CHRISTMAS TREES AND TYPHOID COMPARISONS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
A historical column notes The Rouse Simmons shipwreck with Christmas trees, then contrasts typhoid death rates in European and American cities. It lists European city figures for typhoid and American cities, highlighting higher American mortality and praising Waterloo’s pure water supply. It ends by mentioning the London peace conference and the term “Pashus” and “vitehes.”
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India
Edinburgh
Munich
Stockholm
Dresden
Woo
Antwerp
Berlin
SOOO
London
Liverpool
Belfast
Hirmingham
Hanburg
Cincinnati
Boston
Jersey City
New York
Newark
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Buffalo Sesteee
Detroit
Washington
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Waterloo
Pashus
Vitehes
Banking reform and a path to rural resettlement
The article argues for urgent federal banking reform and criticizes slow congressional action. It advocates using philanthropic wealth to relocate urban poor to farmland, proposing experts design a system to move and sustain able, healthy citizens on the land, claiming broad benefits for society and living costs.
Water and Typhoid Item Emerges at Life Insurance Meet
At the annual meeting in New York the Association of Life Insurance Presidents discussed typhoid in America, presenting data that highlighted the public health issue and its impact on life underwriting and policy risk.
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Association of Life Insurance Presidenta
New York
America
Spirit of the Iowa Press Buzzes In Electoral Talk
A collage of editorials mock or praise Iowa politics. Key figures Cosson Taft Bryan Wilson Taft appear in summaries of recent elections and party debates. The pieces touch on honesty, party reform, and public sentiment across multiple newspapers.
Shoplifting concerns rise during holiday season
Dubuque Times Journal reports increasing complaints of theft from stores, noting shoplifting as a systematized urban industry. Large towns with many strangers suffer more, with department stores hiring detectives and passing costs to prices, while the public bears the overhead.
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Dubuque
The Rise and Fall of James A Garfield's Early Life
A vignette on James Abram Garfield detailing a restless arc from canal pilot to college student, lawyer, senator, and Civil War officer. It notes his repeated changes of course, brief presidency, and ultimate assassination after brief, bright prospects.
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James Abram Garfield
Ag & Canal
Ohio Canal
Farries
Garfield
Ohio Senate
Senate
Congress
Crime and costs of hotel thefts on travel prices
The piece condemns theft from hotels as a burden on operating costs and the traveling public. It argues moral decay, fear of police guiding behavior, and old values fading, urging a clear accounting of crime in life costs and prices.
Great Step for Human Uplift leaders urge social service
Leaders Fred B. Smith and Raymond Robins headline a large Men and Religion Forward Movement drive at the University of Iowa. Forty six meetings drew nearly 7,000 attendees across high schools, colleges, and towns, concluding last evening. They will tour globally for five months promoting religion and social service.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Fred B. Smith
Men and Religion Forward Movement
Raymond Robins
Guy V. Aldrich
Eva Morris
Iowa City Academy
Smith and Robins
Smith
Robins
Coast City Workers Speak Across Multiple Meetings
Two workers toured coastal cities addressing twelve meetings on Thursday four teens on Friday eight on Saturday and twelve yesterday, detailing community concerns and project updates.
Short Time Left to Get the Book
The Courier promotes an educational book offer tied to a coupon and small fee. It claims the Standard Illustrated Book of Facts covers electricity aeronautics chemistry physiology biology and more with illustrations, leather binding, and authority from leading universities. Clip the coupon to obtain before stock runs out.
WATERLOO COPPER WAS NOT A CAMEL
Dubuque Iowa December 9 a Waterloo policeman who testified in a federal court case in Dubuque became salubrious and obnoxious on the street. He was given a ride in the hurry up wagon and released hours later. He said the death in Waterloo caused by a supreme court decision wore him out as a camel and he vowed to present a stern front to temptation.
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Dubuque
Waterloo
Supreme Court
Roberds Spoke 101000 Men At Prohibition Meeting
A mass meeting of the Business Men's Temperance Association in Waterloo drew about a thousand men to the Waterloo theatre. Judge M A Roberts of Ottumwa spoke, urging temperance and citing improvements in Ottumwa after saloons closed, including lower crime and higher bank deposits. He contrasted drought and financial relief with the city’s improved happiness and finances since prohibition began.
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Business Men's Temperance Association
Waterloo
Waterloo Theatre
M. A. Roberts
Ottumwa
Roberts
District Court
H. L. Litchfield
East Side
West Side
Litchfield
Jen
Judge Roberts
Alfred Longley
Mr. Roberts
T. D. Foster
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a safe quick remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims relief within five minutes, eliminates gas belching and stomach distress, and lets you eat favorite foods without fear. The ad urges readers to buy a fifty cent bottle from any drug store.
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Pape
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Towa
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Cecil Bickley
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DR. Gerrit J. Bennett
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