This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1913
Page
2
An extended, memory rich piece contrasts Waterloo farms and a man who moves his family from aging homestead to town. It notes dairy aims, sons pursuing college, and a shift from farm labor to new urban life with one son joining the army of work seekers. The narrative highlights rustic conditions, aging comforts, and changing livelihoods.
The article discusses how agricultural instruction aims to keep youth on the farm but notes parental influence and environment as key factors. It describes a rural farm scene with modern improvements, crops, and livestock, highlighting order, modernization, and the pride of a farmer displaying progress.
The Waterloo Courier notes William Jennings Bryan, secretary of state and former assistant to Wilson, as a welcome guest in Waterloo. Local residents express warm hospitality, hoping his visit will reflect well on both host and guest.
Dr Frank Crane discusses religious politeness through paradoxical self-deprecation and humility. He notes saints’ self condemnation versus the belief in flawed humanity, suggesting both views coexist as manners and truth, with social politeness shaping belief. La Porte editor complains Waterloo bias in Brandon celebration reporting.
The essay argues memory functions as mental glue allowing retention of facts from dates to names. It notes some memorize long texts or many stories, yet fail to recall daily instructions, and warns memory is useless without guiding purpose. It urges being remembered by debtors and creditors after death.
A jumble of early 20th century gibes references President Wilson buttons Panama dike and political shifts. A Canadian hen lays 283 eggs in a year while Iowa towns rush to build hotels. Curio remarks touch on wireless operators crewed by courage and jokes about campaign trains and camphor to deter mice.
Iowa editorials discuss river pollution protection at the Great Lakes scale and rail station planning across Council Bluffs Sioux City and Mason City. The piece also notes shifting party alignments with rising political independence and potential realignment by 1916.
Charles City Intelligencer notes tariff and currency laws from Wilson may limit effect of Republican reorganization. If unpopular, Republicans could win next time with wise management. Progressives and old-line Republicans unlikely to unite. next year’s fight expected to be bitter with no clear national issue.
Satirical snippets from early 20th century papers reflect humor about tariffs nickels vending peanuts and evolving coins. The verse contrasts old and new money with playful lines about fashion and curiosity. A captioned display notes vehicles and comic quips from various papers.
In a rustic exchange, a speaker laments a ten mile walk for a drop of whisky while another suggests keeping a barrel nearby, prompting playful notes about feasibility and practicality.
A Kansas reader from Waterloo objects to a Dreath article. He argues against drought fear and notes Kansas bank deposits rising by nearly eight million dollars year over year. He highlights Kansas wealth per capita and pride in Waterloo and Kan SAB, 8, CARNAHAN, St. John.
Mrs. P. H. Brogan of Wilson Pa speaks from personal knowledge and experience that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is far superior to any other and that for croup nothing excels it. Advertisement notes sale by all dealers.
Loss of appetite signals stomach disorder and decay. Meritol Tonic Digestive is advertised to aid digestion and restore appetite, sold with a positive guarantee by Red Cross Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co as sole agents.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.