formerly of Davenport now in San Francisco as secretary of the Town commission to the Panama Pacific exposition In a letter to Secretary Norwood of the Greater Davenport Committee he says he hopes for better weather for comfort and for the expo’s financial success He notes Californians say unusual and observes Iowa visitors to the exposition are mainly farmers He mentions an invitation to the states dinner and describes Uncle Dudley as driving the show with Iowa on the executive committee and other states complaining about Iowa’s limelight while their task is to place a post at the center of the freight and treat the matter as already discovered.
Hamburg on May 27 reports Blake Million known as Dynamite Pete was literally blown to pieces by a dynamite blast triggered by a lit match. Shoes and flesh were scattered. Million had thirteen years in the stump blowing trade and was normally safe. Also at Missouri Valley on May 27 J B Jones and three sons with Roy Green escaped serious injury when another blasting accident tore a stump apart and injured Jones with three broken ribs.
Springfield Illinois reported 4.74 inches of rain with a northeast gale and near frost temperatures last night marking the 14th rainy day of May. Cedar River rises about three feet while Black Hawk Creek overflows after a cloudburst near Reinbeck Tuesday. Weather reports show heavy rains across multiple states including Kansas City and Cincinnati with several states listed. Farmers fear continued cold and wet weather will delay corn planting and hinder seedbed preparation into June.
Berlin May 27 Horse racing enthusiasts, surveying the coming season, estimate nineteen German trainers called to service. About forty five jockeys, nearly all skilled riders, have joined the army. Eighteen more trotting specialists are at the front.
In Davenport on May 37 the Knights of Columbus passed a resolution commending President Wilson for his policy and efforts to keep the nation free from entanglements strife and bloodshed while reaffirming faith in the U S government during their final session.
An old medical advertisement extols SS. 8 as a natural medicine for blood and gland health. It claims tiny gland swelling spreads illness, while SS. 8 supposedly restores blood health, stimulates waste exchange, and offers to send a Medical Adviser from The Swift Specific Co. to readers in Atlanta, Georgia.
E G Dunn of Moon City read the resolution as delegates rose to their feet to cheer. Hawkeye Granite Co secretary A Ryan reports stronger granite business in Cedar Rapids with night shifts to meet orders despite a recent strike at Barre quarries. Hawkeye shipments ahead of schedule ahead of Decoration Day.
In wartime trenches men endure constant vigilance and hardships. The ad touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy to strengthen weak stomachs, aid digestion, improve blood, and restore health. It promises relief to many, inviting readers to buy tablets or send 50 cents for samples and to obtain the 1104 page Medical Adviser.
An early 20th century advertisement touts TIZ as a remedy for tired burning and swollen feet. It promises relief from corns bunions and foul odor, claims immediate comfort and shoe size reduction, and offers a 25 cent box or 23 cent year option.
Dr Gerrit J Bennett listed as physician and surgeon for diseases of women and children. Office locations include 706 67 Black Building and 1107 Grant Ave with phone contact details. Hours posted as 10 22 then 2 6 then 7 8.
The administrator of the Isaac Lebowich estate announces private sales of parcels in Waterloo Iowa including multiple lots in Burnside Highland Morningside and Manson additions. Sealed bids will be received and opened on June 12 1915 with sale to the highest bidder pending District Court approval.
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