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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1916
Page
3
Routh Camero reflects on dignity through anecdotes from a home visit and historic leaders. He contrasts true dignity with false dignity, arguing it rests in the soul and independence, not in external polish or apologies, citing Lincoln, Pitt, and Aristotle.
A reader’s page combines poems and wacky one liners from misprinted humor columns. It weaves verses on drink and aging with jokes about fashion, marriage and wartime protest. Names and exact sources are unclear from the fragmented OCR.
Des Moines Capital argues political choices surround Woodrow Wilson and his re election. The piece claims Wilson was elected by Republicans seeking to defeat Taft and Roosevelt, urges Republicans to vote for him only if they want Democratic policies and cabinet figures like Sam Gonmipers and Franck J. Walsh, and questions southern control and potential tyranny if Wilson is re elected.
A political opinion piece arguing the South dominates U S governance under the Democratic administration. It cites population, wealth, and cabinet composition, alleges Southern control of 17 of 18 major House committees, and urges readers to vote Republican to rebalance influence.
A vain miser driven to defend a horse, two robbers, and a wolf conspire to pressure him into surrendering wealth. The plot ends with the first robber captured, the miser ruined, and the tale delivering a moral about the folly of bargaining with knaves.
W C Smith of 410 Sunnyside Ave writes that Democratic tariff revision hurts Iowa manufacturers like a cream separator plant in Waterloo. He argues higher duties on raw materials and lower on finished goods favor foreign competition and southern interests, warns of postwar gold exports and South American markets, and questions Wilson era influence on belligerents before urging independents to vote.
Vance McCormick, former mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1905 and Woodrow Wilson campaign manager, contended that paying city laborers $1.60 for nine hours was excessive and vetoed a council-approved raise to $1.50 per day. The note hints at a broader political message from the Courier.
The text criticizes McCormick for opposing a Harrisburg ordinance raising city laborers’ pay from 15 to 16 2 3 cents per hour for a nine hour day. It notes his later role as Wilson campaign manager and questions his labor record before appealing to labor voters. It quotes his veto reasoning that higher wages would hinder city departments and exceed fair local wages.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick remedy for grippe and cold symptoms. It claims to clear nasal congestion, stop discharge, relieve headache and feverishness, and cost 25 cents at drug stores.
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