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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1911
Page
2
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Waterloo Courier coverage criticizing rail depots in Waterloo and uses the molasses and vinegar metaphor to urge improvements. It discusses Canadian reciprocity fears, U S congressional views, and wartime political motives shaping cross border policy.
The text voices skepticism toward renewed reciprocity with Canada. It laments political actions and a feared future where citizens question benefits, while predicting descendants might see improved trade only for future generations.
The Courier argues for using legal channels to pressure railroads into building new Waterloo depots, noting current stations are insufficient. It cites health condemnations, potential state action, and a pending formal complaint, while urging voluntary railway action first and warning of reserve options.
The Marshalltown Times-Republican notes St. Paul with 1,151 dogs and Minneapolis with 1,152 dogs. A playful line asks if Paul must have a dog bone and ponders a single-question ballot for Iowa voters on Taft or Cummins amid Democratic and Republican options.
A St Louis missionary paid $50 000 to each of three sons to quit smoking by 25, but two took the money and still smoke. A sobering look at fragile jokes as a man laughs himself to death is dismissed as an old joke. Sugar price talk follows Diana Spreckles and the tariff. Uncle Sam’s mail bans lottery ads, yet he promotes a big South Dakota land lottery. Ex Senator Young mocks Congress while enjoying newspaper freedoms. Clark’s Canada remarks spark reaction over reciprocity. Diarrhea remains common in September patients advised to use Chamberlains remedy, available from dealers.
Linden reports a Sunday church service at noon with no other services that day. R O Dusk visits Cedar Ranide on business. Misses Elste Jacquot and Elste Owen from West Union visited the K Peterson home. Mrs Mastellat ill but improving. T Kaplan bought Frank Little property at 2155 Lafayette and moved in. Little family to Spaoner Wisconsin later. Mrs Chapman ill with tonsillitis but improving. Herbert Rinners moved into a new house in Blowers addition. J W Chapman sprained ankle at work yesterday.
Mrs J C Willey travels to Mattoon Illinois for aunt Mrs Aphia Spriggs funeral. Retta Ensley returns from Ohio after visiting relatives. A F Yardo buys a new Oakland touring car. Mr and Mrs W C Hine and Frances visit from Ft Podge. Ed Calvert returns from Wisconsin. Lizale Haynes called by death of mother Mrs Triina Trotter. Prof and Mrs McCook host Gifford couple from Kansas City. J B Jamison buys Frank Thorp residence. Funeral for Mrs Trotter held at her home. she was loved by many. Mrs Joel Foster dies after illness. funeral Thursday. Mrs H L Adams visiting relatives in Canada. Andy McClintock family visits over illness of mother. Duncan Stewart from Walla Walla visiting relatives.
Lieutenant Z A Towers, J N, the second naval officer to finish aviation training at Hammondport, earns a pilot’s license after a flight over Lake Keake. He piloted the eight cylinder Curtiss navy hydro-plane amid strong winds, demonstrating exceptional skill. A sprained ankle typically sidelines a man for three to four weeks, but Chamberlains Liniment, used per directions, can hasten healing to two to four days. For sale by all dealers.
A humorous homily on teaching children to blow soap bubbles as a health measure. It then quotes a cat specialist recommending painless euthanasia of cats with gradual chloroform inhalation, claiming death is peaceful and asleep.
An ad warns that colds can sap vitality and hinder resistance, urging prompt use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs croup bronchitis and throat chest and lung ailments. J. K. Inder & Son promote the remedy as quick and decisive.
A 1911 dispatch from London reflects on Stirling Dumbarton and Edinburgh castles as historic garrisons, noting their strategic central position, battlefield views, and ties to Wallace Bruce and Cromwell. It outlines St Ninain and Cambuskenneth relics, religious shifts, and Scott, Burns influence, ending with Sir Walter Scott’s romantic Scotland.
Waynesville North Carolina resident F R Huffman says he suffered heart trouble and indigestion until Thedford's Black-Draught cured his ailments and restored his health. The ad touts the remedy as a 70 year-old popular vegetable liver tonic costing 25 cents.
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