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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
2
A Waterloo daily and its Waterloo Reporter brief share assorted material from Associated Press and local items. The page includes ads, tariff debate snippets, Greater Iowa Week hopes, spring wheat forecasts, and civic notes. Local business, weather, and sports mentions touch on Waterloo teams and Cedar Rapids court gossip with editorial commentary interleaved.
A Chicago Herald correspondent argues Americans show respect in private devotion rather than public display, noting no universal national anthem, while suggesting a future creator of a stirring American song may arise from crisis. Also discusses headlights rule and trade tariffs shifting from free trade to protectionism amid industrial goals.
A motivational piece urging patient effort and intelligent waiting. It cites Balzac as an example, arguing that waiting combined with steady work builds fortitude, self mastery, and eventual rise, advising readers to do more than paid for and conquer trifles to earn respect and power.
The University of Kansas at Lawrence sits amid a growing campus, with 2,800 students and 1.6 million dollars in annual state support. Alumni memories of local history mix with campus life as students chase new traditions, football rivalry with Missouri, and pride in Kansas’ notable figures and school spirit.
A preacher’s note on heaven as beauty and imagination. A child’s gilded city of gold sparks delight, while an aunt worries. The piece argues for heaven as a surpassing beauty beyond harps and streets, citing Tennyson and personal reflections on ideals and irreverence. It defends exploring deeper ideas of heaven.
Sioux City Tribune surveys railroad talk after a July decision. Des Moines Register and Leader opines on Iowa’s potential to boost wealth through agriculture and schools. Cedar Rapids Gazette notes confusion over nut discoloration in stock feed. Marshalltown Times-Republican praises Clifford Thorne and George Cosson. Iowa farmers rally around optimisms and national crops critiques.
A critical column argues the Democratic Party under Wilson shattered key platform pledges including cost of living relief and merit system preservation. The piece accuses the party of rapid reversals and calls the public misled by broken commitments and political rhetoric.
Tommy Tucker, an intelligent orphan boy, travels with a blue uniformed group to a country farm. He discovers a limestone deposit in a cave, aids the farmer Edwards, and helps develop a fortune that makes him part of the family, choosing to stay on the farm as a son. The tale ends with a hint of tomorrow's story.
A critical piece rails at the Democratic platform, likening it to kindling and torn promises. It mocks the economy and efficiency planks, questions the value of party pledges, and compares the breach to a tornado through a forest, citing Shakespeare’s Macbeth to condemn breaking promises.
In Hondon on August 18 Major General Sam Hughes, Canadian militia minister, said at an American meeting that at least 2,000 Americans serve in the Canadian military contingent. He noted letters of gratitude to mothers of American boys who died in Flanders and that over 2,000 have enlisted with many more ready. West Point men offered as officers, some already serving with Canadians.
An East Sider letter criticizes the park commissioners for neglecting Cortlandt park and Gates Park while seeking more land such as Hawver's grove. The writer questions labor costs, requests park improvements citywide, and doubts money is being spent effectively, urging transparency on where funds go.
A period ad urges kidney health and warns that weakened kidneys can cause rheumatism and Brights disease. It promotes Bean's Kidney Pills for backache urinary trouble and a tired nervous system, with a testimonial from Mrs J F Kops of Waterloo describing decade-long kidney pain and morning stiffness.
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