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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
5
Keokuk Iowa fans rally amid optimism for spring baseball with talks of new directors and fundraising. Secretary Sterne says finances will be ready by late January as local business leaders pledge support including Senator E P McManus who vows to help secure subscriptions within days.
The Waterloo bowling squad travels to Des Moines to face the Strong Dick Bros. in a second meeting after Waterloo won the first game in their city. Manager Hedlund has picked Des Moines’ top five to erase past defeats as Mission alleys host the match. Des Moines lineup Cofin Wagle Locker Isalvo Kelly or Martino. Waterloo lineup Jackman Mackin Palmer Thorsen Palmer.
Health notes stress kidneys as central to recovery from illness and warn of Brights disease. It promotes Dr Kilmer and Co Swamp Root as an ideal herbal remedy with free sample by mail and urges purchase through local druggists in two bottle sizes.
A Bresnahan case summary shows the St Louis club losing a valued asset for $66,500 in costs and mistaken handling by a woman owner. Bresnahan signs with the Cubs for three years after a disputed settlement with Murphy and Cardinal executives. John McGraw blasts women in management as unqualified for trades and policy. In Los Angeles Willie Ritchie says Wolgast must wait for a fair chance and that Billy Nolan guides his boxing career.
Fort Dodge Iowa January new system for awarding emblems and sweaters to high school athletes includes football basketball and track criteria. Football and basketball require 106 minutes of play plus consistent training to season end and emblems awarded to seniors at commencement. Track emblems require interscholastic meet participation and consistent training. sweaters follow the same senior awarding method. Selection is by the principal and coach.
Paris observes a quieter social scene as many regular patrons and figures are drafted to the Balkans conflict. Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian and Serbian residents and soldiers are scarce in the city’s famed venues, while students at Saint Cyr reportedly cross paths with rivals from opposing armies.
Monmouth manager Bert Hough secured seven players from the Galesburg Pavers for the 1913 Browns. Ducky Eberts, the 1912 Pavers manager, leads the list along with Anderson and others, in what fans call a plain business deal with signed papers. The purchase raises excitement as Monmouth eyes a pennant push once the season opens.
A review of Studying the Short Story companion to Writing the Short Story, praised for its instructional value and international story selections. The text, illustrated with art and notes, offers five criteria for selecting stories and includes works by Merimee Poe Kipling Hawthorne Maupassant and others.
The Jay Birds won two of three games from J M U at the Manahl alleys, narrowing the Owls’ lead in the Brunswick league race. HE Manahi led with a 212 single and 179 average, while Manahi of the I M A team had high score 201 and high average 167 for the defeated five.
Prince Arsene Kara Georgevitch, brother of King Peter of Servia, lived secretly in the Opera quarter after being wounded at Monastir. Known as Karn to intimates, he recalled daring war exploits during his years of poverty before King Alexander's death allowed his sons to return home.
Dr Arthur Holmes of the University of Pennsylvania argues in The Conservation of the Child that six million retarded and 150000 feeble minded children are in public schools with normal students. He cites a 1909 census noting 33.7 percent may leave school early and urges simple parent checks to identify normal development.
Helen W Henderson, compiler of The Art Treasures of Washington, praises the work for balancing old masters with younger artists. The book surveys Washingtons public galleries museums and statuary, noting its focus on public art while omitting many private collections.
Review of The Island of Beautiful Things by Will Allen Dromgoole. The southern author treats a love story set in the south narrated through a child and a hardened man who regains trust in humanity via a woman. L. C. Page & Company published it in Boston for $1.25 net.
Iowa City Admen lay plans to host the 1914 Associated Advertising clubs convention following officer elections. The local club will send a large delegation to the Iowa association in Waterloo in February and to the Baltimore national convention in June. New officers are C. H. Weller president C. A. Benner vice president and F. Hubner secretary-treasurer.
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