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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
2
The piece satirically envisions 1916 as a peak year, predicting wild events from a halted European war to baseball and political shocks. It lampoons politicians, exclaims hopes for a humane year, and mocks year ahead forecasts with grand yet ridiculous prophecies and comic misdirections.
The speaker argues that tariff revision harms southern industries and misreads Democratic doctrine. He asserts tariff aims revenue not protection, then redefines free trade for the other fellow as protection for domestic products. He equates this view to Republican ideas.
A column contrasts Iowa false citizen and Marshalltown Times Republican views on state obligations to employment. It suggests a compromise: guarantee a livable annual income, commit improvidence cases to state control, limit births to affordable family income, and manage excess children’s upbringing, noting over-paternalism is odious yet preferable to poverty’s cruelty.
A protest claims Waterloo city leaders used small parcel contracts for East Ninth Street and other projects to stifle competition. It argues the process resembles a conspiracy, shielding noncompetitive pricing and poor efficiency, contrasting businesslike procurement with city governance by unaccountable agents.
A column muses on the earth's endless orbit and the calendar's arbitrary start, noting the old year's social excesses and a Parisian clash of pronunciations. It mentions Pittsburgh girls taught safety in dancing, General Joffre to be immortalized, and jokes about pronouncing European place names amid New Year trivia.
A reflective piece argues that progress and self-improvement matter more than safety or contentment. It frames salvation as progress, urges continuous learning, and asserts wisdom requires recognizing ignorance and striving for greater goodness and nobility.
A Dubuque Telegraph Herald report notes Rose Hanlon of East St Louis shot her husband after he demanded 25 cents raising questions whether she should face prison or receive a pension. The Iowa press Asturias commentary hints at other editorial snips about price marks on meats due to interstate commerce actions.
An Englishwoman voices a plainly pro British viewpoint to Americans, arguing Britain acted honorably in World War I, recounting German aggression in Belgium, the need to aid France, and Britain’s unpreparedness. She cites economic and moral contrasts, German schooling, and fears of German spies, urging readers to see Britain as defending liberty and justice.
Mrs. A. M. Snow writes from Reading December 18 1914 to explain English wartime sentiment. She reflects on the need to defend the country, the rallying of rural folk, and the appeal to God and prayer as Germany’s actions threaten Belgians and all homes. She notes England as a nation of shopkeepers yet ready to guard its land to the last drop of blood.
Marshalltown Times-Republican discusses state or county level work relief. It cites a struggling worker with no bread or coal as winter nears and argues for county led employment programs under state authority to employ able bodied men who refuse work. The piece endorses urgent relief and warns against pauperism.
A party of ladies from Ireland representing the Gaelic League will visit the city during the week of January 11 to conduct an exhibition of Irish arts crafts costume music literature and industries. The League aims to highlight the Celtic Revival in Ireland and has no political ties, focusing only on Ireland’s artistic intellectual and industrial development. Paul Davis Dry Goods has lent an excellent space in their store by arrangement with the Gaelic league for the exhibit.
Mrs Earl Brunson of Bellefontaine Ohio credits Vincl with restoring strength and improving blood, nerves, and vitality after trying multiple remedies. The ad promotes Vinci cod liver and iron tonic without oil from Wangler Bros Co and J Miller Drugstore Waterloo and urges sharing with friends.
The Celtic exhibition free to the public features Miss Nelly O'Brien of Forpes Ireland Miss Teresa Halpin of Limerick Miss Anne Cunsidy of Donegal and Miss Maura Daly of County Clare along with Fionan McCollum of Iveragh County Kerry who previously toured Ireland. They arrived in Chicago and plan Sioux City then Waterloo as the tour continues visiting about thirty towns. Miss O'Brien who heads the party traces kinship to Ard Ri Brian Boru Ireland's High King 970 to 1014.
Mason City welcomed a newly erected fireproof Great Western depot that opened to the public yesterday. The modern structure, built with material from local firms, offers ample accommodations for travelers and will be used jointly by the Great Western and Rock Island railroads.
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