Waterlog Evening Courice to Rathamata Daily
A lengthy newspaper page excerpt covers rates and policy from Waterlo o Iowa publisher Waterlog Evening Courice to Rathamata, with editor John Hartman and treasurer A W Peterson. It details advertising rules, rate changes, and Associated Press rights, plus opinions on labor politics, Victory bonds, and national issues.
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WH. Hartman CO
West Park Ave
John Hartman
A.W. Peterson Treas
Gen‘l Mer
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Or
Washington, D. C
Munsey i Bldg
G. Dougherty
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Story
Brooks & Finley
Rep
Health Talks on School Health and Preventive Care
Health advocates urge that a nation depends on healthy children and strong morale. Early American notes show Massachusetts urging sanitary surveys in 1849, while modern practice includes regular school medical inspections to detect infections, nutrition issues, vision and hearing problems, and other health concerns for timely intervention.
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Nersuchusetts
Department of Health
Commonwealth
Philippines
Mawali
How to Handle Poor Service with Tact and Helpfulness
The writer recalls overheard chats about reporting poor service and offers a charmed method: first agree, then gently suggest, to train the brain toward tactful helpfulness. Personal anecdotes show reporting misconduct can spur improved service, while praise can raise deserving staff through constructive feedback.
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Ien
Johnnie Mouse Opens Cheese Store in Sleep Lost Hall
The Sandman Story recounts Johnnie Mouse planning a cheese store with his wife Mrs. Mouse. While he sleeps she secretly samples the store’s treats, nibbling crumbs and candy, then vanishes into the cheese edge risking the plan’s secrecy as Johnnie awakens and finds the store emptied.
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Johnnie Mouse
Johnnie Siouse
Mrs. Mouse
Johnnie
Johnny Mouse
Mice
Johnnie Mousé
Johnnie Mouses
Johnnie Muse
Cheese Gaffe: Mice Inside Dairy Wheel Narrate Escape
In Bremer and Black Hawk counties in April 1879 a pair of mice enter a cheese wheel and are found inside. Johnnie and Mrs Mouse recall their strange adventure as they finish the cheese and debate selling versus eating it. The tale ends with a light moral on happiness over wealth.
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Victory
Carter Glass
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Black Havoi
Mouse
Tohnnie
Bremer County
Rev. C. Land
Louie
A.J. Baker
Thomas BR. Dunkerton
A. Cobb
Lucy A. Mcintosh
O. BH
Johnnie
Ata
Johnnie Mouse
Mrs. Mouse
Pete
Ucheva
Wiliam L. Hall
China
Wonder What the First Robin Thinks About Worms
A playful note on worm availability features birds and dining in a whimsical urban vignette. It hints at seasonal appetite and market pricing for bait, with light local flavor and curious observers. The piece conveys a curious mood without heavy detail.
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Robin
Fifty Years Ago in The Courier April 15 1869
A retrospective silhouette of local life includes notes on A H Frank leasing rooms near Central Winter lingeréth, new sidewalks going in on Jefferson Street, and a plan for a First Ward schoolhouse on the public square. An accident injures Edwin Mesick, velocipede hype arrives via Waterloo, and prominent citizens face income tax at the Illinois Central depot.
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Lincoln Hall
Waterloo
George S.jackson
George
Harper’s Weekly
Illustrated
Nelson Reed
Ilinois
Pence
Henry Nauman
First Baptist
J. A. Bar
Man & Walls Company
Jack Eliott
Cedar Walls
Small town stuff turns big in Iowa sugar drive
Belmond Iowa residents raised 200000 for a beet sugar plant in a single day, a feat seen as proving that small town vigor can rival big city efforts. The Belmond drive, with 1419 residents, suggests similar per capita funding could fuel large projects in Des Moines and beyond, redefining what “small town stuff” can achieve.
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Marshalltown
Beilmond
Iowa
Bellmond
Belmond
Des Moines
Alden
Hardin County
Autos Circling Waterloo Street for City Fair Plan
A 1890 Waterloo item outlines a proposed system of automibile electric carriages to ease park area traffic, with six carriages for 24 passengers at 4000 each. Other notes mention Home Park addition plans, a new summer hotel, and local obituaries and events.
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Thomas Cascaden, Jr
Paris
Waterloo
Local tale of a punch swap for croquet set roams headlines
A quirky notice from the National Newspaper Service features Teli Binkley negotiating a trade involving a punch and a croquet set. The item hints at a comical, old timey vibe with a joking doctor figure urging dental work.
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Teli Binkley
Allus
National Newspaper Service
Brain Tests Answer to No 38 Puzzle Fit Diagram
A 1919 Sam Loyd brain teaser shows a diagram where a piece of material is cut into two parts that can be joined to form the required shape. The note cites Loyd as the copyright holder for the puzzle.
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Sme
Sam Loyd
Jure
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Socialist Party
Charter Party
New Party
Springfield
Goam
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J.J .B. Aswell
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Congress
France
Germany
Japan
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Kickers
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Sioux City Journal
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Leszingky
O'Reilly
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Gould
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Sandman
Mrs. F. A. Walker
Henry
Henry Robin
A&a
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Courier
A. H. Frank
Max Ws Rinow
Idwin Mesick
J. H. Leavitt
Phelps
Dr. Bickley
Jefferson Street
Dr. Mason
Main
First Ward
Fourth Congressional District
Matt Parrott
Iowa State Reporter
I. van Metre
Cedar Walls Record
Willam Toman
Independence Bulletin
Capt
W. V. Lucas
Cerro Gordo
Emme
E. McNeil
Iowa Division
Illinois Central
H. W. Brown
G. J. Mack
Charles H. Weatherby
Washington Township
Saunders
Ile
Miss
Alina S. Messenger
Anna Homan
C.P. Bramoter
Cedar River Park
Sans Souci Park
Roy Derrick
G. W
Knoxville Journal
Cedar Rapids
Argorne
Decorah
Merl Wilson
Europe
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California
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Cage
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