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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1911
Page
2
A brutal murder in Waterloo prompts calls for action by police and county authorities. The editorial urges prosecution, questions local laxity, and urges warrants on suspects while urging public compassion for the homeless drunkard. It condemns the light police sentence and underscores community responsibility to protect citizens.
A harsh winter night exposes the merciless North wind as it punishes the unprepared. The piece laments suffering among those with few resources, noting women and children endured the same peril as destitute men while nature continues its relentless assault.
Promoter claims catarrh is constitutional and cannot be cured by local applications. Internal Halts Catarrh Cure purportedly renews blood and mucous surfaces, with a physician prescribed formula of tonics and blood purifiers. The ad promises testimonials and mentions J F. Gheney & Co. as proprietors with illustrated pills for constipation.
Senator Cummins, back from Panama, says Taft unlikely to be renominated, though this view wasn’t held three months ago. He intends to back La Follette, noting the president’s leadership weakness. Also mentioned are a world federation idea, Carnegie gifts, a Minnesota psychology professor on swearing, and Rock Island plan for a Britlker Ark passenger station costing about 25000.
The article lists primary dates for North Dakota March 19 Wisconsin April 2 Nebraska April 7 Oregon April 19 and New Jersey May 28, guiding voters to express preferences for presidential nominees in these states.
An observer notes that cats are graceful while ducks are awkward, and discusses using animal traits as basis for human and pet names. The piece suggests caution in choosing names for women and pets.
A compact roundup notes varied newspaper takes on Taft era policy, elections, and suffrage. Des Moines Register comments on football mania and Thanksgiving relief. Cedar Rapids Gazette weighs party comfort after polls. Dubuque Daily Times-Journal highlights women’s strong school election turnout supporting progress.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald questions the President as a political bungler between factions. Cumberland Enterprise notes fear of Republican failure in the upcoming election regardless of Taft or La Follette. Ottumwa Courier argues ambition drives employee prosperity and departmental gains, contrasting ambitious staff with indolent coworkers.
A reader submits a letter proposing radical changes to the jury system and election administration. The writer suggests consolidating courts, using two judges with recall, delaying referendums until sufficient petitions, moving to November election month, and mail ballots with preprinted tickets to streamline voting. The tone favors rapid, cost saving reforms.
A letter from N Johnston of Cushing Oklahoma advocates two witnesses to attest signatures and mailing ballots to the election board. He proposes tearing the perforated fly with voters and witnesses names, filing it as proof, dropping the ballot, and nightly tabulation and publication of results to guide remaining voters. He asks if this would save time and whisky and mentions women voters.
The piece discusses how miscommunication arises from careless reporting and inflection, with examples from Middlemarch and Rosamond. It argues speech and written words fail to convey full meaning without tone, gesture, and context, citing Stevenson on exchanged letters. It emphasizes the difficulty of conveying thought accurately in direct speaking.
The speaker contends that intent to offend is absent and that repetition or writing is an uncertain medium. She urges adopting a rule to disregard potential offense as the safest course, questioning the necessity of interpreting comments as offensive.
An international commerce note from the Bureau of Statistics shows over $50,000 in aeroplanes moved through U S ports in July August and September. Exports to Canada totaled $6,950 in July and $8,000 in August with three planes valued at $18,450 for the period. Imports included five planes in September valued at $22,752 plus a France shipment of $18,052 and one from England at $4,700 totaling $37,843 for the three months.
Nellie Francis a cow girl with a traveling wild west show in Los Angeles saved an Indian woman and her day old baby by diverting stampeding steers and buffalos. She was gored by a large buffalo and left near death in a local hospital after rescuers reached her.
Peter Odell of Waterville Kansas, 81, dying slowly from an incurable disease, learns he is heir to a charter of a million dollars as his brother A H Odell is found dead in Los Angeles leaving 500000 to two brothers. Odell laments that wealth comes too late and fears losing his frail health.
The fragment notes Peter Odell and his brother B B Odell with a reference to money worries since 1857 and a New York connection. It then pivots to an advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills claiming they regulate urinary organs, with a brief testimonial from H W Ta seart.
Washington reports a pending winter revision of wool cotton and steel schedules with no currency or corporation legislation. Senator Smoot of Utah signals tariff reductions may occur while arbitration treaties canal tolls and Alaskan legislation are on the table reflecting Republican and administration views. A kidney medicine testimonial is included.
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