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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1918
Page
6
A chaotic, satirical collection of notes from a wartime era about peace delegation by an emperor, a mis-spelled lawsuit over Maud Mueller, and a garbled jumble of column items. It hints at court actions, propaganda, and humorous misprints amid the war news.
The 1918 football season opens in Waterloo with West High meeting Eldora Industrial School tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. The roster is heavily changed from last Thanksgiving win over East High.NEWLINE The probable West lineup includes Hitchens Lichty Merrill R Atlen Gardiner Barron Merem Owens Burnham Anton Haven Gorman or Miller C Miller Inton WV Allen Miller or Hitchens.
A second Atlantic Fleet Great Lakes baseball series is arranged for Sept. 22 24 and 25 at Great Lakes. Norfolk players include Kilduff Krueger Jacobsen Sloan and others. station lineup features Lavan Thomas Drer Leonard and Faber. The Norfolk team will visit before the national AAU games begin Sept. 24.
The report notes E J Mueller of Terre Haute Ind won the national individual match scoring 289 of 300. The national pistol match winner was Frank Parmett of Burlington Kan with 285 of 300. Local items mention fishing in Minnesota visits to Rochester and Ames Elm training, births, medical notes and millinery news at Cadwey.
City, la Sept 20 Prace ptive has opened on Iowa field with an array of war conditioned talent. Coach Jones underlines strong veterans freshmen stars and capable subs from 1917. Notable players include Capt Ronald Beers of Waterloo. Slater Clinton high. Heidt Lyons. Foster Kellogg. White Harlan. Mockmore Wilton. Lohman Webster City. D Smith Fort Madison. Kelly Newton. Rich Maquoketa. Huntelman Marengo. Scott Ida Grove. Block Davenport. Everett Smith Fort Dodge. Killinger Ottumwa. Dyke Orange City. Practice includes rudimentary work then full drills in preparation for Sept 28 opener against Great Lakes naval training station.
Waterloo Gas Men organize a company wide bowling league to start Monday night at White Side alleys. Opening matches pit Old Foundry versus New Foundry, with players Clarence Mianahi Eddie Manahi Jack Morris and H. C. Heald on Old Foundry and Sylvester Grant George Prestins Will Morris and James Appley on New Foundry.
A three act Hawaii themed play by Howard DeKent at the Waterloo theatre Sunday evening centers on a Hawaiian dancer raised by a white woman and facing racial obstacles in love and society. The program highlights contrasting dramatic themes and a local cultural setting with emerging cross race relations. The Hillcrest Mystery, featuring Irene Castle, headlines the Palace theatre with action and thrills plus a Strand comedy and Hearst Pathe news.
In Independence on September 26 Frank Strickley’s sale drew high prices with horses up to 222.50, steers 119, corn 50 per acre and total receipts of 21,762.45. Strickley, preparing to enter the army, had most belongings sold. an exemption granted 60 days and he was later burned in effigy at Winthrop.
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