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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1913
Page
2
The piece stars Henrietta Crosman as a widow in a domestic comedy where a wife’s charm proves pivotal. The review highlights Crosman’s performance and the play’s central exchange about clothes winning a husband’s devotion. The article also discusses Webb law enforcing dry states and looming challenges to prohibition.
The Eagle Grove Farmers Elevator and Supply Company passed resolutions urging a 1 mill tax or other reasonable levy for permanent road improvement under state supervision. The group supports combining this tax with the automobile tax and sending copies to a senator and representative.
A column notes John D Rockefeller's longevity due to routine exercise, abstinence from stimulants, and a specific daily menu including oatmeal and seafood. It also mentions legislative moves on a medical board and road-building reforms, with commentary on a wage law's impact on workers.
A selection of editorials notes the Iowa legislature should learn from rural road needs, urging a strong good roads bill. Columns urge regulation after the Baltimore dynamite tragedy and recall a Kansas Bible-reading thief, while praising potential farm-area growth from permanent country roads and higher land values.
A humorous essay arguing laws are costly, convoluted, and easy to dodge. It contrasts legal complexity with the ease of breaking laws and highlights how citizens exploit loopholes, pay fines, and risk punishment while keeping their names in the papers.
Ruth Cameron argues that true education includes openness to many kinds of people. She critiques intellectual snobbery, noting educated circles often shun broader life perspectives, favoring precise diction, magazines, and book lists over real-world interaction.
Press opinions from Dayton Herald and Denver Times praise the new Buffalo nickel as a beauty and artistic achievement. Critics note the design's head motif resembles a fat man when inverted, while other papers discuss the nickel’s popularity and calls for congressional action.
Leading Maine highway organizations including the Maine State Grange and Maine Automobile Association back a bill creating a state highway commission and a chief engineer. It distinguishes state roads from state aid roads, outlines construction and maintenance funding, and envisions low compensation for commissioners. The proposal aligns with a modified plan from LW James of the U S Highway Service after his Maine visit.
The government bureau supplied an engineer to the state at no salary or transportation cost within the state. The arrangement required sustenance to be provided and service requests to come from the governor and the highway commissioner.
The article argues readers profit from newspaper ads showing bargains and savings. It cites examples from bankers urging savings accounts, a New York housewife stocking up on needed goods, and a man who sacrifices early to compound wealth over decades, illustrating how disciplined spending yields long term gains.
A reflective moral urging careful readers to consider the banker’s virtuous act first, trusting that prudent choices attract further good outcomes for all following deeds.
Cedar Falls records report a conference between the manufacturers committee of the Commercial club and Great Western officials. The Great Western seeks to tear up the Cedar Falls to Cedar Falls Junction club line, built years ago for 65 000, with local tax support, risking disruption of main line service. City business interests demand improvements to sustain main line service and oppose a stub Waterloo to Cedar Falls link.
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