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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1919
Page
13
Sioux City dispatch reports all five escapees from LeMara Wrymouth county jail, who fled after a gunfight that wounded Sheriff Hugh Maxwell and his son William, were captured near Maurice about 40 miles north of Sidnx City.
San Francisco reports Capt W F Goodrich an 88 year old Oakland sailor preparing the 47 foot Oriole for a treasure hunt. He seeks bullion lost with the steamer Golden Gate near Balboa after a 57 year old wreck, with crew mostly relatives and a cook wife aboard.
Washington reports that W. W. Welsh of the Bureau of Fisheries flew from the naval air station at Cape May to observe fish movements. He asserts sea plane use has unquestioned value to the industry based on the experimental flight and his observations.
The U S supreme court dismissed the Margaret Sanger birth control case for lack of jurisdiction. Sanger was jailed for 30 days after conducting a birth control clinic in Brooklyn, a move tied to the New York birth control act dispute.
Conductor William Johnson of Carroll Iowa died yesterday in a rear end collision between two freight trains on the Chicago Great Western near Harlan Iowa. The caboose he occupied and five meat cars were demolished in the wreck.
Community members travel to visit relatives, attend illnesses, and relocate. Des Moines schools close due to supply shortages. Frank Maxwell dies at 18:30 leaving a husband and son. H. S. football defeats Nova Springs 13 to 0. Grace Hiatt visits from Des Moines. Nov 11 observance includes parade, Crystal theatre program, Apollo club music, and staged Indians scenes.
A saltened tribute marks George Eliot Marian Evans born 1812 at Arbury Farm Warwickshire and died 1880 Chelsea London detailing how a century shifts women's status, her transformation from radical to revered author, and Lewes influences shaping Scenes of Clerical Life to Middlemarch.
Janey longs for city life after meeting Robert Tabor and touring his farm. She grows uneasy as their plans, and his distant attitude, reveal tension. Beckie’s defiant choice to marry Dwight tests Aunt Jane’s guidance and closes with a hopeful supper reunion.
Concordia Kansas reports a pioneer forecaster who rejects old signs and uses field mice to predict a severe winter. The adage claims migrations into down houses indicate cold and hard conditions ahead, with the forecast based on years of observation.
The article notes there was no U S capital during the Revolutionary era because no United States existed yet. It traces the Continental Congresss meetings from 1774 in Philadelphia to late 1788 in New York, highlighting key sessions and the move to the first constitutional government in New York.
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