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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1911
Page
5
The article lists leather gift ideas for men including a lawyer’s briefcase a driver’s license case and a tennis racket press. It describes making handmade leather magazine covers with coordinated silk canvas stiffening and sewing steps for flat covers with pockets and edge finishing.
An article describes a leather expert able to craft a compact cravat holder with two inside pockets for studs buttons and cuff links. The holder keeps ties flat and uncluttered and fits in a suitcase or bag, marketed as a practical gift option for Christmas.
Detroit Free Press reports that Kanakas, Hawaiian Island natives, allegedly outswim and kill man eating sharks in fair combat. Observers claim natives dive with a knife between teeth, strike when the shark bobs, then slash to kill, sometimes provoking the animal first for sport.
Harper's Weekly explains insect respiration by a network of body tubes delivering air to all parts. It details protective threadlike strands inside tube walls, water dwelling larvae with thin body plates and gill-like vessels, and gnats breathing via a tail tip tube.
The article describes rural prayer halls in Russia as simple izbas or sheds attached to farms, often earth walls and bare floors. Evangelical gatherings occur in these crowded spaces with rough wooden benches and a large stove as central feature.
A Berlin scientist and an Italian colleague explain that telegraph wire singing accompanies calm and forewarns weather shifts. Deep tones may indicate a storm within two days, while sharp notes predict a storm within hours, though the exact cause remains debated.
An adult visitor notes Jamie’s eager hunting gaze and asks about hunting. Jamie counters he’s hunted many kinds, but mainly Branny’s spectacles everywhere, highlighting his playful treasure hunt across the world.
A London humor sketch notes Mrs Smith asking about her husband who works at the glue makers and jokes about him sticking there in a light Britain style column.
A fragment reflecting a Socrates quote and a medieval muse on safety and social class. It contrasts contentment with wealth and condemns harsh attitudes toward theft and poverty, noting wigs and public conduct. The text mixes antiquated aphorisms with biopsy style social critique.
Town sees increasing cloudiness and unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer tonight and cooler in the west and central regions Wednesday afternoon. Illinois generally fair tonight and Wednesday with unsettled northern portions and warmer in the east. South Dakota forecast shows generally fair to tonight and Wednesday, warmer in the east and colder Wednesday.
Chicago trading notes an unexpected drop in European visible wheat, lifting prices briefly before a late decline as Argentine showers influence bulls. May wheat moves around $1.00 to $1.08, while oats and corn show mixed movements. Cattle and hog markets in Omaha and Kansas City open weak to steady with moderate receipts. prices for hogs ease while sheep and cattle hold firm. Chicago produce and dairy see firm butter and steady eggs, with a crowded hog market and lighter lambs. New York stock totals include a broad array of industrials and transport stocks.
A. W. McIntosh, owner of the Princess theatre and former Illinois Central machinist, will donate the show proceeds tomorrow afternoon and evening to striking I C shopmen. The film Lost in the Jungles shows a girl slain by a panther and saved by an elephant. Security Savings Bank has donated 200 small savings banks for the wives and sisters of strikers to use on tag day, and the barbers union voted to give the shopmen a $25 benefit.
Coroner Waterbury learns Jacob Adams relatives will travel from Williston North Carolina to claim the body for burial. Cedar Rapids police captain Michael McKernan attends his son's wedding at St Marys Church. Judge Caldwell fines Ira McMurtry seven dollars eighty five cents with suspension. An X ray is performed on Mrs Samuel Jerald after a hip dislocation on Ankeny street. John Doe is charged by George W Dean with assault and battery in a strikebreaker case at Illinois Central shops. Police escort Dean home on Sullivan Avenue over alleged threats. Emanuel Evangelical Church Ladies Aid meets for an all day session at Courthouse square Wednesday November 22. Western Woodmen of America No E321 meets Wednesday November 22. Damages case Elan H Rohan vs Crestat Ice & Fuel Co settled before trial. terms unknown. Rohan sought large damages for a fall at work.
In Columbus on November 24 Olive Vi Wilson was elected national master of the National Grange at the invasion here. Try nw Courter Want Aa.
A lighthearted poem glosses a prophet gathering weather signs for the office as editor fights back with a club. Sigma Delta fraternity hosts a stag dinner and dancing party on Christmas week after meeting at Horace Kuittle’s home. Also notes on locomotive daily earnings averaging 124.84 to 149.53 and recovery of Roger B. Stoyr after a serious injury. Snowfall melts as warmer sun returns.
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