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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
10
Jack and Kate awaken to a hidden white house with a fragrant dinner waiting. They explore a warm kitchen and dining room set for two, discover bedrooms and toys with their names, and meet the fairy who declares the home theirs to protect and guide them toward happiness.
Two friends sail aboard a liner to Cherbourg. One man, stingy and ironic, asks the other to step on deck so he can undress. After a quarrel the generous friend leaves, finding the other in a Christmas tree outfit with a boudoir cap.
Anamosa report details two smooth talking promoters selling 8000 acres in Texas Panhandle with an 38000 acre tract and 2000 acre orchard plan. Investors pay 10 and receive 100 shares in an orchard company amid calls for 100000 registrations with no fixed allotment date. Critics call the prospectus lavish and misleading and no farmer took the bait.
Muscatine, July 16. Col. Frederick Welker, 80, famed for defending the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh, died at his home after four months illness. He served as captain and major in Missouri and Tennessee units, retired as colonel, led veteran and rifle groups, born April 19, 1834 in Germany, married Ida Mary Sawyer in 1893, survived by sister Mrs. Chris Koch of St. Louis.
Burlington July 16. Calliope music on excursion steamers triggers 200 Mississippi Pearl Hut ton company workers to refuse work. Matt Brothers files an injunction to stop calliope music during hours and seeks $500 damages for loss of service of young female employees.
Ida Grove residents push a municipal plunge project with a $1,600 fund already raised and expected to be matched soon. Business leaders spearhead the plan to donate a central triangular parcel for the new venture and seek council approval.
Funds raised cover excavation and pool construction. The pool will be 100 feet by 50 feet with depths from 2 to 10 feet. A nearby $16,000 manufacturing plant sits 160 feet above ground and discharges 50,000 gallons of warm water daily into the sewer, to be piped into the reservoir.
Des Moines July 16. The state executive council will close hearings on assessment matters today after hearing from express companies and completing the hearing on freight lines and other property. Telegraph and telephone lines likely have no discussion. Some surprise was voiced that no protest against last year’s actions came from individuals beyond railroad representatives.
Marshalltown July 16 Hardy A Friend a well known local youth is held on a 2000 bond to appear before the district court on a serious offense charged by Hazel White The pair previously sparked a sensational elopement attempt last December when they went to Chicago to marry amid concerns over the girl's youth
The article reports the charge against Friend, son of A. M. Friend vice president of the First National bank, for a crime alleged in Foley on November 18, 1913. It notes Friend’s denial of guilt and recalls a past Des Moines incident involving Mrs Gladys Perkins Deverdorf over a diamond ring. It also mentions Friend's vaudeville and motion picture theater in the city.
Representative Maurice Connolly at the Willard cites a man described by Henry Allen as endlessly seeking to identify everyone he meets. The exchange highlights the subject's relentless social pursuit and fixated need to know all acquaintances.
A Washington Post quip recalls a guitarist who, famed by many names, drew laughs in Denver. A prank telegram asked for an explanation of two strangers not knowing him, and the man replied that while some knew him by aliases, others knew him by his real name.
This week Wakefield’s Blackberry Balsam is advertised as a reliable remedy for diarrheal illnesses. The promotion urges shoppers to buy 35c per bottle or two dollars for a case, claiming nine years of trusted use and urging preparation for summer ailments.
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