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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1910
Page
2
H J Jacob Pfeiffer announces candidacy for the office of state senator subject to the Republican primary scheduled for next June. The early advertisement states his name and intent for the Saturday Sunday edition.
W H Merner announces his bid for the State Senator position subject to Republican voters decision in the June primary. He states his candidacy openly and aims to represent the party in the upcoming election.
A Courier letter from Dunkerton criticizes rising living costs linked to consumer expectations. It argues Americans have shifted from frugality to demanding perfect service and immediacy, with phones cars and shop staff expected to cater to every whim while competition fuels further concessions.
A critique of rising living costs driven by consumer behavior and credit while likening predatory profiteers to wolves. The Sioux City Tribune comments on street cleanliness laws, noting cities bear sidewalk maintenance responsibilities and taxpayers face higher taxes or direct payment.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports rising Southern resistance to the hookworm’s prominence hurting commerce. Dr. Joseph A. Dana of New Orleans Charity Hospital criticized the spread of the disease and its economic impact amid mounting public concern.
A critique of workaholics and exhausted homemakers, arguing that energy spent beyond one’s healthy limit harms family life and peace at home. It cites Robert Louis Stevenson to warn that overworking alienates people and damages one’s nervous system.
Spirit Lake Beacon reflects on Dolliver as he faces the passing of a political era. The piece praises his conscience and patriotism, noting public loyalty rests with the people who placed him in power and how his career embodies higher standards of service. Cedar Rapids Gazette mocks the Republican party as stranded, while Iowa readers urge restraint in meat consumption and ponder standpatters' plans in politics.
A columnist derides needless panic over hookworm and scarlet fever while warning Americans about misperceptions abroad. He cites Rockefeller funding and Canadian ice palaces as examples and urges restraint to avoid harming business and immigration prospects. He also notes a Roosevelt administration misstep and a Des Moines man sent home for loose talk.
The Sioux City Tribune urges readers to recall one key fact in the nationwide price rise debate. It argues the Payne tariff was enacted to raise costs for consumers, whether items were imported or produced domestically, and emphasizes government power behind price increases.
Washington January 27 Rear Admiral Robley D Evans retired and released from his duty with the general naval board. His reassignment follows navy department policy against employing retired officers on important active service, preserving stationed duties in the capital.
Minneapolis reporter Edmond A. von Kaenel aims to pilot a power boat through Niagara rapids to win 500 in gold and 1 000 in cash from Power Boating. The race tests boat and engine progress amid deadly whirlpools that have claimed lives in prior attempts. Carlise D. Graham of Philadelphia is noted among entrants.
In 1886 a man sailed a home built barrel down a river on July 11. He did similar runs in 1887 and 1889 from the bridge to Lewiston. Sadie Allen duplicated the feat in 1886. Boston policeman W. J. Kendall reportedly attempted it with four cork life preservers. Most boats failed in the whirlpool, and only R. W. Flack died after his open boat capsized. The rocks behind spray are supposedly covered by water allowing powerboats to pass safely.
Iowa state mine inspectors in Des Moines say Iowa soft coal miners will not strike on April 1 nor seek higher wages. A two week annual suspension is expected as miners and operators negotiate the yearly contract, with no lasting disruption anticipated despite winter coal shortages. Consumers may face some hardship if supplies run short.
Washington Jan 28 officials from state and federal feed control agencies and manufacturers urged uniform laws governing the manufacture and inspection of all food intended for domestic animals. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson supported such laws. Speakers included Dr J K Heywood and Prof B H Webster.
Washington reports from foreign sources say Whitelaw Reid, ambassador to Great Britain, has been offered and accepted a two year extension of his service at the court of St James. The State Department remained silent amid efforts to verify the rumor after a lengthy conference with the president and a visit to Secretary Knox.
James Berger a wealthy farmer from between Dowsy and Popéjoy was shot Wednesday evening at Cherry, Illinois while resisting arrest. He had left for Chicago with a stock shipment, was later reported wounded in the bowels and not expected to survive. His wife departed for Cherry and a brother resides in Spring Valley, Illinois.
Foreign observers note that women in midlife could be more ravishing if they spent less on boots and hosiery and more on hair care. Hay's Hair Health is advertised as the antidote to premature gray hair available at druggists for about a dollar per bottle, with endorsements and distributor names listed.
An inventor promotes a non surgical rupture treatment inviting patients and their doctors to scrutinize the method. He claims hundreds of cured cases and presents testimonials from physicians, offering a book with names and addresses of over 200 supporters upon request.
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