Immigrant Trends and Political Commentary Digest
The Waterloo Courier surveys global migration shifts toward the United States, noting large movements from Italy Ireland Poland and Bohemia and predicting a net population gain. It also critiques Bolshevik influence in the US labor movement and calls for names of so called crooks in the Senate.
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Cox
Roosevelt
Gov. Cox
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate
Jeff
United States
Seven Ages of Man Reframed in Medical View
A reflective essay maps the seven life stages from infancy to old age, examining heredity, early environment, education, puberty, maturity, and elder care. It weaves in questions on diabetes in youth, diet, symptoms, and the need for medical supervision, then shifts to a humorous social vignette about college talk and dancing.
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Alan
Shakespeare
Jacques
Milla
Darwin
Omar
Horace
Captain Scott
South Pole
Cook
Peary
North Pole
Teddy Roosevelt
Africa
Gulf States
Chesapeake
Europe
Nevin
Mr. Nevin
Jher
Andrew and Imogene discuss a guest at home
Imogene questions Andrew about conversation with a girl named Little Smallwood all evening. Andrew admits talking to her at length and jokes about wishing it had been a drinking party. He lists topics from literature to eugenics during the chat.
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Andrew
Imogene
Uttle Smallwood
Imo
Gene
Emily
Backelors Form Club To Repel Help Eats
In a town where many marriageable young women are expected to leave soon a new Bachelor’s club formed with 15 members promises more. Its slogan declares today’s unmarried woman seeks two plates to eat rather than assistance to meet a husband.
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Backelors
Igna
Bachelor’s Club
Local Quip About Misfitting Night Shirt Sale
A reader quips about a clerk who never sees Kinallus selling his wife a nightshirt four sizes too large. The remark mocks the seller as careless and the situation as a near natural death on a Sunday.
The Sandman Story by Mrs. F. A Walker
Tim Puss a small white cat steals milk and cream from the house and is drawn to a big bowl in the playroom. He drinks soapy water readied by children and becomes sick, rolling on the grass before recovering. He learns to stay to his own dish afterward.
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Tim Witten
Tim Puss
Tin Puss
Prairie Gold Nationwide Awe Amid Iowa Cornfields
A Des Moines Capital report describes the August corn spectacle as travelers witness acres of tasseling stalks and ears heavy with grain, signaling a bountiful yield and the importance of corn to the region’s economy.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd
A Mother Goose authority presents a puzzle about Tom the Piper’s son chasing a pig across a rectangle 250 yards wide and over 600 yards long. Tom starts at one corner while the pig starts at the opposite corner and stays near the fence aiming for the far gate. If Tom runs a third faster than the pig, determine Tom’s distance before capture.
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Tom
Florin
Lamas
Floran
The Sunlight of Trye and a Coroner's Inquiry
The poem speaks of sunlight in love and brighter eyes while a coroner's jury hears conflicting testimony. A physician notes the impression of a gunshot in the early hours, but another witness claims a leg wound, creating questioning of the event. The piece blends lyric verse with a court scene and uncertain details.
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Billville
Prairie gold and corn bind Iowa’s wealth and history
A reflection on Iowa’s corn and grain fields as symbols of state wealth and pioneer spirit. Quotes Meredith Nicholson and Whitman to emphasize corn’s centrality to settlement, prosperity, and unity, alongside brief editorial notes from local papers about readiness for elections and distant wartime concerns.
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Iowa
Meredith Nicholson
No-To-Bac Tobacco Habit Aid Ad
An advertisement touts No-To-Bac as a simple remedy to break tobacco addiction. It promises rapid relief from cravings and offers a money back guarantee through the druggist if it does not remove all tobacco urges.
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Cascarets
Nature Notes by John Burroughs on bird songs and animal responses
Burroughs answers readers questions on why the bobolink’s song is unmatched and how animals react to stimuli. He notes the bobolink’s unusually full throat aids song, mentions challenges in imitating it, and explains porcupine quills trap a hand when touched.
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Tlon
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Tress
Waterloo
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Philadelphia
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Story
Brooks & Finley, Rep's
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Brazil
America
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Bohemia
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Foster
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Sam Loyd
Trye
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Whitman
Mississippi Valley
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Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
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Bug
Voloskatdogi
Nature Notes
John Burroughs
England
Nature
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Sioux City Tribune
West Pocket Autographic Kodak
W.P.K
Hamilton
Kodak
Bridge Street
Bovee Furnaces
Black Hawk County
Witteriog
Jnstall
Top West Eighth Street
Bovee Furnace Works
Motorkool
Motorkool Sales Company
Cedar Falls
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