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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1918
Page
5
Water loo Evening Courier lists new want ad rates including 25 cent minimum and 1 cent per word after. The notice explains a shift to shorter ads for clarity and value, urging readers to use the Want Advertising Department as a marketplace for all citizens.
Notice is given that the undersigned has been appointed and qualified as executrix of the estate of Bertha M. MacMullen deceased of Black Hawk County with payments and claims to be presented for allowance in the clerk of the district court office. Charles W. Chapman is named administrator of Charley W. Chapman Jr. deceased in Black Hawk County with claims to be paid and filed for allowance. Attorneys are Law and Settlinghin Edwards Longley Rans Smith. Dated October 31 1918 and October 1 1918 respectively.
Official Proceedings note a special session in Waterloo on October 19 1915 with Tiffany Shirley Anderson and Teeter to consider submitting a resolution to voters to reduce the board from seven to three. Bailey sworn in for District No 2, 1918 adjournment set for October 29 1918. later meeting finds petition insufficient and the proposition to cut seats fails.
Fragmented notice outlines multiple transfer and storage providers including Raven Cartier and Boyd Transfer Co of Minneapolis. It mentions plans for moving household goods to the Pacific coast, fireproof warehousing, packing via shipping, and storage services with contact details and locations in Iowa and Minnesota.
The Waterloo W C T U semi annual house wares event is postponed due to influenza and will now run at the hall next week starting Tuesday at 9 a.m. Attendees from Cedar Falls Marion and Waterloo are invited with several guests named including Mrs. Chase Carhart and Miss Campbell.
Fragmented late classified notes show varied items and services. Onions offered at $1.10 per bushel with delivery at Cedar Heights road. Ads include photos, baby paper, furniture, lodging, and odd jobs with contact hints and street addresses such as 1031 Conger Street and 911 Rick Sr. Contain calls for a photographer and a helper, plus rental and sale notices.
The report details profits and losses for major wartime aircraft firms including Dayton-Wright Ford Motor Packard Lincoln and Fisher Body. Highlights criticize organization of the Signal corps equipment division, expose salary practices at several plants, and note waste and payroll padding while arguing no crooked motives in aircraft patents cooperation.
Chicago market news reports hogs steady to 15 cents higher amid brisk selling and improved demand. Beef cattle show mixed moves with steady to firm prices on top grades while feeder and dairy cattle soften. Sheep slaughter remains ample with prices under pressure and cash demand modest.
Obituaries from Waterloo and vicinity report Alonzo L. Walker, born 1861 in Wisconsin, dies at Presbyterian hospital. services at Petersen Bros. chapel after a July 21 1884 Shell Rock wedding to Susie Probert. Also noted are the deaths of Frank Deston formerly of Waterloo, Richard Thurber a longtime resident, Robert S. Kern son of S. J. Kern, Mrs. William Miller of 1000 Berth Avenue, and related funeral arrangements and survivors.
A dense compilation of commodity prices and market notes from New York and Kansas City including butter and eggs pricing, cheese and poultry values, grain and stock movements, call loan declines, and regional market quotes for oats wheat corn and cotton futures. Includes closing Liberty bond prices and Minneapolis grain figures.
Mothers at Waterloo printery package gifts for sons serving in France Italy and Siberia as morale and hope lift during Christmas. Workers inspect weigh and wrap parcels while memories and longing mingle with duty and faith that future peace will honor their sacrifices.
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