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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1921
Page
3
A dense Waterloo Courier page shows want ads for jobs and services, real estate, and personal notices mixed with auction and loan offers. Items include employment inquiries, housework help wanted, rental listings, real estate for sale, and public notices with dates and contact details. The clutter hints at daily life and local economy in the city.
Prices per pound of various food items declined to 2.96 dollars from 3.57 the prior week while the week ended Sept 2 1920 showed a 0.3 0 11 percent drop from the previous week and a 322 3 percent drop from the same week last year The list of 30 commodities includes wire red wheat spring macaroni and cotton among increases decreases and unchanged items The report notes shifts within food staples and related goods across categories with several items rising while others fall as part of overall pricing movement for the period
Shell Rock and surrounding towns see residents traveling for visits to Waverly and Allison, teaching appointments announced, and farm work advancing. Local families reunite, with residents like Mrs. Fetters and Mrs. Stevenson visiting kin. teachers and staff plan new terms. silos and silage projects progress. and Duroc Jersey hogs prepared for the Allison Butter Creek fair.
Hiram Hoxie 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs Ralph J Hoxie 304 South street fell ill of infantile paralysis last Friday after returning from a vacation. He improved yesterday but developed convulsions this morning and again became unconscious. A specialist from Iowa City was summoned and a serum given. Early yesterday he regained consciousness and his temperature return to normal. Doctors hope for recovery without serious impairment.
A Waterloo family suffered a non fatal road accident when a broken bolt in the steering gear caused a loss of control on a 16 foot embankment between Webster City and Blairsburg. W. H. Shirey and two others escaped serious injury while Mrs Shirey and a daughter were bruised. The family planned a vacation visit to Aurelia. The daughter Alice Margaret is described as a sculptress.
Hazleton area farmers debate hogs versus mechanical husking for corn. Walter Clark argues hogs in the cornfield yield faster gains, fuller silage for dairy cows, and better utilize stalks, leaves, and grain. Many local farmers plan silos as corn storage rises with milking farm expansion.
A Labor Day celebration in Electric Park highlighted by a basket dinner at the park, field events like pie eating and sack races, and an American Legion boxing program at the hippodrome. Banks and offices closed. events included tug-of-war, egg race, horse shoe, and a later boxing program with dance and a carnival.
Wayne Dinsmore argues against widespread tractor displacement of horses. He cites economic analyses showing tractors cost more upfront and maintenance, with horses remaining essential for city delivery and farm work. The installment urges continued use of high quality sires to improve saddle and utility horses amid rising motor power.
Cedar Falls Iowa Sept 6 J M Byers and Louis Brandes expected losses on their 10 acre sweetcorn field but harvested 30 tons sold to Cedar Falls canning company for eight dollars a ton. They call the yield exceptional given hot winds in July and August.
A Hazleton town fair drew larger attendance and more exhibits than previous years, with Sec retary Spragg reporting high visitor satisfaction at the schoolhouse gathering. Nearby agricultural notes mention a new winter wheat from Iowa state station and growing certified seed, plus passing references to moving picture work by Mrs Dexter and scientific beet freezing experiments.
Iowa harvest outlook shows Mitchell county and surrounding areas producing only a third to a half of normal potatoes. A T Erwin of the Iowa experiment station notes early Ohio harvests down from 150 to 30 40 bushels per acre. August rains may help little, foretelling higher potato prices this fall and winter as Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and others also face shortages.
Davenport Iowa September 5 A year ago Scott county had one girls club for home study and rural interests. A recent county rally drew over 250 girls from about nine organizations. Edith P Barker county home demonstration agent leads the program.
L P Timson of Independence says field selection is best for seed corn. He uses a seed box or wagon compartment for cribbed ears and tests germination in spring. His fields yield over 66 bushels per acre this year, up from 60–65 last year as he shifts to hogs and dairy, planning future feeder steers.
Hudson farmer John Holmes shows top quality yellow dent corn at Cedar Falls fair this week. The article predicts Holmes will win the grand championship, praising his careful selection and displays. It notes his son Dale Holmes is on Black Hawk county’s state championship judging team, and the father aims to prove his corn growing skill.
Spirit Lake Iowa September 5 Excel township Dickinson county announces a consolidated school building planned for this fall costing around $100000. The facility will serve as a community center with committees forming to run activities. A two day farmers institute with specialists from Iowa State College is planned.
Mrs Martha Newell of 413 Oneida Street reports severe health decline including weight loss headaches and digestive distress eased after using Tratona. She notes improved appetite digestion and sleep and says the medicine helped greatly before recommending it. Sold at Wangler Brothers' Drug Stars in Waterloo and nearby towns.
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