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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1919
Page
8
In Iowa September is the peak time for county and district fairs with over 43 events planned in four weeks. Managers shift dates to fill race programs and September remains favored as fairs kickoff school openings and college football season boosts attendance.
Ottumwa Iowa Sept 2 Herbert Billings a traveling salesman with Ottumwa headquarters is dead Miss Violet Seabarg an Ottumwa girl is hospitalized with serious facial and back injuries Jack Shepard an automobile racer from Des Moines is injured after an Ottumwa Bloomfield road crash Sunday evening Shepard was driving the car Three miles from Bloomfield the vehicle left the road and struck a tree sending Seaburg and Billings through the windshield with Shepard ejected Lloyd Young of Pulaski found the wrecked car and unconscious occupants.
Sioux City Iowa Sept 2 veterans confront evangelist George Shaw in Leeds tent after he claimed 0 percent of soldiers overseas had venereal disease. He admits misstatement and corrects it to 3 percent. Loyal Legion post commander Robert B Pike seeks prosecution.
Menchel family in Mastings Iowa reports Menschel, one of 459 missing American soldiers in Europe. Last home letter written in 1918, later confirmed wounded June 18 but unlocated in a hospital. War department later advised war insurance payable to his mother as beneficiary, signaling lost hope of recovery. Four Sons of Emil and Mrs Menschel, natives of East Prussia. Enormous corn highlights Decorah and Winneshiek County harvest with record ears by A M M Borsheim and Stoskopt. Dubuque notes pitcher Guy Grege, former National and Three-league star, showing return to form near Boston Braves.
The safer at the Strid ged OF company filing station in Mast Moline, TV, was cracked last night and 900 in each, a large number of checks and coupons stolen. Try Phelp Cinsees for heads arhe, FIR Forerson. Cadvertisement)
The American Legion launches a five day nationwide drive to recruit one million members starting September 15. Iowa targets 25 425 members with over 19 000 already secured and 110 099 veterans from Iowa eligible. A banner will honor the state with the best record as the national convention in Minneapolis nears.
Cedar Balls Sept 2 Cedar Valley fair opens with over 8090 attendees, best livestock exhibit in the association’s history, premium judging to start, and a parade of pageantry including horse races and cirque acts. Also notes a royal visit as Prince of Wales arrives in Montreal.
A Chicago dispatch notes the Anti-Saloon League will not press a plan to tax liquor during the wartime prohibition gap before constitutional prohibition. If peace treaty is ratified and demobilization completed by November, a two month liquor holiday may be urged to stock up for future dry days. Dr Edward Dinwiddie cautions against timing and many prohibitionists fear supporting use of taxation to bar whisky and beer briefly.
District offices for the Teachers Insurance Company open in Waterloo. Alice Wilson and Eleanor Wilson, previously connected with English department and Bremer county teaching, become associates in the new headquarters. The pair, with roots in Waverly high school, bring long service in local education and administration to the arrangement.
The hospital quotes blood prices at 25 per pint and 154 for a half pint, with five hospital groups signing an ad for transfusion services. The note references a public appeal for support and historical discussions on transfusion value for weak patients.
A resident objects to a 65 cent per pound extra charge claimed to cover cutting costs, offering 50 percent reduction at 2 dollars per pound. The letter to Colonel Harris and District Attorney Clyne seeks inquiry into profiteering and potential actions against the implied scheme.
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