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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1911
Page
2
Readable fragments urge selective listening to guidance at life’s start. Warn of misdirected counsel, noting that honest effort and integrity matter, but pressures and temptations shape later decisions and careers.
The Iowa newspapers join a statewide drive promoting an Allowa Week from October 11 to 21 to stress the need to realize Iowa’s role in producing and supplying food. Citizens are urged to support local agriculture and reduce dependence on imported goods.
The speaker argues Iowa should process and sell farm products locally to lower living costs, create jobs, and boost both city and farm values. They urge building meat packing, canning, footwear, and local manufacturing with a focus on Iowa materials and markets, marking a push toward a new manufacturing era during All Iowa Week.
The Northern Pacific railroad launches a week long mobile anti smoke program in Minneapolis and St Paul to educate enginemen on fuel economy and smoke reduction. It argues public benefit and urges other railroads and factories to adopt similar measures to cut costs and nuisance. Champ Clark backs Harmon as 1912 presidential contender in Missouri.
Democrats in the Senate unite on a resolution for a new Lorimer inquiry by a special committee amid public demand for removal of William Lorimer and a broader probe into the scandal.
The text notes Roosevelt being called to serve as a witness in the special steel trust investigation. It mentions anti Lorimer factions risking obstruction, potential revolutions in Mexico, Latin mob sentiment, and hopes the reciprocity bill may be reported without amendment. The tone reflects tense political maneuvering and anticipated Senate action.
A compilation of foretelling editorials and commentaries from several papers. Topics include convention organization, reciprocity in Senate, farmers and breweries, tariff and competition, railroad passenger habit penalties, teaching children to swim, and parental attitudes toward swim training amid rising drownings.
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports on Minneapolis efforts to lower or raise rail tracks at costly grade crossings after a long public push. The piece cites a Cedar Rapids visitor noting other cities’ success in improving safety and urges immediate protection for pedestrians and vehicles while planners seek a permanent fix.
The biennial grand court of the Foresters of America district Minnesota and Iowa will convene in Cedar Rapids from June 3 to 7. Authorities expect more than 500 delegates and visitors for the gathering featuring a key event.
A banquet for six speakers will precede the next biennial gathering. John T. White, head of the national miners’ group, will preside as toastmaster. William Hall of Springfield Ill delivers on Forestry while Edwin Perry of Oskaloosa and George F. Gordon of Minneapolis address Unity and Benevolence respectively.
An elderly woman at 87 shares a philosophy of aging: happiness comes from building internal resources now. She cites love, steady thinking, appreciation of small joys, and serenity as keys, arguing preparation yields contentment whether or not one reaches old age. The piece urges readers to start cultivating joy today.
Washington May 91 A national row shakes House Democrats over free wool as Underwood defends the ways and means plan and Bryan faces sharp rebuke. Clark and others condemn Bryan for urging censure of colleagues and courting bailouts this week. Senate Democrats remain riven over Lorimer, foretelling discord ahead.
The report notes 209 women work on the reservation and lead among their people, while 142 of the graduates are housekeepers. It highlights that education did not erode married life, as they run modern, well furnished homes and educate their children, contrasting with stereotypes of reservation life.
The Carlisle head of the Indian school examines records of 514 living graduates reporting only five as failures and stating the rest achieved marked success in life.
Washington D C May 3 Associate Justice Harlan delivered a rigorous dissent yesterday to part of the Supreme Court decision in the tobacco case while agreeing that the American Tobacco Company and its accessory and subsidiary corporations were members of an unlawful combination.
Druggists report high demand for sage based remedies to promote hair growth and restore color. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, sold for fifty cents a bottle, is marketed with a money back guarantee if it fails to perform as represented. Special agent H. W. Taggart operates from 537 Commercial Street.
The dissent criticizes sending the case back to the lower court and rejects the court’s adoption of the rule of reason for Sherman anti trust analysis. It argues there was no record to justify perpetuating any new combination among companies and echoes prior objections to the rule of reason. Mexico is described with its thirty two states and vast territory.
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