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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1914
Page
2
The piece argues that industrialization and mobility erode the concept of a fixed childhood home, replacing it with transient flats and rentals. It laments lost sentiments tied to familiar places, notes the moral and social impact of uprooting families, and questions whether national progress weakens loyalty to locality and family roots.
The piece argues Congress debates labor as human life rather than a commodity and praises the Clayton anti trust bill for recognizing organized labor under Sherman law. Senator Cummins calls this the bill's most important part, contending workers should bargain collectively to defend health happiness and family welfare.
The piece argues about state spending under Governor Clarke and criticizes Democratic candidate John T. Hamilton’s talk on extravagance. It defends public programs for shelter, feeding, clothing, salaries, and education while noting potential savings from taxing and license funds. The tone links progress to costs, questioning paths to restraint and referencing past misers and poverty.
A political essay outlines O P Myers advocating state control of liquor to remove money motive, rejects absolute prohibition, and critiques Lenvaiss saloon tax hopes. It notes war taxes, creeks for steamboats, Vienna’s 250000 jobless, and warns that war is a double edged sword while laments taxes on joy.
A colonial style discourse contrasts soft drinks with hard liquors and explores nasal catarrh causes. It condemns overindulgence and links to digestion, body heat, and courage. Practical tips cover nasal anatomy, use of atomizers, and safe saline irrigation.
The article critiques social class staying power and personal attachment to status, warning against clinging to station. It contrasts McKinley and Wilson administrations, notes Democratic party hunger, and cites moral reflections from Ruskin on life choices and love versus social rank.
A Buffalo Evening News verse mocks a “very narrow skirt” fashion scene. The satirical piece questions comfort and safety, imagining restrictive clothing harming a young girl and urging a sack to avoid rip risks. It uses provocative imagery to critique street style and societal expectations.
Dr Brady in Cedar Rapids Gazette explains catarrh as a symptom with many causes not all listed. He notes the term often refers to an acute or chronic condition rather than a standalone disease and emphasizes understanding catarrh in its time context.
Fort Wayne style: Iowa City beat Waterloo Mutuals 44 to 8 at the fairgrounds on Sept. 1 with L. A. Cobb umpiring. Ferguson and Kellogg purchase Cobb’s umpire duties. Theodore N. Val, now an executive, visited with his parents. Water engines trial drew a crowd. Water Witch won after a long spray. W. L. Shutts and Miss Rinda Corson wed atPresbyterian church with large turnouts. army of old bachelors notable at wedding.
A Wednesday note recalls last Thursday's Republican convention with H D Williams for Clerk of Courts GC R Santee as recorder B J Rodamar for auditor and G W Dawson for county attorney. Roy John Nemmers plans a vacation to Europe possibly Rome. Millie Hance 22 died at her sister Mie Willi Bugsler’s in Targlara county jail misadventure ended by a failed escape attempt. P R Q society met with Dr Harriet Allen. Supt B J Sessions named executive committee chair for Northeastern Town Teachers association.
A collage of brief literary quips and dialogues from multiple newspapers. The snippets include a playful wartime fixation, hints of ancestries and social pretensions, apartment humor, a flirtatious farm setting, and marriage prospects. The tone is brisk, epigrammatic, and lightly satirical, reflecting columnized wit across era publications.
Spokane reports the Colville Indian reservation will be opened to white settlement in summer 1915 after allotment of each Indian and his land. About 1,000,000 acres will be available for homestead entry in eastern Washington, 50 miles northwest of Spokane. An Indian Reservation Information Bureau has formed to answer inquiries and study conditions. Joyce's Montana prospecting venture yielded 100000. his share is in escrow in a Montana bank. A baby boy was born Tuesday night to Mr and Mrs C C Leomins of Rockford at the Buckner home on Jefferson Street, Waterloo.
Spokane news item reports one third interest in $100,000 awaiting the finding of J. R. Joyce a lumberjack as a missing figure. The brief note indicates a salience of the award while naming Joyce and the regional setting in Spokane Washington.
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