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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1911
Page
12
New York expert J C Carroll predicts a decade to recover ground as automotor demand bites into harness horse breeding. He compares current curtailment to hog market cycles, warning a future shortage may raise prices while pending a slow pendulum swing for fine riding and driving stock.
In the Magersfontein encounter, youthful Boers misread Highlanders and shouted hands up. The Highlanders surrendered, while the Boers later wondered what to do with their prisoners. An old Boer mistook Highlanders for ostriches, spreading panic among the burghers.
A compiled set of figures describes Mexico including volcanoes, lakes, a 6000 mile coastline, large mineral deposits, and a 750000 square mile area. It notes slavery abolition, coal exports to the United States, a 40000 man army, cotton factories employing 25000, and a rain season May to September.
United States Geological Survey findings show surface erosion at about one inch per 760 years across drainage basins. Major rivers carry hundreds of millions of tons of dissolved and suspended matter yearly, with Colorado River delivering the most suspended load per square mile.
The senate today barred reporters from the Scripts-McRare Newspaper league from the floor for refusing to testify in a bribery hearing. The fragmentary text also includes unrelated lines about personal remarks and literary opinions.
The New York Times notes a shift from lend to loan in banking speech, observing the noun loan has become a productive verb via modern credit. It contrasts ancient giving without interest to today’s volume of loans funding industry and profits, while preserving the older sense of lending as a favor.
The New York Times recalls a man who vows to marry a woman he calls economical after she bought a thirty dollar hat while having two hundred dollars in cash in her pocket. Friends mock the match, questioning the logic of marrying such a frugal partner.
A London Chronicle piece notes the pulse beat as rough timekeeper, not exact to sixty minutes, reflecting a human sense of time when watches fail. It equates pulse to seconds in heat of reaction and to gauge the interval between lightning and thunder.
A clipped exchange notes nervous prostration, a wife sent to a sanitarium, and jokes about club secretary duties. Skits include a man smoking around ladies and a witty reply about needing a wife to curb the habit, reflecting era humor and column chatter.
A Courier want ad from the Toledo Blade quotes a boarting house philosopher on speech and silence, urging balanced and hopeful conversation. The snippet blends Emersonian sentiment with a practical note about timely, well used discourse in social settings.
William A. Radford explains cement hollow blocks as a premier building material amid timber shortages. A sample five room, fireproof cottage uses hollow blocks walls, plastered gable ends, ashlar finish, and built in kitchen, delivering cost around $2000 with superior fire resistance and interior air chambers.
A tramp killed an elder proprietor in Pontcarre near the Forest of Armatovilliers. Neighbors failed to alert authorities promptly, causing a 20 minute delay before the mayor and gendarmes intervened as the killer fled into the forest. No capture reported.
In a humorous divorce exchange the wife cries she will contest, while the husband asks about an allowance. The dialogue reveals the case centers on custody of a poodle, not financial support, highlighting the domestic tension in a lighthearted tone.
A Presbyterian assembly report from Atlantic City notes rising alcohol use in the United States with per capita spend at 24.17 in 1910 and a total annual cost to consumers of about 2.26 billion dollars. In Des Moines experts estimate below average local consumption due to strict laws, short Sundays, and dry practices, with a saloon economic sketch showing pay, rents, and tax figures and a claim that 108 saloons exist locally.
Reported progress in a baby disappearance case as investigators search Wentify for the child's parents and clues. No definite information on steps taken. police pursue leads and potential arrests, while the infant's location remains unknown due to clothing lacking identifying marks.
The Waterloo Varnish Company on East Water Street received a shipment of gums and other varnish ingredients from the Far East packed in rare mahogany chests. The wood, still in the turn state, would fetch good value, and the firm notes that such chests are unusual here as varnish works west of Chicago dominate the trade.
A dramatic theft targets M. A. Talty, who last week drew a Crystal theater infant. Edward B. Hernold allegedly took the baby from the Lafayette building engine room and hid it in his barn. Police fear the pig may no longer serve its planned barbecue purpose.
A Canadian admirer writes a ceremonial tribute to President Taft praising his virtues and moral leadership. The letter lauds arbitration, the Christian plan, and world peace, ending with a blessing and a note of admiration.
The all day meeting of Walnut Street Baptist Church Ladies Aid and Missionary Society is Friday. Ladies should come in the forenoon with sewing. A 15 cent lunch will be served at noon, followed by 1 39 pm and 2 20 pm business meetings for the Ladies Aid and the Missionary Society respectively.
Frederick Mythaler died Monday evening at his home near Washburn. Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon with a service at his home at 7 oclock and a church service at the Presbyterian church in Washburn at 2 oclock. Rev. W S Johnson of Waterloo Christian Church will preside.
The notice lists marriages for Benjamin H W Boyd and Gertrude Knoll in Cedar Falls. James F E O Keefe and Louise V Swift in Waterloo. Arthur F Fuchs and Edith Christofferson in Waterloo. The filing includes the names of both partners and their cities, indicating upcoming or recorded nuptials.
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