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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1911
Page
2
The Hold Over Paper is described as the weekend paper Waterloo readers digest Saturday night and examine thoroughly Sunday with focus on its Saturday content and readership habit.
The piece urges Iowans to experiment with fruit growing in their own yards rather than chasing Western opportunities. Prof Bliss of Ames notes many farmers neglect fruit despite corn and hog raising expertise. It stresses using local resources and authorities to convert Iowa land into productive orchards.
The Waterloo Carnegie Public Library marks its sixth anniversary highlighting its refined administration and patron focus. Also: Indiana considers medical exams for marriage certificates, Governor opposes. Rep Moore bills banning saloon treating pass House. other brief items on politics, weather, and a jab about prayer as a political compromise.
An appreciation event was held yesterday and today at the Waterloo public library buildings to celebrate six years since the Carnegie library opened. Citizens and patrons were invited to join informal receptions and reflect on the library’s development and services.
Des Moines Register notes Governor Carroll favors liberty of action for leaders, opposes direct voter submission. Dubuque Telegraph-Herald argues his objection to the Oregon plan is about which candidate it would elevate. Davenport Times questions veto timing as political expediency. Council-Lionsx City Tribune recalls progressives who backed Carroll last year seeking a second term.
Des Moines Capital reports Governor Carroll justifies veto of the Oregon plan for electing US senators. The governor argues constitutional law and statesmanship outweigh partisan politics. Iowa papers urge lawmakers to override the veto while Gedab Rapids Gazette supports the plan as a practical substitute for direct election.
An Iowa field note compares fuel use on muddy versus passable roads with an automobile, showing 9.6 miles per gallon on good roads versus 2.1 mpg on bottomless muck. The piece discusses energy costs, tire wear, and the broader economic value of road quality for farmers and transport.
The Iowa governor criticizes the Oregon senatorial plan as unconstitutional claiming it compels pledges from candidates. He questions how a morally binding action could violate federal constitutional provisions and notes the plan’s long-standing use without court challenge. He also contrasts with presidential nominating conventions and the electoral college.
Senator Cummins proposes amendments to the McCall bill to reduce farm input costs under the Canadian reciprocity agreement. He gains some backing from old guard senators while insisting farmers need targeted relief rather than broad tariff changes. Finance hearings on the agreement close with plans to report back to the Senate.
A Davenport Times editorial argues for a statewide overhaul of country schools to serve farm youth better. It cites Ames spending and limited college graduates, urging a nonoptional commission of educators and farmers to design a graded country school system aligned with farm life and rural needs for the next legislature.
In Decatur Alabama on February 22 and April term, 57 suits filed against Southern and Louisville & Nashville Railroads by creditors of Knight Yancey & Co. seek $2,000,000, alleging connivance over forged cotton lading bills. English and German creditors join the action.
An old health ad claims thinness and pallor stem from blood deficiency and urge use of a “3 grain hypo-nurlane tablets” prescribed for months to gain weight and color. It recommends buying from any well stocked apothecary shop.
Advertised Pain Away Pills claim to ease headache neuralgia and similar pains without depressing the heart. The note lists a variety of aches and states the pills are sold by drug stores with no further medical claim.
A columnist suggests launching a sartorial bureau run by women to advise and oversee wardrobe purchases. Aimed at boosting value for modest budgets, it would employ an executive head, an artist, a style expert, and shoppers, charging about four percent of the wardrobe budget plus hourly fees, starting small before expanding.
Washington February 24 Attorney General Wickersham condemned modern lawyers for fetishizing procedure and obstructing justice with artificial rules. He urged young lawyers to simplify practice and noted federal authority over interstate and foreign commerce limits state charters that encroach on Congress power.
M Stockwell of Hannibal Missouri credits Foley's Honey and Tar with stopping a bad cold and cough that threatened pneumonia after one bottle. The advertisement touts no opiates and promotes J K Joder and Son as distributors.
Washington Feb 24 Representative Hull of Iowa urged Congress to field a regular army reserve of 250000 training men. He argued war remains possible and preparation is essential. The force would cost about 20000000 annually and be under presidential control with his officer designations. He praised the national guard as valuable but primarily a state force.
The ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as the quick cure for colds and grippe, claiming relief from head and chest symptoms with a dose every two hours, and no interference with duties. It emphasizes a 25 cent package, no quinine, and three years of research costing over fifty thousand dollars.
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