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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
2
Taft urges budget reform and merit based appointments to cut government waste. Citing a federal efficiency commission, the message claims $2 million annual savings and highlights mail costs across departments. The piece argues against spoils politics and supports a balanced budget system.
A new organization named American Game Protective and Propagation Association has been incorporated about three months ago with New York as its headquarters. It has declared support for federal legislation advancing wildlife protection and propagation efforts.
An old advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy taken internally to purify blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure, cites testimonials, and lists F. S. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, as publishers alongside druggists.
A historic call urges protection for migratory birds and game species through laws on forestry, refuges, stocking waters, and defined bag limits. Fundraising up to 25 000 dollars aims to create a game farm, with potential land gifts and a push to unite county clubs into state and national associations to safeguard resources across borders.
In a discussion of the McCaskill case the article notes that a defendant can be convicted of a lesser degree of first or second degree murder if charged accordingly, that acquittal bars retrial, and that grand jury evidence is ex parte unlike trial juries. It also hints at changes in consumer tastes, mortgage cranes, and hotel trends with brief, unrelated anecdotes.
A historical report notes a new transmitter device enabling many messages to be sent over a single wire. It highlights rapid communication improvements and potential use in telegraph and postal networks. The piece mentions engineers and early testing stages.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette denounces Lorimer for corrupt practices that secured his senate seat and dismisses tearful speeches as irrelevant to decent citizens. Philadelphia reformers vow no social evil tolerated, with police inspection of restricted districts and strict supervision of liquor sales.
A collage of humorous quotes from Chicago Record-Herald Detroit Free Press and Town and Country notes on prodigies modesty and a boy who loves music. A father explains his son’s musical talent and a raised pay remark is teased as ungazelled.
Local Iowa papers critique Prof. Holden's independence within the Republican party, urging caution over his candidacy. Editorials attack perceived party fealties, warn against treasonous implications, and discuss legislative behavior, economic cuts, and the fate of candidates amid party drift.
A comic exchange contrasts a Houston Post line about a rheumatism treatment with a Chicago Tribune jab. The doctor mentions an alleged absolute specific named acetylmethiened ahcylic acid, then humorously notes the patient must learn to pronounce it to forget pain.
Miss Fola La Follette urged a public funded revival of drama in Chicago. She argued managers favor profits over intellect and pressed for state or city endowment to create insurgent theater benefiting youth and public taste.
The Illinois Central railroad company began a Good Roads Crusade by constructing one mile of improved road west of Dyersville Iowa and another mile between Aetna and Nenga Illinois on their Minnesota and Illinois Divisions. These sandy stretches hindered travel to the mentioned towns, and the project showcases the company’s latest method to aid customers and shippers.
A columnist observes rich women thronging bargain counters after Christmas while counting pennies, noting the paradox of wealth and economy. A neighbor with ample income wheels a trunk past the station in a wheelbarrow, contrasting attitudes toward spending and appearances. The piece closes with shop openings at a local barber shop on Bridge Street.
Omaha Bee notes D Clem Deaver urges Iowa and Nebraska renters to cut acreage and intensify farming. He advises shifting from 320 acre rentals to smaller plots, investing in corn and field peas, building savings, and using livestock to stabilize income amid rising rents and dry years.
The passage argues a renter might accumulate sufficient profits in four to five years to purchase at least a forty acre farm and forty acres of town land would provide a solid independent farm home for a typical American family.
In Berlin, young men display portraits of their fiancés on their fingernails. The practice limits the number of fiancés to ten, though rumors say one man may be pressing his toes into service for extra trimmings.
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