Water loo Evening Courier Subscription Rates and Tax Debate
The Waterloo Evening Courier advertises subscription by carrier and mail with varying rates and distances. It also reprints a political column by State Senator W S Baird arguing against graduated taxes, defending a flat rate approach and endorsing conservative views on inheritance and wealth taxation.
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W S$. Baird
Council Bluffs
General Assembly
Baird
Bim
United States
Football practice and season hype sweep the nation
The piece jeers into football season ahead with even baseball, homecomings, and campus chaos looming. It notes fans flocking to games, hotel bookings, and campus rituals as supporters chant for strong line play while addressing other sports headlines and public figures.
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Fecal High
Illinois
Serson
Hineemazhes
Moses King
Buckoyir
Souvenir Vandals in Plymouth Draw Ire at Damage Scattered Across Town
The Ottumwa Courier prints a dispatch lamenting vandalism in Plymouth Wisconsin. It cites theft of hymn books from a church, desecration of Coolidge home splinters, initials carved in bark, sod torn from the presidential son’s burial site, and other acts labeled as souvenir hunting. The piece condemns vandals as unworthy and urges stricter actions to deter such mischief.
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Ottumwn
Plymouth
Coolidge
Cannes
Vermont
Shoe dye poisoning urged caution by Dr Brady
A Wisconsin toxicologist reports shoe dye poisoning from nitrobenzene or anilin in dyes used to color shoes. Victims, often youths, develop blue skin, dizziness, vomiting, and in severe cases death. Avoid wearing or dyeing shoes with these solvents. wait at least 24 hours after application before wearing.
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Wisconsin
C. W. Muehberger
The Price of Anthracite and Public Perception
A collage of editorial snippets debates price impacts of anthracite on consumers. Citizens wary of rising costs may shrink demand, while miners press for higher pay. commentary notes broader social reflections on crime, charity, and national character, with varied local reactions.
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Council Bluffs
Bootlegger Ike Lark Names Cousin Pam as Ally in Blackout Talk
A damaged inky note claims bootlegger Ike Lark named Cousin Pam as an ally and suggested a deal with officers if liquor enforcement was relaxed. The fragment hints at illicit liquor trade amid tense relations with law enforcement.
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Davenport
Ike Lark
Pam
Uncle Wiggily and the Hornet's Nest Tale
Tooter and Scooter, two Hible boy rabbits living with Uncle Wiggily, hop in a field near the woods as they face the approach of the new school term. Tooter laments the end of summer vacation while Uncle Wiggily’s adventures begin.
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Tooter
Scooter
Uncle Wiggily
Football Growing On A Tree In Gentle Bunny Tale
Scooter and Tooter imagine a football growing on a gray branch as Uncle Wiggily and friends discuss climbing to reach it for a game. A hungry Bob Cat comes stalking through the grass as the woodland scene unfolds with playful chatter and plan.
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Scooter
Tooter
Johnnie
Billie Grushyuil
Eaele
Tobnie
Billie Bushytail
Uncle
Bob Cat
Bob Cat mistakes hornets nest for football in Uncle Wiggily tale
In a playful scene Scooter and Tooter worry Uncle Wiggily as the Bob Cat climbs a tree to seize a gray object. The object turns out to be a hornets nest, bees sting the Bob Cat, and the trio escapes while pondering a real football purchase and future pages about Uncle Wiggily and a polliwog.
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Bob Cat
Yaoter
Uncle Wiggily
Scooter
Tooter
Johnnie
Billie Bushytail
Bunnies
Wack
Teoter
Daddycums
Burroughs Nature Club Answers Help Readers In 1925 Column
Readers send questions on water subjects and wildlife to Burroughs Nature Club Notes. Answers cover tree seed survival factors, hawk perch turning behavior, and how fish croaks or grunts produce sounds, with explanations on seeds, predators, and pharyngeal bones.
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Trevulorus
Merehan
Urian
Cottonwood Vigilantes Hang Suspected Desperados
In Cottonwood a vigilante committee of 60 executes two prisoners by rope after coercing a confession and conducts a dawn sweep of the town. A third suspect faces immediate execution while Sheriff Dangerfield confronts the raid at the Argonaut gambling hall, ending with the judge’s taunting words. Concluded tomorrow.
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Hitchcock
Viglance Committee
Iitehcook
Dangerfield
Old John
Tim Healy
Aes
Cottonwood
Committee of 60
Goldpan
Cheyenne
Lipscomb Feller
Oremost
Dave
Old Dim Hawkins
Hammond
Sheriff Dangerfield
Coronel
Aema
Views of the People on Zane Grey Literature
A letter to the editor praises Zane Grey for clean, entertaining fiction and broad appeal. The writer defends enjoying Grey as recreation, notes his mountain imagery, and contrasts it with heavier modern literature. References to other authors and the value of accessible prose appear in supportive critique.
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Zane Grey
Waterloo
Zane Gray
Mr. Grey
Grey
Spirabon Mtif Isnerey
Teine Margaret
Hap McCartee
Gene Atten Warter
Albert Pesavyn
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