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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
7
A Chicago News writer cites reports from India describing women as confined and subservient. The accounts portray women as prisoners of arranged roles, deprived of wages, limited to household duties, and deprived of contact with their husbands' world, likened to caged animals.
An old Maine regional guide describes selecting a hedge hog for dinner preferring smaller males. It explains gut removal, stuffing with pork and potatoes, mint, and wild celery, then sealing in clay and cooking in hot coals for two hours noting the meat remains tender and white.
Wanted 11 experienced waitress for Carpenter hotel and a girl for general housework in a two person family from flat no washing. Also multiple property and sale notices including rooms, bungalow style home, and a 40-acre farm 12 miles from Strandquist Minnesota with land details and price. Alfred T. Anderson Strandquist Minn.
A curious note on an ant species building chains to join leaves, plus a legend of lace derived from a Venetian tale. Also a wry exchange about tombstone wording and a joke about keeping age a secret.
A concise reflection on forgetfulness and guilt following a late night justification, attributed to Lippincott's, highlighting the ache of remembered deception.
Miss Mae Sawyer spent Sunday in Jesup. Mr and Mrs Ford Smith and Hazel of Audavista Ind were guests at the Pfalzgraf home on State street. Victor Bredious of Des Moines visits his brother Frank E Bredious on Bayard street. Herman Bleckelberg and wife return to Vinton after visiting in the city. Mrs Martin Grady of Sixth Street West is bedfast with intestinal troubles and reported in ethical condition. Mrs C G Balliett and Miss Helene Balliett left for Chicago with plans to Mt Clemens Mich for a month. Mr and Mrs A R Markle enjoy a visit from daughter and husband Rufus Farrington of near Ottumwa who arrived in their Maytag car. roads reported in excellent condition.
Mr and Mrs W C Logan drove by Grinnell yesterday morning spending Sunday with friends in that city. They returned home this morning. The trip both going and coming was ideal. The roads were fine and the country presented its fairest and freshest frock to those who were permitted to invade the highways and byways of the countryside.
Mrs Louis Rommel visits Oelwein last Friday. Higbee couple in Waterloo. Mrs Karl Rich of Maynard visits her mother Dorland. Rev T D Franklin attends state Sunday school convention in Cedar Rapids. Numerous trips include Ward from Drake University and Will spend summer with Ward parents.
Lawrence Hodges explains in the Chicago Record-Herald that mental focus on rapid physical effort can divert blood flow to leg muscles, stopping a nosebleed. He cites experiments where imagining running up stairs or a hill quickly ends bleeding, with similar bodily responses when merely thinking of exertion.
The passage recalls Thomas Carlyle’s habit of smoking despite dyspepsia. A friend suggests smoking harms him. Carlyle quotes the doctors saying to quit, but he finds quitting worse and chooses to smoke and be miserable rather than stop.
Dr. Cole of Oelwein and Dr. Pewey of Moville visited Fairbank last week while G W McNeeley of Marshalltown worked with the Fairbank State Bank. Mrs. Feickelberg attended a Prthian convention in Sioux City. A local creamery picnic occurred at Blerschmitt Grove with a large turnout on an ideal day. Mrs Charters arrived from California en route to Sussex. J B Allen hosted Ben Franklin club members at a country home with a three course supper and fresh berries from their garden. Elevator tallies at the Black Hawk building showed 2150 public riders plus private use after hours. Hadys Resor, a West High graduate, joined her family at their country home northwest of town after Des Moines graduation events.
A rousing Echo meeting is planned at the First Baptist Church in Muscatine tonight with Waterloo Sunday school delegates to the Cedar Rapids convention to give five minute talks. Ministers and Sunday actual workers will share experiences while elementary teachers discuss topics of interest. The Boys band, Mia Elmo Bateman singing, and Lincoln circle quartet will perform as part of an event featuring several delegates and G A R veterans.
Ladies of the G A R plan a large Lincoln Circle delegation to attend a department meeting in the city.
Town residents are urged to inquire about capable sales people for a strong proposition. J P Summay and John T Goss Land Co invite inquiries at 70814 Sycamore St. for potential opportunities and partnerships.
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