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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1913
Page
2
A collage of reads from the Evening Courier includes European travel lists, postal offices, and advertising notes. It surveys American travel services, rate changes, and telegraph access, alongside snippets on Iowa rainfall, beef prices, tariff debates, and political chatter about the vice president salary.
The Courier extends summer vacation service to all readers. It urges subscribers to provide addresses so issues reach them while away. Prompt delivery is promised regardless of changes, ensuring continuous news during the trip.
A critique of Bryn Mawr's plan to train girls from ages ten to seventeen into physically perfect, educated women. The piece contrasts meat-brain balance and social polish with broader human progress, charity, and independence, arguing such aims neglect true culture and public virtue. It warns that spurning household duties and motherhood fuels social and economic strains.
Fragmented OCR text reflects a discussion of weather impacts, fiscal conditions, and political commentary. It cites Governor Hodger, mentions Associated Press reporting, and notes concern over a slight setback amid broader regional issues in Kansas Missouri and Nebraska.
A fragmented Iowa page references dirt piles in the road and local commentary. It mentions Nes Moines Register and Leader, Judge Lind, and Minnesota land speculation with ore on forty acres. The tone mixes satire and local banter about health and poetry.
A humorous exchange from Puck features a clergyman admitting widespread profanity while driving and his wife asking about road swearing. The clergyman notes that almost everyone he encounters swears, highlighting a comic taboo about language on the road.
The Town's citing Sport notes the corn trap must be saved in oat month from the date, predicting another frost threat. The forecast dubs saving the corn trap as a premier outdoor sport, calling out graft accusations amid city contractor debates in Mason City.
Dr Crane proclaims Bergsonism the dominant force among educated minds, praising Henri Bergson for steering the world away from pessimism. He portrays Bergson as a plain man yet powerful in reviving primal instincts over rigid rationalism, calling him a transformative influence on modern thought.
A humorous tale mirrors the biblical Job as a model of patient endurance amid misfortune. It parodies how a prosperous citizen endures loss, illness, and critics, while noting the impracticality of modern comforts in ancient times and the folly of reform critics.
Gov Sulzer argues the legislature cannot impeach him in an extraordinary session, a point he ties to his own call for the session. The debate centers on legality and the governor’s claim of proper authority over the proceedings while acknowledging the session’s extraordinary nature.
A fragment from the Washington Star notes the family gathering and relief after a season’s near miss or misfortune, with no robberies elopements drownings or other incidents reported. The tone suggests quiet satisfaction at safe completion.
A Louisville Courier Journal cartoon caption jokes about delivering soil samples and sending seeds to constituents while seeking summer boarders for a voter. An Atlanta Constitution voice mocks a coroner candidate promising to stay local during a dead town and conduct an inquest, satire on campaign rhetoric.
The article notes similarities between Governor Sulzer’s New York impeachment and General W. W. Belknap’s 1876 removal process. It cites Belknap’s use of patronage for personal gain, involvement of post trader Caleb Marsh, and disputed senatorial verdicts while highlighting that vouchers and indorsements referenced Mrs Belknap and other evidence.
The text notes no clear declaration by Mrs Belknap, unlike Mrs Sulzer, while contemporary magazine pieces criticize Belknap’s practices. They suggest a motive to live beyond means fueled by desire, implying abuse of authority.
Washington Aug 15 Senator Cumming plans to convene soon the advanced committee formed at the Chicago progressive Republican conference. The national committee aimed for a sixty day meeting after adjournment, now likely in October to map a proposed national convention. Roosevelt rumored to seek nomination in 1916 primaries stirs high political activity nationwide.
In Minneapolis on August 18 sixteen men were forced by desperadoes to cling to refrigerating pipes aboard a moving car from Chanhassan to Hopkins. They hung on for nearly 30 minutes as robbers searched their clothes and stole about $100. Later a principal suspect was identified in Bridge Square and detained after his hair and red whiskers aided recognition.
Rev and Mrs P B Wells of Sanborn visit Rockford while Edwin Price spends week in Chicago buying goods. L M Beebe of Minneapolis visits relatives. Paul Kannesgeiger couple in Chicago buying. Lenora Riley returns to open a Rockford millinery shop. Whlis Reed of Chicago visits family. P Rutan family moves to Cedar Rapids. E Ruggles returns from Minnesota visit. W Abbott welcome a baby girl. T A Nash and wife of Fairhope Alabama visit Rockford. J Zeran of Waterloo visits Rockford relatives.
Mrs Louisa Gregory of Petersburg Pa visits northeastern Iowa after noting cooler conditions in Altoona and Chicago. She travels from Altoona by railroad, admires the Blue Juniata river landscape, contrasts it with Cedar River, and anticipates normal corn yields in Keystone state. She plans further visits with acquaintances in the region.
Petersburg and her niece Mrs. Anna Sherman of near Jesup are noted in a travel segment as they head east again after a visit, outlining their movements and regional connections.
Marengo Iowa Aug 18 Mrs Everett R Beemer wife of a county pioneer was killed instantly and her husband fatally injured when their auto stalled on a Rock Island crossing at Ladora and was struck by an eastbound mail train The engine carried the bodies several blocks before stopping It was thought both were dead as they were removed from the locomotive front The Beemers son Charles was killed three years ago while working for the Rock Island at Silvis Ill John Beemer another son owns a garage in Marengo The husband was a farmer and resident of Marengo
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