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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1911
Page
5
The Illinois Central shops machinists plan a day of games races and contests at Sans Souci park with 350 expected attendees. Prizes range from 3 to 19 dollars and events include swimming running sack tug of war boat races and a pie eating contest.
Weekly statement reports $16,854,450 in excess reserves above legal requirements, up $7,711,749 from last week. Loans fell $13,734,000 while circulation rose $22,002,000 and deposits declined $8,083,000. Banks hold $439,298,000 in aggregate vault reserves. trust companies add $69,851,000.
Richmond July 22 Henry Clay Beattie Jr under arrest denies the signed statement by cousin Paul Beattie that he bought the shotgun used in the alleged murder. He calls the charges and details absolutely untrue in every particular. He sent the message to his father stating his innocence and challenging the accuser’s account.
William A Radford outlines bungalow appeal for suburban and summer cottages. The article describes a 35 by 36 foot low, broad-eaved, verandaed single story design, cost around 2800 dollars, with cement plaster or shingles finishes and six rooms including three bedrooms.
The article recounts Hippocrates known as the Father of Medicine born on Cos around 70 BC and living about ninety years. It cites his era’s prominent figures and presents the Hippocratic oath with vows to heal, teach, preserve patient trust, and avoid poison.
In New York a store owner who had forty shoes stolen from his window issued a playful offer. He promises to give twenty shoes to the thief who brings back twenty, to pair with the remaining twenty, describing it as a fair proposition for any thief.
Frans Jensen sues Larry Lanigen in district court over a cigar and lighted match allegedly loaded with explosive material. The complaint claims the cigar exploded, injuring Jensen’s face eyes and nervous system with permanent damage and impairment of eyesight. Damages sought total 3000 dollars, with 2000 claimed in losses.
Patrolman John F. McSweeney, the force’s senior member, was suspended after allegedly striking a drunken escapee while the prisoner was recaptured near the Pythian temple. Complainant Burr Lichty filed charges with Chief Dinneen, and McSweeney may request a trial before civil service commissioners, with a hearing set for Monday at 1 p.m. in City Hall.
Superintendent W B Causay of the Chicago Great Western arrived from Des Moines at noon and conferred with city officials on the recently passed ordinance ordering laymen at crossings. The company will not oppose the ordinance and aims to understand expectations.
A Victorian tale attributes rounded knife ends to Cardinal Richelieu after a guest used a pointed blade at table. To avoid future incidents, Richelieu ordered knife points blunted, and by the century’s end pointed table knives were universally replaced.
Professor Charles Scanlon, general secretary of the temperance committee of the Presbyterian general assembly, is appointed by President Taft as a delegate to the Congress on Alcoholism at The Hague. He sails from New York August 3 for Naples and travels through Italy Switzerland France and Germany before visiting the British Isles. He seeks input from Dr. Robert C. Weatenberg of Waterloo's First Presbyterian Church, which the pastor has forwarded.
Galveston July 22 a sea cow believed to be one of the largest ever captured and the only one in captivity was brought to Laguna Madre near Brownsville. Twenty feet long the manatee resisted capture then calmed in confinement after thirty men helped land it. The animal resembles a young whale with a cowlike head and paddlelike fore limbs.
In Judge's Library Ellis O. Jones argues tradition shapes moral and social norms. Without forefathers or historic figures Adam and Eve faced a lack of guidance, needing to create history themselves to learn standards, laws, and civic duties. The piece satirically contrasts absence of tradition with imagined need for shared heritage.
A long prose reflection on heredity, blood as a truth about character and lineage, and the idea that environment and willpower shape destiny. It cites horses and famous families to argue that bloodlines reveal traits yet human choice can override inheritance.
Wilbur Knepper undergoes appendectomy at noon after hospital transport from 1143 South Street. Cedar Falls reporter W A Ceperly moves to Des Moines to join Capital News staff. Several Waterloo and area residents visit or reconnect with hometowns, plus Clayton J Whipple associated with Pierce Arrow in Cleveland visits. A local boy wins a watch from the Saturday Evening Post for selling the most papers in July.
The Oelwein Register reports the death of Mrs Valentine Loeb a former Fox township resident near Oelwein Iowa She was active that morning and after breakfast was stricken with heart failure and died within minutes Her prior illness had been ongoing but the death was sudden No funeral details were learned.
Real estate ad lists several houses with modern features and generous lots. Includes qi 16 room barn property near school and streetcar line priced at 4200, another near school priced 2500 on west side, and a 6 room modern house with 100 by 140 lot offered at 8600.
Dr Francis Ward built a pond with an observation chamber to photograph fish in their natural state. He found many silvery fish are actually reflections of surroundings, appearing as ghosts unless light changes reveal them. The piece notes the pike could detect prey when the pond’s surface altered the reflections. In another notice WM Anibal funeral services are Sunday at 2 30 pm. Mrs J B Ogle returns from St Paul and Dawson Minn and Ruth Eggabroad joins as guest. A separate report from La Grange Ga notes a man named Charles Reese killed three people and wounded four before killing himself.
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