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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
2
The issue lists publication details for the Evening Courier and Courier Tri-Weekly with pricing, mailing info, and foreign post details. It also features lengthy content on divorce prevention ideas by Judge D W Dunn, Iowa legislative notes, and various local notices, ads, and society chatter. The tone mirrors early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
The National Civic Federation's thirteenth annual meeting in New York on January 28 and 29 will discuss preventing industrial disputes by law. A model state mediation act is recommended, based on twelve years of experience in industrial mediation. The report urges amendments or new legislation to minimize strikes and secure early settlements, noting interstate railroad schedules and other trade issues.
A collection of Iowa items notes a Chicago suspender company’s bankruptcy, urging revival of suspenders style. Iowa gains clean money but loses much to outside investments. Health boards should maintain sliding scales and pure expenses in towns. A state road program is urged to proceed for real results, with hope for a broad, intelligent start. The Times highlights a rising demand for Ames graduates in education and agricultural teaching, noting the ongoing choice between professions and long careers in academia.
A brief meditation on preparing for future work by identifying needed skills and experiences. It emphasizes proactive learning, setting clear goals, and seeking opportunities that align with desired career paths. The piece encourages building a portfolio and seeking mentors to guide growth.
Ruth Cameron offers a parable on regret and decision making. A friend agonizes over buying a house, vacillating between two options. After choosing, she learns that both paths carry drawbacks, and focusing on the chosen path’s advantages helps quell regret.
In Dubuque Iowa on January 13 the Social Welfare committee of the Dubuque Industrial Corporation pressed Russell Sage Foundation Fund reports on loan sharks nationwide. The committee will send copies to Iowa commercial organizations to unite against these operators. P K Karberg said local usurers see trouble and may abandon Dubuque. He and Alderman Wallis report growing stock subscriptions for a loan company to combat the sharks and expect its formation.
Mason City Iowa January 13 Twenty one bath sewers were collected from the floor to protect the dainty feet of star Fritz Scheff the actress who visited the leading hotel Friday She fussed over the room for an hour changing three times before choosing a suite Her attendants laid towels over the carpet while the rough carpets supposedly gave a cold feel to the scene
A notice states that the signer will not be held responsible for any debts incurred by his wife Nethe Darohs after the specified date. The message is signed by Bert Jacobs.
President elect Wilson urged 200 leading business figures to prove to workers that distrust in business is unfounded and outlined four reforms. He called for conserving natural resources, universal access to raw materials on equal terms, equal banking credit, and ending all monopolies. The address drew applause for three points but little for the monopolies claim.
A quirky meditation on paper as a conveyor of wisdom. It traces how printing and newspapers spread ideas from ancient thinkers like Socrates and Plato to modern readers, arguing paper both civilizes and cheapens information while enabling vast knowledge exchange.
Des Moines sees a surge of unemployed men flocking to the city as charity groups join to restrain the influx. Social workers report applicants overflow charity offices with claims of lost work in towns across the state and fear a strain on relief programs. The unions warn that without action the situation could drive residents to seek decisive legal limits on new arrivals.
Social workers report many men with families forced from work by weather cannot be helped locally. Des Moines charity groups will insist these men return to their home counties, with transport costs billed to the origin. Over a hundred nonresidents seeking work have applied to Associated Charities without encouragement to stay. One Missouri family will be sent back due to city taxpayers bearing the burden. The Iowa Humane Society has seen similar demand. Try Courier wanted.
Norfolk January 13 mascots aboard the battleship New Hampshire were banished after Rear Admiral Doyle said a goat butted him but he denied the incident. Assistant Secretary Winthrop announced the pets would be restored once medical officers deemed infection risk past.
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