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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1914
Page
2
A religious writer argues that modern science and psychology are shaping religious feeling through a growing emphasis on facts. Authority without evidence fails in the modern century, and patient scientists provide tools to build the spiritual house of future generations. Religion will endure as humanity’s supreme expression.
Forty years ago on December 2 in 1874, marriages occurred in Waterloo and Water loo with Billings and Miss Wolcher, both 16, and Conductor John G Mathews and Mary E Judd wed November 26. The new cracker factory in Waterloo prospers while home goods news voices hope for local shopper support. Railroads rise in prominence as Baltimore and Ohio reaches Chicago, construction begun in 1828. The weather turns unusually mild with April-like conditions at noon. The court clerks J. Gates and A. J. Edwards share trial week summaries, noting no major cases.
The piece extols trained dogs, especially red dros dogs, for their lifesaving aid in wartime Europe. It recounts Tom the ambulance dog saving Durand after a battle in the Argente Forest, then cites gunner and dispatch dogs from Liege and Sarrébourg. Marquis, a regimental dispatch dog, dies delivering a vital message and a fund plans a monument.
Des Moines December 1. Dr. Harry D. Kelley charged with manslaughter in the death of Edwin Sterzing a Des Moines bartender was found insane at the time of the crime by a jury that reported to Judge Lawrence De Graff. The jury said Kelley is sane now and may gain liberty soon. Sterzing was the second victim in the case.
The piece notes stamp shortages in Chicago and Waterloo, blaming lax federal rules and delayed supply. It cites district revenue collectors and postmasters as responsible for furnishing stamps, while warning that shipping, deeds, and other documents suffer delays. It mentions a Colorado coal strike and broader wartime hardships, ending with a fragmented closing remark.
The piece notes fall hunting patterns decline as game laws tighten. Mars game wardens expand enforcement while species threaten extinction. Migrant residents, language barriers, and changing tastes affect attitudes toward wildlife and hunting.
The reader shares a debate sparked by a department store exchange. The letter argues that naming a customer man or a clerk a gentleman reflects opinion rather than status and that true worth determines how one should be addressed, not ordinary labels. The writer favors man over gentleman and woman over lady, urging readers to focus on deserving the title.
The piece denounces wholesale hunting as a form of monopoly that transforms wild birds into luxury dinners. It argues crops forfeit value due to pet hunters, forcing travelers to seek scarce sport hundreds of miles away and urging equal sharing of hunting rights for all varieties.
Twenty years ago on a Wednesday in December 1894 the Black Hawk County Farmers institute planned a 1921 gathering. changes included church leaders elected in a ministers meeting with Rev Crose as president and Rev Adams as vice president. A humor filled wedding procession for G W Dawson and Ellen Swan featured a cow and calf led by old friends, a mayoral welcome, and cigars for 500 onlookers. Others noted: Nona McStay married to Chesley, Jesse Beacom’s death from heart disease, and 38 families aided by Overseer John Thompson amid layoffs at the I C shops. Simon Clasey and family moved to California.
The College Rooter text lampoons football crowds as a danger, noting new Harvard Michigan Minnesota types of pandemonium emitters. It claims 1914 routers with 14 inch calibres fire at over 300 words per second, reach nearly five miles, automatic loading and firing, and cause muffled signals, damaged spectators, and dangerous recoil amid college games.
The piece mocks football rivalries with exaggerated imagery about rooters and their “powerful” chants. It jokes that Harvard and Yale fans wield verbal barbs as if dum-dum bullets, while noting the mobility of rooters who travel vast distances by car and cab on game nights.
Fred Washburn of Cedar Rapids writes to the Courier and Reporter about the removal of the old mill on North First Street built in 1850. The piece includes a Cedar Rapids Gazette clipping with an historical sketch and recalls Milt Baird driving for Union Mill Co. and pioneer days in Black Hawk county.
The report notes a November trade surplus of 63 188 992 dollars and an estimated export excess near 70 million dollars for the month. It records that more than 300 conventions are planned for the 1915 San Francisco exposition. Other items mention hemp output in 1912, Argentina's duty free ammunition policy, Swiss dairy cattle totals, and Panama's imported beer volume.
Washington D C Dec 3 Ex ports from the twelve ports handling 80 percent of the nations trade totaled 44 098 852 for the week ending Nov 28 compared with imports aggregat
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