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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
2
A humorous obituary for the hen portrays her as a flawed but beloved creature. The piece mocks human behavior and politics while praising the hen’s role as a prolific if imperfect mother and culinary muse. It likens the hen to politicians, adored in life for her paradoxes and in death for her symbolic value.
The president's congressional message centers on two urgent issues for citizens: growing business prosperity and national defense. He urges prompt steps to expand merchant marine trade and argues government should set trade routes before private control. He favors non compulsory but attractive military service within a cautious defense policy, warning of fierce winter debates and divided opinion.
Waterloo plans an experiment for Christmas Eve that blends rich and poor without giving or receiving gifts. The event, funded by existing resources, aims to unify the celebration and avoid duplicating church programs while encouraging a more classical observance of the holiday.
A former Waterloo boy now with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch critiques tariff and Credit measures tied to cotton markets. The column contrasts British approaches in India and Egypt with American sectionalism, urging self restraint and wiser leadership to ease southern distress while noting political crutches and the fear of hell seeping into Des Moines.
A reflective piece laments the weight of inherited ideas and political structures. It skewers thrones, armies, and vested rights as moth-eaten relics while urging practical reform. The piece quotes Ibsen and contrasts modern governance with old pretensions. It notes Waterloo lodge officers for 105 and lists several Masonic roles with appointments pending.
Forties years ago reports from Newton Iowa on migration of fam ilies fleeing drought and grasshoppers in Kansas and Nebraska. Tax totals in Black Hawk County reached 149813 with 4560 polls. Church news from Davenport lists lay delegates from St Mark's Waterloo and Rev Joseph B E Ryan as clerical delegate. Local merchants advertising include Frank clothier Rider hardware Perry druggist Balliett Weld jewelers Brubacher agricultural implements Houck Ayers meatmarket Israel Bros clothing Capyrell coal and wood W A Chapin groceries B McCormick groceries Robinson brothers boot and shoes Glover dry goods Hay clothing Gilbert dry goods Hoff dry goods.
Twenty Years Ago on Wednesday December 12, 1894 reports a delinquent tax sale total of 1603.01, far below last year. Black Hawk county bar passes resolutions lamenting Judge J. Husted’s removal to Dubuque, signed by local legal figures. A grand jury faction for the murder of Stephen Howard is noted as bond is refused. Judge Kennedy presides at a preliminary examination in a cattle shipping case. Damon Mott, a large Eagle township cattle raiser, ships 193 head to Chicago and plans 600 total after buying 300 more. Charles Adams is held over 20 November arrests, 16 for intoxication, while school children reportedly snowball drivers near school grounds. Local citizens back electric line to Cedar Falls, hoping it reaches the state normal school as a paying investment. Elias Bickley of Orange township marks his forty sixth birthday on Tuesday.
A narrator recalls Tom Gray’s drunken dream of riding a hellish train filled with a diverse crowd and demonic rail crew. The voyage climaxes in a fiery furnace, screams, and a sermon blaming social sins before Tom awakens shaken, praying to escape drink and the devil’s grasp.
A description from the Iowa experiment station at Ames details the Iowa 103 potato variety. Bred from Kherson, it is white in color and reported to yield higher than Kherson and other early varieties in state tests over the past two years. The note cites P A Smith of Des Moines for contact.
Frank Putnam analyzes the 1914 cotton crisis and the South’s peril from low prices and credit shortages. He urges congressional action to issue gold bonds to buy surplus cotton, mobilize national credit, and prevent vast losses for both Southern and Northern economies. England’s actions on cotton finance are cited as a model.
Reports from Black Hawk and Cedar Falls indicate the Iowa 103 oat yields exceed standard varieties by seven and twenty bushels in certain trials. Farmers are urged to obtain seed now, as supplies are limited and prices range from 75 cents to one dollar per bushel, with value hinging on early sowing and land use.
In Cedar Rapids Republican a critique of Democratic efforts to push pork barrel spending before March 4. The piece argues that after that date their majorities will be too small to pass such measures, urging completion of the job and targeting southern districts.
The president is urged to stand with allies as concern grows over the national treasury depletion. War taxes were imposed to curb excessive appropriations, though Democrats express unease about current spending and fiscal priorities amid the war effort.
The piece argues colds arise from a disordered blood condition and insufficient nutrients rather than weather. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as healing with medicinal fats to enrich the blood, build strength, and prevent serious illness, noting it contains natural fats and no drugs or alcohol from Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, NJ.
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