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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1911
Page
5
Born to Mr and Mrs S A Asquith a girl eight and a half pounds. Residents and visitors share moves trips and funerals from Waterloo to La Porte Dunerton and Rochester. Neighbors recount drives weather and local sights including Waterino Lyric theater and trips to Chicago.
Parisian actress Mme Lanteime reportedly fell from a yacht near the Dutch border while vacationing with her husband Mons Alfred Haywards. He tried to save her but could not reach her body. Lanteime, hailed as the most photographed woman on the French stage, had recent success in Le Vieil Homme and En de Bot.
The Ellis Hotel plans a wide remodeling costing 10 000 to 15 000 dollars with new rooms enlarged lobbies moved and redecorated a larger banquet and dining area fixtures expanded staff sleeping quarters for employees and a private electric lighting system potentially adding a new story. The project will convert banquet space into flexible private dining areas and create guest rooms from former staff areas.
Floyd B. Des, 30, Rock Island conductor from Knoxville Indiana, slipped under a moving train in Evans yard five miles west of Oskaloosa this morning. Both legs were severed, body mangled. died at a local hospital. Survived by widow and one child.
New York financial brief shows banks hold 18,851,500 in excess reserves, up 92,950 from last week. Loans decline 3,331,000 while deposits fall 3,025,000 and circulation rises 219,000. trust companies hold 69,031,000 in vault reserves. J W Rath and family report an efficient Waterloo to Dixon to Chicago automobile trip with dinner in Dixon and plans for further travel.
A young attorney recalls a summer mission to rescue Miss Irene Benham from Miss Elizabeth Markley’s guardianship. He uncovers a half million dollar inheritance, gauges feeble mindedness claims, and stages a clandestine transfer using coded messages and a nighttime escape to place the heiress under lawful care.
Witnesses describe a party in the quarantine green room at Staten Island where Col George E Waring ashes from a cremation were dumped from a window into a gin Rickey after washing the urn. The tale includes permits signed without an authorized health officer present and other rowdy behavior during the yellow fever era.
List of names alphabetically arranged under advertised mail at Water loo Iowa for July 26 1911. Names include Mrs Simon Anderson Miss Kathryn Back Miss Sadie Bailey Mrs W G Benninger Mrs M E Bixby and many others. Also includes numerous male recipients and several foreign sounding names.
The fragment lists individuals Lund Aleksendra Kisells Carmel Lindono Zofilja Wismieweka Nete Coneff Pat Carroll and Hiner Mikketso associated with W. R. Law, P. M. within a public notices context. Details on roles or actions are not provided in the readable text.
A London Standard note explains that a group led by Germax formed a syndicate of fishers in 1865, valuing stones at £12000 that year, while raine figures and current industry fortunes are described as history and moderate estimates.
London Chronicle reports on fears of premature burial involving Harriet Martineau who left £10 to her doctor to ensure her bed was decapitated before burial and Edward Yates who left £20 for his jugular treatment. Lady Burton ordered that her body be pierced with a needle before any death certification and subjected to post mortem checks.
A Baltimore American quote notes Miss Grimmage won in a breach of promise case as her lawyer exposed the defendant as a low down contemptible specimen of humanity, leading to a jest that she congratulated herself on losing him.
A quirky exchange reads like a phonetic dialogue about Billy and a jay. A nurse explains why she watches the thermometer on the wall closely, noting the doctor’s orders to give another quinine dose if the temperature rises.
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