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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1914
Page
2
The article argues President Wilson will stay in Washington to handle state matters, sacrificing campaign speaking for patriotic duty. It contends the public prefers a president who remains on the job and faithful to office over political orators before the November election.
The piece laments the Cook County primary ballot containing ten to fifteen hundred names across five parties. It argues voters lack information on candidates and warns that mass elections undermine self rule and responsible government, criticizing the breadth of offices elected by the people.
Graham Taylor argues that international socialist solidarity failed under World War I pressures. He notes suppression of German socialist voices, Jaures' assassination, and British party splits while mass protests gathered in Trafalgar Square. The piece questions whether class solidarity survives patriotism and likens it to a collapse of Christian unity.
Joseph Medill Patterson writes from Berlin that American baseball scores draw big crowds at bulletin boards. The Waterloo team earned the pennant through hard fighting and team spirit, bringing city honor and advertising value amid wartime paper shortages and shifting cultural interests.
A humorous essay saturates with anthropomorphic lambs and stubborn sheep. It compares sheep to fools in politics and shows how the animal nourishes clothing, lawn care, and economic waste. The piece closes with a paradoxical love for sheep once dead.
A Chicago mechanic’s daughter, a modest Swedish girl named Apathis, astonishes the world with genius and humility. She travels to Europe for four years, garners praise and wealth, yet remains simple and home loving as she ascends to celebrity. The piece reflects on humility amid talent and wealth.
A collection of brief quips from papers joke about a man teaching his wife to swim from shore and war censor ideas. A Houston Post gag laments a married censor of ads. A Detroit Free Press verse notes nervousness of a beau’s call.
West End provision shops drop Westphalian hams Brunswick liver sausages sauer trout and other delicatessen from display while replacing with English viands. Many fly large Union Jacks and at least one German shop hoists the white ensign of the royal navy to appear thoroughly English.
A writer and colleagues face creative blocks and daily frustrations as a woman with a dress project, a jelly-cooker, a clerk named Molly, and a husband busy with work reveal common discouragements. The piece encourages perseverance, noting that all people share moments of doubt and effort.
Drusilla's vanity grows from new dresses and hats worn by her famous little mother who leads parties. A rainy day visit with paper dolls Mrs Olden and Mrs Newcomb reveals that style fades and manners matter more than clothes. Bobby comforts Drusilla reminding her she remains the leader regardless of visitors.
The passage condemns use of scopolamine and morphine for labor and denounces a McClure Magazine editor’s push for narcotics in childbirth. It argues only physicians should decide such treatment and warns of dire consequences. The piece mocks foreign discoveries shared with laypeople and urges retreat to Alaska for further talk.
Lemmon South Dakota reports strong finances from its new municipal saloon after six months. Manager John Rooks notes cash on hand and projected yearly net of about ten thousand dollars, despite initial expenses and suspected price restraint by officials. Local history recalls a dry status prior to opening.
Charles Ruppert was crushed by a grain cutter while packing a silo near Iowa City Saturday afternoon. Doctors amputated his left hand and forearm after finding the limb mangled in the machine jaws. Ruppert’s condition was described as very bad.
George Ewing and Mrs Schrack are named in a Saturday evening notice. Both are 7 years old. Mrs Schrack has been married once before. Peterson, a machinist, works at a major Waterloo manufacturing firm.
Java City on a rainy day. Anata Schwartz and Louis Ehler married in a university hospital ward after Justice George Dwing officiated by telephone. The groom lives in Dubuque and the bride, formerly of a single, Iowa, has a sister who is a nurse at the hospital.
Billy Sunday, the evangelist, opened a seven week campaign in Denver warning most locals were bound for hell. He stated an angel could not mingle with some Denver residents without a bath of sulphuric acid and formaldehyde. Ten thousand attended and many were turned away as Sunday sought about $17,000 to cover expenses.
Reader letters challenge the twilight sleep article citing European discoveries and joints claims about scopolamine in childbirth treatment. The writer notes scopolamine’s variable efficacy and mentions its administration with morphine or heroin, warning of confounded outcomes.
A guinea pig used to test a dandruff salve led to the discovery of the dandruff germ and the development of Newbro’s Herpicide. The ad claims Herpicide kills the parasite, prevents hair loss, and stops scalp itch, with money back guarantees and samples via The Terpl ride Co Detroit Michigan.
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