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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1913
Page
2
An article notes Bradstreet's view on tariff effects in New England and nationwide. It discusses English goods, domestic mill competition, and tariff reform implications for prices and quality, with quotes from Chicago Record-Herald and remarks on woolen rate reductions and Underwood bill prospects.
The Courier urges Iowa lawmakers to approve a law that spreads and collects a tax across counties to fund land purchases for expanding the Des Moines capitol grounds. It argues the plan is constitutional and benefits Des Moines, other cities, and farms, praising public funds as economical and essential for a statewide, aesthetically aligned capitol site.
Discussion notes Canada amending banking to let farmers borrow against crops stored at their granaries to ease debt, hold harvests for better prices, and spread marketing year round benefiting transport and shippers. Also mentions U.S. currency bill and football hero Red Griffith of Iowa with historical context.
The report notes local figures including Conneil Riffs Nonpareil and Frost rising as contenders for the seat left open by TH Baas. A political mood is described with mentions of Republicans and shifting efforts, ending with a caution about unpredictable outcomes.
The author rebukes Voltaire not for anti religion but for opposition to democracy. He cites critics who say Voltaire viewed the common people as incapable of instruction and needed guidance, branding him an infidel toward democracy. The piece contrasts Voltaire’s critique of ecclesiastical tyranny with a rejection of popular political self rule.
A satirical portrait of the grouch a misanthropic, self centered figure. It portrays him as the lone bitter bipede unseen by regular society with a built in town and a cheerful world easily spoiled by his gloom. The piece ends noting funerals would be a loss without grouches.
A collage of editorials questions whether a benevolent assimilation can unite Bull Moose and other factions. Commentary ranges from warnings about smoking’s social cost to critiques of dress guidance and rare church crime cases, reflecting public discourse across Davenport and Burlington papers.
The article quotes a rural Bulgarian saying that ninety years is not valued as a blessing. It divides life into three phases: up to 30 years freedom, 30 to 50 years hard labor, and 50 to 90 years rough care and quarrels, with mockery in later years.
A collage of satirical quotes and snippets from newspapers including Washington Star Kansas City Journal and Record-Herald. The items joke on language notes aviation safety and public figures with light humor about Orville Wright and a Dayton doctor.
Washington reports that Attorney General McReynolds asked a federal judge and a district attorney in Alaska to resign. Iowa candidates press claims for attorney general positions with Denison of Dubuque and Hamilton or Porter in play. E. R. Mitchell of Ottumwa also suggested for any vacancy.
The author details Idaho peach harvest scenes with tents on the ground, migrant families camped to pick fruit, a supervising boss guiding careful handling, and crates moved to packing sheds by a wagonlike platform. Workers fill baskets and crates, then transport to sheds for packing.
The excerpt describes peach packers sorting by size and quality using rubber thumb stalls and paper wraps. Each packer labels crates, a foreman checks for soft peaches, and crates move to be nailed shut, loaded onto wagons, and sent to the shipping point. Growers net about a quarter per crate after harvesting costs.
Bunau-Varilla, chief engineer of the original French project, predicts the Panama Canal will be expanded from 110 feet to 600 feet. He says current locks will cap at 60 million tons yearly and by 1946 ships not passable will force a sea level transformation costing at least 100 million dollars. The change would shift America’s center of gravity and population. Also an unrelated kidney pill advertisement appears.
Chicago report notes the cost of raising children has advanced by forty percent, with figures and context outlining economic pressure on families and household budgeting. The article highlights inflation effects, household expenses, and potential policy considerations impacting parents.
Mrs. Jessie Schaar of Grayville Illinois advertises a remedy claim stating she suffered greatly under a female Smee treatment for a year and promotes her medicine at 413 Main Street.
A Chicago woman Mrs William Tully reports relief from severe periodic pains and displacement after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits doctors’ lack of benefit and invites others to write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
The annual report shows child maintenance costs over periods from 1874 to 1913. From 1874 to 1883 the cost was $80 per child per year. From 1894 to 1913 it was $101, rising to $140 from 1904 to the present.
The Deborah society ladies will serve an autumn supper on Wednesday September 24 at 6:80 at First Methodist Church. A program will follow.
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