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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
2
The Waterloo Courier details postal rates and foreign postings for American travelers in Europe and vacation mailing options. It also discusses Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 nomination prospects, noting his decline, retirement, and moral influence, plus market price observations for Waterford cabbage and local produce with cautions about price manipulation.
The piece contrasts a proposed city market for fresh produce with quick sales for farmers, and then surveys aviation progress, health inspections, and urban issues. It notes shoppers’ gains, pilots’ hopes, Buffalo restaurant cleanups, Pittsburgh spelling, and a satirical jab at sensational aviation praise and political maneuvering.
A collage of editorial quips and headlines from papers like Dubuque Telegraph-Herald Sioux City Tribune and Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Topics include a woman at the United States mint or on the tariff board and railcar safety debates. References to Taft Standpatters and interurban electric railways appear amid brief satirical notes.
The state prison system is outdated, with Fort Madison noted as particularly deficient. The labor system there is criticized as wrong in principle, while Anamosa prison is regarded as markedly better. Regarding the parole board and Warden Sanders, evidence of misconduct or improper acts is minimal, suggesting work under the current system has been carried out with care.
The article argues that true leaders rise not only by doing good work but by teaching others to do it. It cites examples of managers who train and delegate, and a proactive woman who seeks assistants. The piece links shared responsibility to personal growth, company expansion, and family life.
Eighty head of blooded cattle sail from Seattle and Minneapolis routes to China for imperial herd experiments. Holsteins from the Rasmass herd near Lohrville Iowa valued at 7,000 dollars. Polled Angus, Jerseys, and Herefords from several Minnesota and Washington sources form the nucleus for future steppes and river pastures.
Fresh berries and breakfast foods aside, the article notes fourth shipload of blooded stock bound for China and Japan. Earlier consignments carried sheep, hogs, and heavy work horses across the Pacific. Officials say Japan’s war department seeks army mule stock from the United States and plans to ship breeding stock to the Orient around Christmas.
A satirical piece riffs on a Kansas health board order to shave cats from whiskers to tail to curb germs. It quips about rats, germs, and civic hygiene, then pivots to a medical ad for Foley Kidney Pills, crediting J. K. Joder & Son.
San Francisco reports two candidates for grand president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Joseph J. Cusack and Frank E Hering contend with John 3 Parry seen as old guard candidate John F Maloney of Watertown N Y named grand secretary Finley McRae reports cash balance of 29323 with nearly 3000 up from last year 450000 in time deposits and 10000 moved to general fund total expenditures 125964 delegates endorse a resolution warning that Japanese competition on the Pacific coast threatens American employers and workers
The following named soldiers who have died in Waterloo lately are entitled to government headstones free of charge. The stones are white marble, 28 inches long, 10 inches wide, 4 inches thick and can be obtained on application of relatives or friends. Calton J. Averill at 410 Ninth street west, who will attend to your order. Leonard Mino, Henry Stevens, James D. Place, Alpheus Picken, Wm. Sindlinger, Barnard McCormick, Daniel Snyder, J. B. Edwards, Mike Turner, Geo. W. Hafar, Enos Ludden, R. D. Ball, Frank Gilbert, John La Barre, John Hubbard, James W. Shaffer, Fred Jacobs, Hiram Fair brother, Amos Adams.
Detroit August session of the Foresters of America considers a special committee report on building a tuberculosis sanitarium for free treatment to members. The convention also plans officer elections and a push for a national foresters publication delivered free to members.
Reports from Illinois Central stations say corn prospects are excellent with few storm damages beyond lodging. Late frost is needed to preserve potatoes, pastures are in fine shape, grasses plentiful for cattle, and fruit yields are unusually abundant with plums and apples expected to be cheap. Wheat and small grains have suffered from heavy rains, delaying threshing and reducing yield about 15 percent.
Edward B. Browne, rabbi of Youngstown Ohio, sues Mishkan Tefal of Boston for breach of contract in New York County. He alleges he was hired to serve for the rest of his natural life and was discharged. He seeks continued salary through his remaining life.
Many a suffering woman endures daily tasks with backache headache nervousness loss of appetite and poor sleep from kidney and bladder trouble. Foley Kidney Pills promise quick relief and restoration of health and strength. J. K. Joder & Son endorse the remedy for women who suffer and should not overlook it.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York begins a three months crusade against stray cats. Every night a long string of wagons is dispatched to various parts of the city to collect or challenge the animal population.
A recent night on the Lower East Side reveals a surge of stray cats along Fifth Avenue as about 200 felines were seized after midnight. The campaign, three months in, estimates about 72,000 cats to be destroyed at the current rate, highlighting a harsh, ongoing effort against homelessness among felines.
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