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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
2
A tribute to a prominent Iowa figure praised for his dedication to the town, dairy farming, and public service. The memorial lauds his belief in a better community, noting his influence on local progress and his active role in shaping the region’s past and present.
An obituary tribute to General Frederick Funston who died in San Antonio, praised for lifelong service from the Cuban insurgency through the Spanish American War and beyond. The piece lauds his fearless leadership, the capture of Aguinaldo, and his role as a model self-made soldier in American history.
J. J. Richardson editor and publisher of the Demokrat of Davenport died Monday night in Davenport. A pioneer of Iowa journalism, he led for 58 years and helped shape newspaper advertising abroad, remembered as a kindly man who stayed poised amid rivalry. His lasting mark rested on character and devotion to Iowa's progress.
Iowa and California editors clash over weather, oranges, and needs while California boasts climate and lots for sale. Dubuque Telegraph Herald urges competent election boards with mandatory instruction for officials. Sioux City Tribune notes Carranza shifting focus from war to settlement efforts as villa pursuit continues.
A speech outlines immense US coal reserves, stating 4.1 trillion tons across the United States and Alaska. Eastern deposits, about 2 trillion tons, produced 600 million tons in 1916, enough to last over 3,000 years at current rates. The talk contrasts feasibility with transportation and market reach, noting potential competition and policy issues.
A humorous column riffing on February weather and social quips. The piece jokes about safety pins at a baby’s clothing emergency and references a Broadway drink called the stinger. It lampoons dinner party tension, ears listening constantly, and the inevitability of noise and distraction.
Health and Happiness discusses homemaker hygiene and sanitation, emphasizing pure air, sunshine, cleanliness, and household design to prevent disease. It also answers clergyman’s sore throat causes and offers guidance on headaches, neurasthemia, and recovery steps with Dr Huber’s column inviting reader questions.
Ruth Cameron argues that jealousy of a spouse toward the partner's parent is a selfish, unhealthy impulse not rooted in nature. She cites cases of mothers in law and possessive behavior, noting how strained loyalty to family can ruin marital harmony and inflict cruelty on the loved one.
A Cedar Falls reader advocates a state university child welfare research station to study prevention and care for deaf, blind, feeble minded, and retarded children and reduce infant mortality. He argues three county wards saved yearly would cover costs, urging ministers, teachers, editors and farmers to lobby for passage.
A veteran letter argues for American patriotism centered on literacy and self-government. It urges learning English and civics, warns against foreign influence, supports literacy bills despite flaws, and favors nonwar self reliance with localized governance and referendum tools. The author cites North Dakota as proof of swift reform possible.
A New York Sun letter argues that broad regulation will kill individuality and force licenses for many trades. It warns that lawmakers may extend controls to moving picture operators and ice fishing, benefiting lawyers who craft stiff exams and higher fees.
Perry J. Bowen writes a tribute praising George Washington as noble, faithful, American. He argues Washington would urge reverence, religion, knowledge, liberty, order, and good faith. The piece extols Washington as patriotic, serene, industrious and first in war and peace, revered by all mankind.
Mr Fox sneaks to a farm seeking breakfast but is confronted by Madam Duck, Mrs White Hen, Madam Cow, Horse, and Donkey. They bar him, lure him inside, and he is thwarted as the herd defends their flock and barn safety. He flees up the hill to his den, hungry and defeated. Copyright 1917 Clara News. Paper Syndicate. Tomorrow's story Squawk and the Jibjabs.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptican Pills as high quality medicines. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla originated from a physician's prescription and Peptiron Pills combine pep sim and iron with tonics. The copy lists conditions like scrofula eczema humors boils loss of appetite indigestion dyspepsia kidney liver troubles nerve exhaustion anemia and general weakness, recommending the duo as effective cures.
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