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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1914
Page
14
The article argues marriage should be run on business lines with two partners equal and committed. It compares home life to a cooperative venture, urging calm discussion, shared effort, and mutual respect instead of blame. It warns against meddling in the other’s domain and stresses cooperation over coercion.
The store promotes a full range of coats suits neckwear and hosiery with new arrivals each morning. It claims unmatched value quality and selection in Waterloo and invites customers to visit to see the center aisle displays and new autumn pieces.
Count Louie de Lichtervelde told reporters in New York of alleged German atrocities in Belgium as the Belgian commission, en route to Washington, presented the protest to President Wilson. He cited village burnings, executions, and looting including the killing of a Belgian commander and the beating of eleven soldiers.
Premier Botha vows full Union support for the imperial war effort and announces military operations in German South West Africa. He says German forces are already in Union territory with a large force on the frontier and notes a $35,000,000 loan from Britain. Admiralty officials discuss mines with limited detail.
In the house of commons yesterday a proposal was made to compel German prisoners to take part in the dangerous mine sweeping work in the North Sea. Britain relies on many small boats for this task.
A new election is ordered in the Iowa National Guard for a major. Four candidates are named: Ray of Cedar Rapids, Willemek of Cedar Falls, Coulch of Wawkon, and Higby of Dubuque. Votes are due by Sept 14 and will be opened Sept 15 in the adjutant general's office.
Richard Bruyn, ticket agent for the Rock Island and Great Western railroads at Union Station, submitted his resignation today to C. A. Barton, the Rock Island general agent in this city. Bruyn came here about a year ago from Des Moines where he formerly served the Rock Island.
Phillip Lucas, formerly an employee in the Rock Island yard office, has succeeded Mr Bruyn, who left today for St Paul to enjoy a vacation before taking up work elsewhere.
Mrs. Edward Prudhon of Los Angeles traveled with four companions on a European tour. They bought return tickets and faced war tax fears, with Mrs Prudhon recounting a dramatic moment at The Hague near the Palace of Peace as hostilities began. The group then moved to Brussels and Ostend before London and Montreal bound plans for Aug. 29 aboard the Laurantic. In Los Angeles Mrs Prudhon is active in Chapter Q of BLEB. Supervisor C A Rownd of Cedar Falls has been ill but improving.
London reports that Roumania, Greece, and Bulgaria have formed a pact to intervene to prevent Turkey aiding Germany and Austria in the current war. If Turkey stays neutral, the three will too, while Berlin accepts Italian neutrality but wants Italy to remain neutral to the end.
The Daily Express reports from Os tend that up to 1,000,000 German troops passed through Cologne into Belgium with trains every 40 minutes. Observers note scientific organization at entraining and detraining, stations supplying hot soup and rations, large-scale soup kitchens, and accompanying traveling printing areas for proclamations and requisition bonds.
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