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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1918

Page

4

Want Ads in Evening Courier Warns of Rates and Standards

The Evening Courier text promotes want ads, listing pricing at one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum, and describes typographic styles for black caps and lines. It emphasizes the paper as a marketplace for all citizens, noting its long-standing role and daily publication.

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Wanted Help Wanted Classifieds Mixed Up Text

Fragmented OCR notes advertise various wanted goods and services with garbled phrases and names. It mentions items like bicycles phonographs firearms and cars, plus requests for workers and sellers with vague locations and terms. The jumbled text reads like a cluttered want list with multiple incomplete phrases and misspellings.

The Girl and Billys Lost War Time Love

A romantic wartime tale follows Billy Hunter, poor yet earnest, as he pledges himself to a girl of his town. He meets her at a fundraiser, hopes for a final chance, and learns fate may bend toward joy or sorrow as a fortune teller hints at a triumphant return.

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Christmas Program at Firs Presbyterian Church

The Firs Presbyterian Christmas program titled White Gifts for the King features a service with hymns and readings by Rev Mr. Macartney and various church groups. Presentations of gifts by cradle roll primary junior and senior departments, with a concluding benediction.

Leern Presbyterian Church Wil Gludbiess Men of Mivewartney Bethleheal Carrie Theta Tanvuser Jenn Stevenson Fn Venne House Elizabeth Renitation Max Ryantation AY. Macartney Elsie Byyani Sauey

Linden and Gilberville Area Notes and Obituaries

Linden reports Roy Anderson in Camp Fire four and a half months says meals were good and drills strict. Henry Sullivan from Harper's Ferry visits T. J. Sielivan at 2149 Lafayette. Edison Gillette leaves for Greenville to join family over Easter week. Gilbertville notes Leo Schaefer John Renter and William Phillips at Camp Podge visit home. Beatrice Schares on Christmas break from Mankato. Henry Hogan and Sondag funeral services at St Marys. Nina Ludwig's ad appears beside Paul Travis' ad. Train schedule and arrivals listed.

Linden Roy Anerson Servce Flenry Sullivan Harper's Ferry T. J. Sielivan Lafayette Street Edison Gillete Chapman Giempton Gilbertville Gilertville Leo Schaefer John Renter William Phillips Camp Podge Sunda Beatrice Schares Schoel Mankato Minnis Wenry St. Mary's Church

Timetables for Central &amp. B lines schedule

Train timetables list east and west bound routes from Dubuque to Chicago Fort Dodge Omaha and Sioux City with local and express services. Notable departures include 1:27 am 8:48 pm and 9:58 pm eastbound plus 3:18 am and 8:12 am from Des Moines and Union depot. Southbound and northbound connections cover Minneapolis St Paul Burlingto n St Louis Cedar Rapids Davenport Chicago and Kansas City via multiple depots.

Central Beas Chicago Dubuque Maha Fort Dodge Omaha Fasc Mail Sioux City East Side Des Wf. & BK. OC Union Depot East Side Depot Kansas C Unnion Kansas City Des Moines Kansas Citty Gc .Lacemr Minneapolis St. Paul Albert Lea Twin Cities Manty Burlingtore St Louis Cedar Rapids St. Louis Davenport

Deaths and obituaries mark La Porte City notes

Local notices report the deaths of Mrs. J Idtxon and Mrs. Hahn, with funeral plans from the Clark home. Also noted are moves and visits including Mrs. Boyle and granddaughter Charlotte, Miss Charlotte Nes Ween in Minneapolis, and Mrs. Owens aiding telephones in Tracer. Encounters with flu affect some staff at the local exchange. Families relocate to and from La Porte City appear in the week’s notices.

Lie Borte J. Idtxon Rabe Wickmania Nellicadass Hahn Mies Julie Crewe Cesar Pally la Porte Vivinus Elie Futoni Ruth Rhades Clark Martifig Hearta H Brothers Ban Budd Glen Janin Soak al Marine Slings Mii Veone New York Genung Trerment We View Marah Boyle Charlotte Wottxtaine Eustis Ius Minneapolis Truce Owens Tracer L. A. Moser Aluin Moser

Winthrop notices and Western Surgeons meet report

Winthrop news notes a death of a infant son born November 9 1975 and other local family updates including a trip to California for winter and a furlough for a son in the Navy. Chicago reports elects officers of the Western Surgical association for 1925 with next meeting in Kansas City. North American Steel Products corporation forms to boost foreign trade. Also weather and timepiece ad lines are noted.

Western Chicago Western, Surgical Association Roland Hill St. Louis Emil Bock Geo. N. Kreider Springfeld Arthur T. Mann Minneapolis Jabezi N. Jackson Kansas City Bdnard Evans la Crosse Wis E. S. Judd Rochester Minn Steel Companies Combine New York North American Steel Products Corporation Steel Companies

Local Reinbeck Happenings Include Births and Resignations

A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Jas McLaughlin last Friday night. W Wl Martin leaves for Paxton Illinois and Covington Indiana to spend holidays with Mrs Martin and baby and parents. Earl Albright returns from Kansas City after discharge and will supervise the repair shop at a garage there. A son born to Mr and Mrs Adolph Yoere southwest of town Sunday evening. Mrs Alvin Hyde is ill with her sister and brother ill from Melbourne also sick. Rev S Sinden resigns from Reinbeck Congregational church to lead the Congregational church at Clear Lake starting early next year. Mr and Mrs A Duke leave Thursday.

Ai Flurse Garage Kansas City Adolph Yoere Town Alvin Hyde Rne Brather Melbourne Sinden Reinbeck Bord J Clear Lake A. Duke

Origin of Froge Hair Phrase Traced to Frogs

A Pittsburgh Leader item notes that the expression fine as frog hair stems from a zoological finding by G A Boulenger. It explains frog skin tubercles resemble fine hair, an abnormal growth not like human hair, and cites a broader science clarification. Also news briefs report two air mail route mapping planes leaving Independence Missouri for Topeka, delayed by engine trouble, and private Corliss Nelson improving after pneumonia with discharge expected soon.

Pittsburgh Winer G. A. Boulenger Congo Kansas City Independence Topeka Kansas Starr Yarnborough la Grons

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