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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1911
Page
8
William A Radford argues for bungalow style homes as affordable options for wide urban growth. He details a nine room plus bath plan on an 85 foot wide lot, notes open vs closed stairs, optional cellar, and scaffolds a shift toward economical home ownership in America.
Harper's Weekly notes that foreign offices and police use letter opening as a fine art. Agents steam open paper without traces, reburnish flaps with a bone instrument, and when needed use a bread matrix on seals. If methods fail, envelopes are pried with wood edges and resealed with white gum.
A Berlin newspaper notes cinematograph theaters sprouting across Germany as a sociological blessing. It claims many people who formerly wasted money in beer gardens and cafes are now attracted to the moving picture shows.
A humorous letter from William Cullen Bryant to his mother describes a staged wedding at a village hotel. The narrator cites being married by a pale elderly man with a hooked nose, to Frances Fairchild, whom he hopes to introduce as daughter-in-law within months.
A New York Sun item recounts a humorous hotel scene uptown where a solitary diner A, a comely companion B, a head waiter C, and unemployed staff D enact a tense tableau. An arriving figure O, a rotund waiter, moves through lines and angles, blocking A’s progress until the awkward exit.
A curios tale recalls Henry VII testing an astrologer who could not predict his Christmas plan and jokes about prison. It also recounts a Milan duke’s reaction to a seer who predicted early death and a warning not to trust the stars. A science note explains fly development from egg to mature adult and the impact of killing one fly on future hatches.
A philanthropic visitor asks what brings the jailbird here and the inmate replies that both sought intrusion, noting he entered via a basement window while the visitor did so generally to pry into others affairs.
Mean and Miss Pepprey clash over bedtime habits with feisty exchanges about sleep routines and retirement plans. The playful chat hints at personalities and a lighthearted rival dynamic.
Two dialogue snippets note church attendance as a cultural reflection. Willis jokes about distance and attire, Gilis counters with the nearby church. A final line promotes a courier want ad, implying classified opportunities.
Great uneasiness grips the town as search begins after Wilbur Smith, a 14 year old Western Union messenger, is reported missing near the river by the mill race after his bicycle and clothes are found on the east bank. By 2 p.m. word comes that he was found alive and well upstream with companions.
Mrs Isobel Strong quips to Robert Louis Stevenson about his mannerisms. He replies by reading from his Merry Men and recalls writing a line about a wonderful clear night of stars, noting its repeated use in his work.
A glutton once bet he could eat ten apple dumplings with wine. After the ninth dumpling he quit, lamenting the leftover tenth and quipping that he would have eaten it first if he had known it would remain.
Funeral services for Mrs. Arthur J. Towne were held at Emanuel Evangelical church in Court House Square with Rev. J. H. Bauernfeind officiating on Sunday. The 25 year old mother, born 1885 in Montgomery county, died after sixteen months of bedrest from peritonitis, leaving husband Arthur and son Gale born January 5, 1910, along with six sisters and her parents Milton and Mrs. Trumbauer.
Weather kept many away from the Cedar Park event with rain between 7 and 8 AM and an oppressive atmosphere. Out-of-town relatives attended the funeral, including S. Breithaupt and J. Finney of Ackley, and J. Sherman family of Jesup, among others. The parade led by the Waterloo band proceeded from the Irving House at 1:30 PM despite the wet conditions.
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