Waterloo Evening Courier Bids for Broad Readership
The Waterloo Evening Courier notes its larger circulation for Waterloo and lists weekly, daily, and telegraph publication schedules with advertising rates and post office classifications. It highlights Europe access points for American travelers and provides foreign postal options and city office contacts.
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Eeloo Evening Courier
Sex Associated Fresp
FER
W. Ad. Hartmay Company
Goo
Courier
Waterloo
Europe
Armerican
Waterloo Evening Courier
Imdon
Trafalgar Building
Northcumberland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Dawes Steamship Agency
Green Street
Paris
Berlin
Unter den Linded
Bt. Petersburg
Nevsky Prospekt
Foreign
Safety First in Waterloo Gas Plant Risk Urges Ordinance
The Westfield acetylene gas plant explosion injures several and narrowly spares many others in Waterloo. Call for urgent city regulation of gas manufacturing and storage within limits, urging legislature action and stricter enforcement to prevent future disasters.
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Waterloo
Westfield
Iowa
Elderly Tango Warning Provokes Healthy Debate
An essay argues that despite AMA cautions against tango for the elderly due to arteriosclerosis, older men still engage in golf tennis and quick rides. It suggests tango tempts the sober aged and questions if exercise beats illness, warning that the lure is a siren call beyond age and endurance.
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American Medical Association
President Wilson Demonstrates Willingness as Firefighter
Taking his word as a measure of duty, President Wilson showed his readiness by firefighting to save a Gulf Port, Mississippi family home. The act demonstrates personal involvement in a public crisis amid national interest and presidential responsibility.
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Wilson
Gulf Port
Mins
Deon Ia
New York stores adopt 9 am openings and trains run smoother
The piece mocks the overwork label used for heroes and notes New York firms delaying openings to 9 o clock, giving workers breakfast time and easier train rides. It laments the Calumet copper miners strike and the deportation of Charles Moyer, hints at winter anxieties, and remarks on Dewey Beachey and quiet in Mexico as New Year resolutions loom.
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New York
Calumet, Mich
Charles 1. Moyer
Hamiltons Not Related Says Sigourney Review
The Hamiltons, W H and D W, announce they are not relatives beyond shared occupation and party. Both are Democrats and lawyers residing in Sigourney. The signers criticize harmony among Democrats and note editorials in local papers about rival accusations between Louie Murphy and Anthony Van Wagenen.
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Hamiltons
Sigourney
Harmony
Jack Dalton
Manson Democrat
Louie Murphy
Anthony van Wagenen
Towa
Wilson
Ideas of a Plain Man by Dr. Frank Crane
The author argues strict justice is unattainable for humans and true peace requires generosity. People must retreat, yield, pardon, and overlook to live together. No one can begin perfect justice, as all are imperfect and forgiving and forgetting keep society stable.
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Frank Crane
The Rocky Mountains a Nation’s Laboring Giant
The Rocky Mountains form a dominant American feature with vast scale and economic impact. From Alaska to Cape Horn the ranges shape progress, mining wealth, rail routes, and national scenery while inspiring awe and practical use in water power and tourism. The piece blends humor with admiration for their size and resource value, noting Colorado heights and the ranges’ broad influence on land use and industry.
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Rocky Mountains
America
Alaska
Cape Horn
Andes
United States
Alps
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Thorne and river pollution outruns Iowa rate fights
A column from Washington Press notes Clifford Thorne again wins Iowa rate cases and pushes the railroads to set the rate themselves. It argues tax reductions from lower freight rates outweigh capital extensions. Sioux City Tribune condemns river pollution and cites federal overreach questions about enforcement. Mason City Times-Journal mocks Iowa attractions versus Niagara and Alps, urging appreciation of local beauty. Political Row humorously recalls Van Wagenen recall and Democratic infighting.
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Thorne
Washington
Clifford Thorne
Iowa
Towa
Mason City
Real Friendship and the True Friend
A brief exchange from contemporary humor columns notes that friendship endures beyond praise from a spouse. The New York Mail and Chicago Record Herald quote humor about moral support and loyalty among men in a light, reflective tone.
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Chicago Record
Herald
Various Returns Judge Questions Immunity and Payoffs
A courtroom exchange centers on what he received for confessing, including immunity from the district attorney two cent a word magazine payments and gifts from former friends. The judge notes the mix of rewards and pressures surrounding his testimony.
Improvements Made at Dubuque in 1913
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports 1913 city improvements total $2,995,549, with private 1,174,780 religious institutions 979,200 municipal 374,569 public service 465,000. This marks the greatest year since 1894, though Waterloo leads with over $3,000,000 in recent years.
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Dubuque
Switch Operator Dies From Burns In Ogden Fire
Albert Bergland night operator at the interlocking tower of the Northwestern and Minneapolis St Louis railroads in Ogden Indiana died from burns after a lamp exploded in the tower Saturday night. The lamp dumped burning oil on his clothing as he fled into the street. Night Marshal Taylor extinguished the flames by wrapping Bergland in his overcoat. Hand switches are being installed pending rebuilding of the tower which burned to the ground.
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Ogden
Albert Bergland
Northwestern
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Bergland
Taylor
A Moment of Fun and Rest in Everyday Life
A light poem features appreciation for the ordinary days that mark the weeks and the honest duty done. The Washington Star quotes celebrate the Day of Duty and steady routines amid festive holidays. The fragment ends with a tourist joke about a farmer and crows on torn acreage.
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Washington Star
GOUNTRY ENTERS OF POSSIBILITIES GOUNTRY ENTERS OF POSSIBILITIES
New York December 29 1912 to 1913 portrait of a world waking to democracy and progress. Henry Clewa argues education fuels social and political reform with expansion in education industry art science and capital. He notes tariff currency railroads and banking reforms as pivotal. The piece surveys U S and European outlooks expecting calmer business conditions and renewed confidence as new currency laws take effect.
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Henry Clewa
New York
United States
Europe
Orient
McKinley
Stock Exchange
Perax
Treasury
McCurdy to Act as Treasurer for Melba Kubelik Engagement
Roland McCurdy left for Des Moines to serve as treasurer for the Melba Kubelik engagement at the Coliseum on January 9. Indications point to the largest receipts ever taken in Des Moines at a single performance.
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Roland McCurdy
Des Moines
Coliseum
Pimples vanish after Resinol treatment says Albert Greenburg
Philadelphia resident Albert Greenburg recounts a three year facial pimple ordeal resolved by Resinol Soap and Ointment. He notes instant relief after using two jars and endorses the product as a doctor’s prescription remedy for skin troubles. Resinol is marketed nationwide with sample offers from Dept. 18 M Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore Maryland.
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Philadelphia
Albert Greenburg
Frankford Ave
Resinol
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
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