Waterloo Courier Adverts and Inland News Notes
The Waterloo Courier presents advertisements and notices including subscription rates, delivery details, and New York and European office locations. It also reports an optimistic banking reform view from the National Citizens' League, plus a citizen letter urging railway speed controls near towns and predictions on Philippines status in 1914.
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National Citizens' League For
League
Leos
Bublit
County auditor cites road funds and urges permanent state system
The county auditor’s statement shows 1913 road allocations totaling 58 777.95 with sums for county road building road tax road dragging tax township road tax poll tax and delinquent road tax. The piece argues for permanent roads under a state system with centralized supervision to avoid waste and accelerate improvements.
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Iowa
Black Hawk County
Announcement of the Baby and infant death debate
Economists urge stronger infant protection and universal birth registration nationwide. They cite 300000 infant deaths annually as an economic and humanitarian loss, urging states to enforce birth registration and improve vital statistics. A national highway bill discussion is noted alongside lawmakers proposing increased funding.
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Federal
Arthur Newsholme
Jowa
Bradford voices support for Cedar Falls teachers college
S C Bradford of Storm Lake urged Des Moines officials to block a board plan he says would downgrade the Teachers college. He argues the Cedar Falls school has trained Iowa teachers in both methods and theory, warning of incalculable harm if the plan proceeds. He expects a legislative inquiry and likely veto.
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S. C. Bradford
Storm Lake
Des Moines
Bradford
Iowa
Sioux Stupids
Amos
Jowa
Cedar Falls
Sympathy as a social asset in daily life by Ruth Cameron
The Evening Chit Chat explores sympathy as the art of stepping into another's shoes. It cites a businesswoman who credits empathy for success, notes writers and advertisers rely on it, and asks readers if they can truly place themselves in others' positions.
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Ruth Cameron
Ajtomer
Debate on fort garrison and timber industry greed
Colonel Goathnis urges 25000 troops to guard the Pan ami canal fortifications while noting the costly turn of the big ditch. He condemns timber companies as predatory and claims the Wyoming legislature shows a wild west approach in its latest fight.
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Goathnis
Panami Canal
Wyoming
Goodly Monument and Harmless Burlesque Notes
A collage of brief items from Iowa papers on roads, politics, duels, inaugural ball controversy, and local road funding efforts. Mentions Mason City Times, Marshalltown Times-Republican, Davenport Times, Webster City Freeman-Tribune, Burlington Hawkeye, Cedar Falls papers. Highlights include road grants, county sums for transcontinental highway, and schooling sports notes.
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Marshalltown Times
Poincare
France
Views of the People on Concrete Drain Tile Claim
The letter challenges a University article claiming a new discovery in making cement drain tiles from dry porous material. The writer, a drain tile machinery manufacturer, argues the concept is old and well known to producers of concrete products. He asserts the article misleads readers about the cement drain tile industry.
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State Engineering Laboratory
Town City
Alnstead
Avery
Concrete drain tile debate misleads on industry facts
J H Stewart of Waterloo criticizes a College of Engineering article on concrete drain tiles and cement mixtures. He argues the piece repeats old knowledge about density and expansion, warns it harms the cement drain tile industry, and urges readers to attend conventions to hear established views. He questions the author’s motives and suggests ignorance rather than innovation.
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J. H. Stewart
Waterloo
Jan
Escaped After Fifteen Years From Kidney Trouble
A man named P. Broyles reports success after fifteen years of kidney and bladder suffering. He credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing a severe backache and painful bladder irregularities. The ad urges others to try the remedy and warns against substitutes, available at all druggists.
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P. Broyles
Foley
Iowa Democratic Leader in Dead in Knoxville
Charles H. Amos prominent Iowa Democrat died in Knoxville after months of Brights disease. Born 1869 in Marion County, he studied in Chicago, Michigan, and Northwestern Law. He formed Knoxville law partnerships, ran for attorney general, and was a key Democratic figure. Funeral services were held in Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Charles H. Amos
Iowa
Bright
Amos Long
Mr. Amos
Marion County
Caleb J. Amos
Captain Amos
Chicago
University of Michigan
Union Law College
Law Department
Northwestern University
Amos
W. A. Stone
Governor Stone
Loren N. Hays
Kooxville
Dubuque County Seeks Federal Highway Aid
Dubuque county will seek to obtain a federal grant adding 10000 to 26900 the county must raise for modern permanent highways. The board of supervisors acted and plans include automobile omnibus buses on routes between Dubuque and Cascade and Dubuque and Dyersville if aid is secured.
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Dubuque, Ta
Dubuque County
Board of Supervisors
Dubuqne
Cascade
Dyersville
The Technicality as a Microbe of Law
A satirical essay by George Hitch argues that petty legal technicalities corrupt justice. He likens them to microbes that thwart cases, enabling wrongful acquittals or wrongful outcomes despite clear facts. He calls for laws that banish technicalities from courtrooms and reduce reliance on lawyers to shield them.
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Bavenport
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Supreme Court
Villan
America
Court House
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the Courier
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Cedar Balls
Mate Teachers’ College
State Board of Edu
Dubuque
Kondon
George Hitch
Siwash
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Buffalo
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Comte
Papacy
Pierce
Bufiaio, NY
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courier
Lafayette Building
4Th St. EB
Fairfield
William Woodside
Jefferson County
M. Wray
E. T. Jaynes
Black Hawk
Franklin Bt
Robert G. Dakin
Blue Watering
Varl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
West Fourth Street
Lafayette
Town
DR. Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Elmwood and
Western
DR. I
Bazard
Black Hawk Bank
Ralston
DR. Bodwell
Osteopathic
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