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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1911
Page
4
A Boston Post article explores water’s extreme incompressibility and surprising tensile strength, recounting Berthelot’s glass-tube experiment, the concept of cohesive forces, and how liquids resist both compression and separation while questioning the limits of molecular adhesion in everyday matter.
A vintage guide explains safe pocket choices to deter theft in crowds. It notes the breast pocket inside the waistcoat as the safest, with a folded flap, and the left hand trouser pocket as a better option than the right. It warns that pickpockets work with screens and use crowd jostling to distract.
A duchess gives a minor cameo as a gift to a rich friend. The giver learns the trinket, once dismissed, is ancient and valuable, worth 200 francs, found among a set of presents, revealing that generosity can reveal worth unseen.
A four year old misreads a photo of her absent father, insisting he lacks legs. The humor shifts to a weather predictor that never works, then to a West Point dinner anecdote about Washington’s flawless strategy and a tale of Tom White, ruined by one misread letter from his stenographer.
Lord Hervey praised the Duchess of Queensberry for a striking white satin dress. The petticoat featured brown hills with old tree stumps and brown chenille, entwined with nasturtiums ivy honeysuckles periwinkles convolvuluses and twisting vines. Leaves shone with gold, and some stumps resembled gilded suns.
In London Punch style dialogue a cautious lodger chats with his landlord. The landlord recalls a varied career from hen taming to knife throwing and his wife’s risky acts. He switched to a safe job as a steeplejack, noting life’s fragility and avoiding further danger.
A humorous exchange centers on a wife offended by a remark about her new home bought on installments. The piece shows quick quips on anecdotes and language, including a boy Josh labeling insects and a misused phrase about a horse.
A fragmented old note quotes a parent lamenting the expense of their daughter’s piano and questions of neighborly disputes. It hints at money matters, a possible court or want ad as a remedy, and references Epicurus on wealth and opinion.
Waterloo firms and national firms reserve record exhibit space for the Iowa State Dairy convention and Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo October 9 to 14. Machinery halls feature floor booths, railings, and open grounds with large crowds expected. emphasis on educational value and farm industry connections. Exhibitors include Creamery Package Mfg Co, Union Mills, Deer names appear among many Iowa and Chicago firms. The event encourages early reservations for prime locations on coliseum floors and the 12 acre grounds.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Thornbury of the Northey farm seven miles northeast of Waterloo mourn the death of their baby daughter Adele born January 17 1919 and died this morning at 9 30 the funeral is set for Thursday at 10 o clock Rev Drake will conduct the services and burial will be in Mt Hope cemetery
At the annual meeting the society added new members including Ida M Hartman born 1860 in Pennsylvania who joined in 1871, Robert Sterling born 1850 in Illinois in 1864, Mrs S J Laurence born 1852 in New York in 1855, J W Krapfel born 1842 in Bavaria in 1871, Mrs J W Krapfel born 1865 in Iowa in 1865, J Naylor born 1836 in Pennsylvania in 1RAR, David Allison born 1842 in Ohio in 1871, Elmer Schulyer born 1875 in Iowa in 1975, and Simon Shaulla born 1844 in Pennsylvania.
A stream of society tidbits and notices: visits by Mrs Arthur Boysen and family from St. Louis. Miss Veronica Finley returning from Perryville Wis. Mrs J W Krapfel improving after illness. the Alford party to Chicago for the aviation meet. Rev H G Beeman officiating at Ray Ross funeral. Ruth and Jessie Brown returning to Oak Park Ill. camping trip by Earl Ross Ralph Bickerberg and Harry Reed. Mrs Cecil Kell returning to Ann Arbor Mich. Miss Genevieve Burling taking stenography job at Gates Liffring. Walter Shoemaker and father touring Yellowstone. Lydia Tanner back at Galloway offices. Miss Mary Wagner visiting 301 South St. Miss Edith Jennings visiting Barnes Minn. Miss Mabel Jennings filling in at Hoxie Brown. Dr Harry Brown home from two weeks in Twin Cities. funeral for Harold Reinhold Schmidt. Annie I Hillman and son Worth visiting Chicago. Courier baseball team and Knights of Columbus nine playing Red Cedar park tonight.
Mrs John Mergens of Orange Town Ship is in serious condition after a gasolene explosion while cleaning with gasoline yesterday afternoon. Her lower limbs and arms were badly burned and flesh peeled away, with further injury when a ring was removed. Despite intense suffering, recovery is believed possible. The Mergens family are well to do farmers with several children.
George W. Campbell, 22, died this morning from injuries from an interurban wreck in Fort Dodge Iowa last Thursday. His body was taken to his parents home at Grimes for burial.
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