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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
2
A jumble of editorials and notices discusses reciprocity taxation and Taft, praises swimming's health benefits, and reports on public services and blackboard warnings. It mentions the Waterloo Courier network, postal banks, and Greek tensions, weighing tariffs, cleanliness, and safety in public life.
An excerpt notes the low value placed on verbose speech and argues for judging spoken words by quantity. It cites a table of six professors and their word production, highlighting Binks and Squib as less efficient and Brown briefly surpassing 120 words per minute during a lecture on removing spectacles. The author endorses supporting the view with further study.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Halve Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Toledo Ohio as the lone constitutional treatment for catarrh. It claims internal use to reach mucous membranes, guarantees cures, and offers circulars and testimonials while warning of fake mail orders.
A collage of brief political and industrial notes from Iowa papers. Mentions include gray haired men seeking city jobs, calls for a new auto route in Stratford, and a series of reactions to investigations of Senator Lorimer. Also notes Ninth district as agricultural with a GOP edge but a slim statewide majority win.
Prairie editorials note mixed farmer sentiment on the Canadian treaty and reciprocity. Safe Youngs faces opposition echoing President Tate on treaty views while insurgents drift to the pro treaty side. In towns like Winterset Clarinda and Sutherland editors report broad farmer calm about food price panics and reelection odds for Hubbard amid cautious Republican talk.
Capt W H Johnston honorary president of the Iowa Library Association and president of the Fort Lodge Free Public Library died suddenly while in his chair at the office. He was 74, long deputy clerk of the U S Court, Civil War veteran, and active in Presbyterian church work. Funeral Friday at First Presbyterian Church with burial at Oakland Cemetery.
A light magazine item offers thoughts from doctors on worry. It presents playful quotes and a tongue in cheek prescription urging readers to avoid unnecessary anxiety and seize the present moment. The piece cites authors and a humorous fable about the worrying cow.
Kidney health claim asserts Enley Kidney Pills contain necessary ingredients to remilate and strengthen kidney and bladder function. Public note credits J W Inder & Son as sellers.
Division 1014 HR of L E holds first memorial exercises at Christ Episcopal Church next Sunday afternoon June 11 at 8 p m Rev Hinkle will deliver the eulogy Paul Davis assists with selections in addition to church choir music Public is invited
During a 430 AM thunderstorm a bolt struck the country home of Fit Shoemaker and family northwest of the city. The chimney was knocked off, roof damaged, and rough fire soot spread through rooms. The electrical surge drove out chimney steps. occupants escaped unharmed.
Foley's Kidney Remedy is recommended for chronic kidney and bladder issues. It aims to regulate kidney and bladder action, providing healing, strengthening, and bracing effects as sold by J. K. Joder & Son.
Real estate transfers recorded by Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co show Amos Wood Jr selling land to Wilbur Pillsbury for $1. William Galloway buys several Prospect Hills parcels, also for $1. Edwin W. Kandel sells to Galloway, and The First Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church transfers parts of blocks in West Waterloo for $15,000. Margaret Balliett and others sell lots in Manson’s addition. May Sindlinger transfers involve multiple West Waterloo parcels for $1 each. Additional transfers include C D Briden to W L Eck, Eck to Bach, and Donovan to Bruner, plus George Tulp to Dorothy Whitman and Anna Frank to Mary McGuire, with varied lot numbers and small sums.
National headlines note Taft likely to face no serious challenger in 1912 as Theodore Roosevelt factions waver. The piece cites La Follette’s uncertain bid, suggesting Taft may secure renomination with minimal resistance, reshaping party dynamics ahead of the convention.
Henry Nixon, a farmer with one natural leg and one artificial one, narrowly escaped injury when his right leg exploded into 1000 plus particles under a heat spell. A sun heated eluloid prosthetic likely caused the blast, which echoed like a ten inch shell and was heard eight miles away, though Nixon suffered only a scare and no serious injuries.
Senator Cummins, a leading Progressive in the Senate, will not join the La Follette movement. He refuses to campaign in Iowa to secure La Follette delegates, complicating the drive against Taft and the delegate fight.
A Chicago Record-Herald joke frames a husband presenting his wife’s concern about private letters his wife found in his office while he was away. The doctor asks for symptoms and the punchline hinges on unopened private correspondence marked Private.
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