RLCO Evening Courier Member Amocieted Presa
Public notice styled as a newspaper info page lists ownership Hartman Co, executives C Hartman Secy Treas and Gen Mgr. office in Waterloo Iowa. rates, telephones, and travel post details. foreign editions and American Express offices noted. international distribution points listed.
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Rlco Evening Courier
Amocieted Presa
W. H. Hartman Company
West Park
Jeni C Hartman
Holster
Pevensox
Secy-Treas
Gen. Mgr
New York
Tribune
Alfred Beng
Chaleage
A. W. Allen
Courier Tre Wrerly
Atnasree
Waterloo
Noad
Courier
Europe
Atetlco Evening Courier
Trafalgar Building
Northberland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Dawes Steamship Agency
Green Street
SeAin
Final Sta mpede: Iowa General Assembly Adjourns
The Thirty-fifth Iowa General Assembly adjourns amid a pell mell rush and crowded final days. The piece advocates meeting in December to organize, appoint committees, and introduce bills, to allow more deliberation and better constituent discussion. It urges trying a December session plan or offering a better substitute.
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General Assembly
Iowa
A Christian Confession on Labor and Church Duty
A church critique argues the church neglected workers needs eight hours for work eight for rest and eight for recreation. It says charity alone cannot fix economic questions and urges support for shorter hours and union-led wage improvements, criticizing church reluctance to intervene in economics. The piece laments past methods and calls for decisive action to aid laboring men.
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Lazarus
Working class faith and reform churn in early YWCA talk
The piece surveys labor unions widening rifts with churches over justice and charity, hints at Waterloo’s rising YWCA activity and home-building talk, praises reform efforts amid vice inquiries, notes Belgium strike order, and mocks tariff politics and Mexico politics with a parade of social commentary.
Across Iowa Editorial Snippets Highlight Reform and Strikes
The Cedar Rapids Gazette argues converting half of Cedar Rapids vacant lots into gardens would ease living costs. The Dubuque Times-Journal lauds a non partisan judiciary bill ending party backed judicial elections. The Davenport Times notes Belgium’s peaceful strike, praising no violence as a significant historic move if it succeeds in tying up private property without escalation.
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H.C
EL. Remedy
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Davenport Times
Belgium
The Value and Fragility of a Man's Reputation
The text argues reputation is a man's most intangible asset, shaping credit and justice access while being easily destroyed by rumors. It notes reputations vary, can be good or bad, and are built over years but lost in minutes by idle whispers, suggesting a need for a commission to guard against misbranding human goods.
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Justice of the Peace
Hamlet
SS. S
Swift Specifie Co
Swift
Atlanta
Cleavage grows between Wilson and progressives in early 20th century remarks
Des Moines Tribune and Council Bluffs Nonpareil comment on the political fault lines among reformers and Democrats. They note Governor Wilson's alignment with progressive aims in New Jersey and discuss shifts between progressive and conservative wings over governance, road policy, and removal laws.
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Council
New Jersey
Wilson
Colby
The Moral Issue in Tariff Debate
The piece discusses the 1909 tariff debate, highlighting Senate figures Money of Mississippi and Dolliver of Town. Dolliver argues tariffs foster a separate morality and that most tariff revenue benefits wealthy manufacturers rather than the treasury, describing the process as graft and a erosion of class distinctions.
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Colliers
Money
Mississippi
Dolliver
Town
Senate
United States
Scrivens Offering Quick Measurement Appointments
Local service advertises immediate measurement appointments. Call now to book and secure a time slot. Quick response and on site service promised.
A Collection of Gentle Gags and Sagecracks
A light page of jokes and quips from a bygone era, featuring a statesman quip about keeping ears to the ground, a pun about slipping on ice, reflections on love and diction, a two person foolee game, and a humorous sermon miscue told by Senator Robert L. Taylor’s circle.
Detective Sat in Poker Game at Webb Iowa
Webb Iowa April 17 poker is a deceptive game and players are sometimes deceived. A stranger who appeared recently tried to sit in a little game while canvassing for a Sioux City dye house. The Clay county grand jury in Spencer revealed he was an emissary of County Attorney Fred Jensen. Two local men pleaded guilty to operating a gambling house. one fined 150 and another 300 for taking a cut.
