Waterlo o Courier 1917 war prep and budget clash
The February 13 1917 Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter discusses a $1 million plus deficit and Iowa budget pressures. It weighs options to cut state expenses versus raising taxes, highlights education funding needs and a proposed capitol grounds sale, and notes political risk for supporting tax hikes. It also argues for a businesslike public budget approach and notes unpreparedness for war and universal military training as a solution.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Daily Reporter
Associated Press
Mariber “Audit Bureau of Circulations
Axcent
West Park Tel Volta GC
I Martman
A.W. Paterson
Sec
Treas
oTice
Re. G. Doughert
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooks & Finley
Rep
Harding
Department of Education
State University
Capitol Extension
Knoxville
Universal training bill praised by Senate committee
The Senate Military Affairs Committee reported favorably on the Chamberlain universal training bill with two dissenting votes. The piece argues six months of training will foster preparedness and moral responsibility, placing service at age nineteen and reservist limits to twenty eight, while noting the measure is mild and not likely to invite substantial militarism.
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Senate
Taft
Myc
Iowa Editors Report War Impact on Economy and Legislation
Iowa editors describe wartime effects on economy with repair shops thriving and leather goods prices rising. They note bills for protecting game birds, quail, and prairie chickens, support from newspapers, and a cautious stance by leaders amid national turmoil.
President's Corse Shapes War Choice After German Actions
Washington signals the president will pursue a definite course if Germany takes overt action. He may seek authority to protect American seamen without a formal declaration of war, raising questions about Congress and executive power. Comment also notes debates on wartime powers and references to potato wartime history and other editorials.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Washington
Goerinung
Congress
Germany
America First and German American Strains of Patriotism
An editorial reflects on patriotism during wartime, urging native Americans to fly the flag and praising German American support for the U S cause. It cites German American individuals and the Fatherland journal Viereck now renaming as the New World, stressing loyalty over origin. It laments tensions and calls for measured, united Americanism.
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America
Keokuk Gate City
Nevns
Germany
Bank of Ruth
the Fatherland
George Sylvester Viereck
America First Movement
The
New World
Viereck
Fatherland
Lincoln Journal
United States
Congress
Side Talks by Ruth Cameron On Store Clerks Mysteries
Ruth Cameron reflects on what a sales slip hides behind the surface. She details the clerk’s duties including department number sales number date item count charged or paid for delivery method and purchaser address and the price multiple places. She notes the speed and pressure of serving the next customer and the frequent questions from buyers. The piece ends by marveling at the clerks’ unseen accuracy and the mistakes they avoid rather than those they make.
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Imoney
Lenan
Views of IR People and School Signs in Waterloo
A reader laments courage as a virtue and urges action against the liquor trade led by Bryan. William Kerr questions Roosevelt Taft Wilson on prohibition and national policy. An anonymous Waterloo subscriber argues about high school access and class differences affecting education. He also critiques roadside welcome signs for Mr. Farmer's family.
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Grundy Center
Roosevelt
Laft
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
William J. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Mr. Bryan
William G. Kerr
Waterloo
A Feed Barn Plan and Lincoln Tribute
A farmer seeks practical parking and loading facilities for his team and goods, suggesting a feed barn solution. The text also includes a tribute to Lincoln by Dr Joseph Port Newton praising Lincoln as a central, humane figure whose life embodies republican spirit and moral strength.
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Lincoln
Joseph Port Newton
Lowell
New England
Old Dominion
Middle West
Lee
Grant
Waters
Republic
America
South
A Practical Puzzle in Hard Times
The Burlington Hawk Eye notes the cost squeeze on families with small incomes as prices for potatoes meat bread and coal rise. It reflects on arithmetic puzzles of the past and says many people are solving real life problems now when faced with financial strain.
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Burlington
America
Arkansas man salutes wrong tune at theater
A man in Arkansas rose during a theater performance when the orchestra played a tune he believed to be the national anthem. The mistaken salute caused embarrassment as other patrons watched the misunderstanding unfold.
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Arkansas
Nes Moines Register
Dream of Great Riches and War Warnings Across Papers
A dream of huge profits mocks get rich quick schemes as Ephraim imagines buying 166 shares of Golden Glow for 83,600 dollars and collecting 4,980 dollars yearly, while editorials warn against such ventures. The American Spirit column praises sober caution about war and notes Mason City’s bid for the federal armor plant amid defense concerns.
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W. J. Peck
Ephraim
Golden Glow
Eph
Savings Bank
Ephtiam
Daylight Saving Rooster Crows to Save Farmer Daylight
A quirky note from the Council Bluffs Nonpareil links daylight saving to a farmer’s timing, humouring the idea that a rooster’s 40 o'clock crowing grants an extra hour of daylight each day.
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Council
Sparrow family rents a tree house in tale
A humorous tale follows Mrs. Sparrow urging her reluct ant husband to rent a nest in a tree. He scouts dangers, finds a high airy spot, and they endure a cold night as snow falls. By dawn they retreat to their old blinds, vowing to avoid open-tree living again. The piece ends with a moral about comfort over risk.
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Mrs. Sparrow
Mr. Robins
Sparrow
Mrr. Sparrow
John Sparrow
Mr. Sparrow
Mr Sparrow
Mrs. Sparrowy
John
Mr Dear
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