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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1912

Page

2

BALOO EVENIKO COURS Member Seonslated Proce

American travelers in Europe will find that Waterloo Evening Courier on file in several offices including Trafalgar Building Room 9 and 6 Haymarket. Health of School Children warns about widespread defects among 20 million US students based on Dr. Thomas D. Wood findings. The piece cites high rates of heart disease, tuberculosis, deformities, hearing and vision problems, malnutrition, enlarged tonsils, and dental issues, urging attention to school health as national vitality hinges on children’s well being.

Baloo Eveniko Cours Gasdey U.S. Martman Avenus Mansuan Es AW. Peresson Gec'y-Tieas Mgr Bee York Tribuse Building Lifes B. Levens Chlangs Ofte A& W Allen Cocrier Postco Privete Europe Waterloo Trafalgar Building North Gemberland Avenue American Express Ead Haymarket Dawe's Steamship Agency Ty Green Street Paris Io Boulevard Des Capocines American Expres Inter den Linden Thomas D. Wood Teachers’ College Columbia University United States Bureau of Education United States

Iowa Press Attack on Third-Party Ticket Fueling Taft Split

Several Iowa papers argue Taft’s speech may push progressives to nominate a state and congressional ticket, potentially aiding Taft over Roosevelt. Clarke supported by Freeman-Tribune. other GOP figures praised. Also notes on good roads benefits, naval funding, Stevenson for Wilson, and Watterson’s electoral leanings.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune Iowa Taft Roosevelt George W. Clarke Clarke Freeman- Tribune

Mixed Eccentric Ads and Brief News Bits From Scraps

A collage of quirky ad slogans and short anecdotes appears, including a shopper friendly sign offering free samples and no collection, a joke about marriage with a quarrelsome father, a railroad foreman asking to “warm her up,” and a Xangwill anecdote about mistaken Christian names. It also mentions apples, bees, and a bootleg style misadventure with a boy and a beehive.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Cumberland Avi Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post

A Pair of Grouches Trade Tales of Henpecked Men

In a Washington Metropolitan club a pair of old grouches share a story about a friend who married and moved away. One notes the man’s vacant gaze and the other recalls a morning when he asked his wife before opening a letter, a small domestic moment turned into a comic observation.

Washington Lippincott’s

Views of the People on River Front Cleanup

The Courier's readers urge the River Front Commission to improve vacant riverfront areas on both banks between the bridges. They cite condemned garbage and old structures like the yellow shoe sign and the Antique Palace as unsightly relics and urge beautification for the current generation.

Courier River Front Commission

Epidemic Threatens Wildfowl In Salt Lake Region

New York reports to the American Game Protective Association that an epidemic threatening wild ducks near Salt Lake City may recur. The Biological Survey and Bureau of Animal Industry will study the disease, which has killed millions of ducks in Utah, and seek remedies. A local note cites a tenth of breeding marsh ducks already dead or dying.

New York American Game Protective and Propagation Association New York City Salt Lake City Utah Biological Survey Washington Bureau of Animal Industry Fisher Salt Lake

Two Million Dollar Gift For Wilson Turns To Sand

At Seagirt dinner, a mock bag labeled two million-dollar gift from Standard Oil held sand instead of money. Governor Wilson’s cousin James Woodrow hosted the Gridiron style event with a bull moose on the table and a German-made toy battleship. Delegations led by Joseph Rana dell and George Foster Peabody urged Wilson to attend the National Rivera and Harbors congress in Memphis and discuss Porto Rico, while health advice notes Chamberlain’s Tablets aiding digestion.

Seagirt N. 7 Woodrow Wilson Standard Oil Company James Woodrow University of South Carolina Washington Democratic Congress Navy Germany Joseph E. Ranadell National Rivera and Harbors Congress Wilann Memphis George Foster Peabody Wilson Porto Rico

Popularity by Unselfishness in The Evening Chit Chat

Ruth Cameron surveys readers on popularity in a series: unselfishness tops the traits. Real popularity comes from genuine kindness and interest in others, not beauty or talent. Two neighbors, a mother and daughter, are cited as lifelong popular examples due to selfless care.

Ruth Cameron

Charles City Men Are Being Sought

Tes Moines Aug 26. Chief of detectives Johnston received a request from Charles City to locate George F Rufsnider 45 and M C Ficken 25 traveling toward this city in Rufsniders car bearing number 26091 with two girls Ruth and Beulah Roberts aged 16 and 17. Also farmer W S Gunsalus of Fleming Pa praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after fourteen years use and recommends it. Safe by all dealers.

Tes Moines BE. EB. Johnston Charles City George F. Rufsnider M. C. Ficken Rufsnider Ruth Beulah Roberts W. S. Gunsalus Fleming Chamberlain

Traffic is active fewer idle cars in circulation

Chicago Aug 26 A bulletin from the American Railway Association reports a continued drop in surplus railroad cars with 58 624 idle cars nationwide on Aug 15 down from earlier totals. The reduction spans box box car and miscellaneous categories, supporting talks of a forthcoming car shortage on many lines.

Chicago American Railway Association United States

Railroads show fall shortages and surpluses in stock cars

The association reports total car shortage August 15 at 14 722, up 5328 from August 1, with a year over year change including a 49 377 decrease in surplus since last year and increases in shortage by 10 592. Also cited is a medical endorsement for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy by Lindsay Scott of Temple Indiana.

Out-Of-Doors Tests of Modern Resolve

The piece reflects how strenuous times challenge endurance in business and professional life, stressing that only the fittest survive. It emphasizes resilience, effort, and perseverance as key traits for success in contemporary work environments.

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