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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
8
A burglar breaks into a home to steal a silver service but argues with the owner about moral causes. The pair discuss poverty, law, and corruption as the burglar is arrested. A judge later uses his influence to place the man in political office, revealing a critique of graft and status.
A Washington Post anecdote recalls Tom Corwin's first congressional win told from a farmer’s tale. An opponent’s nightgown blunder shifted a whole household to Corwin, the farmer’s family voting as a unit after the host and wife saw the rival in bed in a nightshirt.
Geologists at The Hague discussed earth structure with Professor Weichert asserting a central iron core about 5,580 miles in diameter, wrapped by a rocky shell and a near surface liquid layer. He notes scarce deep metal deposits and suggests ore bodies form near the surface. Other sections cover hiccough remedies from medical journals and practical sneezing relief.
A rock hole near Horn Head, County Donegal, Ireland, called McSwiney’s gun, allegedly connects to a sea cavern. When the north wind rises and the sea is half flood, waves blast into the cavern sending water jets over 100 feet high, with accompanying explosions audible for miles.
A political manager clashes over crediting an official with a presidential boom. The exchange shows strategic rhetoric aimed at angling for leverage and complicating the rival’s position.
A Washington Star quip underscores caution in signing documents. Dustin Stax cautions against hastily writing one’s name on any deed or instrument. The exchange frames prudence in personal accountability and record-keeping.
A Swift aphorism notes that a wise man who withholds counsel a rich man who withholds charity and a poor man whose labor is idle are nuisances in a commonwealth. The quote emphasizes civic duty across social strata.
At Elgin on August 25 two race accidents broke up the day's events. F. E. Radina suffered a broken ankle when a Cino car burst a tire and struck a tree. Raimey escaped injury after being thrown from his machine. Fred Robillard's Staver Chicago also broke a tire and hit a telegraph pole, injuring neither driver.
The four masted schooner George M. Grant sailing from New Haven to Norfolk went ashore off Rock Point in fog. Life savers reached the grounded vessel and found her resting easy with the captain hopeful to float her at high tide. Also noted is the return of A. A. Young and I. E. Lee from Niagara Falls after attending the Associated Fraternities meeting.
Local judge E J O Connor Jean Risk visit. Several residents travel for family visits and funerals while others relocate or plan trips to the state fair. Judge Bratt fines Andrew Miller fifty dollars for giving liquor to a minor and urges lawful future conduct.
Mrs. Lara Emeline Blatherwick aged 94 of Des Moines died at 8 p.m. after a long illness at her daughter Mrs. F E Lyman’s home. Born June 19 1817 at Catanovia New York she married Mark Blatherwick at 18 and pioneer years carried her to northern Ohio then Galina Kansas. Funeral services expected Saturday and burial in Salina Kansas.
At a headquarters committee meeting in South Dakota the Anti-Saloon League adopted resolutions condemning Secretary Knox for urging a Chicago based International Brewers Congress and Secretary Wilson for agreeing to act as honorary president. The panel urged President Taft and federal secretaries to reconsider and withhold support to curb alcohol promotion.
Readable fragments describe a temperature note for August 25 with markings and timestamps from Buchanan Optical Co Syndicate Blork. The text is garbled but indicates a recorded temperature and time references early morning.
German Veterans meet in Omaha for the national gathering September 1 to 5 with twenty thousand members from Nebraska to North and South Dakota. Hear Champ Clark at Syndicate Theatre Friday at 8 p.m. Henry Anderson reports a burglary two weeks ago with $300 stolen and a note promising return all but $10 found in his kitchen.
C J Stoy of 222 Tammond Avenue reports to the Courier tales from a Transecendant crab apple tree. A twig a foot long held eighteen apples and the young tree could bear ten bushels if fruit had not been removed to prevent breakage. His plum trees are also heavily laden with large fruit.
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