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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1922
Page
6
Waterton readers view Want Ads with diverse postings including employment openings, housework, educational courses, real estate, and merchandise. Entries show multiple companies and individuals seeking workers, students, drivers, machinists, and sales staff, plus farm and domestic help opportunities and housing offers.
Des Moines September 15 Samuel O Bunn editor of the Railway Age told the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce that U S railways are overcapitalized and called for a valuation as a basis for rate regulation He cited La Follette and the 1918 act and warned against new valuation legislation He linked railroad ownership and management to the outcome of peaceful labor dispute resolutions and noted the shopmen s strike tests arbitration versus strikes.
Cedar Falls report notes Miss Signe Peterson burned and bruised in a residence fire is critically ill with lockjaw at Sartor hospital. She developed tonsillitis after injuries and subsequent illness followed.
La Porte City reports arrangements for two speakers from the Antisaloon League to attend local churches next Sunday. Des Moines organizer Rev. Plao Meleth and Miss Alice Boyer will speak at the Evangelical and Presbyterian churches in the morning, with Boyer addressing the Methodist church in the evening.
The Grand Army is to pass in review before Commander-in-Chief Lewis S. Pilcher. Hanford MacNider, commander of the American Legion, will act as chief-of-staff in the parade on September 27.
The autumn meeting of the Waterloo Presbytery will be held at Central Presbyterian church in Nevada on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Rev. J. George Walz is local pastor. The body, with 31 churches, will be represented by pastors and laymen. The Tuesday evening session is open to the public. The presbytery lists 5,157 members and 5,045 in Sunday school.
A baby girl died after an auto crash on the Jefferson highway near Anguat Brandt two miles northeast of Hawpten Ta. The car driven by H W Shroder of Raymond Minn. left the turnpike after passing a culvert and overturned. The infant suffered a fractured skull and died within an hour at Liberal Hospital. The parents and three other children survived with minor injuries.
Lucille Voght sues Glenn Voght for divorce alleging cruel treatment and seeks custody of their child Glenna born 1922. Viola Harrington seeks divorce from Frank Harrington after desertion in 1919. Ethel Brown sues Verne Brown for divorce with request for alimony and maiden name restoration. Anna Clark seeks divorce from Samuel Clark amid cruel treatment and name restoration. Women stage boxus bouts in Leoinion.
Des Moines reports a 870-foot reviewing stand and a court of honor completed for the upcoming encampment of 16. A. R. veterans. The decorations include red white and blue. The stand will greet veterans arriving for the annual gathering on September 24.
The Black Hawk county consolidated school superintendents and their wives were entertained at a picnic dinner hosted by county superintendent H. C. Moeller in Cedar Heights. Attendees included C. W. Collingham, C. Hamer, Barton Morgan, R. C. Williams, Glenn Bakium, Geo. F. P. Brstrom, F. P. Rehmeier, F. E. Fuller, and Miss Mabel Luhmann.
Miss Marion Krieger daughter of Auditor W T Krieger of Emmetsburg left for Mount Vernon to study at Cornell College. A telegram from Marion states she married Keith Procter of Hampton. Also, Miss Pearle Richardson longtime Palo Alto county recorder married John G Jenswold of Algona.
Patton A Diehl, formerly of Waterloo, died Wednesday in Denver Colorado where he had gone for health reasons. The body is being brought to Iowa by his brother A J Diehl for services in Independence at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday at 3 7 p m. Diehl worked for Illinois Central in Waterloo from 1913 to 1917 rising to engineer. He is survived by four brothers and five sisters. Waterloo Concert band to perform at Lincoln Park tonight at 5 p m marking its first public appearance composed of members from the Great Lakes region.
Fire at the Kade and Williams veterinary barn near Fort Dodge Iowa morning hours consumed the barn and 12 head of cattle. Twelve horses perished. five were severely burned but three survived. total damage estimated around 12000 dollars.
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