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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1913
Page
1
Nonsensical OCR text references plans for basketball games and mentions teams and dates in a garbled form. The readable fragments indicate preparation and scheduling activities around a sports event, with no clear outcomes or participants to verify.
Fragmented OCR text notes Paga defeats Wal and Milbo Ginn. It mentions this week’s schedule with afternoon events in Laos and Columbus. References Town Dairy, Times-Tribune, Murerin and Sulli, coal, cheap ronls, and a phone line 718 for a tildivertisement.
The article outlines Ames college involvement with the Missouri Valley and Big Nine discussions, including Nebraska, Iowa, and Cedar Falls. It notes Ames invited to participate in the meet, schedule considerations, and gymnastics tryouts led by Irving Mode with events in parallel bars and rings.
In Ames a waterlogged area prompted city officials and residents to assess the site. The report notes examination by the public works department and concerns raised by local residents about safety and access.
A garbled text fragment with mixed phrases and no coherent narrative. It reads like a stream of names and terms without clear events dates places or actions to summarize. No identifiable subjects or outcomes emerge from the legible content.
Rebels fired on a rainbound train traveling from San Luis Potosi toward Tampico. Many were killed or crippled as they rode the cars under gunfire. The attackers fled Tampico by air after more than three days of pursuit.
In Anamosa on December 4, a heated marshalship race continues as candidates Horna and Ra clash amid factionalStrife. Widespread dissatisfaction among party leaders surfaces as supporters maneuver for the appointment.
An account of a Ladies Aid fair at the Coupe First Baptist Church feature tent where Miss Emily Lawson wields a winning kiss sign. The kissing booth earns $43 in two nights. A man named Peter F L Broderick posed as a pressman, but was exposed by facial stubble after a rushed shave failure.
A partial scribble describes women needing to pack and suffering dizziness dull headaches and kidney bladder trouble. It mentions taking a remedy labeled as directed with initials F BAS and notes some unclear instructions.
Des Maines reports saloon consent petitions have circulated since the saloons were legal in the county. The Toealy saloon and brett petitions will be filed Thursday with the saloon headquarter to coordinate. Local leaders caution information on the petitions is limited and may be released at a later time.
A garbled local item reports a near drowning incident involving an aviator and a bystander. The readable portions mention a drowning event, a person named Charisiofersay, and references to water, lines, and a bed or area described as sad.
Fragmentary text discusses eyesight issues and a remedy. Mentions Sper and Poe Setouts Ba Pte with references to piety, city, and remedies. Nonsensical phrasing and garbled terms appear throughout.
Omaha dispatch reports a speed race among transcontinental railroads to win government mail contracts. Northern routes link New York to San Francisco via Buffalo Cleveland Chicago Omaha and more, while southern lines run New York to St Louis Kansas City and San Francisco with Pennsylvania Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe.
Two meetings of importance will be held in Waterloo this evening. The Town Criers club advertising section will meet at the Klis hotel with three speakers J A Towneley Elmer Gilan and Walter Kreebern. Waterloo Bank Clerks plan a regular recitation that has become a night school of finance.
Oakland California. Rev Franklin Hart of St. Descal Church cites three main reasons men avoid church. He notes wealth and power structures exclude them, theoretical talk replaces practicality, and business and social duties keep men at home on Sundays.
Fragmentary note reports a Monday morning gathering involving William Mowtury, Choate Sl Darrow, and the executive committee of the Contrel Labor in this city. It mentions a train arrival and upcoming appearance by Mr Arraw with the committee.
Plum Pudding by Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill offers a loaf shaped dessert for holiday feasts. It includes currants figs almonds and lemon rind with a steam bake and sauce. directions call for flour spices milk eggs and baking powder.
A labor figure will be escorted to the Ellis, designated as his Waterloo headquarters, as preparations are made for a reception. Reverend Holling will introduce the speaker at the Congregational church tonight.
York reports Atts. Chauih Kosakoff lives at 116 with a burial shroud kept near her bed. Friends marked her birthday while noting she remains serene at the Daughters of Israel home amid many residents. A party proposal of 2784 kisses was dropped for practicality. In Sibley a 14-year-old girl dies after a child’s accidental .22 rifle discharge.
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