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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1913
Page
4
William A Radford extols a large family home design with front and back stairs, multiple bedrooms with closets, and integrated washrooms. The kitchen and pantry are arranged for easy movement between levels, with a double flue grate and attention to lighting, cleanliness, and efficient daily chores.
The 1861 65 era story follows Bob Meriden a roving Union recruit who volunteers for Confederate secret service. Disguised in butternut he slips south to gather information but meets a Union girl who speaks of her family’s plight and hopes to reach Harrisburg. He weighs duty against helping her reach safety.
A Confederate pursuit subplot centers on Bob Meriden and his teenage ally Ella Carneal as they navigate picket lines and deception. Bob saves her through Union camps, but a twist reveals Ella’s coded intelligence work for the enemy. The general spares Ella on Bob’s pledge, then reveals Ella’s true role and fate. Bob later marries the supposed cousin, the pair becoming known as the twins.
Favorable crop prospects domestically and abroad weighed on wheat as rain is forecast for the American winter belt. July Wheat traded around 89.1 to 89.25, down modestly. Corn weakened on expected showers, while oats faced selling pressure from drought relief in Illinois and Indiana. First sales included various grain prices and livestock figures from the South Omaha market: cattle and hog receipts and price ranges, with slight shifts in bids.
Chicago notes butter steady at 28 cents and firm receipts. wheat futures and cash prices shown for No 2 red and other grades with numerous fractional quotes. Corn and oats quoted in cash and futures. Chicago and Minneapolis closes listed. Elgin butter sales recorded at 28 cents.
A method to ship live fish by freezing in ice blocks reduces water weight and volume. Fish are oxygenated, frozen in a refrigerating tank, wrapped and heat protected, then stacked in refrigerator cars. Upon arrival, they thaw slowly over about ten hours, with claimed savings in bulk and cost.
During a political canvass in his state John Quincy Adams encountered a well to do farmer who claimed his wife once knew Adams as a child and combed his hair. Adams replied that she may comb his hair again now, yielding a sharp retort from the former president.
Rodman Law calling himself the "human fly" startled Washington as both houses met when he climbed the Capitol dome to set his hat on the Liberty statue. A Capitol policeman stopped him at the statue base, and he was persuaded down and released after promising not to try again.
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