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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1927
Page
18
In Waterloo a brief talk described cornerstone contents including college bulletins campus publications dairy team photos and officers letters and milk related items. The dairy foundation is well above ground and dairy officials expect occupancy of the new building next fall.
Notice states META Lehman named administratrix of Mary Hackbarth late of Black Hawk County Iowa. Creditors urged to pay and file claims with the clerk of the district court. J W Thompson, Clerk. Spa Edwards Longley Rawler Harris Attorneys. Dated Nov 20.
A dense classified page lists FOR SALE livestock including yearling steers around 600 pounds from Tomlinson Traer Iowa and 255 fane s quality heifers and Angus cattle from Harry Bail Fairfield Iowa plus Pure Bred Tamworth boars Aberdern Angus bulls Holstein bull calves and Duroc Jersey boars from multiple adopters. Also ads for INternational Hog Feed coal and feed companies Liniger Coal and Feed, dairy cattle listings, Boston Terrier pups, and miscellaneous WANTED notices for used clothing and items with contact details across Iowa and nearby towns.
A garbled ad page lists window measurements and free estimates, then numerous for sale items including winter coats dresses fur coats and other clothing. Also mentions toys and baby carriage and furniture, with multiple phone numbers and addresses. Includes lumber secondhand, blinds, and storm windows with sales pitches.
Waterloo jobbers testified to the convenience and necessity of a daily motor freight delivery service between Waterloo and Hampton before state railroad commissioners in the courthouse. James E Rowsee seeks daily routes from Waterloo to Shell Rock Clarksville Allison Bristow Hansell and Hampton with merchants backing the plan.
Otis W Caldwell of Columbia University tours Iowa schools praising the University of Iowa for leading child welfare work. He notes the university elementary school and high school social science program under Dr Ernest Horn Miss Maude McBroom and Miss Bessie Pierce as notable. He cites spelling and reading fundamentals research as among the best in the United States. Caldwell visits as part of a five week tour of top universities and experimental schools.
Traffic law violations dominated municipal court cases in November with 61 of total 102. Intoxication cases dropped to 26 this year from 37 last year, while other city ordinance violations included disturbing public quiet driving while intoxicated careless driving violating building code speeding and resisting an officer.
Waterloo records show a 23 degree high and 12 degree low as November neared December. The month logged 1.1 inches of rain and 1.9 inches of snow with 19 cloudy days, four partly cloudy and seven clear, while past November 1926 saw higher rainfall and snow totals.
Charles City Iowa November 30 Roy Harmon, moved from Marshalltown to Floyd County jail, is expected to plead guilty to breaking with intent to rob the Rudd Bank. Harmon, a college graduate, says he did not enter the tank and stayed near Rudd with two women while others entered the bank.
A feature on how a criminal past follows a man through police and national records. The piece traces Tom Prince’s two weeks in jail on a bootlegging charge and details how fingerprints and centralized records from Waterloo to Washington reveal a lifetime of prior crimes. The law’s shadow remains fixed across his present, regardless of changes in name or residence.
Gresham Ia. Nov 30 The thank offering at Gresham church on Sunday amounted to 72, officers of Women s Mission society announce. The program was presented by that organization and Mission Band members. Behtingian teachers will attend the study center at Waterton Saturday. Walter Eickelberg is assisting at the Pred Maurer farm. FOOD FACTORY BURNS Chicago Nov 30 Fire destroyed the plant of the Republic Food Products company on South La Salle street today. Damage was estimated at $200,000.
Roland F. Klein of Paris will arrive in Waterloo with his wife in late December or early January. They met in the U S army air service in France during World War I and married two years ago. Klein served in aviation training in France, later did Red Cross work in Vienna, then moved to Paris with a U S Steamship Lines post. They sail December 15 on the Leviathan, staying a few days in New York before coming to Waterloo.
Ames Va Nov 30 The cornerstone for the new half million dollar Dairy Industries Building at Iowa State College was laid by Herman Knapp business manager of the college whose father Dr Seaman A Knapp former president of the college spoke of dairying lessons learned from his father De Hy Cessna college chaplain gave the invocation at the cornerstone laying ceremony Prof M Mortenson head of the department presided
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