Prosperity and Waterloo’s 1914 growth surge
Waterloo is poised for major progress in 1914 with continued suburban building, strong banks, and rising real estate interest. Citizens, officials, and business leaders unite to fund a $40,800 Iowa building for the Panama-Pacific Exposition and push a city cleanup and beautification drive led by Mayor Thompson to maintain Waterloo as Iowa’s cleanest city both physically and morally.
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Waterloo
Towa
Waterlon
Waterloo Realty
Bensiers of
Gecon
Opparhini
Why Waterloo Faces Outside Attacks on Its Growth
Citizens of Waterloo denounce outside critics spreading false stories about the city’s decline. The paper urges ignoring calumnies and defends a long‑standing local business institution under attack by door-to-door propaganda. It warns internal dissent risks harming Waterloo’s prosperity and urges unity.
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Waterloo
Waterlon
Alont Waterloo
Waterton
Stormy Debates Endangers Clark's Political Stand
The era of party platform primacy is challenged as Champ Clark faces an eleventh hour defeat in attacking the president's program. British and U S figures offer denials or commentary, while editorials condemn the episode as damaging to congressional dignity and public faith.
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Edward Grey
Champ Clark
Ideas of a Plain Man by Dr. Frank Crane
Dr Cranes essay reflects on writing guidance and creative spontaneity. He admits lacking a fixed plan, blaming inspiration as a guiding force and urging writers to begin, let the pen move, and endure if luck fails.
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Man
Frank Crane
Vote shifts in toll repeal stance prompt questions
Reading notes from recent Ot tumwa Review issues raise questions about Representative Kirkpatrick switching stance amid home sentiment. A Cedar Rapids dispatch reports King George's grandson, the Duke of York, showing interest in American baseball. Clinton Advertiser wonders if new city council will push a chicken restraint ordinance as chicken and rooster roam gardens. Burlington Gazette April Fool problem tied to news about a death risk from April fool candy in Quincy.
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Ottumwa Review
Kirkpatrick
Cedar Rapids
England
King George
Duke of York
Reacher
Council
Clnton Advertiser
Clinton
Burlington Gazette
Quincy
Chicago
Society For the Safe and Sane
Fragmented Quotes and Jumbled Vignettes Across Papers
A collage of clipped quotations and garbled anecdotes from various papers recounts political talk, theater chatter, and social scenes. Pieces mention city administration, a ticketing scandal critique, a bride and button anecdote, and a secretary at a reception, all blended in a fragmented, humorous montage.
Social Dependence by Dr Walter Rollins
Dr Walter Rollins argues that true independence is impossible and all prosperity rests on mutual dependence. He cites personal responsibility, social sympathy, and interdependence in daily life, science, justice, and moral reform, urging a Christian ethic of service aligned with Lent and Passion Week to bear one another's burdens.
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Lincoln
Booker Washington
Jesus Christ
Ponderous John Smith a dazzling illustration of effort
Portrait of John Smith born in England 1589 who shaped early Virginia, organized a colony in 1607, and survived captivity with Pocahontas saving his life. The piece humorously notes Smith’s fame, imagined modern adoration, and a light jab at today’s crowds.
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John Smith
Smythe
Join Smith
John
Smith
England
America
Virginia
Wirginia
Pocahontas
London
Queen Elizabeth
Poeshontas
Exchange critics attack charity salaries and aim
Sociologist Edward Stotchfield in Chicago rails against professional charity workers, saying donors grow stingy while salaries rents and overhead soar. He compares their stance toward the poor to a bus with an apple and hungry companions debating who eats first.
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Edward Stotchfield
Sociological Authority
Chicago
Iowa Leads In Paving Across State Cities
An illustrated booklet from a large asphalt company showcases Iowa communities with paved streets. Iowa reports about 1,654,000 square yards paved in twenty municipalities outside Des Moines, which itself has 1,000,000 yards. The pamphlet asserts that good pavements lift property values and that Iowa’s paving experience offers a valuable model for municipalities nationwide.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Bry
Pamphet
Iowa eyes showy streets reach beyond big towns
The piece notes Iowa cities and even small towns paving streets with asphalt rivaling New York standards like Fifth Avenue and Riverside Drive. It frames the adoption as a sign of progress with the refrain Nothing is too good for us. A separate ad promotes Prevents Grip with Bromo Quinine by E. W. Grove at 25 cents.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Riverside Drive
Iowa
E. W. Grove
Mrs Sowers Praises Lydia E Pinkham Product
Hodgdon Maine woman recounts relief from long suffering with side pains backache and nervous exhaustion after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health and energy and urges others to try it before considering surgery.
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Mre
Harvard Sowers
Hodgdon
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydis E.pinkhem Medicine Co
Lynn
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