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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
2
An Illinois professor argues against universal vocational schooling and warns it would highjack adolescence from choosing a true calling. He says most graduates become teachers, economies would waste funds, and early trades would devalue wages for skilled work.
The text argues against broad harsh educational reforms and defends public funding for teachers. It warns that disabling education would force reliance on lower skilled labor and degrade youth training while opposing shortcuts that would undermine academic training.
The Kansas City Star argues that good roads and strong rural schools drive progress, noting Sumner's claim and urging road improvements, school consolidation, and consolidation’s cost benefits. It also highlights Iowa’s rural density, compares state populations, and endorses Missouri Governor Hadley’s idea to convert executive messages into lectures for legislators.
Judge Hastings of Green Bay Wisconsin declared a woman not eligible for office as she is not an elector. The remark prompts concern over gender eligibility in local politics and public life.
The speaker notes Mr Bryan's comments and questions the platform versus the candidate. The piece urges mothers to read newspapers closely to learn from others misfortunes such as child fires caused by parents leaving them unattended.
Readers across Iowa discuss themes of government control of express services, tax inequities, road funds from hunters licenses, and political ethics. Critics accuse parties of bias while urging reforms to freight and taxation, with reflections on voter behavior and neutrality.
Ella M Ford Miller transfers land to Ida Imlay in 189-14 for 1. Waterloo Savings Bank sells part of Lot 4 Mill Square Waterloo to Emmons Johnson for 32000. Mary Reitzel et al sell Lots 4 and 6 Block 31 Waterloo to India R Pickett for 10100. MW Briden sells parts of Lots 17 and 12 Block 14 Linden Place to Southern California Eucalyptus Growers Association for 800. W Illingworth transfers multiple lots in Howrey Williams re plat to Geo B Williams for unspecified sum. Voelker transfers part of Lots 1 and 4 Block 59 Cooley’s Addition Waterloo to Cora Voelker for 1.
Rumors of political disturbances reach Tegucimalpa but officials and public see them as baseless. No revolution, no assassinations, and no political imprisonments have occurred. The gunboat Tatumba has not sailed from Puerto Cortez to engage the steamer Hornet, claimed as a revolutionary warship.
Sixteen battleships of the Atlantic fleet meet Seilly islands after six weeks in France and Britain. They bid farewell to officials and civic bodies before turning homeward toward Guantanamo Cuba, with arrival due January 16.
Major General Duvall, commanding the division of the Philippines, cables the War Department with an unqualified denial of reports that a telegraph station built by the Japanese was found in the Philippines along with arms, ammunition, and explosives in Japanese possession.
A 1910-era column urges debt repayment for merchants and customers alike and links high prices to unpaid bills. It blends moral tales with a call for fair wages, weights, and prices, arguing churches and schools must raise funds and support Bible teaching to advance 1911 conversions and a millennial gospel.
A reader muses on how people cling to grievances and the harm they cause to families. The piece cites Dora Melegari on grievance seekers who feed discontent and offers steps to clear the heart cupboard by frank talk or kind acts. It notes today is the day before New Year and urges addressing hurts.
The speaker urges cleansing grievances and filling the void with even worse rubbish until the New Year resets. The metaphor compares the process to the house of the seven devils and questions the value of resolutions.
Augusta E Stetson, once excommunicated leader of New Yorks First Church of Christ Scientist, claims Mary Baker Eddy will return in human form. She asserts Mrs Eddy is not dead and compares the event to Jesus appearing after the crucifixion to 500 witnesses.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a deep seated blood impurity that cannot be cured by local treatments. It asserts only blood purification via S.S.S. can permanently cure catarrh, detailing symptoms and promising a free book and medical advice from Swift Specific Co. Atlanta.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Chamberlain of Oregon received word his mother Mrs Parmelia Chamberlain age ninety died at her Natchez Mississippi home. He will leave tonight for Natchez to attend the funeral.
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