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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
4
Chicago market notes cool wet weather and weak cables weighing on grains. Wheat slides with July near 1 8 lower. corn and oats rise briefly on demand then retreat. Hog and cattle futures mixed as packer demand steadies. St Louis and Kansas City stockers show varied strength amid unsettled prices.
Boston reports morning session on the church's role in social work at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. Hog market figures show prices opening 5 cents lower than Saturday's average as meetings continued on mission topics and market details.
Reports from Arkansas Illinois Missouri and Iowa show varied fruit conditions with peaches promising a large crop in De Queen while damage from drought hits berries in Missouri. Cooler weather lowers lemon values and prompts firmer prices for certain fruits as navels remain dull unless sound.
The Chautauqua ticket contest offers a trip to Niagara Falls plus $21 in expenses to the top seller of season tickets by June 28 and a $25 prize to the second top seller. Adult tickets rise to $3 and child tickets to $1.50 after June 28.
An article describes a fraud where an indelible pencil leads dissolved in water to color the back of a yellow diamond blue, fooling experts. It notes the trick is risky, can land a violator in prison, and mentions how alcohol baths remove the pigment, leaving the gem appearing flawless.
A dramatic tale follows Mr. Van Rockagan, a reclusive magnate in a palatial private tower, plotting to concentrate all U S wealth under one ruler. He enlists Colonel Whistleton to abduct young Harrihill and corral him to a Dismal swamp stronghold as the first step toward total power, while denying justice and exploiting political machinery.
A corrupt colonel and businessman schemes to exploit a mysterious nutrient tablet that sustains a prisoner without food. A ten year old boy delivers a tablet, the tablet is traced to Berthelow, and Dr Beckendorf confirms a cheap nourishment method. Rockagan seizes Harrihill railroad securities and asserts control.
The car owner and Mrs. Evely’s party clash over speed after a Friday night collision on a narrow turnpike. The car man says slow speed, immediate stop, unaware of a woman in the buggy. Evely contends the auto was fast and did not turn aside. No serious injuries, but the buggy is damaged and potential action is uncertain.
Firemen attended two separate flare ups near Burton and Parker avenues and at Matt Parrott Sons printing cellar. A telephone pole blaze prompted patrols and no flames spread to nearby structures until company staff took charge.
Waterloo Cubs edged the Waterloo Racycles 3 to 2 in a twelve inning baseball thriller on the S C shop grounds. Batteries: Cubs Boyer and Wagner. Racycles Voorhees and Marietta.
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