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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
2
Courier asks readers to arrange vacation delivery before leaving so papers reach them promptly while they travel. The paper offers to forward issues and handle address changes to ensure uninterrupted service during summer trips.
In a shift from employee grievances to railroad introduced complaints, railroads seek to sway arbitration under a Newlands bill amendment. They demand abolition of guarantees, double pay, and 20 percent cut for brakemen where extra crews apply. If granted, savings could fund higher wages. even if not, moral leverage looms. The public hopes for a peaceful settlement to avoid strike disruption.
The article warns that Balkan states intensify feuds and killings, opening the path for renewed religious and imperial clashes in Europe. The text suggests Turkish ambitions and cautions against foolish moves by the Turk in the tense regional context.
The Cedar River park bathime beach attracts large crowds and praise from local press as a popular civic investment. Altruistic projects prove profitable, while other notes discuss world affairs, politics, dress norms of ministers, and public figures like Dr. Bridges, with Bryan front-page coverage continuing.
In a booster note from the Keokuk Constitution-Democrat local pride rises as Keokuk pledges no backwardness and looks to continued momentum amid regional progress with Waterloo referenced as a benchmark.
A letter to the editor by Chas. W. Mullan urges a full, independent investigation of the Mullan avenue bridge waterway. He argues arch elevations and river depth may affect flood clearance and calls for joint action by the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce to appoint a disinterested engineer to assess the facts without delay.
A satirical summary of Alexander the Great noting his Macedonian birth in 356 B C and his rise to power, with humorous asides about his education by Aristotle and feats against Darius. The piece ends by questioning whether he was history’s greatest general or if press agents existed then.
A collection of editorials across Iowa papers questions Mulhall’s successor and corruption claims, notes on lobbying and the NA M, and jokes about Pepper and a possible Senate run. It also covers criticism of city improvements risks and Bryan’s evolving finances and past image.
A compact medley of quirky newspaper snippets. Mrs. Twickenbury praises terra cotta after a voyage. The Kansas City Journal riffs on a perverse hen that ambles home to eat and then gossip next door. A fleeting note on a mysterious “Next Beat Thing.”
A prenatal guidance piece urging use of Mother's Friend external remedy to ease abdominal muscles during pregnancy. It claims reduced pain and faster recovery, cites widespread use by experienced mothers, and notes the product by Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta with $1.00 bottle pricing.
The Waterloo Courier contests the new concrete bridge design in Cedar Rapids arguing the piers barely clear normal high water. It warns that unusually high spring flows or Cedar Rapids floods could cause major damage to the bridge and nearby businesses.
A collage of humorous lines and quotes from Washington Star Cincinnati Enquirer Town Topics The Wasp and Boston Transcript blends misquoted Latin, musical ideas, and playful exchanges about learning work and Burns Bryan and Burns references. The fragmentary item reads like a vintage newspaper poetry and humor page.
Black Hawk Construction Co submitted a soil report to the Courier detailing foundation conditions to thirty feet. Test pits found sand and quicksand from twelve to thirty feet with water at fifteen feet. no rock at depth. Piles required for strength. Samples sent to C Lamson in Chicago for architect review.
Mason City Iowa July 17 Cerro Gordo county adopts the new state law allowing supervisors to contract prisoners for road work. Ten convicts will join a concrete gang paving the Mason City to Clear Lake stretch. They will receive small wages for clothing and sustenance with a small balance for the best workers. County to board the prisoners until work ends.
Harrisburg July 17 reports by State Fire Marshal Bald win show the safe and sane Fourth of July plan has saved lives and thousands of dollars in property across Pennsylvania.
Household goods for sale at public suction on Saturday at 2 o clock. Auction to be held at 5th and Sycamore Streets.
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