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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1911
Page
2
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A satirical note questions Waterloo Courier’s stance as Iowa politics move toward Taft and La Follette. It recalls editorials, Cummins’ Senate election, and the bandwagon metaphor, suggesting shifts in support and the difficulty of parsing party alignments amid evolving Republican loyalties.
The Courier speaks of endorsing readers when right and criticizing when wrong. It contrasts human judgment with machine organs like the Progress Review and the Capital, which follow leaders blindly. The piece questions understanding and uses a metaphor about making an automobile fly with airplane wings.
Des Moines faces rising food costs and a push for a free market to curb prices, with Waterloo cited as a model and residents urged to support low-cost shopping. The piece also notes praise for rail lines moving health exhibits and criticizes Pennsylvania politics, plus a quirky Voliva baby-kissing claim and a cholera-emigration warning.
A Canadian settler described as “up against it” claims he successfully operated on his wife for appendicitis. The tale popularizes a crude ad offering to “cut out your appendix at home” with a sanitary cleaver, reflecting early self surgery schemes.
A collection of editorial quips from Iowa papers lampoons party loyalties and reciprocity. References include Willam Jennings Bryan, Harmon, Cummins, Taft, Kenyon, and local critics in Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Scranton. The items mix satire on endorsements with notes on fly control and law enforcement.
A social sketch lampoons a vain, chatty girl who praises herself and frets at attention. An exchange at a tea reveals a bride’s performative sweetness as her husband calls, exposing the hollowness behind polished talk and the danger of trying to impress others with beauty.
July events include twenty children receiving first holy communion at Rarelay on Sunday. Local residents Rena Presha and Carrie Griswold note Fourth of July and fall term arrivals. Hail storms north of town damaged corn. visits from Rev Rotler and Rev Kopecky marked summer to nearby towns. Next Saturday Dunkerton plans a hall with Eagle Center and Farmer Burns team on the 29th.
Des Moines activist John B. Hammond petitions for a temporary injunction to shut down alleged resorts at Seventh and Cherry streets. The raid led to arrests of occupants while Hubbell interests face restraining action. Hammond claims police knowledge and cites the red light injunction law to halt such establishments.
Marshalltown Iowa July 19 The city council authorized City Solicitor F E Northup to sue former Mayor O L Ingledue to recover 1311 96 the amount he holds in city warrants issued by the old council to cover legal costs for three police officers in federal cases against FEEB Van Wert special agent of the US interior department The warrants remain unpaid as the city treasurer refused to recognize them claiming the general fund is overdrawn The present counsel says Ingledue may be entitled but should settle with the city first
Fort Dodge Iowa July 19 Farmers across the region await rain with hopes high. Ed Brabbett a farmer ten miles north of town pledges a hundred dollars to charity if timely rainfall saves his corn. The plea reflects widespread dependence on rain to prevent crop loss.
Farmers wait and watch the sky for rain as hay crops are mostly in and corn faces a potential one third yield. If rains arrive within a week a good crop may still be saved, with fodder replacing lost feed and corn binders expected to sell widely. The coming week will largely decide the harvest forecast.
Des Moines officials face a threatened strike by more than 3,000 Building Trades members after Des Moines Bridge and Iron refused to hire union iron workers. General Organizer Murphy proposed exclusive union labor on contracts, which the company rejected. A clash on the Seventh street viaduct left one man fatally hurt and many others injured. The firm refuses to recognize the iron workers and maintains an open shop as work at the Y M C A building, Seventh street viaduct, and fair grounds is listed as unfair by the builders’ council.
Several unsuccessful attempts to settle the trouble surface but details remain fragmented. The report notes repeated efforts without resolution and hints at ongoing dispute or problem requiring further clarification.
In Marshalltown Iowa July 19 an article notes ex-saloonists profiting from buttermilk and other soft drinks after saloons closed July 1. Creamery access and low licensing costs boosted demand with daily sales of 30 to 40 dollars per dealer, while bottling works struggle to keep up.
Many union members declare this the last time a proposition will be presented to the Iron Company, signaling a potential end to negotiations and a possible shift to tougher bargaining or industrial action.
Carl Beck traveled to Dubuque to see his hospitalized wife as a large Eagle Center crowd enjoyed a dance in honor of May Henry of Chicago. Waterloo callers Frank Nenhalphin and John Gill were present, and local residents shared weekend visits with friends and relatives in nearby towns.
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