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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
2
Essay contrasts extreme asceticism and luxury tracing a cycle from fourth century Rome to modern society. It argues that balanced religion arises only in democratic, healthy communities with neither extreme wealth nor poverty, noting opposing forces from Puritans to Salvation Army and Broadway to East Side missions.
The New Haven railroad built a regional monopoly by absorbing rivals and trolley lines in Southern New England, later buying navigation and Boston and Maine assets. Critics call it sick financially, overleveraged, and controlled by J. P. Morgan and Charles S. Mellen, with indictments looming for several directors.
A Detroit newspaper receives a letter from Michigan State Prison inmate 9756 in Jackson describing his Christmas donation of 7 dollars earned at fifteen cents a day. He explains his crime and asks the paper to help bring happiness to children less fortunate during the season. He notes he has two daughters and hopes his gift aids others.
The piece argues that fears from Vera Cruz lessons deter sending torpedo boat destroyers sought by Governor Goethals for the canal zone. It notes Vera Cruz showed little strategic gain beyond teaching natives about a clean city, yet contends the American people likely support Goethals's request despite costs.
A Waterloo professional man returns from a Manitoba hunting trip praising the remote frozen north. Three weeks in snow bound fields and silent streams suited his desire for solitude and recreation. Nearby, a Nebraska farm tenancy was offered to a couple but declined because the wife did not want to move far from ongoing entertainment.
A compilation of analyses on Austro Hungarian weakness after a Serb victory, British naval doubts, and President Wilson’s rift with senators. It notes Theodore Roosevelt declining to testify, Spain’s distance from Mexican affairs, and speculative Republican presidential talk for 1918. The piece juxtaposes European upheavals with U.S. political temperament and leadership debates.
The document notes sympathy for a deceased member and lists committee signatories. It mentions resolutions praising the deceased, references to John Asquith and others, and a brief dubious aside about imported eggs and color descriptions of gray horses.
The column urges focusing on tomorrow and the present rather than fearing the future or overloading with tasks. It contrasts short sighted and long sighted approaches, urging practical steps one day at a time and advice from a wise friend. It uses Kipling and garden philosophy to encourage handling daily duties step by step.
Ottumwa, Dec 18. Las Samus Trenowski, a Russian laborer, just returned home from an unfinished voyage back to Russia. He survived a North Sea mine near Hull and a later train wreck on the return trip to Ottumwa. He remains hopeful to support his family after the war or until he can send for them.
The passage notes that when children show eagerness for evening or morning baths or any-time baths, Ivory soap is the likely choice. It emphasizes Ivory as the preferred brand among kids for personal cleansing.
Howe’s family sought Russia but he chose to return to America after surviving a sinking when the Rune hit a mine near the North Sea. Of 300 passengers 115 were saved, four remained aboard, including an Ottumwa passenger who clung to a sail with three others before rescue by fishing vessels. He then traveled via Hull, with aid from a Russian woman, to reach America. A later Chicago collision shook the train but left him unharmed. Exploring US geologists study China’s northern petroleum deposits as a potential major resource.
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