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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1914
Page
2
Weather shapes homes and human bonds as harsh days drive people closer. Dr Crans praises storms and cold as tests that knit families and lovers, turning bleak moments into warmth. Without bad weather there would be no sense of home.
A humorous, opinionated sketch extols Vera Cruz noting its heavy advertising, sizable harbor investment, and vivid historical mentions. It contrasts the city’s charm and challenges with American expectations, highlighting health issues and local features while wryly imagining the town as an American city.
The readable lines discuss planetary brightness and distances causing confusion with terms that mix stars moons and planets. The garbled text mentions Tevria Persia and unclear references to Hnolype and aggrention, suggesting a unclear astronomy note.
A critical column questions Dr Frank Crane on civic vanity and wealth rhetoric. It compares states to individuals, warns against extravagant boasting, and urges practical work over boastful claims about corn, banks, and national prosperity.
The Herald weighs the name Skunk against Snake in a lighthearted correction of a rival state paper. It concedes Skunk is odd but argues it is preferable to Snake amid local naming quirks.
Washington discusses a push by the Congress of Mothers for a censorship board to regulate copyright songs. They argue music corrupts morals and seeks to bar vulgar lyrics, while critics warn against policing art and fear broader cultural control and censorship by reformers.
A brief item notes notable work amid distractions from insects and a river setting. It references security of boats and property against theft and mentions proportional costs and implied measures to address offenses along the waterway.
The New York Herald publishes sensational material on Mexico, accusing key figures like Henry Way Pierce and Captain Mone of pursuing foreign-backed designs. The piece discusses open political aims, U.S. influence, and Carranza amid a broader fight over media power and neutrality.
A collage of quips and cartoonish lines features a Captain Kendall reference to the Empress of Ireland and a joking exchange about a ship type, plus brief jokes about burglary, hotel rooms, fashion at resorts, and a baseball miscue involving a batsman.
Citizens at the ball park Sunday crowd the field and threaten umpire Knapp amid claims of lacking police protection. Debate over responsibility grows as police deny duty while officials discuss preventing future outbreaks of rowdyism.
New Orleans reports the start of a regional rat extermination campaign to curb bubonic plague. City health authorities and volunteers begin efforts after two plague cases found at an industrial home. one death occurred and another is undergoing treatment.
Forty years past a weather drought yields five inches of rain. the ARU strikes cripple the Pullman line in Aberdeen and Waterloo. Early mercantile closures occur in Waterloo amid shoe dealers’ actions. A bank hold up ends with the robber's arrest as a crowd distracts him. Local marriages include F.L. Holt and Eva Wilson, and W. Slocum and Fessie Cardy. Consul Phil Hanna visits Livermore. Col C L Longley moves to Des Moines with family. Alfred Longley named assistant adjutant general.
Twenty years back on July 2 1874 Lincoln township held a farm vacation for Captain Edgar Pickett while a new paper mill stock neared 19000 needed and street work on Commercial street featured a stone gutter. Dr Buechley died suddenly sowing buckwheat likely from heat and Elmwood Cemetery burial noted. Temperance rally speakers Brindall Ellsworth Crippen and Master Touls Boles were mentioned and Le Porte City Cedar Falls planned Fourth of July celebrations.
Iowa health officials urge Mississippi river boards to exterminate rats and perform bacteriological tests after a Washington alert about bubonic plague in New Orleans. A barrier will surround a four block radius around the home for containment. Health authorities expect the spread to be limited.
The Thirty-eighth General Assembly enacted several key laws that take effect today. The teachers institute law and workers compensation measures will operate statewide, with Emory English taking charge of all insurance records as the new insurance commissioner. The state also assigns a temporary office in Breakly and consolidates the insurance force in that location.
Brainerd Minnesota July 1 a robber entered City Clerk W N Roderick office knocked him unconscious with a blackjack and looted 1400 from the safe. A sheriff s posse searched the city but found nothing. Roderick reported lights were turned off twice and he was attacked in his chamber after 10 pm.
Des Moines reports Iowa's workmen compensation law goes into full force today. Ex Governor Warren Garst, as commissioner, organized a system to implement the law, replacing court-driven disputes with compulsory benefits for medical care wages and death funeral costs. Employers may self insure or buy casualty coverage. those not complying lose common law defenses. The single commissioner approach aims for fair application and could reduce court cases after a transition period.
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