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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1913
Page
2
The fragmentary text shows garbled phrases about advertisements and notices. It references a court or public matter, price lists, contracts, and various address-like strings. Names and places are unreadable or misformatted, offering scant coherent facts to summarize beyond generic notice content.
Courier readers are urged to arrange timely vacation paper delivery. The paper offers to forward issues to subscribers staying away, with prompt delivery even if addresses change.
The article argues that extended study and lifelong preparation are essential to living fully. It contends that delaying work for advanced degrees can be productive, and that progress itself, not immediate results, justifies education. Life gains meaning through continual improvement rather than stoppage.
Arkansas stock breeder and dairy organizer finds 6,000,000 dairy keepers in the U.S. with many losing money. He notes farmers exhaust their families and some go broke, cursing the dairy cattle business. He frames the issue as leakages in accounting and seeks remedies.
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam touts six decades of use in diarrheal diseases without failures when directions are followed. It positions as a non habit forming remedy that does not constipate, is safe for all ages, and pleasant tasting for children.
The American commission on agricultural cooperation tours Europe and studies Vienna's Royal and Imperial Agricultural Society. Farmers keep weekly accounts, inventory farm assets, and report crop progress and costs to a central body. This precise accounting supports method changes to boost national agriculture.
A concise reflective piece on the Hudson, noting its modest size compared with other great rivers, its transformation by tourism and development, and the scenic but polluted banks from Albany to New York. The essay contrasts natural beauty with human meddling, mentions Catskills views, ice houses, and the river’s crowded urban reach toward the Atlantic.
A note suggests that extended heat harms corn health, warning that so much unbroken hot weather risks yield reductions and stressing moisture management for crops. The remark frames hot spell as a factor shaping farming decisions and harvest prospects.
A collage from Des Moines to Sioux City notes various topics. The Man With Scars hints at risks of novelty. Rare Species comments on Republicans and Progressives. Wilson and his chickens appear in playful political quips. Cedar Rapids praises ambitious college workers. Bryan’s old theories echo as laws form. Wright county’s Wall Lake faces drainage tussles. Women juries in Washington deliver practical verdicts.
The state dairy and food inspector WW B Barney issues a bulletin interpreting a new Iowa law on screened food to protect items from dust and flies. In Waterloo the fruit protection rule calls for double mosquito bar coverage on cherries grapes peaches plums pears apples pineapples tomatoes radishes green onions grapefruit oranges lemons currants green peas green beans and popcorn on ear. The piece notes public demand favors such protection and mentions other political and social quips including Secretary Bryan’s income, Belfast Orangemen, an Oklahoma millionaire aiding orphans near Tulsa, and Turkish Greek-Bulgarian entanglements.
The report notes a breach of promise suit ended with a jury’s conviction that the plaintiff deserved congratulations more than money. It calls the verdict hopeful, suggesting that more women juries could bring greater sense than sentiment to justice administration.
A Waterloo reader protests expanded dog vivisection facilities for medical research. The letter calls vivisection brutal and cruel, notes dogs suffer and die after operations, argues it harms medical progress, and urges legislators to ban the practice. It references physician opinions and urges action.
An editorial urges summer readers to learn water safety and swimming to reduce drownings. It highlights the yearly toll from boating and swimming accidents, notes that panic often causes deaths, and promotes free or low cost instruction at public beaches and the YMC A. It stresses early learning as essential for youths in Cedar Rapids.
A collage quotes bits from The Cipclanath Enquirer to the Louisville Courier-Journal and Washington Star. It riffs on trains, votes for women, floods, and a brisk raft of playful verse about travel, fortune, and fate in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper flavor.
A American Boy article quotes Anthony Comstock warning that no youth literature is free from corrupting influence. He recounts tracing a pamphlet from a well bred home to a neighboring town and urges parents to guard children. He cites widespread exposure among students and stresses parental vigilance against impure material.
In reports from Illinois and Pennsylvania and California, women testify to relief during Change of Life using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Campbell Mrs Hayward and Mrs Barrie praise its tonic effects and urge others to try it, with confidential responses promised from the Pinkham company.
A cautionary note describes danger to children and urges vigilance, while an advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for hay fever and asthma relief. It warns about moral threats and promotes a cough remedy sold by druggists.
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