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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1911
Page
11
A San Francisco Chronicle anecdote recounts a well dressed guest who signed the hotel register simply as “Wm.” He inquired about room rates, learned only three to six dollars, and, deeming the place unsuitable, left with his luggage. The tale ends noting the odd entry on the register.
A collage of antiquated Ireland lore and other miscellany notes Irish kings often met violent ends or sudden deaths. It cites Lughaidh Feargus and Brian Boru with fatal assassinations, then shifts to crop water use, magnetism, and humorous quips from various papers.
At Monte Carlo a woman in an elegant hat and veil laid a massive gold stake on a roulette number after a long run of wins. She refused to quit, then suddenly collapsed with the attendant crying that she is dead as a man cries Clarissa’s name.
A reflection on the rise of coaching in England by John Taylor the water poet who died in 1054. He links coaches to crime and social change, noting soaring prices, displacement of labor, and the proliferation of household servitors turned into mounted attendants as coaches spread.
A uptown pastor faces a loud singing parishioner who disturbs the congregation. He recruits the singer’s wife to quiet him, joking that John will be mute when she is present. The wife’s wry promise hints at quiet outcomes. Includes assorted humor items and small notices.
City notes include eye glasses shop entries, a Los Angeles winter visit by Mrs Harriett Cobb, returns from Minneapolis and Chicago, multiple births at Pine Street hospital, travels of Attorney Keane and Mrs Newsome, new baby at Dow family, visitors from Poplar Bluff and Fairmont, a Des Moines law course for Dow and Hankner, civil service talk on Fireman Gentzler suspension, police dispersing street noise, Mrs Cothern’s Oak Park trip, Inter national Correspondence Schools rep Price visiting Amherst, Waterloo Harp Orchestra return from Allison, Reinbeck visitors, and a local harness shop sale announcement.
Ward In. relocates with his family to start a business at a new location. Friends extend best wishes for success in the undertaking and encourage patronage at the Crystal for guidance.
A.C. McCracken was arrested in Boone on a charge of securing money by false pretenses after passing a $5 check at a local Cedar Falls bank while having no funds. Pinkerton detectives had tracked him for weeks. he will be brought to Black Hawk county jail for trial as Cedar Falls bank prosecutors plan a vigorous case.
Citizens Gas & Electric Co will supply power for the Illinois Central shops once new motors transformers and equipment are installed, under a two term contract. The move replaces steam motive power, reduces smoke, and marks the largest electric plant in the middle west serving Waterloo.
Readable fragments show dialogue about a husband out of work six weeks and starting a new job today. The tone resembles a humorous snippet from a penny press column. The names and spelling suggest a 19th or early 20th century humor item.
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