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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
2
A scatter of brief quotes and jokes from various papers touched on women’s equality, a gunner and a test flight, resignation manners, a cartoonish dialogue about life choices, a Bearded Lady remark, a prune and farming humor verse, and a note on Aunt Mary’s Vinegar as a remembered advertisement.
American travelers in Europe and Waterloo plea for better living centers. The piece discusses autos, noiseless designs, and prize ideas, arguing for prize contests to spur invention and comfort in transpor tation while celebrating urban life over distant glamour.
The community mourns the sudden death of John Hildebrand a prominent young attorney and businessman. He served in church politics business bar practice and public service and was a key National Guard figure. His loss leaves a large gap in the town’s fabric and raises reflections on life and fate.
Fragmentary op ed argues Waterloo balances large-city benefits with small-town charm. It contrasts livability, costs, and amenities across cities, noting fewer drawbacks in mid sized towns and questioning urban bloat. The garbled text cites Minneapolis as a counterpoint and references general trends in city life.
The piece argues that the Republican party must reorganize on popular lines and through representation by the people rather than a national committee revision. It cites Curomins Hadley and other leaders calling for a convention to revise party government, warning that popular revision is needed to sway voters. It mentions Bartholdt defending colleagues against the Webb Kenyon liquor law and notes Germany's royal wedding and anniversary as contemporaneous world events while stressing self reliance and direct action.
The piece blends satirical quips on beer, swimming requirements for degrees at Columbia and Kansas, rising produce notes, and local political jabs. It references Iowa cities Cedar Rapids and Sioux City, university policies, interurban funding, and general political rustling amid a collage of quotations and odd admonitions.
A verbose 19th century essay argues that sensitive men are easily wounded by words while others endure pain and insult. It contends sensitive men seek constant attention, fear neglect, and require sharp corrective action to toughen their egos, contrasting resilience and fragility in social injury.
A. Trowbridge and Elias Overman died of consumption. Warning to subscribers to beware dye on the Courier. Sindlinger sold lemonade free on one day. H. B. Allen and George Ward plan a California trip. Marian Champlin and Ella Champlin visit Hudson, New York for three months. Fourth Street macadamizing noted. Eleven new farmer subscribers paid in advance. Waterloo Ironworks sold to Beebe, Lacy, Whitmore. A. Wheelman’s house struck by lightning during a storm.
The Presbyterian church plans Rev P Hallowell preaching forenoon tomorrow after returning from Kansas. Local residents Ben and Burr Lichty depart for Creston for three weeks, while Mr and Mrs Joseph Schiel head to Chicago for the fair. E T Cowin and son attend the Chicago fair with Mrs Cowin. W W Miller and son Edmund return from Chicago. Mrs Miller and daughter plan to come next week. Waterloo visitors attend Oelwein races as bathhouse and water toboggan schemes gain traction in advance sales. Will Gindt develops a swelling after painting screens with green paint, tracing a red line along an arm artery.
A writer recalls childhood on a farm with 5 am wakeups and long days in fields paid in corn, contrasting past toil with modern hours and the notion of industrial martyrdom. An ad notes reduced prices on beds, springs, and mattresses from People's Furniture Co at 706 Lafayette St.
Mrs G Hellmuth of 6511 Appletree Street Chicago? reports twenty five years of eczema on the face ending after one jar of Resinol Ointment and one cake of Resinol Soap. She says itching and burning stopped, skin cleared, and she can go outside without shame. Free trial offered by mail from Baltimore.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette report notes hundreds of advertising men gathered in Baltimore for a week long convention stressing truth in advertising. The meeting praised honest practices and urged laws against misrepresentation, with Iowa's new July 4 misrepresentation misdemeanor law targeting fakirs while sparing genuine advertisers.
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