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Couriers Presidential Poll Opens Across Iowa
The Courier launches a state wide presidential poll in conjunction with Iowa newspapers and Iowa Magazine to gauge political sentiment before the November 4 election. Readers are invited to vote with signatures optional, ballots found on page 1.
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Taxpayers urged to engage budget process in Waterloo
The Waterloo budget system requires elites to publish expenditure intimates and hold a taxpayer hearing. Despite an open meeting for objections, no taxpayer attended, prompting view that either they misunderstand the law or do not care about their tax bills. The Courier endorses the principle but calls on taxpayers to participate to keep taxes down.
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Street Parker Weighs Weather Forecasts in Nightly Gamble
A man who parks his car on the street all night bases risk on weather bureau odds. If the forecast says fair he feels safe, if rain he bets on the 15 percent chance.
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Weather Quips Spur Poet to Dress for Odd Day
A playful note on temperatures swinging up and down inspired a poet to muse on whether to wear swim trunks or an overcoat. The line suggests a whimsical local reflection on changing weather patterns.
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Water Pollution and Flood Damage Hit Waterloo
State health board orders Waterloo to ban oils and grease wastes from sewers and urges a pollution prohibition. City committee plans an ordinance. Citizens urge flood-damage compensation for Virden creek overflows and call for proper sewer outlets and engineering fixes. California unemployment stories highlight rising joblessness among women and skilled workers amid emigration chatter.
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What to Spend for Food in American Households
A reader interest column by Dr. Brady discusses food expenditure distributions across a professional man’s family and 92 New York households in moderate means. It notes differences in vegetable and cheese spending, critiques government meat propaganda, and urges readers to consider affordable cheese as nutritious and economical.
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No clear event headline from fragmented text
Fragmentary notes reference political figures and opinions on voter behavior including Chanley Dawes Pipes, John W. Davis, and Einstein, with speculation on atheist and global influence affecting votes. No verifiable event or outcome is stated.
The Able McLaughlins Foreword Julius Homecoming
Wally, a Union soldier and member of the McLaughlin family, returns to prairie life after escaping Confederate guards and plans to marry Christie. Tension lies in family dynamics, language pride, and community gossip as Wally navigates skillful corrections and old loyalties, with Christie’s fate tied to a cautious engagement.
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Brain Tests and Landlord Wheat Dispute Clippings
Puzzle note by Sam Loud links wordplay to spell a European country. A landlord and tenant dispute claims the landlord took 90 bushels of corn instead of 30 bushels of wheat. The tenant took 45 bushels of wheat, three fifths of 75, while the landlord’s share would be two fifths of 75 or 30 bushels, value stated as $0 in corn equivalence.
Johnnie and family a prairie summer of bonds and growth
Christie frets over Johnnie's speech while Wally forms a deep bond with Christie and their baby. The family plans a Woolsey picnic but illness and teething delay travel as John observes a political gathering and the two adults enjoy a quiet Sabbath at home. Continuous narrative follows their quiet, affectionate days.
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Abe Martin Tipton Bud's Paint Job Plans
Bud asks a painter the cost of painting his house. he decides to do it himself. Ban dit Stew Nugent threatens layoffs if farmers sell their wheat.
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Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers Shared
Nature Notes invites readers to send questions on nature topics. Answers discuss lamprey diets, treating dogs eating eggs, bass spawning times, polywogs growth issues, bat eating habits, and bats in human diets with brief, non-graphic details.
State Tax Levy to Be Slightly Higher in Iowa
Des Moines Aug 13 The state executive council has not fixed the levy for next year though valuations are similar. Last year the levy was 11.50 mills including the soldier bonus. The amount to raise for bonds and soldier bonus will be somewhat higher.
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Fifty Years Ago in The Courier August 18 1874
The first session of Black Hawk Normal Institute opens in the east side school building with fifty five students on day one and growing attendance. Wheat harvest begins, baseball challenge from East Siders for Waterloo championship accepted, gas questions and mayoral scrutiny discussed, muskmelon trade noted, Warmest day recorded, Forepaugh show draws thousands to Waterloo.
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Forty Years Ago Highlights In City News
Forties era notes from Aug 13 describe repairs to the opera house floor at Burnham’s, a Blaine and Logan torchlight parade with 100 torches, and a grand Henderson for congress rally at the opera house. The Diagonal track is being integrated into yards, with flour and scrap iron shipments to begin. Irving hotel traffic remains heavy prompting expansion of lodging rooms in the Brooks building.
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Coins Found on Mt Vernon Farm After Erosion
Twenty years ago a coin hoard worth about $300 was revealed on D. K. Smalling’s Mt Vernon township farm. The stash, buried in a cloth sack, had rotted away. it was found by Mr. Smalling after rain exposure.
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