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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1924
Page
1
The general committee in Black's tea room today set plans for an Armistice day parade tomorrow night marking the sixth anniversary of the November 11 1918 armistice. Five divisions will take part in the procession through town streets.
The October monthly statement shows warrants issued $31,407.62 and paid $64,501.77, leaving outstanding $14, da. Cash balances in depository banks total $22,436.25, exceeding obligations by $13,223.25. A parade planned with five divisions through downtown promises a memorable civic event, with bad weather postponement to Wednesday.
About 209 members of Waterloo council No. 201 United Commercial Travelers and its auxiliary attended a picnic supper and dance Saturday night at K P hall. After supper the program opened with the singing of America by all. Margaret Pullen gave a dramatic reading His Little Brother. Catherine Donovan Tarpy and Merle Scott played piano solos. Caroline Smith Evelyn Schmidt and Marcella Schmidt also participated.
Chicago on November 10 reports the Master Barbers Association adopts chirotonsor as the dignified title for barbers. The change takes effect at the annual convention opening next Monday with George Gloss, brand secretary, announcing the shift.
New York November 10 brokers were swamped by the largest pile of buying orders in years as rails and industrials advanced. Analysts projected a peak railroad market, with 29 leading rail stocks showing the greatest gains in years and stocks rising three to eight points since the election.
Circle Hinson of Hinson Manufacturing company in Wallerloo was elected president of the Associated Manufacturers Of Fabric Auto Equipment at the annual convention in Chicago. Other officers include Frank F. Gates of Detroit as secretary.
A car driven by Harry White skidded and rolled near Mount Vernon injuring Mrs. Henry Smith 74 of Clarion who died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Her granddaughter Mrs. Harry White of Clarion suffered severe cuts as they traveled to a funeral in Princeton Illinois.
The decapitated body of 15 year old Florence Guazea was found in a scrapheap behind Union Iron Products in East Chicago Illinois. She had reportedly been missing from Rome since yesterday afternoon.
Marshalltown Iowa November 10 Sheriff Meeking says autopsy at the state laboratory in lower City found sand particles in the lungs indicating drowning. The body of Mrs Irma Caldwell was found in the river near Marshalltown last September, initially thought poisoned.
County boards across the state open the official canvass of last Tuesday's general election. In Black Hawk County the process starts at noon with envelopes opened and ballots checked against the spelled numbers. Differences in written and printed figures are resolved by the spelled numbers. The canvass likely lasts through the afternoon and perhaps longer.
Waterloo pupils in sixth and seventh grades compete for two library prizes in the My Book Friends contest. Miss Ther Fevgereisen, children's department librarian, announced that entries are to be written Thursday and Friday to mark National Book Week. Judges will pick winners on thought and originality with no teacher corrections.
Airbrake instruction car from Illinois Central Railroad headquarter in Chicago will be here all week with thrice daily classes in airbrake operation. G. H. Hinton from Chicago leads sessions near the car fareman's office in the repair yard at 9 am 2 pm and 7 pm. Firemen engineers conductors switchmen and brakemen attend to learn about the universal valve and other airbrake improvements.
A collision at Fifth and Jefferson streets involving cars driven by J. I. Thompson Castle Hill and M. C. Pines injured Miss Thompson. She was taken by ambulance to a physician with a sprained shoulder and arm bruises.
After brief services at O'Reels Towne funeral home the body of John L infant son of Mr and Mrs J J Heinz Buckingham was taken to Eagle township for burial in the Catholic cemetery. The child died at St Francia hospital Saturday evening.
About 0 exhibitors with products on display at the Midwest Horticultural Expo opening tomorrow at the Dairy Cattle Congress Hippodrome were guests of the Waterloo Rotary Club at a luncheon. Prof. B S Pickett of Iowa State College discussed horticulture defining it as crops under intensive cultivation and care with high acreage values and broader meaning than production alone.
Washington November 10. Notes from the United States to Persia propose using 110000 funds Persia had set for the return voyage of a U S warship to support a trust for educating Persian students in U S institutions. The aim is to advance friendly relations by promoting education and ties between the two nations.
Des Moines reports the boards of supervisors in all 99 Iowa counties began counting Tuesday's election votes. The official results will be sent to Secretary of State Ramsay and The Associated Press, then certified to the state executive council which meets November 24 to canvass the state and issue certificates of election to the winner.
William G. Cooper dies at his daughter-in-law's home in Clarksville on Sunday morning in his ninety seventh year. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the home, Rev. Westfall officiating. Burial in Lainwood cemetery. Born January 1828 in West Union Adams County Ohio. Married Sarah Netheny in 1854, two sons and a daughter, Meredith of Teaws City, survive. Came to Clarksville 19 years ago to live with son Samuel. widow cared for him after Samuel's death September 5, 1924.
Madison November 10. Three men were held today as suspects in the murder of Miss Mary Petnick a 16 year old St. Louis elevator operator found strangled with a cloth belt in a vacant East Madison lot. Residents heard noises and saw men running from the scene Saturday night. The girl’s head bore a wound from a rock and the body showed a struggle suggesting attempted assault.
The notice recalls the death of Mr. Lodge with reference to his wife Anna Cabot Mills daughter of Rear Admiral Charles J Davis of the United States Navy. It notes their two sons George Cabot Lodge who died soon after graduating from Harvard and John E. Lodge.
An advertisement extols Rheuma as a nationwide remedy that acts on kidneys liver and bladder to flush waste. It promises quick pain relief and a money back guarantee if it fails, urging readers to buy at Wangler Bros or any druggist for immediate effect.
President Coolidge in Washington called Senator Henry Cabot Lodge one of the great men of our time and noted his world wide influence and literary value of his writings. Secretary Hughes hailed Lodge as an outstanding figure in public life as plans for his funeral moved forward in Boston. Weeks to attend funeral. Secretary Weeks to represent the president with Capt. Andrews and cabinet members in Boston.
The speech praised pioneers and American values while honoring the Elks and their role in building Waterloo. The speaker urged patriotism, faith, and sacrifice, tying the cornerstone event to preserving Old Glory and a better nation for future generations.
The Midwest Hort Exposition fills the week with farm girls and boys teams from multiple counties and states. Demonstrations include canning floral arranging and home cider making. Collegiate judging teams from Oklahoma Missouri and Iowa compete for trophies while students display honey flowers and landscape designs. Several conventions are scheduled across the week.
Iowa State Horticultural Society and affiliates plan a two day event at Hotel Russell-Lamson. Beekeepers Florists Vegetable Growers and regional Hort societies will hold sessions in the Russell Lamson grill rooms with banquets for visiting members. Armistice Day parade calls for G A R veterans to assemble at home for participation.
Col Amos Wheat commander of Robert Anderson post urges all comrades who cannot enter the parade to telephone a request for Memorial hail access.
An advertising notice touts Musterole as a counter irritant that relieves congestion from colds and helps circulation. It claims rapid warming and cooling sensations, with versions for babies and children and prices at 5 cents and 65 cents.
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