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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1914

Page

2

Waterlooo Evening Courier notice and addresses

Published daily except Sunday by the Waterloo Evening Courier company. Circulation details and advertising rates. European office locations listed in London Paris Berlin and St. Petersburg with entries for American Express offices and travel-related access.

Beloo Evening Courier Maabet Sunde R. Hartma West Park Avenue Jems Haxrean W. Peterson Gen. Mgr New York Tribune Alfred B. Lukens Courier Tri-Wheely Mostey Waterloo Koon Cal Europe Waterloo Evening Courier London Trafalgar Building Northcumberland Avenue American Express Haymarket Dawe's Steamship Agency Green Street Peria Boulevard Des Capucines Cornet Place de Vopera Rove Scribe Berlin Unter den Linden St. Petersburg

Publicity boiler plate blamed for US to Canada migration

A senate lobby probe into Canadian publicity in US papers labeled boiler plate ads a factor in drifting American farmers to Canada. Ottawa data show six years with 618,112 US migrants to Canada vs 549,000 returning to the US, yielding a net gain of 5,793. The piece notes boiler plate and ready print materials pushed by parties and argues U.S. losses and state concerns, urging tighter disclosure and fair advertising rules. It cites Nebraska and Indiana laws and discusses fashion impacts from plume regulations.

Senate United States Indianapolis News Senate Lobby Committee Dominion Canada Europe Focal Ottawa Wood North Nebraska Indiana

Paris Bowl Trade Show Highlights War on Bird Imports

The Paris Bowl showcases the critical role of American trade in fashion and style while noting a strict port exclusion on the import of wild bird plumage. The piece frames Paris as a center for luxury goods and international commerce, highlighting regulatory limits on exotic plumage.

Paris Sinea

Easter Bonnets and Christmas Bills in State Press

Across Iowa newspapers satirize political moves with jokes about Easter bonnets and Christmas bills. The Sioux City paper notes the season’s irony, while Marshalltown mocks the presidents soft talk to trusts. Cedar Rapids calls the ice inspector plan a needless job.

Sioux City Tribune

Ideas Of A Plain Man By Dr Frank Crane

The piece argues reform starts with marriage and childbearing. It stresses preserving romantic affection and family life, condemns crude regulation of beliefs, and suggests societal improvement and property-law reforms, like abolishing hereditary property, as paths to better procreation.

Frank Crane

Benevolence Shows Hopeful Rise in 1913 Giving

The article notes benevolence in 1913 topped 300 million dollars in the United States with Britain far behind. Education and religion receive large shares, while church benevolence mobilizes sympathy for causes, including sociological work, disaster relief, and public institutions. Notable gifts include cement makers funding an ocean to ocean highway, Freeman’s 3 million for orphans, Simon’s 3.5 million to his workers, and Rockefeller’s 3 million for farmer education and mortgage loans.

John Diske Hins America Great Britain Ohio Omaha Red Cross Freeman Binghamton N. Y Henry Simon Scott Florida John D. Rockefeller United States Department, of Agriculture Salvation Army

Record? Then Some Muscatine Journal Mischief on Record

A jumble of quotes and satirical snippets from multiple papers comments on liquor records, political figures, and local governance. The collage touches on Vollmer in the Second district, presidency in Mexico City, Democrats and the DilLiot, trust studies, concealed weapons laws, and canal zone governor rumors, ending with humor from jokes and cartoons.

Vollmer Tay Son

Snowballs and Mischief in Winter Play

A playful essay compares snowball throwing to mischief and social scorn, detailing effects on hats, windows, and railroads. It notes the joy of benign targets like plugs hats and lamplights while warning against property damage and urban disruption. The piece juxtaposes childish mischief with broader social consequences.

Phan Sahara Timbuctoo

Clyde talk turns to table etiquette and manners

A fragmentary exchange cites a Cleveland Plain Dealer remark mocking two large men and a heavy woman told to move for a lady. It contrasts balked instinct with a London Opinion scene where a child asks when she will be old enough to stop talking at the table, highlighting social etiquette across voices.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Helen London

Hinshaw clash over federal ducks law and private advice

Mason City Globe-Gapette reports deputy U S marshal Groneweg disputes Warden Hinshaw quotes about Iowa hunters shooting ducks next spring. He says federal law will be enforced despite state guidance. Also includes social musings on conformity and self reliance in a reflective column.

Mason City Groneweg United States Hinshaw

The Thing They Do and the Sacred Standard

Ruth Cameron laments ongoing forms of slavery in America and warns against a dominant, unseen standard guiding daily life. The piece condemns conformity that governs money, time, dress, speech, marriage, and even burial, framing it as a new bondage in a society that abolished slavery.

United States

Women and Wet Feet Advertisement

Cold and wet feet are a dangerous combination for women, with congested kidneys causing backache urinary irregularities and rheumatic fevers. Foley Kidney Pills restore normal kidney and bladder function and remove the cause. No habit forming drugs. Sold by all druggists everywhere. 2g ad.

Avginis for Governor

Des Moines news reports Hon. W. R. McGinnis of Leon announcing his candidacy for governor on the Democratic ticket. A prominent Leon attorney, he formerly partnered with the late R. E. W. Curry, who died in Des Moines years ago. He has previously sought a congressional seat.

Avginnis Des Moines W. R. McGinnis Leon Leon Reporter McGinnis Theate R E. W. Curry Congress

Local political figure praised for service and leadership

The subject, active in the Eighth district, exceeded Bryan by 2000 votes in 1900 and beat Woodrow Wilson in 1912 within the district. He chaired the Democratic state convention at Burlington on July 28, 1912. A 52 year old, he is a prominent Presbyterian worker known and esteemed in his hometown.

Bryan Woodrow Wilson Burlington McGinnis Presbyterian Church

Marvel cow with wooden leg slaughtered in Chicago yard

In Chicago’s stock yards a famed cow with an artificial leg was slaughtered after one day of fame. The leg, made by J H Smith of Pontoosuc, served as a souvenir and was used to perform farm chores before the animal was killed. the cow’s owner’s children had pleaded for its life.

Chicago David Levy J. H. Smith Pontoosuc

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief

Do you begin to cough at night and suffer a tickling throat that keeps you awake? Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promises to check the cough and stop the tickling sensation at once. It does not upset the stomach and is suitable for children and grown persons. sold by all druggists everywhere.

Foley

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