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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1913
Page
2
A humorous column catalogues odd bills across states revealing droll legislatures. Illinois, Missouri, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa feature spoof measures from large silver dollar buttons on dresses to public dances and lumber camp bathing facilities. The piece playfully notes the risky humor in lawmaking.
Property owners on portions of Fifth and Bayard Streets west circulate a remonstrance against the city plan to pave those streets with asphalt. They favor paving but demand concrete on the nearby streets to satisfy residents.
Citizens urge the council to allow property owners to choose pavement quality, arguing that expensive asphalt on mid level streets burdens taxpayers. They contend moderate improvements benefit the city, while overly costly upgrades drive residents away and create unequal standards across neighborhoods.
The Courier outlines a new city government bill concentrating executive power in a mayor who appoints officials like city clerk and auditor, while the council remains the legislative body. The plan adapts a condensed commission idea for towns under 7 000, excludes Waterloo class cities, and echoes the Kenyon and Sheppard sponsorship saga. The paper notes concerns about censorship bills and emphasizes signed correspondence for publication. It also reports a Jewell Iowa barber dying after ingesting hair tonic and cites last year’s motor vehicle data: 1 061 Black Hawk county car registrations. Who's next?
Spirit of the Iowa Press reports a New York theatre riot sparked by chorus girls demanding clothes causing higher living costs. Davenport Times notes robber Robert Webb captured after a dramatic gunfight. no bystanders harmed and both Webb and detectives uninjured.
Discussion on books as memory vessels and sources of wisdom, contrasting past hand printing with modern mass production. Critiques overpricing, genre distinctions, and the idea that wisdom grows with careful reading while overindulgence harms the mind. Notes the abundance of books and the rule of waiting for age before fully valuing a writer.
A summary of editorials noting crime by youths and a sweeping Cosson recall measure in Iowa. The Cedar Rapids piece denounces sensational crimes by teens and calls modern civilization into question while Marshalltown reports the house extending the Cosson removal law to all state officials, automatic upon proof of derelictions or incompetence.
A diarist walks to escape woes after reading unhappy letters about love and temperament while mending a chipped dish and ill-fitting waist. She notes tired factory girls, a scarred youth, and a shy widowed smile from a hopeful suitor amid city dreariness.
The narrator describes visiting a poor widow with three babies, a lame boy on the curb, and a stray alley cat that accepts kindness. The scene contrasts hardship and small acts of mercy, ending with the narrator discarding three letters and their own annoyances as they reflect on happiness.
Frederika residents including H A Parson N H Holm Harry McConkey Walter Alcock Jerry Sullivan Jack O Day Giles Whitman and N H Maas attended a Waverly home sale on Friday. Several residents Mrs Mary Mooney and Mrs Fifield are gravely ill and Mrs Fifield is with her daughter Ella under medical care. Little Lela Losee has pneumonia. Alex Mooney away at Ames butter makers school called home for his mother’s illness. Ira Whitman at Waterloo business college returned home due to grandmother Mrs Fifield’s illness. Mrs John Carney visiting her mother in Oelwein. Township spelling contest at Rima school with 700 plus words. Donald Ager won, Vella Connell second, Lelia Parson third. Dorma Alcock and Walter Gillett gave recitations. Mrs Marquis Gillett from West Gate helped with tasks.
A home wedding at Mrs Adall Leach s New Hampton residence on February 12 united Miss Bessie Stephen niece of Mrs Leach to Mr Clyde Clary son of Mr and Mrs Martin Clary. Rev T H Temple officiated aided by a brief bridal party. The couple will visit Minnesota with relatives before settling on the groom s farm two miles west of town. The bride, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs G H Stephens, is active socially and accomplished. The groom is a farmer of solid standing and respected by all.
Cedar Rapids Feb 19 members of the Iowa Retail Clothiers association urged manufacturers to specify all wool content and back it with a solid guarantee. The group adopted Honest Advertising as a slogan and resolved to avoid unfulfillable newspaper promises. President W H Burrows cites hopes for a strong national organization as neighboring states already form alliances.
Similar to the Iowa organization, state associations gather next year at Mason City after meeting here last year, outlining continuity of regional textile discussions and civic reach.
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