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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1918
Page
3
Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter promotes want ads with a 1 cent per word rate and a 25 cent minimum. The page outlines classified formats, caps styles, and the wide range of notices from lost items to job openings, with readers urged to submit clear, descriptive notices for effective sales.
A cluttered reader board shows miscellaneous wants and sales from Whitshorn areas. Items include a phonograph cabinet for 175, furniture, rugs, and a stove, plus rental offers for rooms and apartments and help-wanted notices. Also requests for boats, stanchions, and a 17 year old boy for work, with several contact numbers and street addresses.
A La Porte City telegram informs Rev and Mrs Schluter of their son Marvin’s serious influenza relapse at Fort Leavenworth. Senniter travels to his son. Mrs Foss returns from Chicago with her husband en route to Camp Devens. Maud Fritz visits in Fort Dodge. Mrs J McNulty and son Jack visit Waterloo. Arthur Robinson returns from Redvers, Canada. Dorothy Arlene Fultz dies at one year. funeral held. burial in West View cemetery. The Main Street brick building from Dr R H Tagtint estate was bought by FR FE Warner.
A fragmentary local notice fromOrange Township mentions a woman, Raisin, and a Metra event last week. The unreadable text limits clarity on action, location, or outcome. Further legible details are needed to provide a precise card.
Word arrived Sunday that a Frederieka woman ill with Spanish influenza is visiting her daughter in Oolneys, while several neighbors report illnesses and family emergencies. Notices mention continuing care for ailing relatives, a funeral in Osage, and local travel for church events and repairs.
Local notices report several deaths and illnesses among Sumner residents. Vier Det. 23-Mes. Law Wells Sehnknee’s wife died of typhoid fever. Joy Mises passed away from pneumonia at her guardian’s home. Others note influenza illness and various family events including a marriage in Phi town and a funeral at the local hop.
Birth notices list a daughter born Sept. 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Earnest WE Widde at 184 Newell. Other entries include births to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Power in Wellington and to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cole at 1435 I seater. Several lines show names and partial addresses with unclear spellings, all noting newborn children.
Behind the American lines in France a reporter describes camouflage techniques including green burlap suits with grass, eyehole headgear, and grass blending to hide soldiers. The piece also notes a “disappearing building” painted to blend into terrain, plus a cast of camouflage artists from theater and cinema aiding efforts and casualties among decoys and dummies.
Miss Freddie Sproull, aged in her 50s, died last night in Mason City from pneumonia developing after influenza. She had been bookkeeper for the Western Electric Telephone Co. in Mason City for three years and was born June 3, 1887 in Winthrop. Survived by parents AL and Mrs Sproull of Waterloo, two sisters Mrs R W Barron of Mt Vernon and Nina Sproull of Waterloo, and brother Lynn A Sproull of Waterloo. Remains to be brought to Waterloo for burial tonight.
Local brief reports the deaths of Ellen Irene Hasty and Ira E. Shaw, with funeral details and burial plans. Also notes Ruth Stevens, infant Leah Chambers, and other cemetery services. Weather and grain quotes appear in the surrounding column, including liberty bond prices and money markets.
New York reports a steady cotton market with October at 31.48 and March at 23, while rails and shippings show gains in early trading. The Waterloo market notes mixed activity in metals and oils, with traders watching hogs and cattle as prices edge up and down.
Macy Campbell director of the County Service League is in the city to organize a canvassing force for the United War Work Campaign. The effort funds Y M C A Knights of Columbus Hebrew Society Salvation Army and other war relief groups. Waterton Service League won’t canvass, inflation quarantine may delay campaign.
News from the Meuse front reports Brieulles and Clery-le-Petit burning along the river as American lines hold. In market commentary, corn and oats advance on bullish sentiment amid gas shell bombardments, with futures showing gains and a steady, firm uptrend through late trading.
Illinois livestock market report notes hogs generally steady with special steers showing strength. Prices for various cattle categories described, including good to choice butcher steers, cows, and feeders. wholesale and consumer quotes appear with regional figures and bidding strength.
Fragmentary listing from St Louis livestock market shows prices for various cattle and hog categories. Entries include Be: heifers and steers with prices around 12.55 to 1.20, with references to native bead stock and contingents at Joseph and local lots. The text is incomplete and some figures are garbled.
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