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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1915
Page
2
The council proposes consolidating improvements to let large contracts, urging public cooperation and legitimate bidding. It defends council responsibility, warns against hidden pools, and says petitioners must pay fair prices for small jobs. The program aims to improve efficiency and transparency through advertised, bulk procurements.
A critique of a $135,000,000 cotton pool engineered by Secretary and northern financiers aims to aid southern farmers but proves prohibitively expensive. Calculation shows a farmer would pay $7.65 yearly for $5 in value, a 43.2 percent rate, exposing partisan failings of Wilson Brown McAdoo and allies amid Dixie distrust.
Students and workers have long viewed absentee ownership as a prime cause of social injustice and labor strife. The text argues modern corporations reduce personal employer relationships to cash returns, pushing dividends as the sole concern and privileging profit over conscience, with managers resigning when ethics conflict with stockholder demands.
A. C. Hankin spoke at the First Baptist Church on a bitterly cold Sunday evening despite 22 below zero wind chill. The town’s temperance lecture drew a large crowd as citizens listened to a molder craftsman discuss reform. The piece notes harsh winter conditions and mentions upcoming state census work and a proposed committee to study block enumeration.
A reprinted column contrasts Northwestern railroad finances and leadership with jokes on mutton-chop whiskers. It cites bonds, miles of track, and board members, then shifts to literary notes about Joan Paul and Washington Irving to reflect a mixed era. The piece ends with rural farming tips, noting sowing methods and a Turkey Red variety.
The Nebraska note honors Christian Weber later misidentified as Christian Stutter, a veteran of the 78th Pennsylvania infantry. He lost discharge papers and lacks official rosters, hindering pension and soldiers home admission. Surviving company members could not confirm his identity, prompting regret from officials. Weber, once at Sunnyside and later in Black Hawk county sanitarium, died in Hastings, with county tribute marking his long service.
Fifty years ago this month two county jail inmates escaped by removing a bar and assaulting the night attendant with a supper tray. Sheriff Brown and deputies conducted a search but the men remained at large. The Selma Dispatch notes bills and events from 1864 including a $617 million peace appeal, a First National Bank charter at Waterloo, and obituaries such as Hon. Edward Everett’s death at 70.
Forty years ago on January 27 1875 readers reported a peculiar thaw after a cold spell with rain this morning. Shipping data from Torre City showed 463 produce units moved between August and December with 218 wheat cars and 40 hog cars. Local banking changes in Greene Iowa moved to Abraham Slimmer and Joe Rosenbaum of Waverly. City Exchange Bank La Porte City officers listed A Ungerford president Charles Wait VP and C T Ingersoll cashier. James Harlan announced a bid for US Senator as prohibition persisted since 1855 amid calls for a license law. In Virden Grove a joint debate on death penalty for willful murder featured library and Oak Ridge societies.
A reader proposes a new form of pronoun named thon, derived from this one. The note outlines its declined forms nomi native thon and possessive-thons and gives an example sentence using thon as a pronoun in teaching.
The dairy train on the Chicago Great Western lines in Iowa draws audiences of 300 to 500 at each stop. Longer stops allow speakers to detail carrying and permanent agriculture with exhibits inspected during the two hour visit. Lecturers include W. B. Barney and M. Mortensen among others, followed by a general discussion. Paris II said to have more sun than any city. Tokio timber unemployment exceeds 100,000.
The February edition presents "The Quest of the Peso-la-ki" a romantic tale of a guarded Indian mine, plus Lacey Amy's "Icebergs" with vivid photos and warnings about ocean dangers. Also includes "A Journey Into Arabistan" and other pieces, noted for its strong illustrations. The piece notes 70,000 Indian farmers in the United States and that Moroccan development has stalled due to the European war.
An old advertisement warns parents about counterfeit California Fig Syrup products. It urges buyers to choose only the genuine California Fig Syrup Company remedy, noting dangers to children from imitation syrups and advising checking the label for authenticity.
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