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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1914
Page
3
A dense classified style notice listing rooms for rent, furnished rooms and small houses with prices, locations and contact details. It includes offers for rent in various streets, phone numbers, and a local box address, reflecting a midcentury urban rental market. The entry names a large set of properties and vendors while noting sale items and miscellaneous ads.
Real estate for sale across multiple states includes Montana Valier area farms with irrigation potential and good soils, Minnesota samples near Polk County and Ramsey regions, North Dakota Rugby listings with crops like wheat and alfalfa, and extensive acreage prices range from a few thousand to over seven thousand dollars with terms offered. Listings name brokers and towns including Springfield Minnesota and James Carlson in cooperation with the State Bank.
A northeastern tone notice advertises property for sale or rent in Wichita Park Texas. The ad details new main voltages valued at 6500 dollars and a monthly rental of 74 dollars. Property listed at ALT Hennitt West First Street Waterloo.
A damaged listing describes a two cylinder car in good condition suitable for touring or as a truck. It provides a phone contact and a location at 509 Jefferson but contains garbled text and stray phrases making full details unclear.
Chicago schools ready for fall term as over fifty boys are reported missing across the city. Police say the spike in runaways, many riding freight trains, reflects a dislike for school and a plan to extend summer vacations. Captain Halpin notes widespread concern among anxious mothers.
New York expects a wave of political oratory as parties prepare for the first nominating primaries on Sept. 28. Filing closes tomorrow with seven potential candidates for governor. If no more petitions, the Democratic race narrows to Gov. Glynn versus John A. Hennessy, with Frederick M. Davenport of Oneida seeking the Republican nomination.
Col Roosevelt arrived in New Orleans for a two day speaking tour in Louisiana. His main address is set for tonight before he heads to the Third congressional district where a tense campaign between Democrats and Progressives seeks to elect a congressman drawing strong attention.
An old classified ad offers motorcycles bicycles sporting goods and repair services at 712 Sycamore Street plus a summer closure and September reopening. It lists groceries and dairy items, eggs lard butter hay hogs hides calves veal and pork products with varied prices for wholesale and retail customers. It reads like a dense rural market catalog with numerous price entries and product lines.
General markets report from Chicago Board of Trade and South Omaha Livestock with Sept 7 figures. Cattle receipts near 900 dollars and steady open, cows and heifers around 7.75 to 10.25. hog receipts about 1,600 with strong demand. Waterloo Iowa and Vinton Iowa price notes for grains and feedstuffs included.
Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Mason Wheeler a daughter born Aug 29. Visitors include Orrie Sufficool en route from Chicago to Lee Montana, Lin Oelwein hires Elzena Johnson as stenography teacher, Smiths and Hunters visit Oelwein, and families from Grafton Minn and California stop by. Residents Homer Huntington caring for grandson as Grace Hroek undergoes appendicitis surgery. Emma Bowers hosts cousin Edward Clarke of California. The Knitter Klub plans a gathering for Jolly Circle hosted by Mrs Harry Swartzel next Thursday.
Local notices report John H. Rozema elected cashier of the First National bank at Spirit Lake and Carrie Knox touring Europe before arriving in Vinton. Miss Knox left Berlin after wartime upheaval en route to Rotterdam. Other items record farm sale at $200 per acre by John Senne, Reed family travel to Colorado, Alfred King bound over to grand jury for whiskey to youths, Thuel Burnham abroad in London, Frank Pearson resigning from W. C. Fry outfit, H. T. Robinson succeeding, F. M. Springsteip selling the Garrison Independent, death of A. J. Hartman in California, Misses Mossman and Jameson heading to Grundy Center to teach, and school openings at Tilford academy and public schools Monday.
Rowley notes list births and visits including Miss Genevieve Van Orsdal returning from Webster City and a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. John Bishop. Mrs. Marie Stevenson and Maxwell visit Wa terloo Nebraska. A. H. Smith nears completion of pew residence. Miss Rose Hofford returns from Norway. Mr. Steifel builds a large barn east of town. Mrs. John Rice visits Cedar Rapids two weeks. Rowley schools open with teachers L D Corkery and Miss Scott. Mrs. Grane returns to Toulon NJ after summer with son George. Elate Grane to attend Toulon high school. L D Wallace and Blanche Peyton marry Aug 31 and plan Chicago trip then home to Rowley. Wallace is local druggist.
A south of Waterloo thunderstorm produced heavy rainfall for about thirty minutes with persistent lightning and thunder. Rainfall varied by location from 12 inch on Fairview Avenue to no moisture four miles north. September totals rise as lawns revive. bureau reports show Davenport 0.20 inches and nearby areas up to 0.14 inches with notable rain in southern Lindis and parts of Michigan and Wisconsin.
Miss Tamora Clausing returns to Denver after a four week visit with relatives in Chicago Elgin and other parts of Minas Mr and Mrs Carl Krueger visit with Mr and Mrs Fred Harkforth in Milwaukee Will Nicols wife and daughter visit relatives in Indiana No services in Rey F.
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