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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1917
Page
2
New York World notes railroads earned over a billion dollars in net income, signaling top-tier national prosperity and acting as a key business barometer. It critiques underinvestment in equipment while urging modernization to meet rising demand and future efficiency.
On New Year’s day a writer recalls Janus the two faced god and argues the past remains active in shaping the future. Citing Wells Maeterlinck and Maeterlinck, the piece debates a science of the future and the peril of overoptimism, urging a balanced view of past, present, and coming days.
The Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter edition lists publication details for January 1 1917 with staff names and offices. It notes advertising rates and policies and mentions a Washington bureau with Dougherty as correspondent. The page includes deadlines, pricing notes, and a Monday January 3 1917 dateline.
A 1917 era column urges forward looking amid illusion of hope as New Year arrives. It weighs philosophy versus significance of the day, notes America’s shift from isolation to world affairs under President Wilson, and hints at a Wilson doctrine echoing far beyond Washington’s Farewell Address. It praises embracing change and responsibility while contemplating quail and natural world as lessons.
A compilation from multiple papers discusses the persistent good roads issue as essential to Iowa’s growth, contrasting durable policies with current wasteful practices. It notes fires from carelessness caused large losses, debates funding, and jokes about New Year resolutions in golf.
A brisk column mixes quips on New Year resolutions with a mock prophecy listing events for 1916. Expect satirical takes on censorship, optimistic fancies about Easter, Wilson’s inauguration, and various miscellany including political figures and unlikely forecasts about Europe and weather.
The Shenandoah Jentinel argues corn will remain the leading crop but urges diversification. It advocates intensive farming to raise yields per acre through better seed, cultivation, and soil fertilization, suggesting shifting labor from 80 to 60 acres could yield similar corn with 20 acres for alfalfa clover apples or other crops.
A Louisville context notes railroads have earned a billion this year while a whimsical aside compares a few men on a water wagon to a steam engine, suggesting that only certain bright individuals feel like a railroad.
In a deep forest a wicked Ogress steals Netta, a poor peasant's daughter, plans to train girls as ogresses. A brave youth discovers her tower, they fall in love, and Netta uses a magic bean to free the pair, transforming the Ogress into a tree and reuniting Netta with her family, later marrying the Prince.
James Martin of Wapakonsta Ohio cites a grippe recovery aided by Vinci a constitutional remedy for weakness nervousness chronic coughs colds and bronchitis sold by Wangler Bros Co and at all leading druggists in Iowa towns Discovering Vinci restored his health after weakness from grippe and nervousness faded with use.
Dead on his feet ad extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil as a cleansing tonic for kidneys and bladder, claimed to expel poisons and restore health. It touts government testing, world wide use, and guarantees refunds if not as represented, urging purchase at druggists.
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