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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1911
Page
2
The Courier lists American travel resources in Europe with offices in London Paris and Berlin. It laments rural school inefficiency and urges reform, praising the National Educational Association for plans to study teacher pay courses and training, plus legislative work to raise standards.
An editorial urges Waterloo to adopt a city wide trash collection and disposal ordinance. It argues daily warm month pickups and year round business district service, with twice weekly residential pickups in cold months. Proposes using collected refuse as hog feed to offset costs, promoting sanitation and aesthetics.
Fragmented dispatch mentions Taft versus Roosevelt era campaigns, party strategies, and a presidential influence on ballot tactics. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. Francis Curpin praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for whooping cough, colds, and croup.
A citizen touts Hagerman and nearby towns as mapworthy and urges Westfield residents to press for a depot. The piece laments muddy tramways, unsafe crossings, and inadequate station space, calling for city action and railway commission involvement to ease travel and spur progress.
A garbled clipping mentions political figures and moral anxiety around temperance debates, noting nominations and the push to prohibit liquor. It also references seasonal farming tasks, with spring and winter contrasts, and farmers preparing seeds in February and corn in March.
Abstract of real estate transfers from Cedar Falls and nearby towns lists Marshall Rize to Wr. Olmstead on Jar 45. Ogle to Mare Ogle in West Wa vering area. C. Graham to Inn in Wasson's addition La Porte City. Margarer Barbett et al to Oscar Wreeney. Lavejny to Thilph Storm in Cedar Dale. several parcels with prices and lot numbers appear across La Porte City and Manson area.
Ruth Cameron urges readers to examine their own feelings of unspoken dislike toward a respected neighbor. She acknowledges jealousy and bias as natural but harmful, urging confession and self-honesty to curb judgmental thoughts.
Ruth Cameron, daily Chit Chat writer for the Courier, releases a 200 page book titled Chit Chat. Illustrated by William Stevens it compiles 169 of her popular articles. She reportedly has the world’s largest daily audience for a woman writer, with readership over 900,000.
Ruth Cameron's character building talks are highlighted as uplifting material for youth and elders. The Courier praises her humane outlook and propriety while noting the publisher George Matthew Adams of Chicago and a striking cover design. The book is suggested as a fine holiday gift.
Fort Dodge Iowa November 22 a head on collision two miles north of Logan injured and killed engineer W J Haviland 1325 Fourth Avenue South Fort Dodge. Fireman O Johnson and engineer G M Alger of the other train jumped to safety. Cause unclear possibly Logan operator order board or Haviland failure to get or heed order. extra No 2 carried soldiers east from coast to Waterton.
Mrs. C. P. Tripp, longtime Manchester resident, left for Texas but grew violently sick in Chicago and was admitted to an emergency hospital. Her frail condition raises fears the long journey may be fatal. Mrs. Enos Hamblin, over eighty, slipped on ice in Manchester, suffering a head wound and serious nervous impact from the fall.
A local notice records a telephone number change for a Prescott tuner, listing new contact as 2271 Blue. The brief item notes the adjustment in the phone listing without additional context.
In Dubuque on Tuesday noon, several hundred high school students gathered on West Fourteenth Street to confront St. Josephs College students. The arrival of Police Chief Reilly and a patrolman subdued the plan, with village students urged to stay on the sidewalk. About 100 high school girls cheered from the opposite curb as both sides dispersed.
Chicago reports Edward Hines the lumberman and Edward Tilden the packer were not custodians of a $100,000 fund used to cover William Lorimer expenses. The expert opinion clears both men of financial misconduct linked to Lorimer.
Miss Minerva Reminger of Upper Bern Pa describes years of nervous prostration. She states bread and tea worsened her stomach until Hood's Sarsaparilla restored her health. The letter claims pure blood strengthens nerves and promotes recovery, urging readers to obtain the remedy in liquid or Sarsatabs form.
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