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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1911
Page
2
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A column ridicules Western homestead schemes marketed as Eden gardens. It cites Representative Mann criticizing land schemes in Oklahoma and Wyoming, noting dry, waterless lands misled Iowa settlers. Affected families abandoned farms, facing destitution while promoters prospered.
Ontario authorities tighten safeguards to prevent stream pollution used for municipal water supplies. The chief health officer issues a notice urging municipal councils to submit plans and specifications for water works projects to ensure compliance with the pollution prevention law.
A provincial health board official calls for approval of bylaws to fund river and lake protection, with water analyses from the provincial lab and strict garbage discharge bans to preserve the province’s waters. Montclair, New Jersey, residents complain of nonstop bird noise after police use a shotgun on robins and sparrows. Senator Heyburn is named to head a subcommittee to probe Senator Stephenson’s election, with accusations of whitewashing graft and calls for state restitution. A Pennsylvania case highlights pensioned innocence, urging legislative aid to correct past injustices and noting graft-fueled spending. An artist’s design mockup includes Charles Gates and Florence Hopwood in a satirical note about money and hearts.
A humorous local note recalls a postal clerk misdirecting mail to Des Moines as the best city in Iowa, with jokes about Waterloo and a broad cast of references to Taft vetoes and grandiose millionaire schemes amid reflections on romance and England’s strikes.
The Ottumwa Courier reflects on tariff pledges and the Republican stance. A London strike by the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants is contrasted with American labor norms. The Dubuque Times Journal notes poaching of young ducks near Sabula and condemns dynamite fishing. The Spencer Reporter mocks Secretary Wilson’s tenure. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil warns against marriage scandals and urges public moral scrutiny, stressing state interest in family welfare and accountability.
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes politics hinder revenue tab revision. Mason City Times cites Senator Lorimer’s seat in three congress sessions amid possible ouster. Des Moines Register praises Taft tariff revision effort as intelligent, courageous, and consistent, winning public support.
A reflective piece arguing mothers keep family harmony like oil in machinery. It contrasts cranky temper with essential, unglamorous care, urging readers to value mothers as the oil that lubricates daily life and prevents friction in households. The author analogizes global oil dependence to family dynamics and thanks God for mothers.
A Waterloo couple, married over a year, toured the east on a trip that felt like a second honeymoon. They explored government buildings in Washington, DC, with a guide, delighting in the tall buildings and stories of the capital. The wife’s curiosity about foreign relations led to a humorous moment as she wondered about the room’s purpose.
Capital increased from 150000 to 1619000 as Chicago Ana Mosa and Northern Railway expand from Anamosa to Coggon toward Waterloo. Work has begun northwest of Coggon with grading near Quasqueton and Jubilee, plus land options secured along the route. The line will pass Monti Shady Grove and Gilbertville, bringing steam transport to a previously rail-free region.
The Minneapolis Journal argues that free trade fuels mass unemployment in Britain, provoking strikes and riots by the unemployed and nonunion urban mobs. It asserts the revolt stems from deeper economic reform needs, not budgets or reforms, calling for systemic change to the British economy since the forties.
The article recounts B. Foster dying in the state penitentiary after 23 years for first degree murder amid doubt of guilt. It notes a failed first trial, a Supreme Court ordered new trial, a perjury conviction for Frank Howard, and Foster’s continued imprisonment until death. Also mentions Chamberlains tablets advertisement.
A town debate centers on a Republican claim that the local law fails to allow retrial after a felony conviction based on perjury testimony. The issue highlights judicial fairness and potential reforms in Jesse Town City.
In a Columbus address John Davey known as a tree surgeon and Professor Miller of the State University in Winona Lake spoke on insect damage to crows and trees. A writer in the Indianapolis News has also treated the subject noting evergreen concerns about maple trees.
A tree surgeon warns native song birds curb insect damage to crops. He cites a $100,000,000 annual loss and recalls St Helena’s plumage trade, noting Britain’s policy shift restored balance as birds returned and deserts receded. The piece urges quick measures to protect insect breeding birds statewide.
Miss Hazel B Laugenour, 19, a college student from San Francisco, swam the Golden Gate on Saturday in 1 hour 28 minutes. She broke the previous harbor record of 1:24:36 set by Walter Pomeroy earlier this year, with the canal width noted at 1,500 feet at the narrowest point.
An advertisement offers Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets trial boxes free at local drug stores for dyspepsia relief. It promises rapid easing of indigestion, heartburn, belching, nausea, and other symptoms, with the tablet claimed to let you eat freely and improve sleep and work.
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