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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1912
Page
2
A Courier opinion urges voters to cast ballots with calm, judicial judgment. It warns against emotional campaigning and urges a "square deal" based on public records rather than rhetoric. The piece notes farmers and workers seek steady, fair leadership and cautions against prejudice in voting.
The Courier explains its stance on the 1904 race, backing Theodore Roosevelt as the best moral and strong choice among candidates. It rejects blind party loyalty, pledging open-minded coverage and scrutiny to help readers form judgment.
The piece argues that breaking political machine power changes voting dynamics. It recalls historic figures once feared in politics and urges a genuine progressive party free of local dictatorship, citing William Finn of Pittsburgh as a hopeful example.
A jumble of captions and dialogue mocks meals and money in a late era collage. Caricatures and snippets reference guests eating and drinking, poets and magazines, a cannibal king joke, and a veranda tale about a rich old drinker.
In Iowa newspapers this week the Bulls Moose movement is seen as not yet flattened. Republicans urge vigilance as Democrats assess the campaign. Debates touch on the presidential race with Hilles citing confidence in the GOP cause. Insurance notes mention restrictions on insuring married women without property.
The National committee reversed its stance on Texas after recognizing Roosevelt delegates as regularly elected and Taft delegates from a bolting convention, counting proxies from 99 counties with no Republican organization as invalid. After reductions, Taft secured a majority in the Texas convention, eight delegates at large, and potential ballot inclusion if Texas voted Republican.
Columns discuss that life insurance on wives tempts husbands to murder and that a husband does not need his wife’s life insured. Commentary cites Davenport Times and Marshalltown Times-Republican on public sentiment and political questions tied to Roosevelt and Lorimer’s U S Senate funding and ethics issues.
Fort Dodge Iowa Aug 12 Col W T Chantland assistant to the attorney general and active in trust prosecutions visits Fort Dodge before heading to Cedar Falls for Iowa National Guard encampment. He credits Taft with stopping trusts and notes stock rises reflect tax disclosures rather than administration fault. He adds the Sherman Act was not meant as broad corporate regulation.
The Progressive Party pledges easier methods to amend the federal constitution and seeks national jurisdiction over issues beyond state reach. It attacks states’ rights as failing to govern a unified nation and supports equal suffrage for women and men. It calls for strict campaign finance disclosure and lobbyist registration, and urges court power limits with people ultimately deciding social policy. It promises better administration of justice and acknowledges public deliberation in constitutional questions.
The statement outlines aims to strengthen respect for law and the courts. It pledges unremitting effort to reform legal procedure and judicial methods. It argues against issuing injunctions in labor dispute cases when no dispute exists and supports jury trials for contempt in labor disputes except under direct courtroom presence.
A reader muses on debt and moral money making, contrasting usury with demanding extra in social debts. The piece explores how a sincere apology shifts responsibility for healing a dispute to the forgiven party, and why the act remains painful yet necessary.
Ruth Cameron weighs mercy and justice in handling tacit apologies among friends and family. She argues that forgiving partially or fully prevents bearing the burden of wrong and helps heal breaches rather than harden them.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye critiques state highway and game funding, arguing motorists and hunters pay into the treasury but see little to no lasting road or game policy benefits. It likens the process to a futile cycle of annual spending with minimal improvements, noting weak enforcement and vague promises of future parks or preserves.
A medical overview stresses gonorrheal origins of Opthalmia Neonatorum and stresses prevention. It cites Dean Summer on matrimony, notes about 1 in 100 births affected and 1 in 20 of those blind, and highlights silver nitrate prophylaxis with boric treatments for catarrhal ophthalmia. It urges obstetrical attendants to adopt preventive measures.
A testimonial from M E Gebhardt of Oriole Pennsylvania proclaims a cure for diarrhoea after one dose of Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The notice states it is for sale by all dealers.
Chicago Tribune notes a Georgia congressman has received seventeen applications from patriots in his hometown eager to serve as postmaster if Wilson is reelected, suggesting no payroll shortage even with a Democratic win.
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