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Waterloo Evening Course and Waterloo Reporter publish daily except Sunday by The Wh Hartman Company. Rates: weekly 10 cents, yearly $3 outside city. Entered as second class matter. Ad rates on request. Want ads 1 cent per word, minimum 15 cents.
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Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
WH Hartman Company
Bop
West Fork Ave
Johon Hartman
A.W. Peterson
Sec-Treus
Gen Mer
Porofticr
Waterloo
Town
Beneee
Admiral Peary in Trouble for War of Words at Luncheon
The famed explorer Admiral Peary drew stern censure from Secretary Bryan after a New York luncheon remark predicting future American territorial expansion. The piece notes historical examples of officials speaking too freely and warns that silence is valuable in state affairs.
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North Pale
Admiral Peary
Siste
Brian
New York
Pole
Panama
Mr. Bryan
Quionel Carden
Mexico
Walter H. Page
Dritwin
Washington
Keeping Alleys Clean Through Open Wire Fences
Detroit proposes replacing solid alley walls with open wire fencing to expose the alley to residents and sunlight. The plan aims to curb dumping and encourage maintenance by keeping alleys visible from homes, adding greenery and reducing hideouts for burglars. The writer ponders if Waterloo could adopt the scheme.
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Department of Public Works
Detroit
Waterloo
Des Moines Newsboys Get New Clubrooms and Gym
The publisher of the Register and Leader and Evening Tribune plans a thirteen story building in Des Moines with a sixth floor clubroom and gym for newsboys. The project aims to improve conditions for carriers and mark a new era in business practices.
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Register and Leader
Evening Tribune
Des Moin
Des Moines
Political riff raff and postal reforms in a noisy era
Fragmented remarks discuss Hearst credit, Bryan, and postal revenues. Brooklyn readers write Bryan to resign as inspectors halt carts, while debates on ballots and turnout in Davis towns mix with quips about diplomacy and political wit.
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Brooklyn
Bryan
Push Buttons of the Busy Mind An Adams Column
Pepper Talks compares a desk filled with push buttons to the organs of a person and urges labeling and training of mental buttons. The piece argues a single master organization may be less complex than self discipline and stresses prompt responses and avoiding button overload.
Praying and Working: Hindeburg Motto Across East Prussia
Field Marshal von Hindeburg, born in Freystadt West Prussia, is praised by a sister in the Danzig Zeitung. She recalls his childhood habits of studying maps and battlefield tactics, earning the nickname the concentrated Moltke. After the victory at Tannenberg he attended church and thanked God, then rode away with his motto Pray and Work.
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von Hindesburg
West Prussia
Freystadt
Langenau
Sho
Danzig Zeitung
Ile
Moltke
Erver
Tannenberg
East Prussia
Insurance suit over murdered husband seeks damages
A widow files a petition in Iowa claiming her husband carried life insurance with a traveling men’s association and was murdered at the Mearge hotel in Kansas City on January 7, 1918. She requests substantial damages amid demands for relief from the alliance.
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Marti Gwily
The
Inte Claire J
Iowa State
Kansas City
Ponderous Personages Dante by George Fitch
A brief biographical sketch of Dante Alighieri tracing his birth in 1265, education, and early life. The piece notes his political ties with the Guelphs and Ghibellines, exile from Florence, his poetic mission, and the lasting impact of The Divine Comedy, concluding with his death in 1321 and the enduring justice of his imagined punishments.
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Dante
George Fitch
Duarte Aulguieri
Plorenes
Gach
Italy
Dutte
Thea City
Pante
Florence
The Meanest Thing: Stealing Charity Debate
A reader questions the meanest act, arguing charity must aid those who need it and accusing those who accept aid without need of stealing from the truly needy. The piece defends generosity while condemning exploitation and urges undisturbed giving and receiving.
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O'Kenry
Chariey
Ioi
The Magic Stick and the Trolls Watered by Gretchen
Gretchen helps a distressed tiny green troll who fears an iron ring in a baby's crib. The creature explains mortals cannot touch iron, and the troll offers a coal black magic stick as reward. Gretchen retrieves the ring from a hidden place and spirit joins the trolls with a mysterious gift.
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Gretchen
Gir
Troulle
Jay
Gretchen and the Magic Stick Ends Landlord’s Quest
A Troll’s tale recounts Gretchen finding a two foot long magic stick that turns rocks to gold for good people and harms bad ones. The landlord seizes it, is beaten by the stick, and returns home while Gretchen uses the treasure to move to a happy life with her mother and poultry. Copyright 1915 McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Tomorrow’s story Jack Rabbit is Tricked.
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Gretchen
McClure Nespapgner Syndicate
New York
Jack Rabbit
Roads and religion shape Iowa growth in an era
A Burlington Hawk Eye note argues roads linking small villages to state highways will become a ten percent share of mileage and a good investment. Mason City Times cites Rev Dr K flirt to grow church attendance and funds through advertising. Clinton Herald reports a Des Moines judge striking census questions on compensation and property value as unauthorized.
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Iowa
Mason City Times
Kchilter
St. Louis
Philadelphia Ledger
Times
Clinton Herald
Des Moines
Executive Council
Does Not Repudiate Roosevelts Libel Case Statement
In a Des Moines Register piece, the Barnes Roosevelt libel case is noted for the colonel not denying his quoted remarks. The editorial lauds him as not a coward for facing the newspaper’s questions rather than shifting blame to the reporter.
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Des Moines Register and Leader
Barness Roosevelt
Sorghum and Cane Fodder Growing Guide and Trends
Sorghum or cane yields heavily and grows vigorously on dry or wet land. Best early Amber variety sown at 65 pounds drilled or 85 pounds broadcast, with June sowing after frost danger. Aids weed suppression, smothers quackgrass, requires minimal fall care, and is cut around first frost. New road plantings hint at infrastructure era ahead for Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Department of Agriculture
What Iowa Editors Are Saying What Iowa Editors Are Saying
Mason City Globe Gazette notes the Pennsyvania roads renamed its system with a prosperity order of 20 million dollars in equipment to back engines and cars. It argues freight rises spur steel output while avoiding war gear. Sioux City Tribune explains California's non partisan election bill as fulfillment of Hiram Johnson’s and progressives’ pledges, boosting party popularity with voters.
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Mason City Globe Gazette
Pennsyvania Roads
Sioux City Tribune
California
Hiram Johnson
Progressive Party
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Pepper Talks
George Matthew Adams
Hindenburg
Hell
Purgatory
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Nante
Laon
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Skule
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Indiana Corporation
Fels & Co
Philadelphia
Ames
A. A. Burger
Goodyear
Goodyeara
Central Auto & Supply Co
John A. Campbell
Morris Motor Car Co
Trinkexton
A. G. Stewart Auto Tire Co
Waterloo Auto & Supply Co
Waterloo Overland Co
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Cedar Falls
O. R. Langdon
Clarksville Auto & Supply Co
Clarksville
Greene Automobile Co., Greene
Timer & Shalt Auto Co
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