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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
2
The page blends notices about the Evening Courier circulation and pricing with a long feature on baseball and peace topics. It highlights Waterloo league baseball’s hopeful season and praise for Doc Andrews, plus quotes from John Lewis on Canada United States relations and the value of peaceful conflict resolution.
An editorial mix discusses the shift to new economic conditions reducing domestic food overproduction and the tariff on meats. It cites Charles Kavher on preferring tariffs to protect beef, notes uncertain impacts of free meat schedules, and predicts tariff debates will shape Washington hotel and road-law projects amid drought and rain signals.
A Cedar Rapids turning of square corners in the business district signals metropolitan aims while Marshalltown reports Hempstead county plans to buy at least twenty mules for highway work costing eighty thousand dollars. Iowa papers debate intercity paving and clerk examinations as part of legislative changes and potential state finance issues.
A Burlington Gazette editorial criticizes vulgar songs and calls for a public song censor. It argues Polk County should not aid outside interests and highlights a $15,400,000 lawsuit as a distortion of local progress. The piece urges bans on malodorous lyrics and accountability for writers.
A collage of humorous bits from old magazines and papers features a futurist sketch interpreting the infinite, a Chicago Tribune exchange with Elsie and Mr Verdigris, a quip about living on ten thousand a year, a German cobbler joke over eighty cents, and a children’s verse about the bossy Jabez Jones.
Health is called the largest factor in a man's success and regular bowels are linked to well being. Constipation is described as a barrier to health, with Chamberlain's Tablets promoted as a remedy that moves the bowels improves appetite and strengthens digestion. Sold by all dealers.
Des Moines May 1. Tredaw Sargeant general counsel for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroad in Iowa declares there is no merit in the proposed suit by Polk County supervisors seeking more than 25 million dollars in taxes on moneys credits and corporate stock. He rejects rumors of railroad backing and notes he has not yet investigated the claim.
A satirical piece condemns fake railroad tourist tickets that are cheaply forged and misused. It narrates how agents manufacture bogus passes by interlacing ticket parts, filling details with a pen, and stamping them while conductors reject them for color errors. The article mocks both the gimmick and the industry, urging reform to make tickets shorter and stop invasions of privacy by inspectors.
A Waterloo undertaker notes a shift from black to white at funerals as colors brighten and burying customs evolve. He cites growing demand for white coffins and white hearses pulled by steel gray horses, predicting white may become predominant.
An outside firm claimed a huge tax leak and swayed the supervisors into signing a contract for a large commission. The investigator asserts Rock Island paid Polk County all taxes due, with assessments at top value. A separate ad promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and effective. A Friday night fire at Kinney lumber shed caused $156,000 loss, with Morrison barn narrowly saved from destruction.
Fire at Grundy Center draws rapid response with reports of extensive damage. Local authorities urge caution and coordinate investigation while residents assess losses.
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as an external application for abdominal muscles and breasts. It claims to ease nerves, banish pain, prevent nausea, and make pregnancy calmer. The text urges readers to contact Bradsford Regulator Co for a book for expectant mothers.
A brief dialogue captures a father and motherly hope as they discuss their child. Jack remarks the baby resembles the mother with familiar facial features, while Pete jokes about hoping it will take after him once it grows teeth. The exchange reflects family humor and anticipation.
Rev L B Hix of the Plymouth Congregational church delivered a lecture on public health urging incessant warfare on the house fly and detailing tuberculosis rules to prevent spread. He warned industrial pace and moral laxity threaten human vitality and the race’s future.
Officials of Citizens Gas & Electric, with aides, have moved into their new offices at Park avenue west and Commercial street. The first floor main office entrance opens on Park avenue west. The attractively decorated room draws visitors seeking fixtures and service, with Waterloans among hundreds touring the new site.
A vintage advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken gray hair, remove dandruff and itching, and restore natural color. The at home tonic is promoted as superior to drugstore mixtures, with instructions to apply at night for gradual darkening and a glossy, youthful look, sold by H H Taggart.
The sixty second annual convention of the Iowa Medical Association will meet in Des Moines May 7 8 and 9 8. There will be prominent speakers including Dr E T Alford of the city discussing diseases on Wednesday night Several hundred physicians and surgeons are expected to attend The state society of medical women will meet in Des Moines Wednesday with Dr Margaret Clark of the city among the speakers Dr Grace Jerger an officer in the Woman's Medical Association will also attend.
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