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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1912
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier listing its New York and Chicago offices and telephones for subscriptions and advertising. It explains postal delivery, rate changes, and branch exchanges, with references to international travel services and multiple European offices.
The piece lauds the W B H Hartman company opening its new home and a perfecting press while praising The Courier’s long history and editorial stance. It questions the Carnegie pension plan for ex presidents, arguing it fosters false ideals and may undermine republican democracy and individual effort.
Advertisements and medical quackery claims flood a historical page with dubious cures for catarrh. Pseudo remedies tout nostrums, trap cures, and tonics while promoting unproven mixtures and patent medicines.
An advocate urges Waterloo to host an auto show to boost commerce and employment. He notes autos drive land value and attract trade, suggesting venues like the coliseum or dairy show barn after winter. He praises local auto and coach industries and a newly formed club backing the plan.
A book by Dr Isaac A Hourwieh, titled Immigration and Labor, argues immigration does not displace native labor and varies inversely with unemployment. It claims immigration does not lower living standards or wage rates but shifts workers to skilled roles. The piece also notes immigrant labor organizations and cites other local ideas on road bills and city issues.
A collage of 1913 era clippings emphasizes road building and Moz
The Iowa board of education removed J. G. Holden amid charges and a harsh climate among members. Holden then joins International Harvester to lead its crop improvement department at a $10,000 yearly salary with $1,000,000 in support, while critics argue Trewin betrayed the people of Town and others.
In a reformer’s note, Carnegie argues Congress should fund pensions for ex presidents while his paper offers support if lawmakers fail. He recalls Crimmins praise for aiding Cleveland and notes Cleveland and his wife stayed with him. he highlights Grant’s payments and Childs’ role in keeping dinners going. The piece argues the nation should act and praises independent means of presidents.
Baker Bunn reached the New Southern hotel in the morning and traveled to the Coliseum in stages. At the door he was met by leading officials, the band played hail to the chief, and he spoke in the press gallery about his sudden experience and support for the event.
A humorous Thanksgiving piece lists ample reasons for gratitude despite wealth or fame. It contrasts American abundance with foreign oppression and ticks off playful keepsakes such as avoiding auto accidents, taxes, and political figures while noting familiar comforts and bygone adventures.
A Baraboo baker named Baker Bunn becomes a local celebrity after a Chicago Tribune feature and poems about him. Citizens rubber at his window for years, his business grows, and he notes the odd but effective boost to trade. Foley’s Honey and Tar is advertised as a cold remedy.
A Ruth Cameron column explores the misread word economy as thrift not mean spirit. She describes a neighbor balancing work with three young children and the paradox of saving pennies while exhausting herself shopping.
Champaign Illinois farmer H H Harris shares practical hog care tips to prevent cholera. He argues for small, well exercised lots, gradual diet changes from old to new corn, field and pasture exposure, a medicated trough, and periodic oil dips to control vermin. He claims twenty years with no cholera while neighbors struggle.
The letter explains a common, inexpensive technique available to anyone. It notes the method costs about 4 1 2 cents per pound and is far cheaper than not keeping the medicine on hand. The message is signed by Lambon Bros & Co with J. E. McIlroy as merchant.
A notice promoting the Standard Illustrated Book of Facts distributed by the Waterloo Evening Courier. It urges every home to own the book and teach children to answer daily questions, covering topics from sil icon to natural history and biographies. Clip the coupon on another page to obtain a copy before it runs out.
Des Moines reports a growing shortage of teachers across Iowa as letters flood the city with pleas for staffing. Officials say the crisis affects nearly every school and threatens classroom stability.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast safe cure for catarrh and head colds. It claims immediate relief of nasal congestion throat soreness and restored senses with a 50 cent bottle often curing the condition. Hay fever sufferers are also offered instant relief, with druggists selling the product and BH. W. Taggart listed as agent.
Mrs. Jennie Steele Huegie, Polk County superintendent, received lists of fifteen school directors seeking teachers from Story County. Dallas County asked for fifteen teachers, Huegie provided eight to ten with lower grade certificates. Sac County requested more than a dozen teachers and there is demand for Negro teachers for mining camps.
Mason City Iowa November 28 E G Dunn recent gubernatorial candidate on the democratic ticket is urged as secretary of agriculture in Wilsons cabinet by The Phonograph Rockwell progressive paper. The editor says Iowa should have a Tama Jim successor from this state.
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