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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1915
Page
2
The Waterloo Courier and Reporter reflects on national affairs including lynching debates, tariffs, and military policy, alongside local notes on agriculture, industry, and events. It mentions La Follette, mules, women, and Indiana Riley day, with commentary on public sentiment and wartime measures.
A wartime plan to establish a civilian business men’s training camp in Chicago stalls due to lack of military equipment. With government arms and camping gear tied up on the Mexican border, a few hundred civilians cannot be outfitted for a camp, prompting renewed focus on defense readiness and road-building policy in Iowa. The piece argues for nonpolitical road improvement programs and notes Iowa apple prospects and political figures surrounding Thomas Watson and mob action in Georgia.
George Matthew Adams writes that danger tests souls and that few are born cowards. Courage grows by facing danger calmly, shaping heroes from fear. The piece urges daily training to greet danger with action and resolve rather than retreat. Safety becomes minimal when danger rings.
A humorous critique using the snail as a metaphor for social behavior and mobility. It contrasts the snail’s slow, deliberate movement with America’s fast paced life and the dangers of urban streets. It wittily laments modern mobility and property rights while praising the snail’s stubborn persistence.
A writer argues for personal style over a universal dress reform. She advocates varied, self expressive clothing, urging women to study themselves to find flattering colors and silhouettes while remaining open to tasteful new fashions. She cites a frugal shopper who creates distinctive looks from affordable pieces and promotes clothing that reflects personality.
Davenport Times laments county board overreach and wasteful charges while praising watchdogs. Sioux City Tribune questions postwar price patterns and costs of war. Knoxville Journal notes Cummins’ national prospects and a potential nomination contest. Webster City Freeman-Tribune reports City Manager success cutting tax levies. Burlington Hawk-Eye mocks fiction in favor of official reports. Dubuque Times-Journal highlights unsettled politics as Tom Steele prepares to leave Congress.
Chicago Aug 23 Katherine Barker Spaulding the 20 million bride writes Chicago friends from the New Washington hotel in Seattle. She and her husband Howard Spaulding Jr plan a glorious trip to the west. They expect to leave Seattle for San Francisco then sail for Honolulu to remain a month or six weeks after two weeks at the exposition.
A simple boy Hans climbs a mountain to confront a wicked giant terrorizing his land. He uses tar, a rope, and a clever plan to subdue the giant, freeing captives and discovering a hoard of gold and jewels. Hans returns home with wealth, saving his family from poverty.
The Rotary clubs of the South Texas gulf coast thank members for the Rotary spirit shown after the hurricane. They urge countering exaggerated loss reports and note little residence damage, no crop delays, and intact ports. Local club received the message signed by Houston Galveston Beaumont and Port Arthur Rotary clubs.
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