German Culture Discussed in Waterloo Editorial
In a Waterloo editorial from November 26 1914 the author contrasts Kultur as state driven efficiency with Culture as individual humane refinement. Germany’s Kultur is praised for order yet its leaders sacrifice culture for a rigid empire. The piece argues nations may prefer culture over Kultur and notes Britain America England and Russia carry stronger cultural traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancceas
Lucy
Ger Pindy
Germany
France
Hogland
Waly
Spain
Russia
America
Darwin
Huxley
Renan
Vaine
Boissier
Gaston Paris
Merendez Y Pelayo
Francis J. Child
Grimms
Schlegels
United States
German Empire
Rome
Kidney Trouble Prompts Swamp-Root Endorsement Card
A reader from Evansville Indiana praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root after a year of kidney issues. The letter, sworn before a notary in 1911, extols relief and urges others to try the product with a ten cent sample offer. The notice promotes availability at drug stores and requests mention of Waterloo Evening Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Waterloo Evening Courier
Culture versus Kultur in German arts and science debate
A reader writes in a long critique of Prof Brander Matthews’s view of German culture, arguing culture comprises many nations’ achievements. The writer cites German inventors and artists, from Siemens and Daimler to Wagner and Beethoven, urging balanced regard for Germany’s contributions in art, science, and technology amid wartime tensions.
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New York Times
Columbia University
Brander Matthews
Matthews
Tolylos
Turgenlus
Marconius
Russia
Italy
Volstot
Marconi
Hertz
Court of Justice
Prof. Matthews
Germany
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Rhodex
Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Richard Strauss
Brahms
Schubert
Bach
Haydn
United States
Hig
J.J. Hil
New York Subway
Akil
Werner von Siemens
Thomas Edison
Siemens
Berlin
Edison
Menlo Park
Siemens & Halske Co
Europe
Gangs
Weber
Morse
Tyne
Daimler
United States Supreme Court
Diesel
Mercedes
Benz
Albatross
Falke
Rumpler-Taube
Tallenthal
Chanute
Lilienthal
Wright Brothers
Siémens
Imperator
Vaterland
Edward Reis
German Advances in Science and Culture in 1914
FRITZ VON PRANTZIUS argues Germany leads in photography optics printing and lighting, with German invention and industry dominating global science. He extols German culture, agriculture, education, and social welfare, cites trade and economic strength, and contrasts Germany favorably with England, France, and the U.S. in wartime context. Public notices flank the piece, inviting a local audience to a community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Bell
Jena
Zeiss
Goertz
United States
Auer von Welsbach
Bunsen
Pintsch
Guttenberg
Koenig
Ottomar Mergenthaler
Mergenthaler
Germany
England
France
Leipzig
J. J. Hull
Helfrich
Deutsche Bank
Black Hawk Pioneer Victim of Pneumonia
La Porte City Progress Review reports the death of Mrs. Eliza Jane King aged among La Porte City’s oldest residents. Born Eliza Jane Lamer, she married John King in 1857 and lived in the area since Benton county. She died after pneumonia at the Gardner home while aiding relatives and after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte City
John King
T W. Gardner
Family of Fourteen Children Scarce Funeral Plans
A local obituary note states a family with fourteen children, most surviving, is scattered. No funeral arrangements will be made until relatives from distant locations respond.
Kellogg’s Sanitone Wafers marketed as vitality booster
Kellogg’s Sanitone Wafers promoted as nerve vitalizers to revive energy and ambition. Claims of transforming nervous, dopey mood into vigor. Offers 1.00 box with 60c free trial via mail order. stores in Waterloo stock the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Michigan
Kellogg
Zemo Seeks Eczema Sufferers With Free Trial Bottle
An advertisement offers a four bottle free trial and a one cent postage request to BE W Rose Co for Zemo a non greasy antiseptic solution claimed to rapidly relieve eczema and skin troubles. The ad notes druggists nationwide stock and cites Miller's Drug Store in Watersloo as a local seller.
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W, Rose Co., Laboratories
Dept
St. Louis
Watersloo
Miller's Drug Store
Fourth Street
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Waterloo
Frank Jeweys Mather, SR
Marquend
Princeton University
J. E. Alvey
Division St
van Cleave Flats
Evansville
Ind
A. Torche
Unis Space
Moderniss English
Aenglin
Parca
By Mita von Wrantziub
Iraster Matthews
New York
Lombe
Agtwarp
Nuremberg
Antwerp
Fortass
Louvain
Rheims
Paris
Bom
Harding
Great Motke
Hague
Richard Mather
Avery Library
Wm. Bode
London
Leonardo
Tsehudi
Justi
Berenson
I. Hirth
Berthold Laufer
Meier-Grafe
Valentiner
Friedlander
F. Sarre
Kummel
W. Cohn
Bihzad
Raphael
The
East
Wang Wei
Li Se-sun
Li Se¢sun
Freer
Detroit
Li So-sun
Li Sesun
Wang, Ch'uan
T’n
Mozart
Schumann
Grivs
Ming
Mendelssohn
Meyerbeer
T'ang Yin
Ign Carl Marcia von Weber
Kin Ying
Franz Liszt
Smart Shop
East Fourth Street
Iowa
Britain
Hamburg
Texas
Goethe
Fritz von Prantzius
Chicago
South LaSalle Street
Wark
Pinkerton Hall
Algo
M. W A
Black Hawk
Kellogg's
Kellogg's Srna
Zemo
Berzeme
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