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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1914
Page
2
Dr. Frank Crave reflects on farming as humanity's noblest work and describes God as a farmer, carpenter, housemaker, and author. He argues the divine acts mirror human labor in planting, building, writing, and fatherhood, ending with a note on God's idle king imagery.
Sixty years ago yesterday the World's fraternal women rights convention was held at the Methodist church of Ben ven Fulle, N. The prime speakers were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The convention declared that colleges and high schools were closed to women and that women could not own property or earn wages. The piece notes that today women have voting rights in some states and hold civic offices, forming a world-wide suffrage movement with women in twenty-six nations allied for recognition. It reports a shift from a time of legal and social restrictions to broad political participation and professional diversity among women.
The piece debates rising meat prices amid claims of market manipulation by beet barons and a potential federal inquiry. It notes 160,000 fewer cattle marketed in Kansas City year to date, likely due to last year’s drought, and weighs natural versus artificial price drivers amid tariff debates.
The Waterloo meter plan raised costs for some and lowered them for others. Across 1,109 consumers, total decreases reached 4,800.48 dollars while increases totaled 3,428.34 dollars, yielding an overall annual gain of 19 cents per meter for the collective. The shift reveals that prior to metering many payers subsidized others, a situation the meter system reduces.
The engineers and firemen on eight to nine western rail lines face demands that could raise total costs by 40 to 80 percent beyond current pay, plus readjusted hours and extra help. A strike now would threaten the fall harvest and national food supply as crops must be shipped to major cities. Mediation offers a possible path to avoid a calamity, with public welfare at stake and workers urged to weigh the consequences carefully.
Fragmentary OCR yields a jumble about water, plan of Guadalupe, independence, and peace in Mexico. Mentions submission to the senate and a vague future in Waterloo milk supply with odd phrases about drinking bacteria.
A scraped page collage shows quips and jokes from newspapers. Snappy lines feature puns about mind over matter, marriage, and everyday irony. The items mock social quirks and include characters like Nora and Mr. Chuggins in a light humorous tone.
The article contrasts editorials from the Dubuque Telegraph Herald and the Washington Star on Huerta. It notes Wilson and Bryan’s view of Huerta and discusses whether he will return to command in Mexico or stay abroad. It arguesHuerta would have joined the field earlier if he intended to challenge Carranza and Villa.
Details of a plan attributed to the Mexican constitutionalists opposing Huerta are released. The document, dated March in Coahuila, cites Gen. Carranza and allies as aiming to dethrone Huerta and restore order, accusing Huerta of treason and of imprisoning the president and resigned officials.
A humorous essay on the ritual of after dinner toasts, their boredom and brevity, and how long speeches stretch into minutes. It compares to chess, notes the predictable structure of each toast, and mocks the high cost and wastefulness of banquet culture.
A historical document outlines a plan by constitutionalist leaders repudiating General Victoriano Huerta and the federal government. It calls on state governments to recognize the new order for 30 days after publication and appoints a first chief of the army to lead the constitutionalist forces.
Stiano Cerranis, governor of Comhulla, states that when the constitutionalist army occupies Mexico City, Ventatlano Carranza or his successor will be appointed ad interim head of the executive power. The ad interim president will call a general election to transfer power to the elected leader. Provisional governors in states where Huerta is recognized will serve until national officers are in place and loyal elections are held.
A Philadelphia Health bulletin warns raw milk poses serious danger after a 700-person illness cluster from two cows in Milwaukee. It urges universal pasteurization to prevent septic sore throat and related diseases, stressing pasteurized milk as essential to public health and urging action across the community.
Des Moines Tribune notes a striking shift in politics as temperance, women’s uplift, and social betterment anchor the Republican platform, urging readers to count reform planks. Davenport Times lauds a unified state convention, with no factional rifts, signaling a concerted drive to elect Republicans and restore prosperity. Dubuque Times-Journal adds Town Republicans feel optimistic, praising harmony at Des Moines gathering.
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports the Iowa Republican convention presented a unified platform aligned with the times. The party casts its hooks into the stream hoping to reel back 1912 deserters, with a broad but not fully progressive platform. Cumming expresses optimism about the direction and the need for progressives to decide their stance.
A platform draft shows a platform writer with progressive leanings aiming to win Progressive votes. The author, who left the party two years ago, is seen as having been allowed to craft the platform to reconcile differing factions within the party.
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