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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1911
Page
2
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The piece warns that Standard Oil plans to split into thirty three competing entities controlled by John D Rockefeller. Stockholders would retain proportional stakes while rivals prepare a price war amid possible court actions and government oversight.
The notice urges launching Waterlon's market in the current year highlighting the importance of beginning trading activities and market operations to boost local commerce. The fragment suggests practical steps but lacks full details.
The text argues for establishing a Waterloo farmers market now to boost next year's supply and meet consumer demand, and discusses Senator Owen's recall of federal judges with concerns about preserving liberties and safeguards while seeking reform. It warns against rushing policy and emphasizes careful, principled change.
The Des Moines Capital notes the morning scenes at the new public market where many well dressed young women carry market baskets. It argues the market will transform character by curbing pride and fostering a democratic spirit where rich and poor meet for essential goods.
The letter discusses Canadian reciprocity and Iowa followers reacting to Senator Cummins. It argues followers won t desert him for a single error and notes no strong feelings among progressives or standpatters. It suggests Iowa Republicans may support Taft or a Democrat next year and mentions a Des Moines woman s cure with Chamberlain s remedy. For Sale by all dealers.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette argues there is no need for experiments with the proposed market. It asserts the market has proven successful wherever tried and calls for establishing it on a permanent basis quickly.
A personal anecdote on charity shows money is not enough. True giving needs love, sympathy, and personal connection. An elderly widow gratefully welcomes a heartfelt visit, illustrating that “the gift without the giver is bare.”
Washington August 2. L O Howard chief of the bureau of entomology urges calling the housefly a typhoid fy to focus on its danger. He recommends screening windows and doors, using a fly catching device, and sanitary stable keeping to eradicate the insect. Health departments are asked to enforce measures in a sweeping swat the fly campaign.
The passage asserts a firm resolve to retain modern utilities like telephone and bath tub at a fair price, resisting trusts or combinations. It argues these conveniences belong to this generation and will be obtained as quickly as possible, despite opposition.
Aug 22 report from Denver notes former Iowans now living there amused by a Minnesota style miscast article. A Iowa alumni banquet described as among the finest ever held was misreported with anachronistic flourishes. Merl E. Walker and Mrs Anna Harton of Waterloo are listed in a license to wed notice.
Davenport Times reports lawmakers avoid a reciprocity debate at the Iowa Republican gathering citing Taft support and the Nebraska example. Dubuque Times Journal notes a health fad blowing soap bubbles in the Saranac region with residents claiming the practice aids lung conditions.
A Marshalltown businessman Howard D. Wilbur and his chauffeur were in a high speed Des Moines joyride with two 18 year old Des Moines girls when their car collided with an Ingersoll park car. The machine wrecked and all four were injured. The two women sought to conceal their identities as authorities investigated the incident and possible alcohol involvement was denied. Wilbur’s wife rushed to Des Moines to be at his bedside as doctors expected a full recovery.
Thousands of Knights of Columbus from across North America arrive in Detroit for the three day national convention that opened with pontifical high mass led by Right Rev Edward D Kelly auxiliary bishop of Detroit and other church officials.
Mayor Thompson welcomed delegates gathered at the Knights of Columbus clubhouse on Woodward avenue. A business meeting was followed by a banquet as hundreds of wives and daughters joined the visiting knights. The convention aims to plan Columbus statue dedication in Washington next May.
Clara Hill of Oklahoma City faces charges of disturbing the peace for smoking cigars in a respectable rooming house. The case centers on whether cigar smoking implies unsound mind, with the board of insanity undecided. She reportedly smokes cigars moderately and does not smoke cigarettes, and she dressed as a man during the incident.
A woman who resisted arrest twice, claiming to smoke help banish troubles, seeks relief after severe stomach pain. H. M. Youngpeters of The Sun Lake View Ohio reports first doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets brought relief and a second bottle restored her health. Available for sale by all dealers.
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