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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1913
Page
2
A 1913 New York editorial describes a subway excavation party held under St Pauls churchyard in Broadway. Workers gathered in the tunnel beneath graves for a casual celebration with an orchestra and dancing, illustrating shifting attitudes toward superstition and the dead in modern society.
Kansar farmers voice a fresh protest against state image policies and request reconsideration of new photography rules affecting agricultural scenes. Officials say pictures document farms and may influence public perception.
The author extols intense feeling as a gift and life power, arguing that heightened suffering expands personality. To live fully means to endure pain, adjust to time and place, seek subtler bliss, and reject conventional moral limits.
A collage of brief items from a Kansas era column mentions a farmer with patched trousers, a Chicago alderman proposing an ordinance to curb drunk on the streets, rail collisions, and a parade of curiosities from Des Moines to Waterloo. It closes with Thanksgiving fowl notes and local ads.
A satirical Thanksgiving piece notes gratitude amid 1913 woes. It cites high beef prices, poor farmers, political charges, distant Balkan conflicts, tariff debates, and delayed international tensions as factors shaping American gratitude and humor.
The Sioux City Public Ledger notes over 50 million dollars of ships are under construction in Delaware river shipyards. Cramps and New York Shipbuilding officials say work will last years without new contracts, suggesting subsidies unlikely or needed.
A mixed whimsical passage recalls days of blue skies and anticipatory snow lore. The piece contrasts cheerful images with a blizzard forecast, noting North wind and frost as a test of resolve. The tone blends playful musings with a newspaper fragment about weather and fate.
A collage of clipped lines from 1920s papers shows odd exchanges about marriage vows dowry and hunting mishaps. In Houston Post a hunter explains danger from misidentification while Baltimore American notes a barter over obedience in a marriage service. Kansas City Journal humor follows a husband’s Christmas present plan.
A Des Moines boy pinned a paper turkey to his door to advertise the value of ads. Misses McClenahan and Taft, delivering baskets of dressed chickens, found the boy on their list and he ate chicken for Thanksgiving thinking it was turkey.
Ames November 27. Iowa agriculture trades and industries and homes form the triangle of interests in the annual winter short courses at Iowa State college. December 24 to January 10 offer two weeks of practical up to date instruction with college facilities at disposal. New this year workers in Iowa shops will receive expert demonstrations on cement work electricity steam and gas engine operation roads and road machinery automobile care and operation among other topics. Fruit growers potato and truck gardeners foresters and livestock judges join practical lectures in farm management feeding and silo construction.
Machinery drainage and farm subjects lead to practical classes for Iowa families. Women learn foods meat cuts child care dressmaking and home decoration while youths may join corn stock judging cooking sewing poultry and more. Contact H A Ogline at 413 West Fifth Street for details.
The essay argues pride should reflect virtuous traits and honest conduct rather than hollow displays. It contrasts uncontrollable temper with controlled behavior and urges readers to measure worth by integrity, fair dealing, and daily honesty. It ends by asking readers what they are truly proud of.
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a blood purifier and medicine for poisoning, rheumatism, malaria, skin diseases, and old sores. It claims the product is made from native botanicals with no minerals or drugs and invites readers to request a booklet. It warns readers to avoid iodide and directs to The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for listings.
A large congregation attended the Walnut Street Baptist church revival, B Y P U night with sixty present. Dr J B Smith urged youth to seek salvation and tonight features music and a special bank offering likely totaling at least 500 dollars for local church work development.
Iowa visitors toured the capitol as the bronze statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood, famed Civil War governor, arrived and was begun for installation. The sculpture by Vinnie Ream Hoxie follows her Lincoln statue and was cast in Brooklyn.
The Tennessee marble base will support two statues of distinguished men in the capitol. Former Senator Harlan’s figure is already installed and the Kirkwood statue will stand beside it. Appropriate exercises will follow later beside the statue.
An advertisement from Green Bay Wisconsin features Mrs O Palmer of 635 Willow St seriously ill with kidney and bladder trouble. Mr Palmer reports rapid health improvement due solely to Foley Kidney Pills and claims the medicine benefits many families. Available from all dealers.
Sufferer shares relief from burning itching skin after using KRESKO products. The ad touts cooling healing effects and a rapid cure for dermatological troubles. Free samples offered via Kresko Laboratories with multiple dealers listed.
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