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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1913
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier argues for flood preparedness along the Cedar River, urging sea walls on both banks above the dam and a higher Mullan avenue bridge. It cites Ohio River floods as a caution and calls for state civil and sanitary engineering to inspect Iowa’s waterways and prevent typhoid epidemics.
Dr Ether, Dr Chinn, and ex-Gov Carroll criticize Iowa’s public health effort while noting long sleep and a wakeful moment. They urge action on human needs and pollution in town streams, arguing the state must meet responsibilities with renewed energy.
Residents of Westfield and surrounding areas must use the Avalon bridge on Commercial Street as the old Black Hawk creek bridges are torn down beginning Monday. The narrow Avalon bridge lacks footpaths, underscoring calls to restore sidewalks for pedestrians. Separately, Waterloo lauded as the Cedar Rapids Marion interurban extension gains traction with the Wye and N company praising its impact and Cedar Valley route. A Boettger amendment to city lands policy was adopted to require a block layout on new city plots.
A March tribute to David Livingstone depicts him as a selfless geographer and missionary who fought slavery, explored Africa, and inspired global memorials. The piece notes his birth on March 19, his Westminster Abbey burial, and his lasting legacy in healing Africa’s wounds.
A humorous piece explores types of liars, from accidental to professional, and their effects on society. It muses on the harms and social costs of deception, noting figures like Ananias and King David, and imagining how truthfulness could curb misfortune and crime, with wry commentary on modern life.
Lewis Pratt, a Hardin county pioneer and long time Illinois Central Railway employee, died yesterday at Ellsworth hospital Iowa Falls after a brief illness. A railroad veteran and pensioner, Pratt was well known to Waterloo and area railway men and his death will be mourned by many.
A collection of editorials and opinions from Des Moines Tribune Monticello Express Des Moines Capital and Dubuque Times Journal on Iowa politics roads birds and legislature. Critiques include the road bill’s teeth the lazy voting culture the vice president’s fitness and Lord Curzon backing bird protection laws. Awaited funding for permanent roads is urged while progress in Iowa’s development is questioned.
A speaker at a recent meeting of school superintendents warned that education waste comes from teaching unnecessary 20th century material. South Carolina high school enrollment rose from 4812 to 9802 in six years as salaries more than doubled. Cincinnati adopted compulsory vocational training with initial resistance but growing enthusiasm, aided by manufacturer cooperation. Boise City reorganized after a citywide needs survey, prompting generous land and funds offers to expand the local high school.
Mississippi has built twenty seven county agricultural high schools in two years at about thirty thousand dollars each. These schools provide board and dormitory facilities for five fifty per month, and students are paid for work, lowering costs to roughly three dollars per month. Over one million people used the educational trains run by state agricultural colleges in thirty one states last year, bringing farming methods to rural areas. The trains, with three to ten coaches and demonstrations, stop two hours to half a day. Four state colleges Texas California Louisiana and Oklahoma report large attendance at these stops, with Oklahoma adding moving picture car to showcase college life.
Des Moines officials and the inter-church council voiced strong hope to invite evangelist Billy Sunday to Des Moines. Secretary J W Graves called Sunday a great evangelist and unmatched organizer whose mass appeal could draw large crowds, expressing optimism that the invitation would succeed.
Dr. Graves notes special trains from cities will bring listeners to hear him, and the evangelist’s unusual ability to draw crowds is praised. The council faces weeks before confirming the date, with next fall at earliest for securing him. Foley Kidney Pills ad claims relief for kidney and bladder troubles without habit forming drugs.
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