Nebraskan Opinions and Iowa Affairs in Early 1900s Weekly
A collage of editorials and notices on subscription rates, newspaper logistics, and political commentary. Discusses Nebraska state capital questions, Senate activity, sunken law enforcement bills, and farmer interests, with observations on Cuba, Japanese immigration, Sunday baseball in Indiana, and citizenship tests. Mentions Sioux City river restrictions and Waterloo sewer issues as civic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Municipal water and light plants face costly overhaul
Independence's municipally owned water and light plants require major repairs to boiler number two and the compound engine. The Westinghouse engine is undersized for demand and costly to operate. Discussion among the city engineer, sapyor, and council considers overhauls and possible replacement with a larger engine while weighing public vs private operation and efficiency concerns.
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Westinghouse
Sapyor
Poor Prospect for Pork in Congress Costs Waterway Plans
Washington notes warn the current Congress will snub river and harbor improvements and public buildings in favor of economy. Burton of Ohio urges restraint amid deficits and tariff uncertainty, while Iowa and Waterloo booster schemes mockingly lampoon moves to relocate the Normal School with extravagant, impractical visions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Rlyst
Burtog
Ohio
House
Chatrton Burton
Iowa
Uncertain relocations stir Cedar Falls county plans
A telegram from Illinois Central dismisses Waterloo machine shops moving to Cedar Falls in spring while county officials push to relocate the county seat and jail to Cedar Falls. Court proceedings would shift, and winter boat lines may be introduced as Recorder Plummer advances the scheme with the support of the board. Local talks hint Waterloo Courier may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Mornda
Commercial Glib
Ias
Hellinois Central Railway Company
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Rownd
Board of Supervisors
Ita
Plummer
Waterloo Courier
Birth of Rt Rev Leigh R Brewer Protestant bishop of Montana
The birth of Rt Rev Leigh R Brewer, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Montana, occurred in Berkshire Vermont on January 20 1839. He studied at Hobert College and General Theological Seminary then served Grace Church Carthage New York and Prince Church Watertown before his 1881 election and consecration as Montana bishop. He was also an author and speaker.
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Leigh R. Brewer
Montana
Berkshire
Vermont
Hobert College
General Theological Seminary
Protestant Episcopal Church
Henry C. Potter
Coxe
Grace Church
Carthage
New York
Prinity Church
Watertown
Fia
Drewer
This Date in History Highlights From Early American Years
A dated history digest lists events from 1727 to 1908, including boundary decree between Rhode Island and Connecticut, figures such as Robert Morris and David Wilmot, provincial congress in Savannah, Mifflin’s death, Simon Bolivar’s resignation, Confederate naval actions, Kanagi incident, Elsha Gray’s death, and a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision.
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Rhode Island
Connecticut
Robert Morris
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Georgia
Savannah
Thomas Mifflin
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
David Wilmot
Wilmot
Simon Bolivar
South America
Sabina City
Texas
Elsha Gray
Newtonville
Mass
Barnesville
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Perpetual Building and Loan Holds Annual Shareholders Meeting
The annual meeting of the share holders will be held in room 203 Commercial Lighting on Wednesday evening January 27 1949 at 7 40. Six directors are to be elected as well as secretary and treasurer. Such other business will be transacted as may regularly come before the meeting. J M Groat President
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Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial Linkting
J. M. Groat
Water power scare in Technical World urged against private control
A february issue review notes Henry M Hyde’s fearlessly critical piece on Who Owns the Earth and How Did They Get It arguing water power may soon be paid to private coffers. It highlights other literary items from Harper’s Bazaar to Mary Roberts Rinehart and Henry Wilcox poetry amid a roundup of new novels and historical works.
