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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1912

Page

2

Courier Tri-Weekly and Europe Travel Guide Notice

A mixed page piece blends advertising rates and courier services with travel notices for Europe. It cites offices in London and Berlin as well as American Express listings and dispatch locations. It also includes reflections on speed and modern dangers to life and a meditation on eternity.

Courier Europe WaterrookCourier Eton Trafalgar Building Mmmberinod Avenue American Express Haymarket Dawe's Steamship Agency Green Street Cory Ane Capucine Place Opera Berlin Unter den Linden BH. Petersburg Nevsky Prospekt

Iowa Crop Betterment Plan Seeks Statewide Support

A Des Moines convention on crop improvement aims to expand Iowa farming potential. Backing Professor Holden, the effort seeks greater state action and nonpolitical leadership to boost agricultural development and harvest efficiency. Northwest interests press for railroad support to move workers to fields.

Iowa Courier Europe Des Moines P. G. Holden Holden Ames Iowa Farms Northwest

Debate on Journalism Standards and Public Opinion

The article discusses President Vincent’s call for newspapers with unshackled opinions and readers who tolerate criticism. It notes editors balance public sentiment with commercial pressures, and cautions that reform is gradual amid high costs and entrenched practices. It also references Rosenthal murder case disclosures about police corruption in New York.

United States George E. Vincent University of Minnesota Madison Wis Vincent Alsky Drouth Big City Rosenthal Elms New York Gang of Tonghe Chicago Po Nea

Wheat State Myth Debunked by Iowa Farmers

In western Iowa farmers cultivate corn and oats while joking that the state raises sixty bushels of the staff of life cereal per acre. The remark highlights regional farming humor and crop yields in local practice.

Iowa Life Cereal

Meanest Cuss and New Party Musings Across Iowa

A collage of clipped opinion bits from small papers notes a man who enjoys hot weather as the meanest cuss and jokes about party sentiment. It also mentions county conventions, the Roosevelt vote forecast, and a Shenandoah woman serving cherries after breaking her eye glasses in a humorous table anecdote.

Gurlington Cedar Falls Roosevelt

Cherries and a Broken Plate Highlight a Bargain Gone Sour

A satirical scene shows a woman debating costs of preserved cherries after biting a seed and breaking a gold plate with two false teeth. Her dentist repairs run high, total bills surpassing sixty five dollars, with over ten dollars per pint in preservation costs. A sharp exchange with Brother Gumpshun follows about repayment.

Quotes and jokes from old papers echo in a streetcar tale

A fragmentary clipping blends jokes and a brief streetcar anecdote about an elderly, missing-arm passenger and a factory wreck talk. The piece includes quips from various magazines and a sliver of a local conscience narration, ending mid-scene.

Leprosy Prevalence Survey in United States and Territories

The United States Public Health Service surveyed leprosy across states Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. Results show 146 US cases with 40 new in 1911 and 278 total known cases, with most in California Louisiana and Massachusetts seeking isolation care. The interstate quarantine rules prohibit leper transport without permit. Cebu and island areas indicate home disease patterns.

United States United States Public Health Service Journal of The American Medical Association Porto Rico Hawaii Philippines District of Columbia Public Health Service California Louisiana Massachusetts Cubon Cebu Tthis Treasury Department Public Health and Marina Hospital Service

Orange Township Promotes Social Center to Stem Farm Exodus

Orange Township in Black Hawk County aims to keep young residents from leaving farms by turning the school house into a social and cultural hub. School boards are urged to organize lyceums and programs, making rural life appealing with lectures, music, and community events to encourage youth to stay on the homestead.

Black Hawk County Orange Township Boards of Education Lyceum

The Value of Time and Talent in Social Requests

A columnist argues that asking artists like Mrs L to perform for free treats their time and talent as public property. They note the years of training and effort behind a performance, and warn that friends often overlook preparation and lifelong cultivation when soliciting free services for fairs and entertainments.

Bnet Rutl Cammron

The Eternity of Hell Torments Sermon Excerpt

Sioux City Tribune quotes a sermon on eternal punishment portraying endless torment. The sermon vividly describes perpetual pain without relief, blindness to mercy, and unending groans across ages.

Sioux City Tribune

Death claims another Mabray gang member in fraud case

In Council Bluffs Iowa Deputy U S Marshal William Groneweg reports Frank W Brown died in Oakland Cal prison while resisting extradition for trial in the federal fraud case tied to J C Mabray. Earlier associate R B Herriman died in San Francisco. Brown’s death follows delays in Habeas Corpus petitions.

Council Bluffs J. C. Mabray United States William Groneweg Frank W. Brown Oakland Cal R. B. Herriman Mabray San Francisco Brown Supreme Court of the United States EB. C. Moore

Elgin Price Committee Abolished Amid Sherman Act Threats

Elgin Newfoundland July 1 announcement says the Elgin board of trade will abolish the quotation committee. Threatened government suits against its members for alleged Sherman anti trust violations cited, along with a pending suit against the Chicago butter and eggs board and possible similar action against Elgin, as factors.

Elgin Elgin Board of Trade Quotation Committee Chicago Butter and Eggs Board Elgin Board

New Revolution in Nicaragua Reported by San Juan Gunboat

Washington dispatch cites Captain Terhune of the gun boat Annapolis reporting Managua the capital was attacked on July 29 and is cut off from communication, signaling a new revolution breaking out in Nicaragua.

Washington Nicaragua Terhune Annapolis San Juan del Sur Navy Department Managua

How Girls May Avoid Periodic Pains in Nineteen Teens

Letters from Rochester and Stoutsville praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing monthly dizziness cramps and headaches. A Rochester mother reports her 13 year old daughter improved after two bottles. A sixteen year old from Ohio writes of relief and better health after similar use. Hundreds of mothers express gratitude to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company.

Rochester N. Y Lydia E. Pinkham Richarip N. Duneam Exchange St N.Y Stoutsville Ohio Lydia E. Pinkhem Cora B. Fosnaucy R.F.D No. 1 Mothera Lydia EB Pinkham Medicine Company Lynn Mass

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