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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
2
The Hold Over Paper is described as the paper Waterloo reads on Saturdays and thoroughly digests on Sundays, emphasizing its wide readership and digest focus. The notice frames the publication as a local staple for weekend readers in Waterloo.
The mayor seeks four public drinking fountains from the Waterloo city water commissioners for Fourth and Fifth streets by the river. The editorial argues the city, owning the water works, should supply sanitary fountains to combat heat and infection, urging public support for the initiative.
The piece derides the coronation as ceremonial pomp and hereditary privilege, arguing Americans should ignore royal pageantry and view George V's coronation as a distant, carnival like spectacle not affecting the United States.
The piece contrasts a British coronation with Roman triumphs and notes George V as a figurehead. It then attacks reciprocity and tariff policies, citing Senator Dixon and farmers in Iowa. It ends by remarking on Panama canal bond bids and Waterloo’s investing habits.
A morgue report on an unknown man found along a railroad track sparks widespread letters to the Marshalltown Times-Republican. Readers imagine the deceased could be a husband father or son as they seek details and closure from the paper and police.
A reflective meditation on unknown dead in morgues and the wandering men era. The piece laments lost sons and missing loved ones, describing detritus of life along rivers, jails, and shores and the enduring fear and longing of families awaiting news. The voice muses on homes seeking wandering boys and the harbor light unseen.
A terse medical note warns against internal medicines for muscular or chronic rheumatism and recommends external applications of Chamberlain’s Regiment. The advertisement states availability through all dealers.
A New York physical training director urges parents to play with their kids, sharing a story from O Henry and a real-life plea from a mother who regrets not playing croquet with her daughter. The piece argues that parental friendship and shared play guard against evil and keep parents youthful.
In Washington June 23 Senator Cummins spoke against the Root amendment to the reciprocity pact for paper and wood pulp. He argued US paper makers cap prices via trust-like control and urged freeing trust-made articles from duties while upholding competition. He quipped about newspapers and noted his stance reflects protecting competition over protectionist aims.
A collage of paraphrases and clipped quotes from Iowa papers decrying postcards and letters, debating Taft diplomacy and constitutional Sabbath shifts, with remarks on Canadian reciprocity and newspaper bias.
An advertise ment promotes Q grain hypo nuclana tablets claim weight gain color improvement and nerve relief with home use directions. Red lips pink cheeks and 10 to 36 pounds gain are noted after months usage. Also Pain Away Pills touted for headache relief with note to ask physician or druggist.
Pages quote editorials on bird life conservation as vital to national well being and report political shifts in the Payne-Aldrich tariff debate. Des Moines and Sioux City papers discuss Cummins reciprocity proposals and calls for clear senate explanations to Iowa constituents.
A Bluffs newspaper discusses the historic leave to print privilege in Congress. It notes speeches printed in the Congressional Record may be written by others and filled with dramatic phrases. Congressman Mann threatens to abolish the practice amid calls for efficiency.
Between June 30 1910 and May 29 1921 Iowa state and savings banks plus trust companies show deposits up by 2 908 330 13. Chief Clerk Elia of the state banking department notes the increase but mentions a new classification that debenture bonds were counted among bills payable instead of deposits, which slightly skews the figures.
The report lists 6923 savings banks with deposits of 173,485,871.61 and assets of 205,520,625.08, plus state banks and trust companies with 175,343,660.81 in deposits and 101,848,300 in assets. Consolidated totals for 693 savings banks, 277 state banks and 14 trust companies show deposits 3,249,823,542.42, profits 8,044,272.04, and assets 3,306,680,385.58. A testimonial from Foley Kidney Pills user J. K. Joder & Son notes relief from back and kidney pain.
San Francisco June 23 1913 Sunday schools report a pupil increase to 1 431 000 as they mark the triennial survey of their work since the last convention.
The convention heard reports of work in Mexico the West Indies and Central America. Zillah Foster Stevens of Altor Mra and Aston DMS temperance secretary spoke on Sunday school and temperance. There are 13,966,504 Sunday school pupils in the country a gain of 1,431,000 since the last convention three years ago.
The Courier printed an error saying Dr L. Evens went to San Francisco for weeks. The correction states he has not left the city and regrets the mistake. Bananas priced 15c a dozen this Saturday only at Union Mercantile Co.
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