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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1919
Page
12
The anatomo theatre hosts Going Up to strong praise as Broadway worthy. Audiences enjoy catchy music and lively dances by a large capable company with an elegant chorus. The play, linked to an old farce The Aviator, adds to the fun with witty situations.
Sioux City board of education considers building a dormitory for public school teachers to address housing costs. Superintendent M G Clark warns many teachers may not renew contracts without substantial pay raises. He notes difficulty finding affordable rooms and predicts many teachers may leave before year end.
Scores of Waterloo hunters prepare to bag rabbits tomorrow per a house manager. Reinbeck and Dunkerton areas see rabbits damaging young trees. Hunters expect to invade Wapsie territory above Dunkerton. reports from Waterloo, La Porte City indicate hundreds of rabbits in brush. Ducks still flying are noted.
Independence Iowa Nov 22 The twentieth annual Buchanan county poultry show announced for December 12 to 19. May be held in the new York garage if ready. Red Cross seals drive to start November 26 with nurses Drake and Kelley organizing. Property transfers include H B Bickenbieth selling a fifth ward residence for 4600 and Mrs J F Freeman buying the Ransler double house for 11500 to convert into apartments.
New York reports a bonanza season as thirty successful plays hurry to Broadway. The White Way faces space shortages with two productions in one house and actors seeking dual employment amid rising wages for tailors and crew.
Articles filed with county recorder Miss Jennie S. Bird announce the incorporation of Cole & Sweetman Electrical with capital stock of 15000 dollars. The new firm will wholesale and retail electrical appliances. Officers are Harold T. Cole president, Arthur C. Sweetman vice president, Robert A. Cole secretary treasurer, with H E Peek and W R Cole as directors.
Des Moines reports show that creamery butter this year averages 57.5 cents per pound, more than double the 28.5 cents of 1909. Between 1917 and 1918 prices rise to 42–62 cents. Iowa creameries sold about 79.6 million pounds outside the state, chiefly to Chicago and New York markets. A rise in cooling tanks and sweet cream distribution is noted with 141 creameries using tanks. Also mentions Balasco comedy Daddies and Boomerang to Waterloo and Chicago showing.
Valesky Suratt appears in a new production titled Scarlet and White, created by Jack Lait. The drama is praised as one of the actor’s finest efforts to date.
Fred Stone headlines in Chicago with his familiar act Seek Of Lantern. The versatile comedian draws a large following and is noted as one of the era’s most popular stage figures.
Eleven employers in New York report that women in their plants outperform the men they replace, asserting higher output and efficiency. The claim highlights gender-based productivity at multiple factories and prompts discussion on workforce practices.
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