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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1911
Page
4
Charles Weston faced Judge Caldwell on a drunk charge but claimed intoxication. The judge questioned the distinction, asking for a definition. Weston argued intoxicated means able to behave. The court reduced the planned $10 fine to $7.85 after the exchange.
The rain last night measured by volunteer weather observer Ralph B. Sippy was .45 of an inch, with Bagie and Orange townships reporting heavier totals. A brilliant electrical storm preceded the rain for about thirty minutes, and the heaviest rainfall passed south of Waterloo. September rains have kept lawns and pastures green.
Gertrude Atherton, the novelist visiting from London, argues that marriage should be a reasonable partnership and that love alone is not essential. She criticizes the idea that bread and butter support grants moral entitlement and says universal suffrage will help women solve social ills, viewing it as a panacea for future improvement.
Newman Erb and Edwin Hawley push a project to lease the Iowa Central to the Minneapolis and St. Louis, extend the Iowa Central to St. Louis and Minneapolis, and link Minneapolis to the Canadian border. The plan envisions a through route from north western Canada wheat fields to Galveston, with Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific joining the extension. A merger of Iowa Central and M and St. Louis may follow the lease, pending legal steps.
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