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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1914
Page
3
Classifieds list numerous help wanted notices for maids cooks and general housework with multiple phone contacts, plus extensive rent and real estate ads for houses rooms and farms near Waterloo and Waterloo area, including modern furnished and unfurnished rooms, rental prices, and property details.
Fragmented OCR shows several classified style lines seeking stenographer work, courier positions, or wives with certain traits. Text hints at adult roles, ages around twenties, and references to addresses like A-6 and A-68 with scattered garbled phrases and incomplete sentences.
Legal notice in Black Hawk county Iowa case where Olive Timion is informed of a divorce petition on adultery grounds and child custody. The document also lists dates for voter registration sessions in Waterloo Watertown and surrounding precincts with locations and hours, noting eligibility for sick or out of service registrants.
Snow's College offers dressmaking courses in designing cutting and sewing for women and children at 50c per day. The ad lists a baseball and fishing supply shop by Horns' Drug Co and promotes Wear-Proof Hosiery with four month guarantees and family sizing.
Notice explains who must register for the November 3 1974 general election in Waterlno. those not registered at last election or who moved precincts or to the city must register before voting. Also includes a 1914 district court notice about a divorce petition by Rachel Kemp against Frank Kemp and a brief 1914 market report.
Inclement weather delayed the Wilson farm sale. The 186 acre estate between Waterloo and Hudson, three miles from Waterloon, will be sold next Tuesday at 2 pm on site. Well built, fenced with cedar posts, cross fenced, deep black loam soil, all tillable. $25,000 remains in the farm. $2,000 down due sale day with balance later.
The record lists mixed grain futures with Dec and May contracts for oats wheat and corn across St. Louis Kansas City Minneapolis and Winnipeg. Prices show Dec and May values such as Wheat Dec in St Louis at 1.14 and May 1.20, Minneapolis 1.19, and Winnipeg at 2.10 and 4.22 for May.
W C A reporters note multiple activities by Camp Fire girls and W C A groups. They make infant undergarments from discounted material, fundraise from a Friday benefit, and direct younger members toward the Christmas ship plan. Esther Goodenough leads the emnasium class and two men join the effort with enthusiasm. The dressmaking class meets this evening under Mrs Runyan at Glock.
County Superintendent Myers reports a state superintendent's urging for schools to cooperate in Greater Iowa Week starting November 16. The Greater Iowa association led by W. W. Marsh will distribute literature to teachers so pupils grasp the campaign's aim and inspire a broader Iowa. Meetings are planned across every county during the week.
German government will permit shipment of raw sugar to neutral states. American Consul Dovezan at Magdeburg reported 140000 to 200000 metric tons available and advised using Amberstei vessels for German origin cargoes.
An advertisement urges using four ounces of liquid argon applied at night to dissolve dandruff and improve scalp condition. It claims repeated applications remove all signs of dandruff, reduce itching, and yield silky hair, with liquid argon available at drugstores and costing little.
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