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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1912
Page
2
The article argues that a college educated man shows no upper limit to advancement. It cites income studies placing lawyers first among earners, followed by businessmen engineers journalists teachers and clergy. It criticizes Illinois road funding waste and urges state led highway planning.
The wool tariff bill from last summer returns to the fore as the La Follette substitute seeks passage. Taft may endorse a compromise aligned with tariff board findings or veto, with political stakes high as the president balances party positions and public votes.
A reading on college education as an investment shows mixed returns. Yale figures indicate first year incomes around $740 rising to about $1 895 after five years, while other data suggest broader income trends amid differing career paths.
Senator La Follette urges progressives to maintain the movement within the Republican Party. He says the progressive current began in the GOP and shaped state and national policy, and that loyalty to every nomination or declaration is not essential to sustain the organization.
Waterloo reports the highest state increase in bank clearings at 29.3 percent for last week, while Davenport up 21.2 and Sioux City up 18.9. Des Moines up 6.3 and Cedar Rapids up 9.7 with Cedar Rapids at 1,106,000 and Waterloo at 1,238,900 in last tallies. Progressive Republicans face political pressure amid Democratic displays and debates over canal policy and navy funding.
A July 26 item recalls Mrs Frances Pernada of 925 North Center Avenue describing her nine year old daughter’s fall from a second story window. The piece contrasts that calm portrait with a critical remark about a political candidate and Woodrow Wilson.
The passage mentions fear of Bob La Follette's views and a registered hick. It notes rapid construction and repeated words about improvement, with Waterloo described as worn. It records a Chicago delivery boy who fell after an elevator shaft accident while the boy traveled four stories in two seconds.
Iowa newspapers note a de facto single candidate scene this year with a protest candidate shaping the field. Other editorials mock or defend political positions from Socialists to bourbonism andProgressive platforms across Cedar Rapids, Muscatine, Council Bluffs, and Mapleton.
Chicago Tribune criticizes Iowa progressives for urging elected postmasters calling it not progressive but reactionary. The piece argues elective offices expand boss control and undermine democracy, urging merit-based appointments and a nonpolitical postmaster role.
Western Kansas recalls buffalo robes once common in winter dress and tepee coverings. Indians tanned hides without chemicals, using fleshing and drumlike rubbing to remove grease. Robes, moccasins, and clothing faded as markets paid cash, whisky, or food, while crowded schools in Upper Austria show large pupil counts.
The article argues for fair treatment of Republican candidates in Iowa, urging that voters’ franchise rights and party nominations be respected. It likens candidates to children of divided parents, calling for a square deal from both sides and an end to factional exclusion in the nominating process.
A column argues that physical and mental conditions influence conduct once deemed purely moral. A judge case on gambling prompts discussion of brain illness and urges including children in this new view, illustrated by a baby’s sugar indigestion affecting behavior.
Ten thousand people visited Cedar River park for the enlarged bathhouse opening headlined by LaRue's Waterloo band. About 2,000 bathers enjoyed the day while 600 to 800 autos and heavy streetcar traffic moved through the park. Park officials tout self sustaining operation and plan weekly band concerts with possible refreshment services to benefit public entertainment.
A speaker named Ruth Cameron discusses possible factors behind problematic infant tendencies, suggesting training, stomach or liver issues may play a role. The comment centers on health attributions to infant behavior.
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