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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1912
Page
2
The piece discusses third party tickets in 1912 Iowa, Taft Roosevelt party lines, and the need for rural education and road funding. It also covers a proposed pure milk ordinance in Waterloo, dangers of fast driving on country roads, and public sentiment on government funding and national politics.
The Courier endorses rural improvement to attract youth, linking rural life to school and road development. State Superintendent Devoe urges higher pay and better hiring standards as only 4 percent of teaching applicants earn first class certificates, 90 percent obtain third grade, contributing to a teacher shortage.
James W. Wadsworth Jr. seeks the Republican nomination for governor of New York after years of preparation and is favored by the party organization. The State Convention is set for September 25 in Saratoga.
The speaker suggested that to remove ulterior motives, no candidate he nominated should have been defeated by the people at the June primary polls. The remark underscores a call for nominees with proven public support and legitimacy from the primary results.
A social, gaiety filled White House notification event evokes a comparison to Belshazzar's feast, suggesting frivolity at a solemn funeral context. The remark highlights perceived excess in official proceedings and the contrast with loss.
In the Cedar Rapids Republican the claim is made that a man who aims to live well must stay informed by daily gathering knowledge from current newspaper events. The piece emphasizes news as the inspiration of the world and the value of staying posted.
In attributing to the serious and thoughtful men who have allied themselves with the progressive movement a socialistic purpose, Mr. Taft will be applauded by these, not only in America, but abroad, who do not, or cannot, or will not under stand the real meaning of the un rest of the day.
A collection of editorial snippets from 1904 shows Dubuque papers backing Hearst, while notes in Dubuque and Burlington urge hard-nosed party realignment. Other items discuss the rise of automatic telephone systems in Des Moines and Des Moines area rollout, with comparisons to Moline and Sioux City.
The Capital reports Attorney General Cosson, though ill, has ordered prompt preparations to probe the coal price increase tied to the season opening. Henry Sampson hints at an interstate cartel, and the paper urges action if laws are violated to protect consumers seeking open-market coal purchases.
An Evening Chit-Chat piece surveys intellectual and moral snobbery, contrasting wealth snobbery with intellectual and moral varieties. It argues true snobbery harms all, urging readers to avoid judging others while recognizing self-critique. Ruth Cameron signs the essay urging caution against condemning others. A testimonial notes Chamberlain’s remedy for diarrhoea with dealer availability.
The Philadelphia Times reports the tobacco trust case appeal bill lingers in the house committee as stock values rise after the New York circuit court decree. The piece argues the decree favored the trust, warns against setting a dangerous anti trust precedent, and urges swift action to uphold the antitrust act amid campaign tensions.
The essay argues the Bible condemns the love of money not money itself and that money is a good and necessary tool for commerce and independence. It asserts one should earn honestly, use wisely, avoid waste, and balance saving for the future with ethical conduct. It cites Pearson Rhodes and Edison as examples of honest wealth and discusses donations and public funds.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald citing a lengthy remark on honesty paying in the long run. It references the Watamyllian tariff and questions the rhetoric against a tariff on watermelon trade, noting confusion over meaning.
The piece argues childhood contagious diseases hinder development and can cause long term harm. It criticizes past neglect and urges prevention through education, quarantine measures, and public health movements like the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality and the Child Welfare movement. It highlights parental responsibility and national interest in healthy, intelligent children.
A collection of quips and bits from various papers shows satire on voting, politicians, society types, and a misc ad. It includes a joke about colored voters, a quip on calling a congressman, a Belasco critique of ultra-modern society women, and an 480 acre farm in Stutsman County, N D offered for sale to finance a new bank with contact C E Davis in Jamestown.
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