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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier and Waterloo Reporter argues law enforcement should follow statutes, not public sentiment. It criticizes governors who wink at liquor laws and insists officers enforce existing prohibitions regardless of popular opinion.
A lengthy imperial war assessment declares Grodno captured by von Hindenburg's army. It extols German strategic genius and predicts Poland's loss reshaping the eastern front, with possible pushes toward Petrograd or Constantinople and a potential Paris campaign. It notes winter halting further moves and forecasts spring actions.
Berlin reports claim Russian prisoners reach 1,100,000 and 300,000 killed since Germany opened the eastern drive in early May. The figures, about one third of Grand Duke Nicholas' forces, imply large but incomplete German gains. No official tallies were released.
A Chicago gathering of the Friends of Peace adopted resolutions denouncing war as barbaric and calling for free wartime seas, banning munitions sales abroad and foreign loans. They warned national defense programs may be needed, citing Washington’s view on preparedness. Also noted a Belgian minister’s wife finishing a sentence for writing to her husband, and that Americans who enlist in European armies may lose citizenship. The Pennsylvania Railroad forbids war talk but allows baseball talk at work.
George Matthew Aldams argues that outward aging masks a constant inner self that remains immortal and resilient. Two old college friends show no sign of change in spirit while life’s daily wear reshapes the body, urging readers to nurture the inner self as a true source of youth and vitality.
George Fitch portrays Lucrezia Borgia as a woman shaped by dynastic politics and social expectations. The piece traces her multiple marriages to powerful men, framed as a product of her father Cardinal Borgia’s ambitions and era, ending with a view of her as a compliant daughter rather than a villain.
A river tolls war as Father Cyrus guides Prince Evan and Princess Claudia across a board bridge to unite rival kingdoms. Kings Abda and Boaz discover their children at play and abandon the feud in favor of love, forming a lasting alliance.
An introspective musing on measuring pain and the impossibility of truly knowing another’s suffering. The piece discusses imagined pain meters, subjectivity of pain, and the isolation felt even amid close love and care. It reflects on how personal pain remains an intimate, ghostly reality no one else can fully share.
A collection of Iowa editorials and comments from Des Moines to Sioux City, debating state fair preservation, political campaigns, and sportsmanship. Des Moines defends the state fair against abolition, noting grounds value and investment. Other papers discuss volunteer campaigns, presidential race dynamics, and the meaning of good sport.
A fragment suggests Mr Bryan could push for peace by going to Europe and delivering targeted addresses. The text hints at diplomatic efforts but provides no dates or concrete actions. The item notes a potential role for Bryan in international discussions without detailing outcomes.
A Grinnell Register item laments a state law forcing insurers to use fixed rates set by a private rating bureau, causing large policy price hikes across numerous sectors from dry goods to dwellings. The piece questions redress as rates appear excessive and unjust.
The article argues the state Insurance Commissioner can review rates but faces summary court review, delaying relief for insured. It says the rating bureau holds de facto control, with mutual companies exempt, and questions why non mutuals cannot undercut rates. It notes fire insurance at ten dollars per thousand but now minimums are rising to thirteen fifty, reflecting the bureau's influence.
Special attention offered in gynecology and obstetrics at 5th and Mulberry, Grp. East Side Library. Office hours Wednesday and Saturday evenings 7 to 8, Sundays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Phone 121.
Fifty years ago on Thursday September 7 1865 Jozeph Fressle opened a Bracery store opposite Central House. The Independent Order of Good Template state convention met in Waterloo this week. The Central House addition cost about 20000 and includes a fine billiard room parlor offices and over fifty chambers. Hartman of the Courier family departed for a two week trip east while R Russell left for an extended two month trip through the east.
Fort Wayne era items note a modest turnout for the city fire department inspection parade on Commercial street with Mayor Lichty praising the crews. Marriage of Hervey Lindley and Kate Owens on Sept 1 is reported along with a honeymoon planned eastward. Also mentions heavy rains delaying plowing and Theodore Jenney leaving Leavitt Johnson Lusch barn for a Chicago commission house position.
Republicans in a county convention nominated W E Hauger for representative W W Brittain for superintendent P M Shoemaker for treasurer W M Law for sheriff M E Newton for coroner Dr C S Chase. Ploris Marble and Bertha M Starrett wed at Poyner Township. A large barn burned near Jesup with two horses lost. J H Rafferty seeks capital for electric lines Cedar Falls Waterloo and interurban. A F Bingham pioneer of Fox township died at Buffalo N Y aged years. He owned a farm south of Jesup.
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