Waterloo Courier Public Notice and Political Ads
The Waterloo Evening Courier lists political announcements for Black Hawk County candidates including Wirt P. Hoxie Frank T. Bentley Charles Plummer James J. Rainbow and E J Wenner. It also notes foreign postage rates and distribution in various cities and outlines public notices and advertising policies.
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Waterloo
PRE
FT. KH. Martman Company
Papiery Weat
Post Ofice
Rurofe
Europe
Trafalgar Dulding
North
Eitherland Avenue
American Express
Mad
Haymarket
Dawe's Steamship Agency
Yy Green Street
Paris
Ie Boulevard Des Capucines
Cornea
Place de l'Opera
Buc Scribe
Berlin-Unter den Linden
Petersburg
Nevski Proapext
Black Hawk County
James J. Rainbow
Taft praises Roosevelt amid public tribute and moral leadership
The piece reflects on Taft’s measured praise of Theodore Roosevelt as a moral and national leader, promising future recognition alongside Washington and Lincoln. It notes the Johannesburg of the Titanic disaster credits wireless telegraphy and Marconi for saving 745 lives, and ends with a quip about an onion question and marriage.
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Teddy
Taft
Rough Rider
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Lincoln
Nightmare tales and scattered political talk mix in a turbulent column
The piece blends dramatic references to the Titanic and Captain Smith with local politics in Dubuque county and Wilson delegates. It notes a less than ideal response, mentions spring fruit forecasts, and features varied, sometimes disjointed reflections on leadership and public duty.
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Clark
Dubuque County
Wilson
Lest We Forget Theatre Fire And Titanic Tragedy Reflections
A reflective piece arguing public neglect of safety led to disasters from the Iroquois Theatre fire to the Titanic. It critiques management and city authorities for prioritizing speed and luxury over safeguards, noting public anger shifts to officials and industry leaders after tragedy.
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Chicago
New York
Enal
J. Bruce
Ismay
Smith
Four Hundred
White Star Line
Carpathia
Lusitania
Mauretania
Titanic
Ufo
Titanic Sinking Coincides With Lincoln Assassination Anniversary
A collection of coast to coast clippings notes that the Titanic disaster occurred on the forty seventh anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination. The pieces discuss progressive sentiment, West vs East contrasts, and calls for better passenger protections from steamship companies after the calamity.
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Tes Moines
Abraham Lincoln
Taft Faces Party Rejection Across States
New York Press argues Taft's renomination is impossible as Republican states from North Dakota to Pennsylvania repudiate him. The piece warns a Roosevelt backed compromise is needed to preserve the party and avoid sweeping political damage nationwide.
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New York Press
Mr. Taft
Pennsylvania
North Dakota
Illinois
Republian
Northeast
East
Middle
Taft
Federal
Democratic Solid South
North
Atlantic
Pacific
Roosevelt
Easy Slippers and Piercing Banter Across Papers
A collage of light humor and cartoons from The Baltimore American and New Orleans Times-Democrat features snippets about babies, relatives, a crusty bachelor, and a joke about a shipwreck tribe of wild women. Also included are quips about a sympathetic clock and a hotel breakage tale from a New York reporter.
Visiting a School Reveals Our Hidden Narrowness
The author urges readers to visit a grammar school to relearn what they have forgotten. He notes how memory fades with time and use and argues that watching children recite lessons in geography and history exposes broad gaps in adult knowledge, even for educated seniors.
New York Clearing House Banks Report Reserve Update
The weekly statement shows banks hold 17 299 750 in excess reserves, up 8 783 200 from last week. Loans fall 9 263 000 while specie rises 3 700 000 and legal tenders 259 000. Net deposits drop 6 158 000. circulation down 110 000. vault reserves total 964 411 000 for banks and 66 988 000 for trust companies. Excess lawful reserve up 41 800 to 436 399 000. Summary notes declines in Greater New York banks not reporting.
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New York
Greater New York
Why Ie Was Late And The Stomach Trouble
A humorous dialogue notes a person arriving late after meeting Smithson who shared his stomach trouble. The response suggests Champlain’s Tablets as the remedy. Sold by all dealers.
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Smithson
Visiting school teaches the student to teach himself
Ruth Cameron argues that education is a humbling lesson. She suggests trying visiting school to learn as much as the scholars and to focus on the most important subject yourself.
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Ruth Cameron
Iowa Episcopal diocese to elect assistant bishop in Davenport
An assistant bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa is likely to be elected at the Davenport convention the week of May 19. Bishop Morrison seeks help in his work and over $40,000 of a $50,000 fund to support the officer has been raised.
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Davenport
Iowa
Episcopal Diocese of
Morrison
Lord's Prayer in Last Moments Sparks Debate
Des Moines Register excerpt outlines a debate on prayer prompted by Colonel Gracie and Frederick Harrison. It contrasts Hull of the raft stowaways praying the Lord's Prayer with claims that most petitions are selfish. The Outlook defends the universality and non selfishness of the Lord's Prayer.
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Des Moines Register
Gracie
Frederick Harrison
Harrison
Colonel Gracie
Cummins Poised to Control Iowa Republican Convention
Washington reports show Iowa delegates likely to back Senator Cummins for control of the Republican state convention. Though he has not confirmed, he is expected to attend Cedar Rapids if circumstances allow. The tariff debate in the Senate may keep him in Washington.
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Cummins
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Inquiries of Life and Hope Amid Crisis
The passage argues that in great crises people seek alignment with the universe and affirm faith in a higher power. It states despair leads to no prayer, while hope, present here or hereafter, moves those in despair to plead as in childhood.
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Ciate
Wirt P. Hoxie
Repubican
Frank T. Bentley
Charles Plummer
E. J. Wenner
Ottoxen
Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
Otto Ottosen
Ottosen
Hamilton County
Cedar Rapides Gazette
Cumming
A. E. Nissen
State Highway Commission
Manson Democrat
Opera House
Tust
Marconi
Captain Smith
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
Council Bluffs
Middle West
West
Kansas
Marshalltown
Jane
Baltimore American
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Walter
Baltimore
South America
Bowsprit
Boston Transcript
Simeon
Ford
Cincinnati Enquirer
Schopenhauer
Lafayette Streets
Waterloo Hardware Co
the Commercial National Bank
Sycamore & Fourth Streets
Fletcher
DY LelAiek
Blackstone — State House
Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co
Lbpr Co
Call
M. J. Costello & CO
FIRST
Nat’l Bank Building
Lydia E. Pinkham
O.M. Wray
al DD
First National Bank
Dr. C. A. Waterbury
Russell- Lamson Bloor
Houra
Breninge
E. T. Jaynes
M. D
Black Hawk
Franklin St
Robert G. Dakin
Lafayette Building
Gerritt J. Bennett
Elmwood and Western
Edgar H. Knittle
Bank
Carl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
West Fourth Street
Lafayette
L. D. Rowe
J. A. Serger
Priest Hospital
DR. Bodwell
Osteopathic
C. D. Pedersen
Consolidated Hone
Jefferson Street
Eeniall
Ralston
J. T. Burkett
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