Waterloo Daily Courier Front Page Notice and Editorial Note
The item outlines subscription pricing, mailing regions, and rates, along with masthead details for Waterland Iowa based publication. It includes Associated Press and United Press International branding, then transitions to an editorial on mine safety and rock dusting improving coal mine safety. It cites U.S. Bureau of Mines data and legislative progress in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Utah, highlighting the cost effectiveness of rock dusting and the need for broader adoption.
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Iowa to build gravel road system across 49 counties
The highway plan over the next three years will create a state wide gravel road system linking principal towns in all 49 counties. Facing funding limits, the governor and highway commission halted paving and opted for gravel, proposing about 2,700 miles of gravel roads in eight east west and five north south routes under road law from the last legislative session.
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Iowa
Highway Commission
Consider the Coach Rockne and the high pay for college football
The piece notes Rockne’s rumored twelve thousand to sixteen thousand dollar annual coach’s stipend and compares coach salaries to those of professors and college presidents. It argues high pay reflects short careers and big responsibility, with other coaches in the Big Ten earning around fifteen thousand dollars a year and football destiny shaping fortunes like Red Grange.
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Notre Dame
Columbia
Owa
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Red Grange
Territorial and national policy crackdowns on schools and industry
A collage of editorials and notices from multiple Iowa papers attacks military training in public schools, condemns subsidies and civilian wear uniforms, and laments distrust of nations. It also critiques smoke abatement and urges sugar consumption policy to boost industry.
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Daverport
Democrat
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Horah and LaPollette
Shipstead
Norris
Jane Adams
Personal Health Service questions from Dr Brady
Reader letters and replies cover hair growth on faces and methods to reduce it using pumice stones peroxide and ammonia. Advice debunks adhesive tape and promotes cautious testing and self care. Also notes on scarlet fever testing laws school policy and a college swimming pool debate with brief Q&A exchanges.
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Gundy
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Brady
William Brady
The Modest Author On Plagiarism In Fort Dodge Paper
A Fort Dodge Messenger writer admits she never reads others’ work and thus cannot be accused of plagiarism. She claims all stories are her own, arising from her own writing.
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Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle
A relic of the past water trough fades from city life
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the disappearance of the urban water trough and hitching post as motorcars replace horses. The piece laments the lost charm of street life, comparing it to a bygone era and praising the trough as a symbol of simpler days. It questions the Satmanian society’s lament for the trough’s passing.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ted Robinson
Abe Martin quoted as coal burner specialist in work note
A fragmentary Abe Martin quote describes a man called a crank devoted to one task. The writer mentions an oil burner and a coal furnace, noting a shift to viewing him as a specialist after intense focus.
Uncle Wiggily and the Snow Marks
Uncle Wiggily and two rabbit boys Scooter and Tooter find snow marks on a hill. They chase the paw prints thinking Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow left them, but spot a fox tail and retreat. Uncle Wiggily teaches them to distinguish dog tracks from fox tracks to stay safe.
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Sam Hest
Grand and Glorious Feeling Sparks Operation Plan
A spirited, informal message describes immediate action and strong emotion as plans are laid to start operation now. The speaker revels in a dramatic, rallying tone about the bold move and its expected impact.
Weddin gs and village notes from Cedar Falls fifty years ago
Fifty years ago in The Courier, December 9 wedding at St Luke's Episcopal church unites W. Raynor and Anna M. Winter amid a week of celebration. Union hall donation party for Rev J J Hall and oyster supper. Local business brisk, cow for sale, D G Kelloge buys Dr Ferguson interest in the bus line. Twins born in First ward to Capt and Mrs Martin Lott. O S Grant praised for a third term leadership.
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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
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Anna M. Winter
J.J. Hall
Frea Wil Baptist Church
Union Hall
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Dr. Ferguson
Tim
Our City
Waterloo Courier items batch from December 16 1885
Holmes Vaughan install an elevator in their warehouse for handling goods. An electric light on Commercial and Fourth streets and three arc lights on Fourth street illuminate the business area. Bankers Leavitt Johnson order a three ton burglar proof safe. Printer Robert Thompson joins Waterloo Tribune. Miss May Snowden leaves for Chicago for Christmas.
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Courier
New York
Waterloo
May Snowden
Chicago
Train collision ends four draft horses life near Waterloo
A Rock Island passenger train struck a team of four draft horses owned by John Murphy and driven by N J Benser two miles southeast of the city at the pay per mile crossing. Eight people were injured on the derailed southbound train. A prairie fire in West battled by residents caused temporary damage but was controlled. Local business notes include new offices for the Towa Manufacturers Insurance Company and the Towa Telephone building expansion with capacity for 3,000 telephones and fourteen operators.
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John Murphy
Rock Island
Mili Crossing
N. J. Benser
Waterloo
Chicago Great Western Railway
Towa Telephone Company
Sycamore
Third Streets
How continents change shapes over millions of years
Scientists describe slow earth changes over millions of years. Land bridges rise and fall as seas retreat or flood, joining and separating Asia Europe North America and Africa. Fossil seashells and ancient shorelines prove continents shifted and oceans altered long before humans.
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Madagascar
Africa
Alaska
Bering Sea
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South America
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Panama
Tiny Timants and Vanishing Ventures From a Century Past
A fragment reflects on events from a hundred years ago where ventures were small yet persistent. It notes that tiny ventures, like minute timants, occur throughout life and often go unnoticed by most people.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers Ques tions 1929
This column from a 1929 Burroughs Nature Club notes page invites readers to submit nature questions. It promises answers in the next issue, and includes a quiz on bird names and general wildlife facts with an array of species and regions noted.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Uncle Ray asks readers for story ideas and school help
Readers are invited to write Uncle Ray at the Corner newspaper about favorite stories and new title ideas or how the Corner aids in school. Include name age and address. A reader asks for tips on British Isles scenery, age 11.
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Uncle Ray
British Isles
Asparigus Used as Human Footnote Through History
Historical note on asparigus described as good pasture for eatily and used as a human foot since before the Christian era. Claim is it has changed little from wild characteristics despite extensive cultivation.
Resignation Letter from Bill Nye Noted in 75th Birth Anniversary
The Los Angeles Times recalls Bill Nye's life on the seventy fifth anniversary of his birth. A Fletcher memorial tablet and granite monument near Ashville honor his humor and beloved personality. Nye once served as post master at Laramie Wyoming, an appointment linked to his famous letter to President Arthur. In it Nye joked about postal duties and a box rent dispute, delighting Washington officials and amusing an English editorial on American past masters.
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Wyes
Arthur
Deacon Harford
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Nye
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