Waterloo Evening Courier Ad Rates and Distribution Notes
Publication details for the Waterloo Evening Courier including ownership, offices in New York and Chicago, postal service info, advertising rates, and foreign distribution points in Europe for American travelers. Mentions pricing terms, telephones, and service variations.
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Aterloo Evening Courier
Associated Prove
W. H. Hartman Company
West Park Arcows Joun
Hakraas
Peressox
Scc'y-Treen
New York
Oq Tribune
Alfred B
Chicago
Tribune
A.W
Evening Courier
Cartier
Mall
Ywaterton
Lews
Waterloo
Trecotrire
Europe
Eivening
Trafalgar Building
Northumberland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Dawes Steamship Agency
Greensirett
Paris
Io Boulevard Des Capucines
Corvet Place de Opera
Usue Scrite
Berlin
den Linden
St. Petersbur
Neveky Prospekt
Freiner
When It Is All Over editorial misprint corrected
An editor explains a missing line in the opening paragraph of the piece When It Is All Over. Readers who found the opening muddled can have the correct sentence supplied by the office. The note reassures the public about the error and the remedy.
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Tes Moines
Jupiter Truvius
Earth
Chas. H. Fletcher
Parcels Post Key Change Affects Farmers And Merchants
The new parcels post law starts in January allowing parcels up to eleven pounds to be sent under existing terms. The Courier notes farmers welcome the change while merchants fear effects on local retail trade. The piece urges testing the system and exploring local business opportunities before judging its impact.
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Courier
Jess
Tannet
Tosh
County Supervisors Face Canvass Delay Criticism
A row over when to canvass the saloon petition has stirred anger among citizens who accuse county supervisors of delaying action and claim a hidden motive behind the postponement. The real reason remains unclear as residents condemn the delay.
Controversy Over County Supervisors Sparks Public Debate
Citizens accuse county officers of graft amid a heated uproar at a routine annual account settlement. Officials defend their actions as routine and refuse to engage with allegations, urging inquiry into actual records. The dispute arises from distrust and outside interests, with little likelihood of further action without new board decisions.
Des Moines Road Tax Plans Spark Anesthetic Debate
A Des Moines convention on good roads fuels calls for permanent roads funded by taxation and an automobile tax. Supporters favor a mille levy or indirect schemes, while some editors call for practical steps. The piece notes humor about relief from suffering and Christmas charity, plus reflections on Iowa’s weather and Christmas trade.
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Des Moines
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Spirit of the Iowa Press on Prohibition and Suffrage
The Sioux Citys Tribune notes rising consumption of a deadly pill across states and predicts a similar rise next year while tobacco makers foresee growth. Marshalltown Times-Republican reports Colonel Eihcock warning that woman suffrage brings prohibition, while the Shankland bill looms and a prohibitory amendment may be put to vote.
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Sioux Citys Tribune
Marshalltown
Colon Eihcock
Toledo Ohio toledo of blades and brains in a midwestern town
Toledo Ohio, named after Toledo Spain for blades, sits at the western Lake Erie terminus with a dense rail network. It sports fourteen railroads, interurbans, one river, one extinct canal, and a natural gas pipeline that heats homes. The city is famed for city government studies, the golden rule, and reform moves under Brand Whitlock, plus a strong baseball team and many churches, with ambitious magazines spotlighting its art gallery.
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Toledo
Ohio
Spain
Lake Erie
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Buffalo
Detroit
Chicaga
Chicago
Brand Whitlock
Maumee River
Prohibition Bill Supporters Cite Truth and Duty
A survey of editorials from several papers argues for a prohibition bill aligning with reformers. It links editor independence to indebtedness, criticizes shifting political loyalties, and comments on local option plans like the Shankland bill. The piece notes Taft’s Yale salary and mocks progressive distrust, closing with a Bromine quip ad.
Counties Bid For State Aid On Road Plans Under Bucha Law
The proposal envisions counties competing for state aid and paved highways under Bucha law. The state would supply plans and oversee engineering grades while counties manage contracts and supervision. State aid would go to counties with residents paying their share, avoiding a state levy that might fund the river to river road at taxpayers in northern Iowa’s expense.
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Iowa
Elimination Art in a World Full of Truck
The Evening Chit Chat recalls a friend’s drawer full of long kept "truck" and argues for the art of elimination. It contrasts the burden of unused objects with the value of freeing space and time by discarding items unlikely to be used again.
Indirect Levy Proposal for Rural Road Funding
A proposal urges Iowa to raise the county road levy from 1 to 2 mills and create state backed bonds. The plan would permit loans to counties for permanent roads, repaid by an increased levy, while directing automobile tax funds toward rural pavement and a bond program to cover major highway costs. The idea envisions state aid to counties for fifty miles of rural paving with the county adding a bond fund and property assessment to repay.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Iowa
County Boards of Supervisors
Ohio
Pennsylvania
State Highway Commission
Years of Suffering Catarrh and Blood Disease
Miss Mabel F Dawkins of Fort Wayne Ind says she suffered three years from catarrh and blood disease after trying many doctors and remedies. She credits Hoods Sarsaparilla with restoring her health after taking two bottles. She endorses Hood's as a cure and recommends it to others.
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Mabel F. Dawkins
Lafayette St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hood
Vatarrh
Ruth Cameron Urges Clutter Cleanup After Distant Heirs Fire Sale
The speaker laments inherited belongings cluttering a home and recounts heirs burning unsused items. She notes many people accumulate too much and must periodically discard what hinders daily living to create a more habitable space.
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Ately
Ruth Cameron
Legislators Favor Permanent Roads in Iowa
Des Moines reports 70 percent of the incoming general assembly pledging support to a permanent roads plan. F J Tishenbanner of Humboldt Pocahontas Good Roads says letters from lawmakers advocate state funded road building under a highway commission and engineer. He backs a $25,000,000 appropriation and aims to start projects this summer.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
F. J. Tishenbanner
Gilmore City
Mhumboldt-Pocashontas Good Roads Association
Tishenbanner
Iowa
Coughing At Night Ad Claims Sleep Restored
A Phil Disor neau in Schaffer Michigan reports a bad cough kept his family awake until he used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He says the medicine eased the cough and he slept soundly through the night, as noted by H. W. Taggart in the advertisement.
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Phil. Disorneau
Schaffer
Mich
Foley
H. W. Taggart
Shankland Gill Attack Draws Opposition In Iowa
Des Moines reports the Towa Amendment association publicly opposes the Shankland bill mandating Australian ballot for saloon operations. A letter from state secretary A A Coates urges legislators to back an amendment to prohibit liquor manufacture and sale, warning of litigation and cost. The piece also notes a Zurich engineered warm carpet invention by Otto Baur & Co that heats rooms via a woven electric element.
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Des Moines
St. Ansgar Enterprise
Towa
Iowa
Towa Amendment Association
A. A. Coates
Otto Baur & Co
Zurich
Carpet warms home with self-heating rug idea
London readers learn of a novel carpet that provides warmth on its own. The piece describes a masic carpet that behaves like a living being, responding to the owner’s wishes to heat rooms.
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London
Merital Hair Tonic Promises Scalp Health and Color Restoratio
Merital Hair Tonic is advertised to keep the scalp healthy, prevent hair loss, and restore natural color with regular use. The product is promoted by Hen Henderson Drug Co and Red Cross Drug Co in the notice.
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Henderson Drug Co
Red Cross Drug Co
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