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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1913
Page
2
Arguments favor state supervision for road funding stress economy and public expediency, questioning local spending without visible results and urging centralized control. A Des Moines Register debate asks what the past $100 million achieved, and highlights alleged bridge-contract graft fueling the push for supervision. Pedagogical reform urges teachers to dress plainly to deter vanity, while praising simplicity over frills.
A discussion argues for one term per president, relief from renomination, and focus on national duty. It notes the Taft faction and Chicago convention stalwarts threaten progressives, and Cummins and Hadley float revising rules to curb Southern influence and enforce state primary results. Without GOP reform, recovery appears unlikely.
A Davenport store proprietor invited a man to wait inside a shop. The guest drew a revolver, robbed the proprietor, and in a scuffle fired three times, killing him. The assailant’s motive appeared tied to hospitality turned hostility.
A compilation of editorial quips and opinions from various Iowa papers criticizing political figures and policies. Topics include suffrage debates, party splits, reform vs. corruption, and road and bridge construction, with remarks on Wilson, Cummins, LaFollette, and state infrastructure.
Horace Greeley born 101 years ago in New Hampshire rose from a country printing office to found the New York Tribune. He shaped public opinion across newspapers, supported reform and Westward expansion, ran for president as a Democrat after leaving the Republicans, and was famed for a stern forthright style that alarmed advertisers and officials who sought Tribune influence. He died after a long career marked by fiery editorials and political involvement.
In Des Moines, grafting bridge contractors lobby for continuing road money control by boards of supervisors and township trustees. After twenty-five years and a hundred million dollars spent on roads, residents are urged to write their representatives to back a cleaner administration of road building.
A Ruth Cameron column argues against ostentatious taste and debt. It contrasts a woman who buys lace beyond income with prudent living, warning that valuing luxury over justice harms others and that material things fade like chaff. It notes the need for balance between appreciation of beauty and duty to society.
A Liggett drug store chain announces on New Year’s Day that no intoxicating liquors will be sold in any Liggett stores across the United States or Canada. The move is applauded by advocates of separating liquor from the reputable pharmacy profession and is urged for all druggists to abandon the whisky business.
New Hartford reports a sudden death of Sarah Juhl at the Fred Moffitt farm with funeral and burial at Oak Hill. E 8 Philo and family returned from Des Moines. Ad Webster eyes local car sales. Mrs J A Morrison hosts visitors from Salina Kansas. John Coilvin and Alda Fay return home. Jessie Ferguson resumes duties at the telephone exchange. Mr and Mrs Davis ill at home. Mrs H M McElwain, 77, dies of pneumonia after brief illness.
The funeral was held Friday at 10:30 p m at the Baptist church with Rev H A Essex officiating. Interment followed in Oak Hill cemetery. Survivors include two sons Rob ert and Charles two daughters Mrs John Becker and Mrs Frank Howard eight grandchildren one great grandchild one brother H M Rhodea of Clarkesville and a sister in law Miss Liberty McElwain who resides with her. Pallbearers were Ed Fitch Aug Critzman R E Wick C R Harmon C Sprague and E J Dunham. Additional notices report relatives visiting, illness and death in nearby areas, and local officials.
Mrs Chas Archer of Traer visited relatives over Sunday. J B Dean from Ames on business Thursday. R B Ferguson visited by his Clinton parents late last week. W G Calhoun of Portland Ore spent Saturday with cousin Mrs G F Rowlett and Bert Musser family. Walter Musser and Lewis Musser hosts. Pure Food Show attendance in Cedar Rapids. Rowlett and Holek in Waterloo on business. Louie Buhrman returned from Oregon. Klance Greene and Will Gasser in Cedar Rapids Sunday. Miss Emma Runft visiting Ackley this week. Mrs G D Weddle, daughter Mrs A A Scott and George at Tschirgi funeral. J G Cook and Peterson at New Hartford Monday. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Peter Thompson near Berlin Friday. Mrs Mary Taylor sick list. Entre Nous Club hosted by Miss Elizabeth Mutch.
Tuesday evening at her home southeast of town Dr Will Creswell of Danbury Ia and J A Creswell of Payette Ida visit their seriously ill mother in Reinbeck. Ruth Jones from Lawrenceville visiting sister Mrs H V Kahler. Margaret and Laura Grell returned from Nebraska. Chas Biebesheimer and Elmer Rickert family news two births a son to Mr and Mrs Elmer Rickert and a girl to Mr and Mrs George Maehrlein. Minnie Noltensmeier and Herman Andors wed last Wednesday. couple to live near Hudson. Sewing Circle hosts and multiple local moves including Rowlett selling Broad St property to W W Wagner. Arnold Tschirgi dies in Brogen Ore after many relocations. services held with Masonic lodge support. Funeral in Reinbeck Congregational church.
An old advertisement touts a “CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY” remedy using LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. It promises a refund of 1 cent if it fails, and carries Druggist signature on the box with a 26 cent price.
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