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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1914

Page

2

Loo Evening Court and Courier Circulation Notices

The Loo Evening Court print details subscription and editorial staff with daily and tri weekly editions. It notes foreign distribution for the Waterloo Evening Courier and lists offices in London Paris Berlin and St Petersburg with post and delivery details.

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West urges restraint on Shackleford Good Roads bill debate

The article reports Sereno E Payne’s House speech opposing the Shackleford Good Roads measure, calling out the bill’s $25 000 000 appropriation as impractical given a recent $12 000 000 revenue deficit and New York’s $125 000 000 road spend. He argues for state led road building and labels pork speculation. It also covers Rodman Wanamaker’s aviation peace plan to cross the Atlantic in a day, envisioned as a world peace project to render dreadnoughts obsolete and curb future war capabilities.

Sereno E. Payne House of Representatives New York State Congress Rodman Wanamaker Newfoundland Ireland Wanamaker Atlantic

Rural health in New York prompts rural hygiene division

The article notes rising farmer illness and higher county death rates than New York City, urging the state health department to create a rural hygiene division. It argues urban improvements mask rural health declines amid shifting city life.

New York State State Health Department New York City

Farmer’s Move to Modern Habits for Health

The piece urges farmers to adopt year round sanitary conditions, better diet, fresh air, and avoidance of exposure. It contrasts the farmer’s ruggedness with urban neglect of health and calls for embracing twentieth century scientific habits of life.

Jennings platform for Oklahoma governor runs on honesty

Al Jennings former train robber announces a 60 word platform pledging fidelity to the people real honesty in office and that the law shall not favor any person. He promises taxes will be reduced and vows not to betray public trust if elected. The piece also notes political tensions with the Progressive party and various unrelated items.

al Jennings Oklahoma Jennings God

Japanese government eyed possible naval clash with another nation

Reports suggest Tokyo contemplated a field and naval conflict scenario with a rival power. Officials weighed risks, strategic interests, and potential alliances while tensions rose over security, resources, and regional influence.

Ideas of a Plain Man Work Jeers to Change into Play

A reflective piece arguing work is a curse and only bearable when transformed into play. It contrasts work as exertion with future pleasures, praising the engineer and farmer who seek play in tasks. It contends the answer is changing work’s nature, not abolishing it, to fuse joy with labor.

Lincoln and Napoleon parable in Brussels gallery

A Brussels gallery displays Wiertz’s painting contrasting Napoleon with Lincoln to illustrate the future man’s view of history. The text extols Lincoln as savior of liberty, recounts his Emancipation Proclamation, leadership amid cabinet quarrels, and calls for national unity, forgiveness, and mutual respect across faiths and immigrant paths.

Brussels Wiertz Napoleon France Abraham Lincoln America Washington Lincoln

Uncanny Political Wrath and Detroit Riots Highlight Iowa

The column recalls Uncle Joe Cannon delivering blows in politics as a mob of 5,000 jobless rioters clashed in Detroit, dispersed by police clubs. It contrasts this with Iowa’s status and frames federal patronage as a fading memory, referencing Waterloo and nostalgia for times past.

Joe Cannon Detroit Iowa Waterloo

Spirit of the Iowa Press Increased Campaign Expense

Burlington Gazette notes that candy replaces campaign cigars in Chicago as women gain the ballot. The shift implies higher costs for politicians and signals evolving political spending patterns.

Burlington Gazette Chicago

Voters Question Bribery Tactics At Local Fair

A fragment notes skepticism about bribing fair voters with aum drops or lozenges, suggesting concern over influence tactics. The text hints at broader questions of fairness and manipulation in electoral processes.

Cutting Gut Prizes at Montgomery Farm Show

Montgomery farmers compete at institute and farm show claiming only a ribbon as prize. They bring their best for the glory of the contest and the good of the farms in a strong farming region along the Nishna River.

Marshalltown Times-Republican Montgomery Nishna

Baseball Sensation Tops National News in Cedar Rapids

The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes that while currency laws and international tensions matter, the baseball world is aflame over the canning of Johnny Lyers. The piece suggests more readers care about baseball than statecraft as Grafters sympathy grows.

Cedar Rapids Gazette Japan Johnny Lyers the Sun

Insurance as a grim wage and security tale

An essay extols life insurance as the only portion of laughter amidst death. It argues policies shield families from ruin, compare premiums to trivial entertainments, and warn that delaying coverage leaves widows and savings exposed after a death. The piece mocks agents and stresses policy value.

Jane Manies Sdeams Lnt Tnsurane Diag Coleet

Churchgoing, graft, and infant mortality in public discourse

A Burlington Hawkeye discussion argues that graft must be punished to deter corruption and that religious attendance is a meaningful civic habit. A Mason City Daily Times piece laments no universal birth registration in the United States, estimating about 300,000 infants under one die yearly due to neglect, and notes the growing view that high infant mortality harms long term social well being.

Burlington Hawkeye Mason City United States Census Bureau

Community Health Crisis Sparks Wide Moral Debate

The quote argues that actions harming the community will cause crippling injuries and widespread health deterioration, urging a strong, collective response to protect public well being. It emphasizes the broad impact on residents as a motivator for policy and action.

Cheese-Paring Economy and Quick Gas Bill Jokes

The item contrasts George A. Hearn’s stance on fair wages with jokes about a Yonkers man’s gas bill. It includes a quip from Rockefeller about money and humanity and a jail anecdote where a criminal responds to a judge about killing for five cents. The piece uses light, humorous anecdotes about wealth, labor, and public figures.

George A. Hearn New York Mr. Hearn Yonkers George John D. Rockefeller Cleveland

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