Waterloo Evening Courier and Tri Weekly Public Notices
The Waterloo Evening Courier issues advertising rates and circulation notes with foreign postings and offices in New York Chicago and Europe. A school campaign promotes respect for private property and city improvement. The move, if successful, should benefit the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOE
W. BH. Martnam
Park Avenue
Jems
Hanruan
Hdstor. & F. Perensox
Scc'y-Treas
Gen. Mgr
New York
Tribune
Alfied BR
Caicago
Tribune Building
W. Aflen
Evening Courier
Courier
Tofice
Faterloo
Waterloo
Cole Pripete
Europe
Waterloo Hyening
Ile
Bondone
Trafelgar Building
Northberland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Bteamanip
Paris
Boulevard Des Cepseines
Ace de Opera
Ue Scribe
Berlin
Nevsky
Arson as Cause of Major U S Fire Loss Says Collier s
A Collier s Weekly article claims Americans incur 250 million dollars annually in fire losses largely from arson and insurance fraud. It notes most fires are criminal, with losses tied to failing industries and insurance costs, warning that one crook endangers many honest insureds.
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Collier's Weekly
Europe
Bradstreet
Paris
New York
United States
Canada
United States Geological Survey
Collier's
Anomaly in Waterloo Property Trespass Cited
The article notes persistent trespassing on private property in Waterloo as a public and private nuisance. It laments the disregard for private property, cites erosion and wear on grass from froaging and corner wear, and questions why the issue was raised in February rather than earlier.
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Waterloo
Cameron
SNUFFED IN ITS INFANCY A WAKEFIELD TRAIL OF EDITORIAL SNIPPETS
A fragment from a historic newspaper column laments a childlike fire at the union depot slain by the Waterloo fire department. The piece mocks fines levied on Idaho editors, cites Shankland bill fears, praises a Davenport Times question on Champ Clark, and notes a county supervisor board pleasing wets and drys. It also mentions Hagerman Place and Westfield Galloway link, a Bernbrook laundry bill, and political job hunters.
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Wille
Union
Waterloo Fire Department
Idaho
Supreme Court
Theodore Roosevelt
Court House
Supreme Courts
Simple and Logical Iowa Press Fragments
A Davenport Times pledge argues roads should be run by seasoned hands not newcomers. Des Moines Tribune mocks a three reel film The Drunkard's Return. Burlington Gazette comments on voting rights for women to sustain family peace. Nes Moines Capital proposes a presidential term of two years and constant elections. Marshalltown Times-Republican critiques Brockway on road funding and public ridicule. Webster City Freeman-Tribune notes burden on public from workers’ deaths. Cedar Rapids Gazette mentions legislators bringing comedians among attendees in a session.
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Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
CIA General Public
Legislation Sparks Fashion and Finance Controversy
A Missouri legislator pushes a ban on backs of dresses with small buttons, mocking women’s attire. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald notes the District of Columbia loan bill sets a 2 percent monthly rate, seen as possibly excessive and not rooted in local business experience.
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Missouri
Dubuque
Efficient Shopper Guidelines From The Evening Chit Chat
Ruth Cameron argues for applying efficiency methods to shopping. She outlines rules to save time and energy, including preplanned lists, visiting shops in order, carrying items together, taking rests, avoiding hunger, wearing comfortable shoes, and using a vacuum cleaner model “Joe Raymond, 225 B. 5th St.”
Man-Killer Coupling Injures Freight Worker in Iowa
Iowa Falls report details Spe cially Ed Steffen a Rock Island freight brake man losing his left hand in a coupling accident at Morrison. He was badly injured including head trauma and the amputation about three inches above the wrist with his little finger also lost. He was engaged in a back-up coupling when caught in a man-killer type device.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Ed Steffen
Rock Island
Morrison
One Millage Tax Bill Proposed for State Highways
Des Moines reports the joint highways committee's plan for a four millage tax to fund permanent highways. The bill would set a state levy of one mill for good roads, with county funds spent locally unless directed otherwise by county boards, under county engineers and the state highway commission. Critics fear unequal county benefits. Former Governor Garst supports the one mill tax.
