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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1911
Page
2
A lament on the death of Tommy Johnson at twenty six as a warning that American athletics have become heavy business. The piece argues sports are now professionalized in colleges and profits/contention drive neglect of health. It calls for athletics to be about play and general health rather than elite competition.
A fragmentary rants about difficulty for women to marry husbands as civilization and fashion divert romantic aims. The speaker laments dress excesses and women’s efforts to attract men, claiming society has disrupted traditional courtship and tenderness.
A gray haired woman, Mrs Wate Waller Barret, head of the Florence Crittenden Missions, argues that love wanes under economic pressures and modern life. She notes men avoid marriage, educated women demand equality, and society parties erode romance, urging simpler virtues and parental guidance to restore proper marriage foundations. The piece also touches on local scandals and civic issues in Minneapolis and Lincoln Center.
Advertises LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets claiming a cure for a cold in one day. Promises refund if EY fails and features E W Grove signature on each box.
A collage of Iowa newspaper excerpts mentioning labor, crime, depots, and agriculture. Notes include a sewing machine agent’s killing of a farmer, rail depot needs for Waterloo and Webster City, price comparisons from past decades, punishments for cruelty, Doctor Wiley as farm ally, and a jibe at California climate amid tornado claims about Iowa.
An editorial letter argues socialism is a constructive program for public ownership of socially used means while private ownership remains. It contrasts socialism with anarchism and asserts parties reflect economic class interests, claiming socialists alone represent workers and seek greater democracy as a remedy for democratic evils.
In a chatty scene Molly shares a parable about giving oneself surprises to improve mood and discipline. The author man admits repeated temper failures while Molly's tale inspires a practical approach, urging the reader to try spontaneous acts to reset one’s day and temper.
A subscriber from Waterloo writes that graft in public enterprises shows private systems depend on public ones and that only reconstruction of society via collective ownership and democratic management of life’s means can solve labor, corruption, vice, crime, and disease. The writer predicts labor will be crucified on gold until this is achieved.
Molly invites David to join at a gathering while someone else remains uneasy. The exchange hints at a hidden secret and evolving social tension as Ruth Cameron is mentioned.
The article extols physicians for eradicating diseases across lands under the flag and improving living conditions. It argues for government support, including a dedicated health department, due to the vital work in sanitation, epidemic control, and drug and food surveillance.
The Minneapolis Journal notes that progressives and the president are not far apart despite a looming presidential candidacy. If progressives split from a single candidate they could more candidly evaluate the president's propositions and seek accord instead of pursuing an unwinnable bid.
Iowa dailies face a choice between serving local townspeople and courting mail order advertisers. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald notes newspapers resist outside big stores that ignore local ties, balancing independence with revenue from national mail order interests.
The Iowa press seeks to secure local circulation by demanding fair ad rates from metropolitan papers. Chicago papers flood Iowa with low-cost sales supported by advertising. Iowa dailies still grow as readers realize home news matters, with city and state reports driving demand.
The Chicago Record Herald reports a test of an all steel railway train in New Jersey where a crossover switch at 50 mph caused a derailment. The engine and fireman died, yet no passengers were hurt as the uncollapsible unburnable coaches prevented telescoping and fire. The demonstration at Monmouth Junction boosts steel car adoption despite higher cost, citing long term savings and reduced liability in wrecks.
The 0 year old son of John Busse east of the city was struck by a moving tent while driving an old family horse to town Saturday about 630 PM. The double rig pierced the horse's breast with its tongue and the horse died from injuries. The boy tried to avoid the wagon tracks as the approaching rig could not pass. Police suspect liquor influence on the other driver.
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