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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1911

Page

7

Cipher note triggers a jealous ruse and reveal

In a domestic tale Mrs. Ackley scans a cipher found in her husband’s pocket. She decodes a message through number letters and date cues, fears infidelity, and confronts him after a day of tension. The cipher ties to a safe combination, prompting a dramatic office scene and a finally quiet reconciliation.

Mrs. Ackley Afr. Ackley Alice Aba Abe Allea Aline Wen Ackley Ackley

Wheat and cattle markets rally as futures turn higher

In Chicago market news, wheat rebounds after a drop with July at about 87, aided by firmer foreign exchange and a smaller Trans Atlantic visible supply. Corn and oats show gains, hog and pork values slip on lower hog prices, while weather prospects favor Iowa and Illinois. Livestock bids in St Louis reflect steady cattle and hog demand with moderate receipts. Chicago hogs close 6 to 10 cents lower and cattle steady to firm across categories.

Chicago Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska S&r Nah Bay Mateo Iowa Weather and Crop Service

Kansas City Live Stock Market Opens Steady to Lower

Kansas City market opened about five cents lower with 15 000 head on sale. Native steers Western and southern slaughter classes traded around 4.75 to 6.20 per hundredweight, cows and heifers 3.60 to 6.10, stockers and feeders 5.25 to 8.75. Omaha and Chicago receipts and prices follow, with mixed hogs and sheep showing shifts and various bids across major markets.

ST_ LOUIS T. Louis Chicago Beevers Texas Kansas City Omaha Neb

Hoffman Accuses Wife and Cashier

Hoffman left for Pennsylvania to confront his wife last Friday and has not returned by noon today. The Bourquin family and Hoffman households have long been close, with rumors tying Mrs Hoffman eastward to Bourquin’s disappearance and cash transfers. Bourquin’s real estate was transferred to his wife, with about $40,000 in assets, including a brick block, stores, a residence, other lots, and a Minnesota farm. Various theories exist about his absence, from wandering mental distress to possible foul play or a meeting with an affinity.

Hoffman Pennsylvania Waterloo Bourduin Bourquin Famifiles Bouraniy Thin Allison Minnesota France Canada

Town Talk Notes and Weather Bulletin Report

Town gossip items from Waterloo and nearby towns list visits, graduations, births, and social happenings. Also included is a Des Moines weather and crop bulletin detailing an unusually hot early June with scant rainfall, crop conditions, and regional plant progress.

Bulvatin Des Moines

Band concert and fire cream supper at M E church

Community event report notes a band concert and a fire cream supper at the M E church tonight. The piece then includes a paragraph on the torpedo fish known as electricus, its electric shock, and how it can stun prey. a separate quip from St Nicholas about veracity and a London Mail exchange between a postmaster and villagers.

M. E. Church Nile St Nicholas London Mail

Fragmentary Detroit Free Press item on boarders ad face

Fragmented text mentions a pleased expression on a woman’s face and her daughter, with a Detroit Free Press reference and an ad for boarders at a corner location with a phone number. The readable content is incomplete and unclear.

Detroit Free Freas

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