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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1915
Page
2
A humorous yet gruesome spoof describes hotel sheets as dangerous, agile foes in beds. It portrays sheets wrapping around travelers, a mythic struggle akin to Laocoon, exaggerating the dangers of lodging textiles and proposing whimsical legal remedies such as pensioning sheets.
Des Moines reports indicate the Iowa House of Representatives acts to guide fast moving bills. A committee of managers will oversee fair consideration, hearings, and rule changes while temperance fights loom over the Black Hawk Grundy contest and the woman suffrage push advances.
A New York inquiry probes causes of industrial unrest as Willams & Clark plant violence in Roosevelt NJ and New York World details allege private gunmen, deputy sheriffs, and a deadly clash. Officials deny train flags and stress unarmed strikers were shot. The incident highlights private warfare behind labor strife and shocks a nation.
A British journal claims the United States acts callously and indifferently toward England and its allies. The piece challenges American stance and prompts readers to reconsider U.S. support and involvement in the Allied cause.
The article outlines four entering factors in the ship purchase bill dispute: partisan support and opposition, honest support and opposition, and those with honest doubts. It questions whether government owned ships are wartime necessity or a permanent expansion of government activity, and notes concern over a partnership between government and private interests amid a three-member shipping board.
A reader asks why authors hear every letter and urges writing praise or blame. The writer notes responses matter, mentions anonymous notes are unreadable, and recalls how actors once varied roles in stock days. He laments modern casting over typecasting and makeup quirks in acting today.
Iowa lawmakers discuss a 125000 appropriation for the Pan American Exposition exhibit. Supporters urge state reimbursement for private efforts that built Iowa’s presence in San Francisco while opponents urge retrenchment and warn of retrogression.
The New York Evening Post questions if the term corporation covers all U S entities and whether the existing International Mercantile Marine Co may be affected. Senator Cummins’ remarks last Friday influenced the senate caucus as Democrats revisit the bill amid calls for reform and renewed scrutiny.
Discussion centers on moving the banking department under the state treasurer and reorganizing the automobile department into four distinct units. Officials also consider changes in auto tax fund handling. Cascade Branch Railroad plans call for inspection on Thursday to decide rebuilding or gauge standardization after engineers’ cost estimates favored rebuilding. Judge Wade will join the federal bench to replace the late Judge McPherson, with Judge Prouty as a likely candidate, while Judge Henderson is to be reappointed commerce counsel for Iowa after Senate confirmation.
County officials note Black Hawk county farmers plant about 100000 acres of corn each year. C R Hutcheson argues the county could gain 375000 dollars annually by adopting a single corn brand developed by A A Burfer of the Crop and Improvement Association. Last year’s experiments show yields rising five to twenty bushels per acre.
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