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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1911
Page
5
A newspaper item describes frugal yet practical handmade gifts for girls and women. Items include slim flannel skirts with minimal bulk, decorated handkerchiefs with lace and embroidery, dainty coat hanger covers with sachet bags, waist basket gifts with dual trays for blouses and waists, and cushion covers and spreads from fillet lace and handkerchief linen.
A description of cabinet security using a dispatch box with keys for each member and a secret printing process. The system prevents leaks by limiting access and securely distributing the final printed document among many trusted compositors. Also a humorous exchange between Miss June and Mr March about love at first sight.
The Advent Bay coal mine in Spitzbergen is described as the most northerly coal mine worldwide. The narrative notes the British Isles are within eighty miles of the sea everywhere.
The Employers Liability Commission created by the last general assembly requests employers and employees to fill out question lists and return them to secretary Welker Giv en at the state house in Des Moines. Information in individual cases is confidential and will be released only in tabulations or trials reported to the legislature. The commission aims to explore shifting worker compensation costs to production and insurance, and to determine the extent this can be achieved.
A colored man, J Mitchell, alleges Waterloo police officers pressured him after a ten day disorderly conduct sentence. He was rearrested minutes after release, claiming officers failed to uphold court instructions to leave the city quickly. The judge quipped about speed walking as the man vowed to prove faster pace. Mitchell’s tale casts doubt on police conduct and asserts force vindication if true.
The article argues Iowa must collect detailed employment data to decide support for the new compensation theory. It notes states like Massachusetts and Ohio have adopted it while Pennsylvania and Minnesota reject it. It urges prompt employer and employee responses to the commission requests.
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