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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1911
Page
2
The Waterloo Courier urges a city wide cleaning day inspired by Spokane’s public holiday model. It argues success hinges on public cooperation, collective enthusiasm, and a social spirit to beautify neighborhoods with working clothes and tools.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has saved Iowa shippers millions by blocking recent intrastate rate advances. Now railroads seek to raise revenue within the state and push Iowa distance tariff to the fourth. Fifteen appeals rest before the commission alleging discrimination against town shippers as express companies seek recompense.
A fragmented column discusses the Iowa railroad commission rate cuts and the legislature's modest defense fund. It questions the principle behind party lines, notes the influence of ex Senator Young and Lafay ette Young, and satirizes editorializing and fashion trends while lamenting the harsh treatment of transients.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes New York is aroused by a blaze that killed around two hundred people. It remarks the period of mourning will end soon and progress toward better ideals remains devilish slow.
Excerpts from Sioux City Journal Webster City Freeman Tribune Cedar Rapids Gazette Davenport Times discuss delays in court decisions on tobacco and oil leases, public patience, truthful land advertising, and the push for all steel mail cars. Frontier sentiments praise reforms and warn against wooden car dangers.
A fragment discusses Kohlsaar breaking newspaper confidence at Springfield over the Lorimer cage and the potential impact on future investigations. It argues editors would fear testifying before committees, limiting sources of information for major stories.
The piece notes Mothers Day originated in Minneapolis during the Chapman Alexander evangelist drive, urged by Dr. Henry A Osterholm after his mother’s death. It was first celebrated April 12 and annually on the Sunday nearest that date, this year April 16, 1911. It contrasts church devotion with nonchurch participation and urges acts of kindness toward mothers, living or deceased, including letters and visting services.
A religious column discusses the 1611 King James Bible tercentennial, Gideons distribution efforts, and the role of Bibles in public life. It contrasts Protestant private judgment with Catholic public authority, notes printing’s impact, and argues for cautious Bible use in schools.
The text lists satirical rules urging residents to back or oppose actions, praise signs and professionals, attack editors, withhold patronage from dissenting papers, and demand unity. It ends noting a public program in Chicago with Robert J. Burdette and Captain Will H. Preside in Iowa on a Tuesday evening in April.
On Tuesday evening April 4 the Hawkeye Fellowship Club of Chicago hosts a Ladies Night at the Auditorium hotel featuring an illustrated address on the American Navy by Captain How.
An invitation extends to Iowa men join a Stag party hosted by the Hawkeye Fellowship Club of Chicago. The club with 500 members includes prominent professionals and business leaders, meets weekly at 12:30 on Tuesdays and runs from its headquarters in the Auditorium Hotel. Foley Kidney Pills advertised for kidney and bladder relief.
At a Black Hawk county assembly with over 200 farmers Congressman Pickett pledged a free Washington trip to the boy growing the best corn in the Third district. The prize, valued at not less than $100, was welcomed with cheers as Prof. Holden spoke.
An announcement notes efforts to persuade every congressman in the state to provide similar prizes and awards for the former boys of their districts, encouraging statewide contests and recognition.
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