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Technical World
Congress
Henry M. Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Wilcox Boots Concern
Chicago
Henry S. Wilcox
Famous Cavalry Leaders and World Books in Print
A survey of current book releases notes Chas. H. L. Johnson and L. C. Page Co. publish Famous Cavalry Leaders. It highlights Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun by Aubrey Le Bond with 71 photos and 304 pages, Lila Sari by William Lee Howard, Egypt and Its Monuments with Jules Guerin illustrations, Beatrice Grimshaw South Seas histories, and May Sinclair The Somorta! Monument Kitty Tailleur through Doubleday Page. The pieces describe plots, settings, and the moral arc of Kitty Tailleur’s life ending in suicide after marital conflict.
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Aubrey LeBond
J. B. Lip- Pincott Co
Philadelpha
Century Company of
New York
Egypt
Jules Guerin
Robert Hickens
Nile
South Sea
Beatrice Gridshaw
South Seas
Grimshaw
Kitty
Foley honey and tar praised for infants cough remedy
A religious author endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the only safe cough remedy for infants and children, claiming it contains no opiates. Mothers are urged to keep a bottle, avoid substitutes, and buy from Wangler Bros and J K Joder. Also mentions a sale at Kings of the Hims and H Eighmey's.
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Foley
Wangler 1 Bros
J. K. Joder
Opening of Twenty-First Council of Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Philadelphia hosts the twenty first council as leaders address concerns affecting religious and civil well being of the Jewish race in the United States during the opening day.
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Philadelphia
United States
Twenty-First Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Won by a Turnout
In Chesterton amid athletic fervor Dolly Blount and Dudley Frazer chase the walking craze while a gray car chase escalates. Mayling plots to win Dolly through racing and bold stunts, but a crash near the road tests pride and jealousy as Blount’s car careens into a fence and Dolly tends the injured driver.
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Holly
Dudley Brount
Paul Crazer
Dolly
Chesterton
Mayling
Auraisis
Sbe
Stephen Stanford
Mayting
Blount
Frazer
Dudley Biount
Ahe
Prater
Mr. Blount
Bis
Brayling
Acro
Dolly Rat
Mnayling
Dudley
Salty Sea Water Question Sparks Classroom Debate
A faulty OCR passage shows a teacher prompting Peters and Nextiald to identify why sea water is salty. The dialogue reveals students debating chemical taste and sodium chloride mixture as the source of the saline flavor, with the teacher guiding to a higher level of understanding.
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Peters
Gall Peters
See Po
Mutton Birds and the Idle Larder of New South Wales
The text describes residents of Fam neaux Jalands living six weeks each autumn by catching fat young mutton bine birds, harvesting food and oil for substitutes to cod liver oil, and sustaining themselves through this seasonal activity. It also includes excerpts reflecting travel, dialogue, and a critique of France’s waterways and logistics, noting extensive investment in locks and canals over the past two centuries and the shift toward freight movement by canal and rail.
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Fam Neaux Jalands
France
Dama
Quey Wats
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Nebraska
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White House
Roosevelt
California
Golden West
West
Redding
Wing
Tim
Sioux City
Ims
Orgain
Maly
Gedar Falls
Bhuildings
Sceerley
Big Creek
Walter Wollman
North Pole
Hal
Waterloo Boosters
Ecret Ervice Ensations
Bishop Leigh R. Brewer
Sianuary
Harper's Bazar
Harper’s Bazar
Samuel McComb
Ayers
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Bobbs,Merrill
Puplishing Company
Indianapolis
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Lewis Rand
Mary Johnson
Houghton Mlfin Co
Oreey
Dodd, Meade & Company
Wilcox
Pete the Cow-Pungcher
Henry Holt & Co
Joseph B. Ames
Plains
Pete
Donald Marrington
E. WI
Chas. H. L. Johnson
L. C. Page & Co
Lila Sari
William Lee Howard
Richard G. Badger
Heston
Orient
Paradise Island
Egypt and Its
Alita
Kings of
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C. H. Eighmey
Ruth Campbell
Associated Biterary Preaz
Dorothy Stanford
Lawrence Mayling
Alnca Dolly
Larry
London Telegraph
Socrates
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