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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1911
Page
6
Unsettled weather with possible showers in Iowa TiMnets and South Dakota, warmer in northeast. Chicago wheat and corn futures up then steady as shorts cover. Hog and cattle markets open steady to firm in St Louis Kansas City and Omaha with varied receipts. Chicago produce and hog estimates show steady demand and current prices.
Local Waterloo items report baseball from the Waterloo Independent heading to Fieldo ra for weekend games. Daily weather and Cedar River levels easing. Markets show wheat corn oats and live stock prices in New York, Minneapolis, and Waterloo arrays with farm hay egg butter and meat quotes. Community notices include meetings, visits, travel, and social events across Waterloo and nearby towns.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will probe regulations for transporting explosives and other dangerous articles, examining express and railway company rules with the first hearing set for October 11 in Washington. Also noted are a series of staff injuries and assignments across Illinois Central, Baltimore and Ohio, and Wangler Bros among others.
The familiar robin redbreast title now travels in North America with a targeted thrush, Jamaica hosts a small crimson throated kingfisher, and in British Guiana a ground starling carries the name, reflecting regional naming shifts and color cues.
A London Bellman summary notes how King George V faces many prohibitions and procedural rules. Etiquette bars audiences with foreign monarchs without a minister, restricts accepting gifts, and forbids personal letters outside family. He must withdraw from clubs, cannot join Free Masonry, and needs Parliament consent for royal marriages. The king’s legal role is limited. proclamations rely on existing law, and he cannot alter common law or slash new offenses. He cannot arrest felons, lose action costs, and is barred from land rights after sixty years or serving on juries. Corody and ecclesiastical prerogatives have faded, and the crown reigns but does not govern. Parliament holds taxes and new officer fees, and the monarch lacks voting rights. The piece reflects on the theory of constitutional monarchy.
A playful science note explains liquids act as having pores. When fifty parts water mix with fifty parts alcohol the volume drops from a hundred to ninety four. An experiment uses inverted glasses and a paper seal to show alcohol soaking into water, colored for visibility, with air bubbles rising and a growing air space.
John W. Horney recounts an afternoon visit to Lincoln as a caller seeks a pardon for a private soldier sentenced to death for desertion. The cabinet was in session. the woman returns with news the president woke, signed the pardon, and the soldier's life was saved, later told as an Anecdote of Public Men.
A patchwork of jokes and wry lines from a historical page references Pat Carr an Irishman teased by an Englishman about being a “frat car” and carries various quips about marrying consulting stars and daily life. The snippets parody humor columns and want ads with a mix of misheard phrases.
Dr Wayne M Shirley Waterloo physician to marry Clara Guam former Waterloo milliner in Carroll Monday evening. Quiet home ceremony followed by informal reception for relatives and friends. They will honeymoon briefly then return to Waterloo to make their future home at the Ellis. Dr Shirley active in local medical society and Rush medical college graduate.
Ivy poisoning results from oily pollen from ivy and poison oak. Dr. Berryhill of the U S Navy recommends washing with hot water and soap, then drying and flushing with alcohol or whisky if needed. Some immunity exists. exposure during warm seasons increases risk. The condition is a skin rash, not blood disease, and alcohol relief can help those exposed.
Announcement by General Passenger Agent Craig indicates plans to restore the morning northbound train on the Chicago Great Western through Waterloo within weeks. Aimed at aiding travelers from Kansas City and Des Moines and enabling connections at Oelwein, it promises convenience and potential profitability pending formal approval.
A playful Detroit Free Press quote questions a father's consistency with Supreme Court decisions. It links good manners to small concessions and personal restraint, reflecting the era's bite and wit.
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