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Des Moines
Joint Highways Committee
Jones
Board of Supervisors
State Highway, Commission
Warren Garst
Cole
House
Iowa
Senate
Appropriation Committee
The Necessary Rigs And The Cost Of Moderation
A group in a large city discusses a “moderate income” of eight to ten thousand dollars a year and its impact on class divisions. They quote William James on fear of poverty among educated classes as a moral disease, contrasting modern comforts with rugged New England land settlement and the labor that built the nation.
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Colliers
Willian
James
New England
Deerfield
Mass
Maine
Portland
Canada
Modern Inventions and the Souvenir Card Mania
A humorous look at the souvenir postal card, praising its power to reconnect distant friends and replace guides, diaries, and secretaries. It mocks the fanatical traveler who gathers greetings from Leipsic to Nome, and notes the growing class split between those whose homes appear on cards and those who must hire photographers.
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Leipsic
Bangkok
Surinam
Terra del Fuego
Nome
Assuan
Culebra Cut
San Luis Obispo
East Sebago
Omsk
Hardihood and the modern view of marriage
The piece critiques today’s attitude toward life and family. It argues youths aim for luxury and comfort, with marriage seen as unlikely without wealth. It notes women refuse children and men avoid family life due to money, urging a return to vigor and outdoor effort.
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Hardihood
Movement Back to the Iron of Fe
A movement speaks of returning to iron discipline and steady labor. It emphasizes stern work, endured pain, and life’s rigors as a wholehearted, disciplined path.
Real Estate Transfers Record From Black Hawk Co
United States transfers land in section 34 township 87 range 11 to William C Stanbery and others then Stanbery to John Smeltzer in the same section Clarence D Marquis to Emma H
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
United States
William C. Stanbery
W.C. Stanbery
John Smeltzer
Clarence D. Marquis
Emma H
Waterloo real estate transfers list from 1900s entries
Listings show multiple Waterloo parcels selling to named buyers. Xoerner on lot 8 block 6 Ham ell Hurd addition to Mary Alta Glessner. C J Fox to Mary Alta Glessner for lots 259 260 Pleasant View addition. Harry B Lusch and co to themselves for part of lot 4 block 9 Hayes addition. Love Alford to Hang Wilkins lot 1 block 2 Alford addition Waterloo. Leonor Patterson Christie to O F Teeter part of lots 1 2 block 31 original plat Waterloo for 15500. C F Teeter to John B Williams part of lots 1 2 block 81 original plat West Waterloo for 1. Michael Toomey to Christian Olsen lot 17 Norris addition Cedar Falls for 1.
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C. J. Fox
Mary Alta Glessner
Pleasant View
Waterloo
Harry B. Lusch
Hayes
Love Alford
Wilkins
Alford
Leonor Patterson Christie
F. Teeter
C. F. Teeter
John B. Williams
West Waterloo
Michael Toomey
Christian Olsen
Norris
Cedar Falls
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Hagerman Place
Westfield and
Galloway
Davenport Times
Champ Clark
Bernbrook
Berney
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
Davenport
Des Moines Tribune
Burlington Gazette
Nes Moines
Brockway
Marshalltown Times-Republican
County Boards of Supervisors
Freak Hills
Cedar Rapids Gazette
State Legislaturon
Ruth Cameron
Joe Raymond
B. 5Th St
Joint Highway Committee
Dr. Pierce
Trolden
Medicine A
World's Diependary Medical Association
Duffalo, N
Royal Baker & Astry Cook
Royal Baking Powder
Ev SY. Pere
A Ank
Waterloo Savings Bank
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Box Canoy
Lafayette Building
4Th St
Toleno
A. Lucas
Franx J. Chexey
Ty Senice
F. J. Catngr & Co
Coledo
HaLl
Fran J. Cheney
A.W. Gleason
Noraay Poeune
F. J. Cheney & CO
Ralston
Bulding Modern
M. Wray
M. D
Natl Bank
Dr. C. A. Waterbury
Tussell- Lamson
Brem
E. T. Jaynes
Black Bawk
Franklin St. Houra
C. D. Pedersen
Consolidated Phone
Jefferson Street
Robert G. Dakin
Blue Waterloo
Carl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
West Fourth
F. C. Liffring
Lafayette
DE. Gerrit J. Bennett
Elmwood and
Western
DR. Bodwell
Osteopathic
Waterloo Practica
I. W. Bouldin, M. D
Crystal Theady
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