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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1924
Page
14
Waterloo voters are urged to carefully mark ballots next Tuesday. The guide explains straight party votes, mixed tickets, and full candidate crosses, with five minutes to mark, and lists do's and don’ts to prevent ballot spoilage. It notes specific U S presidential and senate candidates and warns against marking errors.
Mrs. Peter Wagner retires after 43 years running a Waterloo hotel and rooming house at 17 12 Sycamore street. She sells to Frank Y. Lory of Beloit who will modernize the 59-room Waldorf style hostelry and install hot and cold water, with Lory moving from the Radway hotel.
Cedar Falls voting booths were set for Tuesday with four city precincts and eight township booths ready. Absentee ballots rise as students and teachers visit county offices. Three October fires caused nominal damage. a large senior halloween party occurred at the Teachers College gym. Zion church harvest home service and Prof Kay lecture at State Teachers College highlighted campus events. Oscar Grow officiated at Fringegold County Poultry event. local residents traveled between Chicago and New Hartford. Mr and Mrs Clarence Showers hosted a Halloween gathering.
In La Porte City on November 1 a surprise Hallowe'en party gathered close friends at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Kennedy. Guests enjoyed a clock dinner and social hour with musical numbers by Toan Kennedy and Miss Faye Goodwin, then played progressive 300. Attendees included Dr. and Mrs. Hecklinger and several Waterloo couples.
Waterloo residents packed Washington park for a Halloween parade sponsored by the Waterloo Playground Commission with Merchants and newspapers. St Mary’s School led school entries with 151 participants, Aimerson won best float, and champions received prizes from local merchants as judges noted clever costumes. A 103 year old Greensboro man plans to vote for John W. Davis in November.
Reminiscences describe crude voting methods in Waterloo in 1860. Voters handed ballots through hotel veranda windows to judges, with no Australian ballot. Parties printed their own ballots and electioneers followed voters to the polls. Party fervor ran high as editors printed partisan columns and urged vigilance, with calls to keep the ballot box pure and to report results early.
Work began this morning on the Masonic temple superstructure at Mulberry and Park. Curry Construction Co. signed the contract for 138000 dollars, exclusive of basement and interior work, with four stories plus a basement and 450 tons of steel planned for the framework.
Charles City Ia November report of 86 year old HH Griswold found dead in bed Friday morning at Sam Melcher home. He had served as county recorder 1911 to 1916 and long worked on local books. Griswold had no close relatives except Ina G lhecker formerly of Osage now in California. He previously worked for Marshall Field & Co in Chicago and ran local business years before serving county offices.
October building activity, seen as near end of season, stands out with 77 permits totaling 177235 in structural value. residential projects reach 21 permits valued 386800, 11 houses remodeled add 4150, 37 private structures built cost 3700. Rath packing plant adds 92000 in factory work, other jobs 13100. Elks building under construction as of last month not yet recorded, estimated near 200000. Commissioner issued 51 heating plants and six house moves.
West High issued its new Spectator, with front page features on the lecture course starting Wednesday night and the Spectator play Adam and Iva. presidential campaign coverage, editorials Big League Batting Averages and Calling a Bluff, plus pages covering society events and merchant advertising space.
Halloween night produced a calm scene with 24 police calls, well below last year. Across the city, pranks were minor and mostly harmless, a barricade was removed, porch fixtures reported missing, and decorative windows survived the storm with chalk designs. A missing porch step request and a lost boy incident near Seventh Street reflect typical Halloween mischief, while a coat and a car stolen earlier were noted for police records.
A fragmented list records births and family notices with names such as Sir and Mrs Waller W. Tournier and Mr and Mrs James B. Pullen, detailing dates in October for newborns across multiple addresses including Waterloo Sutton Baltimore and Cesar Falls, noting sons and daughters.
The piece argues that confidence in an investment arises only after long proven safety and decades of performance. It emphasizes that a strong track record is needed before safety claims become accepted facts, noting the role of evidence and time in establishing trust.
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