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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1911
Page
2
During your vacation trip out of the city the Evening Courier may be mailed to you and the address as often as desired. Subscription rates payable in advance: one week ten cents, one month thirty six cents.
A critical editorial argues that public exhibitions of criminals and depraved acts corrupt youth. It denounces vaudeville and moving picture promoters who profit from notoriety and urges government censorship of crime breeders to curb imitation and moral decline.
An old notice offers constitutional remedies for deafness with circulars free from J. Cheney & Co. The fragment mentions a method for restoring hearing and invites readers to request information.
The piece argues railroads with Waterloo’s $1.5 million yearly business should improve depot structures and prevent public showings of sin. It urges citizen harmony and proactive effort, suggesting compulsion if affectionate means fail, to secure needed city improvements.
A compendium tirade targets Lafayette Young and reciprocity, warns farmers of hidden costs, and urges Waterloo readers to push for depot improvements. The piece cites Winnipeg and Cedar Rapids voices, notes a presidential visit, and attacks railway discrimination while critiquing standpatters and political ambivalence.
In the Des Moines Register segment a farmer observers that Canada’s wheat belt and Iowa’s corn belt shape trade, arguing freer trade with Canada benefits Iowa farmers by aligning economic belts and boosting edge positions in markets. The note previews advertising impact and reader insight on farm economics.
A collage of editorials from Marshalltown Times Republican Waterloo Courier Creston Gazette Keokuk Gate City Webster City Freeman-Tribune Ottumwa Courier Cedar Rapids Gazette highlight campaigns for Taft notes on Iowa delegates, labor capital balance, Frank Gotch praise, Bailey retirement, and guidance on hand-picked apples for better prices in fruit trade.
An advertisement urges use of Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a castor oil for children's bowel complaints. It claims a sure cure and that mixing with water and sugar improves palatability. It asserts no physician can prescribe a better remedy and notes sale by all dealers.
In Glasgow 1911, the author compares Byron’s ocean imagery with modern maritime science. He argues humans control sea and life through obedience to natural laws, noting wireless telegraphy, propulsion, and navigation as proof. The piece laments departures from these laws lead to wrecks, and cites Tennyson’s Crossing the Bar and celestial reflections on the sea.
A 45 year old bachelor writes to Miss Cameron describing himself as tall, blond, healthy, educated, and with a fair living. He says he loves cooking, cleaning, and domestic life, and asks if a nice attractive woman who detests housework and embraces being a working woman could be found for marriage.
A reader writes about longing for a cozy, domestic home and vows to provide meals and a stable life if a woman earns less. He reflects on past cowardice in finances, urges equality of duties, and questions gender norms while wondering if the letter is sincere or a bait.
The ad asserts strength comes from digestion not intake and promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to invigorate stomach and liver so they function naturally. For sale by all dealers.
Linden reports regular church services planned for tomorrow. Mrs. F G Bishop arrived in Linden from Kimball Nebraska for an extended visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Tulp. Mr Bishop seeks a better location and will join later. Chapman family returned from an outing and fishing trip near Littleton with Joe Mastellar and family. Walter Crumlins came back Labor Day from a camping trip.
Cedar returns home to Lafayette street as Frank Little and family arrive from Springbrook Wisconsin after two weeks visiting Mr Little’s relatives and the Minneapolis fair. Mrs H M McMillan visited Linden friends. Mr McMillan may relocate to Waterloo while L R Berry recovers from tonsillitis.
R S Cunnen of the First National Bank of Morris endorses Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets after suffering years from indigestion. He claims relief after using the product and urges others with dyspepsia to try it, noting free samples at druggists. Three sizes priced 75c 50c and 1.
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