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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1915
Page
2
The Waterlog pages mix local news with humor and notices. It notes circulation details for Waterloo papers, praises Sarah Bernhardt and her move into films, hints at Catalina Island as the South Seas setting, and reports light market quips about watches, autos, apples, and cabbage. Also mentions Hindenburg and a note on horse cranking risks.
A 1915 open letter from Charles A. Rawson urges Iowa Republicans to support Senator Albert B. Cummins for the Republican presidential nomination. It argues Cummins’ long public life makes him a strong party asset and calls on Iowa locals to write to friends in other states to gather support, with reports from Waterloo about promotion of Waterloo products and leadership by former Waterloans visiting elsewhere.
The famed actress Sarah Bernhardt has cancelled her long touted farewell tour to America. After a career marked by dramatic genius, she faced medical doubts yet pressed on, but now must abandon regular stage work due to circumstances and retire from touring. The legendary Breit star, adored as the divine Sarah, remains at the pinnacle of theatre despite the setback.
The piece stresses that real value comes from net results not gross totals. It argues profits, savings, and disciplined effort define earning capacity and stock value. Enthusiam is valuable, but only sustained net results prove worth and drive lasting success.
George Fitch portrays the University of Washington as a growing institution rising from pine country roots to become the Pacific coast’s second largest college. He notes rapid campus expansion, a bustling student body of over 8,000, a 200 member faculty, and iconic landmarks including Olympic views, Mount Rainier, a Greek temple museum, and a pine flagpole.
In a playful exchange the Cynic and Molly discuss a book, a camp tale by Stewart Edward White, and its moral. The Author-man's wife weighs in as the tenderfoot endures wet discomfort, while Molly and the Cynic tease about moving, lovers, and how discomfort reveals character.
A collage of brief editorials and excerpts discussing railway regulations, prize corn to China, a Tennessee-like war sentiment, and social commentary from Des Moines, Marshalltown, Ida Grove, and other Iowa sources. Topics include baggage rules, crop fortunes, public attitudes toward war, and rural social observation.
Hobbie adores his silver collar poodle Legs who memorably wags three times when spoken to. After a city dog pound scare, Legs is saved by Hobbie and his father, as the polite dog’s behavior helps identify him and secure his return.
The passage blends observations on laundry habits and facial presence with social scrutiny, noting how neighbors judge routines from clothes hanging to stage performance. It mentions Lieutenant Governor Harding facing a difficult campaign in a contentious race, with muddled phrasing reflecting distressed OCR.
Philadelphia Telegram notes a Baltimore man jailed for two years after driving drunk and killing a woman. It argues intoxication and careless driving threaten all, urging sobering reflection for drivers across classes.
A 1865 Iowa item lists candidates for county and district offices in the Republican county ticket and notes local events around Oxley’s Grove and Gilbertville. It mentions a soldiers’ picnic, addresses by Join Steckham and Champlin, wheat at $1.05, and a Cedar Falls stand demonstration. An excursion to Dubuque and Independence is postponed due to railcar limits. Corn at 80 cents, oats 25 cents. a Sept 16 meeting for returned soldiers to discuss candidates.
Forty years ago on September 15 1875 a severe thunderstorm swept Hagle township Monday evening. H B Mightwmey lost a yearling calf and Samuel Lumby three stacks of wheat to lightning. Republicans nominated county ticket figures H P Hamer for representative S W Foote for auditor D B Washburn for treasurer G W Hayzlett for sheriff J S George for county superintendent and Dr WO Richards for coroner. The note cites a grocery consignment missing sauerkraut tracing and jokes about conductors on the Iowa division naming Jerry Yutzy as the Dutchman. H A Snyder bought Speicher’s confectionery ice cream shop on Bridge Street and will offer warm meals to customers.
The September 18, 1895 issue notes Rev. Dr. Letts writing from Bayfield on a bear encounter, street car transfer contracts signed, a six and a half pound eel weighed behind the mill, a seven point radish gifted by Rev. Elias Skinner, ongoing saloon injunction case before Judge Tolerton, and a deteriorating ward sign issue. Also mentioned is the improving recovery of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Gail after an operation last Tuesday.
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