Courier show updates for readers in Europe and offices
The Waterloo Evening Courier issues details from its Waterton office and lists offices for American travelers in Europe. It includes contact points in London Paris and Berlin with address specifics and travel information.
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Waterton Laws
Acdack
Courier
Europe
Amencac
Waterloo Evening Courier
London
Trafalgar Building
North
Sumberland Avenue
American Express
Hermarket
Uawe
Steamship Agency
Green Street
Pariz
Boulevard Des Capucines
Summer Vacation Trip
Courier offers to deliver the paper during subscribers' summer trips. Renders prompt service even with address changes if notified before leaving.
Buffalo Bill retires after storied show era ends
The piece reflects on Buffalo Bill's withdrawal from public life and the end of an era in American show business. It lauds the pioneer myth, frontier heroism, and the lasting aura of Buffal o Bill, Boone, Houston, Crockett, and Kit Carson as symbols of American manhood.
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Ecoms
Buffalo Bill
Europe
Boone
Houston, Crockett
Kit Carson
America
West
Prison toil profits state and aids prisoners
A lengthy editorial argues that Minnesota’s six year prison labor program has earned the state $2,000,000 while keeping 1,2061 able-bodied inmates at work. It urges Iowa to adopt similar systems, praising toil for reform and finance for families.
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Inwa
Minnesota
Iowa
KEEP THE LAWNS GREEN FOR SUMMER VISITORS
The article notes a hard summer with many lawns burned brown and heat since mid June. It mentions upcoming events including a rural mail carriers convention and a National United Brethren young peoples convention with a special Philadelphia train. Water rates were reduced to encourage lawn watering.
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Jane National United Brethren
Philadelphia
Commission
Progress by Precedent by Dr Frank Crane
The piece argues against progress by precedent and claims law develops like a dump heap not a growing youth. It insists truth and nature are constant and urges repudiation of relying on past rules for future justice.
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Frank Crane
Sioux City Tribune
New Orleans
Bathers' Day Mention Sparks Iowa Debates
A Muscatine Journal excerpt notes Senator Lewis urging CONEIDES to establish as Bathers' Day amid congressional reminders that a higher power governs the nation. Other papers discuss railroad valuations and tariff critics, while Iowa bank deposits rise by over 24 thousand.
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Muscatine Journal
Senator Lewis
Coneides
Dad
Davenport
Stute Bank Department
Iowa
Fragmented humorous snippets and quips from 1920s papers
A collage of witty lines and satirical quotes from multiple journals. Includes mock quotes about drink festivity and a playful exchange on fashion and town politics. Reflects light gossip tone with no clear single event.
Views of the People on Egg Purity and Trust
A reader recounts taking eggs to town and trusting a grower and a pure food expert. They describe testing eggs, finding four good among suspected bad, and a minor bribe attempt that was refused. The writer questions the ease of oversight and urges caution in handling farm produce.
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Thas
Vandler
Vantier
PS. Webster
The Five Cent Piece and the Nickel's Wide Reach
A nostalgic treatise extols the nickel as the working backbone of American life. It argues nickels power the streetcars, cigars, soda, magazines, and moving pictures, shaping industries and politics while larger coins fade in importance. It envisions future fortunes built by nickel driven innovation and political contributions.
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United States
Fragmentary Gossip and Fractured Phrases in Early Papers
A jumble of overheard lines and clipped quotes from various papers presents a mosaic of odd phrases. References range from a sister and a piatro to a door, a tithe remark, and stray mentions of titles, horns, fogs, and a marriage hint.
Appeal process outlined for rail commission case over education page
The article outlines that an appeal will be drafted after the opinion arrives with opposing counsel split on next steps. A temporary injunction may be reviewed by federal judges McPherson and possible appeals to the circuit and then the Supreme Court. Indiana and state officials warn fair ticket receipts and rail bonds. refunds would follow a reversal.
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Railroad Commission
Council Bluffs
McPherson
Cation
United States Circuit
Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
A. R. Corey
Louisville Courier-Journal
Fair Board
Supreme Court
Colson May Drop Rate Case In Des Moines
Des Moines reports suggest Attorney General Colson may drop the rate case after reading a federal court decision that refused to uphold the state fair’s preferred rates. Railroad lawyers and state officials weigh the implications as Cosson reviews the ruling and the path forward.
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Des Moines
Lin
Walter Smith
Council Bluffs
Cosson
State Fair
Olivilo Soap and Toiletry Ad Promises Various Uses
An early ad touts Olivilo Soap as suitable for toilet bath and hair, with lathering claims and 10 cent price at dealers. It also mentions additional trial products, perfumes, toilet water, and cosmetic powders from Chicago makers.
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Wrisley Perfumer
Chicago
San Joy
Waterloo wets sing song as judge refuses rehearing
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Judge Tinham denies a rehearing in the Waterloo mule petition case. The Waterloo wets vow to spend the year singing Nobody Knows How Free Aq as the dispute moves forward.
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Cedar Rapids
Tinham
Waterloo
Kidney Cure Promises From Behs Kidney Pile
A misspelled notice reports Megan With a Lame Beek of Lincoln, Hi. cured of kidney trouble that began in the back. She praises Behs Kidney Pile and urges others to try it, claiming a complete cure with sale through local druggists.
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T. Blackhoro
Lincoln
Senator Lewis In Sweetly Odd Hotel Scene
Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois stood in the doorway of the Continental hotel cafe as a suffragist asked to be seated. He was waiting for a page to fetch his hat when the encounter occurred in Washington on August 5.
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Washington, D. C
J. Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
Continental
Senate
Senator Mistakenly Seated as Head Waiter at Suffragist Dinner
A suffragist asks a question at a crowded dining room and the senator, Col. Lewis, escorts her to a table. Mistaken for the head waiter, he offers a joke about being married, while the head waiter is the proper choice for recommendations, leading to the comic mix up.
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Col. Lewis
Lewis
Former Waterloo resident Mrs. Denney dies at 93
Mrs. Joseph Denney long time Waterloo resident died Sunday at 2 PM in Cherokee Indiana at age 93. She was known as Mrs. Holden in earlier years and survived by two sons B PD Holden of Cherokee and John Holden of Pueblo Colorado and daughters Mrs. Mary Christopher Armstrong IA and Mesdames Ida Valentine and others. Her husband died about seven years ago after their 1877 marriage.
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Joseph Denney
Waterloo
Cherokee
W. F. Nation
Fourth Street West
Farmer's Wife Almost a Wreck
Westwood Maryland woman describes relief from nervous spells back pain and monthly weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits improved health to the remedy and invites other women to seek guidance from the company, promising confidential responses.
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Joan F. Richards
Westwood
Maryland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Three Daughters and Stepdaughters Survive
Anna Boise of Egan Illinois. Mrs C Keid erling Mrs A Kern and Mrs Nation all Wa terloo residents survive as daughters and stepdaughters. Ill health from impaired digestion is blamed and Chamberlains Tablets are recommended to strengthen digestion invigorate the liver and regulate the bowels. For sale by all dealers.
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Anna Boise
Egan
C. Keiderling
A. Kern
Natioh
Waterloo
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