Waterloo Courier Year in Review and Child Welfare Bill
The Waterloo Courier discusses the start of nineteen twelve with reflections on happiness, adversity, and hope. It endorses the federal Children's Bureau bill, detailing its aims to study child welfare, labor, neglect, and juvenile issues without state-rights conflict, urging prompt, friendly consideration in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children's Bureau
Inber
House of Representatives
Senate
Hailey
Hesburn
Heyburn
Bailey
Childre
A Wess Universal
Spirit of the Iowa Press Summary Snips
A collage of brief Iowa state items and editorials from multiple papers. Mentions Webster to Preemin-Tribuner taftian remarks and British army sentiment. Notes Davenport Ottumwa hotel talk and Des Moines enthusiasm for nature study and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Preemin-Tribuner
Taft
Protecting God's delivery horses from cruelty
Ruth Cameron urges readers to intervene when delivery horses are overworked. She proposes practical steps: order groceries promptly, speak to the delivery boy, and confront the employer to curb cruelty. The piece frames humane treatment as a public duty and a moral stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Wii
Tam
Madame
Ruth Cameron
Publication growth shown in census of printing and publishing
The thirteenth census reports broader growth in printing and publishing establishments from 1904 to 1909, with rises in total output, materials used, and employment. Monthly magazines show a slight decline in numbers and circulation, while dailies and weeklies rise. Maine and New York see notable circulation losses from ad supported titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Durand
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce and Labour
William M. Steuart
Maine
New York
May Suspend Polk County Supervisors Under Cosson Law
Des Moines December court action looms as Judge Charles S. Bradshin may suspend Polk County supervisors while the Commercial Club seeks their removal under the Cosson law. The removal statute allows suspension upon petition and supporting affidavits, with proceedings treated as equitable. The Cosson laws, pushed by George Cosson, reshape enforcement of criminal statutes in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Commercial Club
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Charles S. Bradshin
Iowa
Lindshaw
Cosson
George Cosson
Wis
Thirty-third General Assembly
Foley Kidney Pills Quick in Action and Results
An advertisement asserts Foley Kidney Pills cure kidney or bladder disorders within reach of medicine. It emphasizes rapid effectiveness and ends with the sign off H. W. Taggart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Onic
H. W. Taggart
Four Thousand Six Hundred Dollar Saloon License Bid
Summer Iowa license bids opened after five saloons were closed by the town council. Sealed bids were to determine the one allowed saloon license, but the license was issued to Wm Parrott amid deviations from the planned highest bid rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Parrott
Real estate transfers list Cedar Falls properties
Cedar Falls transfers include M Claire Rhodes to H A Cowan for lot 4 block 4 Normal addition $1.20. Silas Klingaman to J G Ronquest for lot 4 Jenney and Sedgewick subdivision $12,000. Elizabeth Kyler et al to Charles Kyler for land 15-90-13 $8,000. Kate Peterson to Pred Peterson land 21-89-12. Greenfield Building Co to Dy Knight for lot 1 block 2 Greenfield $1. W W Brittain to Charles Rouse for lot 397 Greenwood cemetery Cedar Falls $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk Co
M. Claire Rhodes
H. A. Cowan
Normal Addion
Cedar Falls
FE. Kyler
Chas
EB. Kyler
Silas Klingaman
J. G. Ronquest
Jenney
Elizabeth Kyler
Meilin's Food Promises Free Sample for Growing Babies
An advertisement urges parents to start Meolin's Food for babies not growing well and offers a free Meottin's Food sample upon request today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meilin
Meottin
Saloons Reopen After Bidding War Ends in New License
Local bids for a mulet license included Ernest Sack at 6808 and Charles A Mantz at 3931 with others at 3500. Sack’s bid was highest but not accepted as saloons close and Parrott saloon will reopen under Jah. 2 license amid county tax and fees. Rest on Earth verdict notes Woley’s Honey and Tur Compound as effective for a consumptive case, claims rapid relief and cure after three doses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sack
Chas. A. Mantz
Aug. Platte
Gustav Haas
R. J. Towell
Tracy
Woley
Foles
H. W. Taggart
Ballet Rehearsals Under D'Sousa Martins Direction
Ballet dancers rehearse three times weekly under Prof and Mrs D'Sousa Martin. Seven steps are studied by the youthful performers ahead of a 8 30 pm show before the king and queen of Mardi Gras. A separate notice withdraws debt liability for Matshal Obenchain, recalling an unwarranted publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
St. Margaret's Guild
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
D’sousa Martin
Mardi Gras
Cantata Repeated Monday by Union Congregational
At the request of many friends the Christmas cantata Santa's Little Boy will be repeated Monday evening at T2390 due to last Tuesday's severe storm. The Union Congregational Sunday school invites all to this pleasant musical and literary entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Congregational Sunday School
Card of Thanks From Mr and Mrs Johnson
We thank friends for kind words and sympathy during our son’s illness and death and for the beautiful floral tributes. G. E. Johnson and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Johnson
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Waterloo
W. H. Hartman Company
West Park Ave
John C. Hartman
A. W. Peterson
Sec-Treas
Tribune
Alfred B. Lukens
Chicago
Taene
A. Allen
Daily Counler
Feryear
Bs Mail
Courier
Telepahones
Qeerler
Europe
Forops
Waterloo Courier
London
Knom 7
Trafalgar
Northeumberland
American Express
G Baymarket
Dewe
Steamahip
Green Street
Paris
Boulevard Des Canacines
Comer Place
Opera
American Expresa Offes
Fertin
Unter den Linden
Peterabure
Netaky Prospekt
Ways and Means
Tari Board
Funoy
Big Frank
Lilian
Washington
Russia
Lillian Russell
Sefongeees
Spirit OF the
OWA Press
Aontent Ente
Burlingtom Gazette
Olden
Marshalstown
Norrest
Cedar Rapids
Sherman
Tassia
Shuster
Persia
Soa
Davenport
Ottumwa
Des Moines Register
Loader
WL. A. Covell, & Son
West Fourth Street
Cosson Daw Pits Authority Fi
Mands of Equity Court
C.M. Wray
M.D
First National Bank
Bim & Co
Hicks’ Capudine
Capudine
E. T. Jaynes
M. D
Franklin St
Mellin's Food
Meilin’s Food Co
Boston
Mass
Ralston
Lamson Building
Lof
Robert G. Dakin
East Fourth Street
Blua
DR. E. A. Want
C. D. Pedersen
Consolidated
Jefferson Street
DR. Bodwell
Waterloo Practica
Edgar
Knittle
Natl Bank
Walter M. Blowers
Nat'l Bank
F.C. Liffring
Lafayette
United States
R. V. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Prest
Buffalo
N.Y
DR. Pierce
Matshal Obenchain
U. S
Waterloo Savings Bank
Corner Bridge
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Hileman & Gindt
F.H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courier
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
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