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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1911
Page
7
A discussion on how nerves affect households compares nervous illness to microbes, urging early training, regular routines, and reduced overstimulation. It covers heredity, school strain, adult overwork, and the need for calm home life with steady habits to curb degenerative nerve issues.
Locke returned from a business trip in the east. Cass went to Charles City on business. Harmon Buckley of Dubuque is visiting Waterloo. Gertrude Orvis granted a divorce from Charles Orvis. Thompson traveled to Nashua. Mrs. White of Oelwein in the city on business. Mrs. Casebeer ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Hummel reported not well. Higbee of Fairbank visiting Waterloo. Hope Martin back from Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Deputy Sheriff Raymond served papers near LaPorte City. Mrs. Gaston to Davenport to visit sister. Mrs. Purdy of Independence visiting. Glen Dudley Osage en route to Cedar Rapids. Miss Cora Myers from Denver staying with Cable. Lincoln birthday observed by bank closing Monday. Streetcars briefly without power due to low steam. Dedraeger family guests of DeJaeger. Sioux City team in Waverly for game. McDonald to speak at good roads meeting. Fleming fined for speeding. fine suspended. Bur ris McGregor fined for drunkenness. suspended. Fire alarm from Conger and Broadway. no loss. Rock Island case set for trial Monday. Rock Island derailment near Waverly Junction. four hours late. cattle killed. engine damage. Post office to observe Lincoln’s Birthday with shortened hours. Interurban collision near M C A. no injuries. Rock Island schedule change improves Cedar Rapids connection. Christensen Sorensen painters dissolve partnership. Sorensen joins Nicholason. firm to be Nicholinson & Co. Wet weather forecast. potential rain or snow. prior heavy snow.
Benton Harbor Mich Feb 11 Representatives of the Canadian government T H B Carpenter of Winona Ontario and H H Griffith of Grimley Ontario completed a tour of the Michigan fruit belt for reciprocity information and came away enthusiastically in favor of the regime reciprocity agreement.
President Taft spoke on reciprocity with Canada during a trip to Champaign and criticized anti reduction criticisms. He argued the agreement would boost commerce, stabilize wheat markets, and expand U S economic strength by uniting North American trade rather than political union.
A fragment asserts that lasting union will persist as beneficial effects for both countries become widely felt, leaving little motive for separation. The quote emphasizes popular acceptance of unity due to perceived easy gains for all involved.
A Chicago Milwaukee St Paul locomotive blew open in front of a Sioux City round house this morning and sped through yards for four miles before colliding with a freight train. No injuries reported.
Cedar Rapids Iowa February 11 John Harper longtime janitor at Taylor school dies from blood poisoning after a scratch on his thumb.
Shell Rock notes list visits by Hawley Smith and Dr. W H Smith family, Felix McLarnan of Kanagan City in Nashua after his father’s death, Guy Loyd and Mrs Claude Bell visitors from West Concord Minnesota, birth of a boy to Mr and Mrs Alfred McInroy, Alta Dickin returning from Chicago China painting lessons, Mrs M Whitaker buying the McInroy property near the Baptist church, first of March possession. A double wedding at Mr and Mrs H J Wilson home with Ferrol Wilson marrying Clarence Reiher and Zella Wilson marrying Fred Harvey. W L Omex ill with inflammatory rheumatism. Waring Novelty Co visits opera house. About 35 relatives celebrate 25th wedding anniversary at Amick home. M E church youths enjoy sleigh ride and basket social at Miss Blanche Blake’s three miles from town.
In Wausau Wisconsin on February 11 a grandfather and his great grandmother obtained a marriage license to wed. Michael Wentland of Cassel and Mrs Helen Clejniczak of Hmmet are the couple. He is 66 and she is 7 and twice a widow.
A historical anecdote from A Princess of Strategy recalls the Duchesse du Maine at Sceaux during the regency. While ill she complained the doctor did not cure her fast enough and asked what forced her to live in seclusion. The doctor replied that her court of forty to fifty people at the chateau amounted to seclusion.
A man recounts his five year struggle with battoning his wife's dress and the failed attempt to make a back button shirt. He jokes that his wife told him to button the top and leave the rest, noting they would not show when coat is on.
In a tale from Disraeli’s Egypt meetings recounted in Mr Monypenny’s biography Mehemet Ali declares he will have a parliament and as many as England’s king. He shows two hats bearing names and explains he will elect his parliaments himself to avoid confusion.
Conversation between Mrs Lazenbee and Mr Lazenbee revolves around a clock in need of fixing. Mrs Lazenbee directs to fetch the clock while Mr Lazenbee jokes that it must have run down, reflecting light domestic humor.
A light, humorous Chicago Tribune snippet shows Sarah Brum and Sarah Bellum banter about hats. Destiny and free will swirl in a playful, philosophical aside as Lise Faell remarks on scenarios.
A trio of English travelers in a German hotel discover the prince’s bath misused as they escape a hot dust-filled stay. Parker Wilks and narrator narrate the prank and the final crossing from the country, claiming to have “done” Germany at last.
New York, Feb 11. Andrew Carnegie, visiting editor J A Bletcher, told young women at Leslie-Fudge Co about millionaire wives. He said many are unhappy, lacking mental resources despite luxuries, and urged usefulness to the community. He warned wealth should come from useful labor. RK F Wentworth of A G Case & Co Bank of Nashua was in Waterloo yesterday on business.
General Berthold and his insurgents retook Mexicali today prompting Mexican officials to cross into the United States. Berthold then crossed the border to confer with Captain Babcock of U S troops stationed just across the line in Calexico County.
The town clubs plan a Valentine social at the Y M C A Tuesday evening with novel entertainments and refreshments led by Miss Lulu Barnes. The event is free to all attendees. Separately, Fred McCutchen of Equity Fire Insurance and Guarantee Hall Insurance announces a new eastern-state branch with headquarters in Sioux City and J F Paige named eastern manager for the Wat elo office.
The National Independent Telephone Association, at its annual convention in Chicago, rejected a Morgan interests merger with Bell. It called for government regulation of telephone rates and reaffirmed commitment to independent telephony and the integrity of the independent system.
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