Watertoo Cvening Eourier Miscue Terse Issues and Opinions
A long issue of the Watertoo Evening Courier discusses Secretary Hughes bold stance on Germany Yap island dispute and Asiatic issues, Babson’s farm finance notes, and rising urban moving charges. It critiques cost systems in farming and laments piracy in city life while hinting at broader geopolitical tensions ahead.
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Hughes
Germany
Stons
United States
America
Simons
Yap
Japan
Equator
Pacific Ocean
France
Britain
Italy
Supreme Council
Wilson
Ofurope
M. Viviani
Health Talks By John R Huber A ML MD
Health talks discuss home health measures to curb malaria and intestinal diseases through yard cleanliness sunlight and fresh air. Questions cover gangrene rheumatism and neuritis with physician guidance on diabetes, infection sources, and personal letters to Doctor Hubert.
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John R. Huber
Friend Wife By ROW FULKERSON
Imogene and Andrew discuss a murder trial in a witty dialogue. They comment on age and capital punishment, describing the long, cyclical legal process and media sensationalism as a murderer supposedly safe after age forty, while debating justice and aging.
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Wife
Row Fulkerson
Imogene
Andrew
Atong
Supreme Court of the United States
Imogene and Andrew Exchange Playful Banter
In a brief, domestic exchange Imogene teases Andrew who responds with a deprecating sigh as she insists he pretends to understand. He scowls and lifts the newspaper she set aside, revealing a moment of light tension in their interaction.
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Andrew
Imogene
Non Jewish Zionist League forms in Palestine
A Palestine based Zionist group formed without Jewish leadership, comprising moslems. The piece reflects on liberty, morality, and democracy, noting public sentiment, political manipulation, and the cost of world events as World War I demobilization looms. It raises questions about leadership, public opinion, and the responsibility of citizens.
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Palestine
Halleluia Town Name Brings Joy and Hopeful Town Spirit
In Halleluua Town the naming of the settlement brought conviction and joy. A town meeting settled on Halleluia, lifting spirits and banishing doubt. Residents praise the name as inspiring, claiming happier lives, brighter sun, singing birds, and no thorns along the road to Halleluia Town.
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Halleluia Town
Balleluia
Tipton cans canning plant quits amid price fears
Cedar Rapids Republican notes the Tipton canning company will quit for good as last year’s pack remains unsafe and selling prices rise. The piece argues war profits should be shared, urging honest work and rebuilding. It laments ongoing chaos if postwar effort fails and urges moral revival.
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Cedar Rapids
Tipton Canning Company
Besin
Billy Sunday style revival in Cincinnati draws mixed notes
Iowa editors comment on Billy Sanday as he pursues evangelistic work in Cincinnati with trail hitting and meetings labeled for men only and women only. The piece questions revival methods, counts 750 attended a recent service, and speculates on 5,000 souls to be reached while noting debates over the fire sale of religion and church alternatives.
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Billy Sanday
St. Fort Dodge
Billy
Cincinnati
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd puzzle feature
The page presents a Loyd brain teaser about planning a railway route through sixteen villages aligned on a square township diagram. It asks for a route passing all villages with the fewest possible turns, starting at A and ending at B, using straight runs. It includes yesterday’s puzzle answer and a rebus sketch reference to Wightingale Knight in gala.
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Toad
Rebuo
Wightingale
Mystery at Riverton estate leads to missing wife death trial
A dinner party at Colonel Ledyard’s home reveals secrets of Mrs. Hartshorne’s past and a web of suspects including Swarthmore Braddock and Trixy Ledward. A hidden second murder clue and a note to detectives propel Inspector Harrey’s inquiry as suspects deny, flee, or confess.
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Swarthmore
Matilde
Paul Harrey
Rose Adare
Nature Notes questions and stories prompt reader queries
Readers are invited to submit general nature questions while the page features a Q and A style prompt. The prose includes a dramatic excerpt about a girl and a theft, then shifts to natural history items about seal pelts and Sequoia trees, ending with a query about the raccoon’s name.
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California
Correcting a garbled speech passage from a newspaper
The text presents a set of fragmented sentences aiming to compare ages and describe animals and people. It includes lines about which is older between a boy and a girl, animals in a pasture, and a statement that neither the man nor the woman was to blame. It mentions McKinley as an honest and conscientious man with garbled interjections.
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Pauls
Swensen
Harvey
Paul
Mr. Glaub
Sada Mula
Sadie
Pepe
Jenny
John Smith
Cook
Dani
Rarnie
McKinley
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New York
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Africa
Mexico
Villa
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Charles Kingsley
Society For the Suppression of
Pomona
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Austria-Hungary
Colorado
F. G. Blair
John Burroughs
Legion
Halleluea
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Burlington
Sioux City
Iowa
Sam Loyd
Robert Orr Chipperfield
Robert M. McBride & Co
the Public Ledger Co
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Letin
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