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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1912

Page

2

Waterloo Evening Courier Advertising and Circulation Notes

The Waterloo Evening Courier announces weekly and daily rates, carrier delivery, and mail subscriptions, boasting a larger circulation than other dailies. It lists offices, personnel, and addresses in Waterloo and Chicago, with foreign press distribution points and postage details.

Averlgo Evening Courier Associated Presa W. H. Hartman Company Weat Park Avenue Hagman Houto AL W. Peter Gon BeC'y-Treas Gen New York Tribune Alfred Lukens Chicago A. Alles Evering Courier Waterloo Courier Tide Courter American Travelers Furtre Waterloo Evening Courier London Trafalgar Building Northeutberland Avenue American Express Office the Post Office Harmarket Dewe Steewship Peris Boulevard Des Capucines Aeserigon Scribe Berlin-Unter den No. Q St. Petersburg Prospekt

Company B Guard Militia Gains Own Quarters in Waterloo Era

The Iowa National Guard Company B, Companof the Fifty third regiment, opens a home for indoor drill and equipment, signaling a new era of activity. The town hails the Guards and the Courier joins in congratulating their future prospects and importance to state and nation. A local feature extols a Cincinnati businesswoman as a "business doctor" diagnosing and treating struggling stores, stressing cleanliness, fair margins, updated advertising, and skilled staff as keys to revival.

Iowa National Guard Bors National Guard Waterloo Company B

Capudine Promises Quick Relief for Various Aches

Capudine claims to ease headaches heat colds grip stomach troubles and nervousness quickly. The medicine is described as a pleasant liquid with fast action and restores normal conditions, stating feverishness aches and nervousness disappear. Priced at about 8 to 6 cents per dose according to the ad.

Cerpudine Capudine

Agricultural careers and college farming gains

Des Moines report notes focus on agricultural education and college bred farmers versus old methods. Dean Albert Woods outlines benefits of scientific farming, career avenues, and rising wealth from modern ag practices, with references to national trends and local sidewalks and a forthcoming Des Moines auto show.

Iowa Ames Minnesota State Agricultural College Vincent Albert F. Woods Agricndiural College Kean Woods Tme Columbus Rnie Agricul Woby Towa

Spirit of the Iowa Press and Rural Civic Notes

A collage of items notes interest in local governance and public life. Mentioned are the Dubuque Times Journal on potential scoops, Cedar Rapids Gazette on city government focus, Cedar Falls Record on Senator Proudfoot’s gubernatorial bid, Davenport Times on conversation, Fort Dodge Messenger on quail protection, Foley Widney Pins claim for kidney and bladder relief by H W Taggart.

Old World Humor Fragments From Kinds Of Nonsense

A collage of comic snippets and quips from Boston Transcript Puck Cosmopolitan and Chicago Post, featuring a bald joke about hair cure, a daughter selection gag, Eastman Kodak reference, a lawyer’s pocket hands joke, a physician's remark about a patient with measles, and a recurring piece on a nagging wife.

Some Things Easy and Some Things Hard

A reflection on envy and hidden burdens in daily life. The author notes that no one, not even those who seem to sail through life, escapes both ease and hardship. She argues that contrast and balance govern all existence, with tough traits or fears shaping every outwardly happy life. Ruth Cameron signs the piece.

Richard Ruth Cameron

Mining Under City Is Stopped

Columbus Kansas February 20. City seeks restraining order against R L Thorp for mining under streets and city hall endangering buildings. District Judge Sapp grants injunction stopping further digging in the area but allows use of existing excavations for entry purposes.

Columbus Kan Kansas Wier City District Court R. L. Thorp Walker Thorp Sapp

Waterloo boys in college play The King's Jester

Two Waterloo youths John Doland and Maurice Flaherty starred in St. Joseph's College Dubuque production as Henri Matti and Guy O Abby. The dramatic society's showing drew praise from Dubuque papers and a large, enthusiastic audience.

Dramatic Society of St. Joseph’s College Dubuque Waterloo John Doland Maurice Flaherty Henri Matti Guy O'Abby

SeventeenYear Locust to Return in Iowa This Spring

Iowa experts warn the seventeen year locust will reappear across central to southeast counties from late May to early July. While not causing major damage, the brood may injure young trees near timber or freshly cleared ground. Preventive pruning or delaying planting until after July is advised. Counties listed include Polk, Story, Johnson, Scott, Des Moines, Warren, and many others.

Ames Iowa R. L. Webster Iowa Experiment Mr. Webster Prof. Webster Adair Adams Audubon Boone Cass Dallas Davis Decatur Des Moines Greene Hamilton Henry Jasper Jefferson

Wilson forces carry Oklahoma in presidential race

Washington report says Senator Gore wired that Wilson carries Oklahoma by twenty five to forty votes and will have the party majority over Clark at the state convention next Thursday. Three of five districts are reported for Wilson, signaling a hard blow to Clark’s campaign.

Washington Gore Oklahoma Wilson Clark

Pinchot Breaks For Roosevelt As La Follette Fails

Washington February 20 Gifford Pinchot a leading La Follette supporter endorses Roosevelt for president saying La Follette’s weakened health makes his fight hopeless and that progressive Republicans should unite behind Roosevelt. Pinchot predicts La Follette’s bid cannot hold progressives or stop a reactionary nomination. The statement comes as Roosevelt plans to speak this week to influence the Chicago convention race.

Washington, D. C Gifford Pinchot la Follette Roosevelt Wisconsin Pinchot Mr. Pinchot Chicago

Former page in race for congress

A Washington paper features a photo and caption about A. D. Sumner, once a senate page, now a candidate for Congress to replace Pickett. The piece notes other former pages who advanced to roles in Congress or the Senate, including Gorman, Perper, Dawson, Hinds, and Browning, highlighting a pathway from page to power.

Washington, D. C A. D. Sumner Senate Sumner Congress Congressman Pickett Washington Gorman J. 5. Perper Wade A. F. Dawson Allison Asher C. Hinds Maine House Browning New Jersey

City Dives Claim Untrained Girls

Chicago report by three women’s clubs examines what becomes of untrained girls who leave school at 14 to work. It finds many are in the levee district, numbering about 5,000 women yearly, and that such children are a public menace needing public wards.

Chicago

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