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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1914
Page
2
Dr Effle McCollan discusses the empty pew as a warning to clergy and members. He argues that absenteeism weakens fellowship, hampers outreach, and undermines the church’s mission, urging renewed zeal, regular worship, and personal responsibility to revive community spirit.
A farcical tale of a small boy named William who can both sculpt faces and spar with foes using his fists. His talent leads him from street tricks to a factory post as messenger, earning praise and a tense, comic career as he clashes with a jealous vice president. The moral warns that if Europe fights, we must handle our errands ourselves and even build ships.
The piece denounces the Los Angeles referendum ballot with 48 propositions averaging 106 words each. It argues reading time, legislative burden, and the clash with the short ballot, warning that extreme use of referendum undermines good government and citizen power.
In Black Hawk county about sixty percent voted for judicial candidates this week. Advocates of partisan cand idates may use the result to argue for returning to the old system. The figure is seen as a defense of the new plan. Those who considered judicial names chose purposefully. party columns might have led the forty percent who paid no attention to vote blindly.
The article argues for pan-American mediation in Mexico to end the Carranza and Villa clash. It notes no tyrant just factional fighting, urges the United States with Argentina Brazil and Chile to settle differences, and warns war would be costly. It discusses American-made weapons and political fallout from the campaign.
The piece critiques voter unfamiliarity with voting machines causing low turnout and errors by election judges. It urges placing machines in accessible locations weeks before elections with trained instructors and quicker returns after polls close, noting the need for informed voters and accurate results. It also contains a separate vignette about a troubled husband.
A narrator recounts a near accident and contemplates how sharing pain with loved ones can become self serving. The piece argues that seeking sympathy shifts attention to the sufferer, leaving friends worried, and labels such restraint as a humane yet selfish instinct in need of balance.
From Scribner's a rant on Paris fashion's reach into small communities and its cost. It argues the rising desire for independence among working women, condemns endless dressmaking, and proposes a shift toward affordable artistic clothes tailored to comfort and personal taste, not imitation.
Five thousand strikers on Harriman lines including the Illinois Central will vote on a proposed call-off of the strike begun September 30, 1911. The American Federation of Labor railroad department executive council decided to submit the plan to the men who went out. Benefits will end after December 1. Waterloo Illinois Central workers, 485 in number, left the line three years ago. most found work elsewhere or changed jobs, with only about six of the original group still receiving benefits.
Mrs C Woodworth of Harwood visits relatives in Walker as Libbie Zabokrisky recalls family ties. Births include a daughter to Gates Jr and wife and a son to Mr and Mrs EB White. Rosamond Gilchrist recovers from illness. France Andrews returns from Oregon praising the coast. Funeral at Center Point for infant Dennis child. Dr Walter T Pendergast returns to Chicago to practice dentistry. Flying Wards acrobats arrive for winter training near town with plans for a local circus. England and Scotland produce fine mutton but fall short of domestic needs.
B F Lang of Iowa Falls writes that Royal Baking Powder decision exposes Brigham Young as a bold usurper who seized leadership after the death of the prophet. He cites J. S. Burrows’s Senate speech and asserts thousands in Iowa support the Joseph Smith era church, while others misrepresent.
The letter argues the Mormon church was reorganized by Brigham Young at Winter Quarters in 1847 rather than being founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. It cites church minutes and court findings, noting legal battles over succession and authority, and contrasts Fayette 1820 origins with later reorganizations and splinter groups led by Joseph Smith III.
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