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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1913
Page
2
An Iowa manufacturers’ journal warns against overlocalizing by the slogan Made in Iowa Grow in Iowa. It argues that while supporting home goods, Iowans still depend on imported products and must keep high standards to preserve Iowa’s global trade standing and broad market access.
The National Farmers Union convention challenges city advice to farmers and argues marketing, not prediction, is the core agricultural problem. It criticizes Department of Agriculture literature aimed at production while farmers struggle with distribution and market access amid corporate influence.
The article argues production outpacing population, urges improved distribution to reduce prices and boost farmer profits. It cites Peter Radford on idle land, global crop data, and contrasts German markets with U.S. methods, estimating distribution gains of up to 100 million dollars in crop value. It notes tuberculosis laws and public health efforts as context.
The piece critiques profit priorities over safety from Panama Canal health saving to railroad upgrades. It cites Col Gorgas and Goethals, rail disasters in New England, and a Push for steel cars, contrasting corporate gains with public risk. It notes congressional bills, ICC backing, and calls for ten year rollout amid disasters and indictments. The moral cites a biblical warning on profit and soul.
A lyrical passage compares a beloved to color and flavor, saying blue, pink, and white tint the world and awaken meaning beyond desire. The speaker elevates the beloved to the essence of existence, destiny, evolution, and God, calling them the flavor of the universe.
In cautious reflections the Dubuque Times Journal notes the evolving Tammany influence toward self-sufficiency and recalls the late Mayor William J. Gaynor. It contrasts rising birth rates with public order and criticizes schools for overreliance on teachers to discipline Johnny as he returns to September classes.
A fragmented column cites various newspapers reacting to political and social themes. It notes praise for Prohibition era restraint and questions surrounding tariff votes, with mentions of Senators La Follette and Conner, and local gossip items in small towns.
Circulating petition urged the board of supervisors to call a special election on the interurban issue. Supporters hoped stock would be raised if the Commercial club pressed the plan rather than force a fix. The plan failed at the polls, but backers now push to solicit subscriptions to fund the project.
Kalamazoo is described as a unique American city known for its distinctive name. Once Bronson, it grew into a notable Michigan town with 35,000 residents, a celery industry, an insane asylum for actors, and multiple colleges. The piece extols Kalamazoo’s name as a powerful, inexpensive form of advertising.
The Dows Smith Reed organization offers Cedar Rapids the stock backing totaling 25000 to back a new interurban extension. The move aims to boost Cedar Rapids as Iowa's premier interurban hub and complements local banker support for the project. The line shows strong earnings and solid assets including a 293 million dollar balance sheet and 436 thousand gross earnings last year. Commercial club invites subscriptions from 100 dollars per share upward to fund the balance.
A jumble of quotes and fragments reflects public attitudes on work and idleness from several papers. The lines mention city employes, the fire department, and daily struggles with supplies and meals, followed by brief notes of social engagements and marriages.
A humorous exchange from Tit Bits and Pearson's Weekly recounts an elderIrishman deciding to marry as he nears old age, likening a wife to a final care at life’s end. A Hampton Chronicle note mentions the Democrats’ struggle to recruit a marshal for northern Iowa.
An old advertisement claims acne results from gland inflammation and blood impurities. It promotes S. S. S. and its Lieod purifier as stimulants that draw nutrients from the blood to repair skin tissue, reduce irritants, acids, and parasites, and urges readers to buy only the product from drug stores or consult the Swift Specific Company Medical Dept in Atlanta.
Testimonials from Mrs Emily Summersgill of Swarthmore and Mrs J R Pickina of Baltimore claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured their female troubles and avoided surgery. The ad urges other women to try the remedy during the change of life and similar conditions.
The passage notes Ed Knott of Waverly currently holds a post with no demand for his retirement compared with previous years. It concludes that Ed has no horus. The context implies political shifts among Republicans and a calmer job market.
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