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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1921
Page
3
The local newspaper lists want ad pricing with one cent per word plus a minimum 25 cent dash line. Ads for wanted and for sale appear on the classified end page with caps text and varying line charges, indicating per insertion charges and minimum totals.
Cards of thanks note Rainbow Lodge No. 2031 mourns the loss of Prank Kann and extends sympathy to his widow and family. Resolution passed to convey heartfelt condolences to the bereaved, with minutes to publish in local papers.
Aullison Iowa November 14 auto license numbers have arrived and the county treasurer is ready to issue them. The delinquent tax list has been compiled and published for the December land sale. A larger land area than usual is noted. A large still was found near the Wildeboar place by the county sheriff, two barrels of mash seized. Rich detail on local Red Cross officers elected, Armistice Day observances, basketball results, church services, and births. Notable names include Rev. C. G. Fort George Foote Fred Seitz J.C. Peterson H. Emerson Rev. W. C. Nassen and others.
Classified line offers tablets Torachon for children and notes newspaper print quality. Mentions regular letter size and archival letter size with price ten dollars, available at the Courier Office.
Classified list of household goods for sale including a dresser, brass bed, dining table and chairs, kitchen cabinet, roll top and flat top desks, and a roll of miscellaneous items with prices. Also offers a Minnesota land trade at 26 per acre for equity or bungalow, plus real estate loans and storage services from Minneapolis firms.
Isabelle McElroy sues Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and City of Vinton after her husband John F. McElroy was killed when a live wire contacted a tree near a place of business during a fireworks event. Plaintiff alleges negligence by the phone company over wires near the tree and by the city for wires contacting a clothesline and the tree. McElroy left a large family, a small estate, and no insurance. The November term opens as Judge Wittet prepares to close the September term. local residents move, while evangelistic meetings at the Christian church draw interest.
Atenographer in a large Algona department store returned last week and will spend winter in Allison with her mother Mrs Aans Franken. At Monday night American Legion meeting it was decided Allison will again have a basketball team. Mies Margaret Siegfeld was admitted 43-member.
Dr E J Lockwood pastor of Grace M E church travels to Detroit Michigan to attend the national conference of the Methodist church November 15 and 16. He will join the council of boards of benevolence and serve on the conservation and advance committee as part of the centenary movement. He will remain through November 19 to 21. Sunday he preaches at a Birmingham Methodist church.
Waterloo Association of Life Underwriters to host a week long talk on life insurance from January 23 to 28. Local leaders A B Rumsey W B Nauman chair the arrangements with J E Bragdon C C Lindner and Nauman active in planning. New members O A O Green W M Raine B F Munger A B Haswell L Moorehead joined, while constitution changes and dues will be debated at the next Greater Waterloo association meeting.
Police records show a drop in drunkenness arrests during the antivice crusade with moonshine operations and gambling fronts retreating to the woods. October saw 48 drunks in police court, a high for two years, while by mid November only 13 men had been docketed for intoxication.
Beginning today Waterloo mail truck drivers and others carrying important mail will be escorted by armed guards. Postmaster M. H. Kelly orders guards to shoot to kill if United States mails appear to be endangered. The protection follows receipt of arms and ammunition from the post office department and will be supplied directly as needed.
Waterloo Hoy Scout council offers four prizes for the fall roundup at Cedar River park at 2:30 p m Saturday. Winners secure first four places with prizes including a new model parade drum and drum and bugle corps gear. Troops must register for six events and list entries by Nov 25. contests include wall scaling tent pitching fireman’s lift relay and more.
Miss Myrtie Crane has been appointed one of the instructors for night school classes which will meet again today from 7 to p.m. at West High School. Reading writing and spelling are offered and courses may expand to include bookkeeping shorthand accounting and higher mathematics if enough demand appears tonight. Another night school instructor remains to be selected.
J B Dempster secretary of the west school board received a permanent inventory record book today. It will contain a complete record of real and personal property of the west schools and a property report must be filed with the county auditor by December 1 each year per a new state law.
The Waterloo Iowa city council weighs a tentative ordinance to allow charges against city officers and removal hearings. The draft, prepared by J Wennar under council instruction, may require two thirds council approval to order a hearing, with Feely city attorney urging careful discussion before final adoption.
A fragmented La Porte City Bulletin page covers deaths and family news. Mrs Jane McChane learns of her mother Mrs Sarah Poyner's death in Van Horne with extensive listing of children and kin, funeral details, and reactions. Other notes mention Mr J C Messner leaving for winter in the East, visits from relatives, and community events. Arlington death threats and Dunkerton milk delivery incident also appear in brief notices.
Karl London of Waterloo receives the $100 cash prize for best temperance essay at Teachers College Cedar Falls. ceremony attended by his parents Mr. and Mrs. London and led by Mrs. J. C. Orth Cedar Heights. The day also notes meetings of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran board in Des Moines and a radio performances by Martin Dayton, with ongoing teacher association plans for Waterloo.
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