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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1929
Page
2
A Chicago area man driver struck by a car and a passenger noted as Florence sustained slight injuries when the machine ran off a Florence street and stopped against a clump of willows near a road. Virgil Brown and Mrs. Carman of Oakland were named in the report.
An unclear OCR fragment describes a heavy sedan crash with an eight foot bed below grade. Roy’s father Willig Ralrie drove to Platteville Sunday to bring them home while Mrs Carman left last night for her home.
A Weather Bureau forecast notes sleet and ice threats that briefly disrupted transportation and wire communications Monday afternoon before changing to rain. The fragile conditions prompted cautions for travel and utility safety as the storm moved across the region.
A fragmented report notes up to seven tenths of an inch of precipitation and a 36 degree minimum last night near Ralph Suppy’s home. The readable bits mention a volunteer observer, a gauge reading, and a vague tale of a “startling adventure” with hazy recollections of a square and a father figure.
In Ni Te Oct 290, Howard B Ford confessed in magistrate’s court to entering William Smith’s house by mistake, donning Smith’s pajamas, and going to bed. He described entering the wrong home and mishandling items, including a pot and Smith’s clothes, with a 10-year-old involved in the case.
In Davenport Iowa yesterday the Federal Surety Company received a district court judgment against the Corn Colton Land Company of Charleston Missouri and its president Edward G Rowling in a consent decree arising from a purchase of stock in the surety company.
Notice describes a foreclosure sale in Charleston on December 9 with special master Reeta Gillodl, involving a pledged security totaling 376000 dollars and about 5500 acres in Mississippi county Missouri. It lists crop value this year between 40000 and 50000 dollars and cash around 23000 dollars as part of the limits.
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