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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1909
Page
8
In a 19th century style tale, Hilda, a nineteen year old in love, is sent to a country aunt. A anonymous courtship under a haunted farmhouse leads to a muddy escape with Walter. Aunt Judith, amused, acknowledges Cupid’s power as the lovers reveal their bond and plan.
The piece critiques the laughter cure as a remedy for nervous diseases. It questions the feasibility of sourcing ingredients and questions laughter as a universal medicine, noting individual variations in response and the risk of distress if humor targets others. It mentions nerve specialists and clowning as possible alternatives, with a satirical tone.
A Washington Star quip records a suffragette denying approval of candidates yet valuing the public act of refusing to vote for those she dislikes. The remark captures early feminist debate on voting rights and political agency.
A dramatic tale traces Jimmy Brice and Nell Thornton racing to Northville to stop a rushed wedding. They interrupt at a parsonage, learn the couple already wed in the city, and the colonel fumes while Jimmy reveals a deeper engagement with Nell as a new marriage unfolds, a surprising family epidemic of matrimony.
The U S Supreme Court imposes contempt sentences on six Chattanooga men, led by Sheriff Captain Joseph Shipp, for participation in the lynching of Ed Johnson after the court stayed his execution. Jailer Luther Williams and others face related findings as prior lynching evidence is reviewed.
New Albany Indiana November 15 The condition of President Woodward of the Merchants National Bank and James Tucker the negro chauffeur who were shot by Tom Heal in his sensational bank robbery attempt last Thursday shows some improvement today and physicians are hopeful both will recover.
Cedar Rapids witnesses describe a speeding street car jumping the track and turning over injuring several passengers mild injuries. Injured riders were cut by glass and burned by hot coals from a theater dinner, while the episode sparked warnings about overindulgence in the hot spicy fare and strong coffee.
A Yorkshire clergyman married a couple in his church and after pronouncing them man and wife the groom asked how much the damage would be. The parson said no fixed amount and suggested a sovereign for a greyhound pup. The groom offered half a sovereign, but the parson refused. He later sent a pup to the parson with a note of happiness about the marriage.
A fragmentary exchange shows a heated domestic clash as a wife declares she has married and is housekeeping, while a husband resists and a reference to the Philadelphia Ledger is made, preserving the era’s newspaper voice and tension.
A playful exchange centers on a family Bible and a collection of portraits. An older woman notes the photos are of men who did not propose, while the younger responds she saves them for Togues gallery, hinting at a humorous, antiquated social scene.
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