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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier announces daily publication with carrier and mail rates, staff listings, and advertising terms. A Bar Association resolution recommends voters choose three of four judges candidates: Weaver, Ladd, Withrow, and Tony.
The Black Hawk county bar association endorses four named candidates for the Iowa Supreme Court under a new nonpartisan selection law. Voters will choose three, with one name to be eliminated by local attorneys. The Courier and Reporter backs this endorsement to guide the electorate.
Article weighs Carranza’s demand that Villa retire as condition for peace and the risk of Villa seizing power. It notes Villa’s grip on popular support and potential for renewed insurrection, while suggesting Mexico’s peace may grow more likely, with Brazil, Argentina, and Chile cited as comparatives.
John Wunderlich secretary of the Cedar Rapids commercial club extols Waterloo as the ideal host for the next farmers congress citing a growing mutual helpful cooperative spirit between the two cities.
The New York police commissioner ordered traffic closures from 3 to 6 39 p m on nineteen blocks to let children safely play. The writer compares Waterloo's street speed concerns with New York and suggests designating play spaces and enforcing speed limits to prevent fatalities while noting the plan has brought happiness and reduced parental anxiety.
A Cedar Rapids appeal urges aid for Belgium amid famine and displacement. The piece urges universal mercy beyond borders, noting families separated and crops abandoned as winter nears. It cites support already given to relief via readers and calls others in the city to contribute.
National Magazine profiles Burton E. Sweet, Bremer county native and lawyer who built a public career in Iowa. He served in the state legislature, chaired Republican committees, and led Willows Lawn farm ventures, earning a reputation as a workmanlike, farmer-friendly contender for Congress in the old monkey-wrench district.
An advertisement claims Foley's Money and Tar Compound cures coughs by loosening mucus clearing air passages and stopping hoarseness. A testimonial from Harold Berg of Mass, Mich says it helps children quickly. Sold by all druggists everywhere.
The piece argues that basic desires drive human behavior and calls various experiences like love, poetry, fighting, and religion intoxicants meeting deeper needs. It frames nature and spirituality as natural sources of fulfillment and critiques superficial religion as mere respectability.
Speech excerpts from Representatives Fitzgerald and Langley in 1914 describe congressional spending, party critique, and fiscal strain. Fitzgerald warns of a coming review of public expenditures as a Democratic Congress governs, while Langley notes a shift from activity to taxation and campaign focus.
A reader discusses a bestseller about a powerful businessman who hides wrongdoing behind charity and churchgoing. The neighbor argues she would act differently, but the tale suggests the rich can be as self justifying as the average person.
A concise, period tone summary of Carthage's rise to power on Africa's north coast near Tunis, its maritime dominance and conquests, and Rome gaining the upper hand after Hannibal’s Alpine march. The piece notes Carthage’s destruction and Rome’s recording of its history, with a wry comparison to aviators.
A neighbor’s tale of receiving extra handkerchiefs, unjust dressmaker delays, and an unfair maid schedule shows that moral critique begins at home. The author argues that those with small power must use it justly before condemning larger authority.
The article notes a final registration deadline as Oct 31 urging voters to register if they moved precincts or have never voted in the city. It mentions two days of board sessions recently and cautions that those already registered must vote on the upcoming election date. It highlights growing interest in the election and regional variation in voter eagerness. It also references many privileges and a surge in amateur wireless operators in Philadelphia.
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