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Webb
Sioux City
Clay County
Fred Jensen
Lee
Garden Tips Warn on Potato Scab and Horseradish Control
Practical advice on preventing potato scab by disinfecting seed potatoes with formalin or corrosive sublimate and avoiding recontaminated bins. Instructions note hazards and vessel safety, plus guidance to treat fields and prevent spread. Horseradish control suggests repeated soil surface cutting and salt or kerosene treatment, stressing persistence to eradicate the plant within one or two years.
Murder charge looms over Roy Hawkes preacher case
Spencer Iowa April 17 The state rests the case against Rev Roy A Hawkes accused of performing a criminal operation that caused Lydia Morriss death The former Rossie Methodist pastor has been detained in jail two months without bail The defense team includes Davidson Burt Emmetsburg and Heald Healy Faville Healey and Jen sen with district attorney Faville leading for the state
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Palo Alto
M. F. Healey
Fort Dodge
Fred Jensen
F. W. Faville
G. A. Heald
Spencer and
Davidson & Burt
Emmetsburg
McCuracken Moves to Waterloo Residence
McCuracken formerly principal of New Providence academy now salesman for Wearever Co. aluminum specialties has become a Waterloo resident and moved his household goods to 1605 Lafayette Street. Mrs. McCuracken will arrive soon. he is described as a wide awake business man thriving in Waterloo.
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P. , McCuracken
New Providence Academy
Wearever Co
Waterloo
Lafayette Street
McCracken
Waverly Interested in Waterloo Drop Forge Move
The Waterloo Drop Forge factory burned but most machinery escaped damage. W Mullan named trustee as talks resume on relocating the plant to Waverly. The firm makes drop forges and gaslight plants with strong demand. local leaders see potential.
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Waverly
Waterloo
Industrial Association
Freak Newspapers Around the World Describe Novel Printing
A Baltimore Sun piece notes a Paris product named Regal printed on dough sheets. Luminaria in Madrid uses phosphor ink for glow in the dark. Le Courier des Baigneurs and La Naide in France publish on waterproof paper for sea readers. Le Mouch oir in Paris prints on Japanese napkin like paper for handkerchief loss cases. Foley Kidney Pills advertised with testimonial from W. S. Skelton of Stanley Indiana.
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Baltimore Sun
Paris
The
Regal
Luminaria
Madrid
le Courier Des Baigneurs
la Naide
le Mouchoir
Japanese Loan Of 38.5 Million To Be Issued
Tokio announces completion of arrangements for sale of a Japanese loan totaling 38.5 million dollars at 5 percent. Of this amount 35.6 million will be allotted to redeem railroad bonds.
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Tokio
Japan
Bell of Griswold College Found in Davenport Basement
The old bell of Griswold college the first college in Iowa and precursor of Grinnell college has been found under rubbish in Davenport High School basement. The Hannah Caldwell chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has asked the board of education to return the bell to Grinnell college as a memorial of the institution’s early days. The bell rang the first summons for higher education in Iowa sixty five years ago at a small West Seventh street building now demolished.
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Davenport
Griswold College
Iowa
West Seventh Street
Iowa College Moves From Davenport to Grinnell in 1859
A fragment notes that the heap of stone was moved in 1855 to the site of the present high school. Iowa College relocated to Grinnell in 1859 due to conflicts between Davenport city authorities and college trustees over street extensions through college grounds. The bell was donated by an eastern friend of the founders.
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Iowa College
Grinnell
Davenport
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Itere
Waterloo Boosters
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Spirit OF the Iowa Press
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New Road Commission
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star i
Cupid
Sing
Robert L. Taylor
John Trotwood Moore
Darkey
Paradise Alley
Rastus
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Evening Courier
Drop Forge Works
W. S. Skelton
Stanley
Ind
Sane
Atala
Poerworkers
F. H. Latier
Fourth Street
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
C. M. Wray
M. D
Natl Bank Bldg
DR. I
Bazard
Black Hawk Bank
E. T. Jaynes
Black Hawk
Franklin St
C. D. Pedersen
Joan
Consolidated Phone
Jefferson Street
Carl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
West Fourth Street
F. O. Liffring
Lafayette
DR. Gerrit J. Bennett
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Elmwood and Western
DR. Bodwell
Osteopathic
Srd Floor Syndicate
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