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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1914
Page
2
The Rhine rises in the Alps and flows to the German Ocean, passing through Switzerland and Holland. Germans have shaped it with banks, towns, vines, and castles turning it into a major artificial waterway used for freight, tourism, and strategic aims across centuries.
Des Moines discussions on adopting a city manager system intensify as state lawmakers consider authorizing a manager. A. J. Small aids the reference desk with materials, while La Grande Oregon's example highlights debt relief and efficiency after a commission manager shift. Other topics include quail shipment to State Fair Grounds and post revival church growth boosting city memberships.
A social critique urges immediate action to curb poverty in Waterloo. It points to drunkenness, improvidence, indolence, wife desertion, and unchecked fertility as root causes, condemns lenient crime laws, and calls for government support to feed children and regulate wasteful family growth. It demands institutions to prevent suffering and notes two Mondays a week are inadequate.
The piece reflects on how small, ordinary incidents linger in memory and shape actions. The author recalls hair in a pen scene, tying silk shoelaces, a nurse teaching neat beds, a letter address flash Dedham Heights, and Empress Eugenie’s handkerchief tale as vivid examples of memory links.
London dispatch quotes Alfred Noyes urging America to end the war and speak the truth to the German people. He argues Germans suffer and civilization is battered while neutral nations should press for liberty and expose wartime deception.
The author reflects on unity across thought domains merging into one pursuit of truth and usefulness. Sorrow and joy yield similar moral effects, lifting the self toward a shared exaltation that blends religion art nature science and literature into a cohesive experience.
Des Moines report quotes Governor Cox denying W Diggs of Ohio who claimed Cox regretted adopting the Ohio workmen’s compensation plan. Cox says the accusation is false and notes Ohio plan pleases workers. He cites Ohio Manufacturers Association support and predicts more states adopting the law.
In Quasqueton Ja on December 28 the town print shop halts the Quasquetonian after editor Frank Vierth, once of Tesno, announces the paper will move printing equipment to Payette. The suspension comes without a planned successor or advance notice.
Justice Weaver criticizes Dugger vs Kelly for three Supreme Court appeals and ballooning costs far beyond the $176.66 involved. Dugger and Kelly, neighboring farmers, argued over sharing drain costs. judgment granted to Dugger, with two prior reversals. The opinion urges ending such la w suits and cites Myers vs Tallman over a trivial fence dispute, noting rehearing sought for the case.
In Selon Springs Wisconsin on December 28 Louis Kurilla 21 a farmer shot and killed Fred Dickingon 30 a blacksmith during a dispute over a one dollar account Kurilla attempted to flee in a farm wagon but was captured by a deputy sheriff and a posse He killed himself with a pistol as arrest closed in the tragedy ends with Kurilla dead and Dickingon slain.
A note indicates publishers are surprised by a sudden shift and a plan to launch another paper in the same field. It hints at industry changes and renewed competition without detailing specifics or dates. The statement suggests ongoing efforts behind the scenes.
Mrs. Henry Bly received Thursday morning a gold watch from an unknown person in Minneapolis to replace a watch stolen from her two years earlier during a burglary at the Bly home. The postmark and lack of an accompanying note were the only clues, and the replacement is praised as a slow conscience gift. The Bly couple, longtime supporters of Billy Sunday, express gladness at the unexpected gesture despite its imperfect likeness.
Postville district reports a fatal incident as Frank Lowers a farmer northwest of town is killed while handling timber. Authorities investigate the accident details and causes at the scene near Dec 28.
A sudden accident during wood chopping left Prankyije dead when a toppled limb struck Mr Lowers on the head. Prankyije, 28, leaves a widow and two young children.
Sioux Rapids parties closed a deal for forty acres at West Okoboji to create a Methodist colony. A tabernacle will be built, the land subdivided into lots, and numerous cottages will rise next year with A. B. Snyder of Sioux Rapids leading the project.
The Great Western railway and locomotive engineer Lyle Woodward of Des Moines are named in a claim for heavy damages over the death of J. A. Lynch and J. T. Lynch. The pair were killed when their automobile was struck by a southbound freight train near Green Mountain on September 4.
Fort Dodge Iowa December 28 Owen Ball now jailed for burglaries is also suspected in a Bemidji Minnesota holdup. A hotel manager sent details about a 2 am robbery where a gunpoint forced staff to give $400 cash and $200 in checks. A separate Iowa suit concerns rubber tires for streetcars in Green Mountain administrator Lynch defending against British authorities.
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