Waterless Evening Courier front and business info
Waterless Evening Courier published daily minus Sunday by W L Hartman Co. at 2939-15 West Park Ave Waterloo Iowa. John C Hartman president, A L Peterson treasurer and general manager. Rates: daily by carrier, weekly price, annual mail subscriptions Iowa four dollars, outside Iowa nine dollars. Published second class, associated press member, public notices, advertising rules and rate details. Bureau offices in Washington New York Philadelphia Chicago Story Brooks Finley representatives.
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Women Fight Suffrage Sparks Iowa Opposed Group Row
The Iowa Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage argues against the federal amendment citing state rights and past voting results in New York. It points to 23 percent turnout gains by upstate women and 74 percent Tammany increases, warning of broader political upheaval if national female suffrage passes. Col. William Jennings Bryan expresses a rare measured pleasure at a Democratic caucus stance opposing military training.
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Iowa Association
David B. Henderson
Dupuque
Walter J. Sayes
Clinton
Margaret Dolliver
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
United States of America
New York
Upstate
New York City
Tammany Machine
William
Jennings Bryan
Spain
House of Representatives
Col. Bryan
Col Bryan's War Views and Early 20th Century Debate
A reflective column citing Col. Bryan as a former Spanish-American War officer who opposed prewar mobilization yet supported full wartime effort once engaged. It compares his forecasts to actual outcomes, notes press caricatures, and touches on Japanese-Chinese trade shifts and looming social tensions amid influenza fears and a crown prince's wartime telegram to Wilson.
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Uncle Sam
Orient
Japan
China
Europe
America
Wilson
The Moving Peak Prices Challenge in Council Bluffs
The Nonpareil notes rising prices frustrate shoppers as the peak of cost keeps shifting. An English airplane engine of recent construction is described as 1,000 horsepower in the report, highlighting industrial progress amid price volatility.
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Council Bluffs
Gastritis and vegetarian diet questions discussed
Health talks by Dr John B Auber cover causes of gastritis including poor eating habits cooking quality and alcohol. The piece lists foods and diet questions, notes nonmedical advice and invites readers to mail questions or request diagnosis.
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John B. Auber
Friend Wife By Roe Pulkeron
Imogen aids Billy Sands in a scheme to win a girl from his church via theater seats and anonymous tickets. The plan collapses when the target brings a tall, sunburned man. The cousin, a mining engineer, is revealed, and Imogen hints at arranging an introduction during church work.
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Billy Sands
Imogens
Bill
Andrew
Binl
Love
Iack
Billy
Jack Johnson
Imogene
Tam
The Sandman Story by MRB F A Walker
Mrs Mouse with three babies finds an old shoe to sleep in while she hunts for food. Mr Mouse, lazy and predatory, tries to eat the babies. Mrs Mouse confronts him with force, driving him away. He vows to beg food while she stays home to care for the children. She laments her meekness and wishes she had boxed his ears sooner.
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Mouse
Tie
Mr.Mouse
Mrs. Mouse
Pockets Full of Money and Fragments From a Local Page
A collage of verse about money and love by Frank L. Stanton, interleaved with garbled fragments and stray notes. The text includes provisional verdict humor, scattered scientific questions, and stray captions, yielding a mosaic of unrelated items and unfinished entries. The readable portions center on money as a motif and a few stray, nonsensical inserts from a page.
Fragments on Time and Jails Reflect Street Wit
A fragmentary quip notes people ask what time it is when they look at a watch. It then argues empty jails stem from drinkers escaping capture until police can intervene.
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Anybuddy
Poincare Family Bravery Noted In French Leader’s Visit
Raymond Poincare, president of the French republic, toured the Longwy district. Near Longwy, Thionville carries a Poincare tradition of family bravery. In 1793, during a siege, a Thionville commander and ancestor of the Poincare line displayed a wooden horn and hay truss on the battlements to mock the besieging duke of Brunswick, signaling readiness to surrender once fodder was eaten.
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Raymond Poincare
Longwy
Thionville
Fortreas
Poincare
Duke of Brunswick
Thionvilla
Pyramid or Piles Treatment Free Trial Appeal
An old advertisement copy invites readers to try a free trial treatment for pile relief, promising many saved from operations. It urges mailing a coupon to receive the trial and questions why readers have not yet tried the pyramid method.
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Pyramid
Pyramid Drug Company
Marshall
Mich
Nature Notes Questioning British Birds and Wheat Climates
Nature Notes asks whether British birds are more prolific than local species, and questions which regions of the country underperform in wheat and how this affects population health. It notes a wild vine that pleases one eye yet offends another, hinting at tomorrow’s column.
Klass snake myth explained by eyewitness tale
The article describes a popular belief of a creature called the klass snake said to split into pieces to evade foes, then reassemble. It notes a small factual basis from witnesses in the West, clarifying the legend that the creature is not a snake but a common enemy of Imblass Heard.
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Dia
Council Bluffs
Lord Grey
IOWA EDITORS ON Factional Fights and Cummins
Iowa editors discuss a fading factional fight for the senatorship with no clear backing for any candidate. Across papers from Anamosa to Davenport, delegates emphasize unity over factional squabbles, while highlighting the risk of aiding the Democrats in the next election. Other items mock sport pages, comment on press scarcity, and note a Minnesota judge permitting candid language in domestic work.
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Anamosa Hureka
Cummins
Democratic Party
Towa
Easy Pine Cough Remedy You Can Make at Home
Pine cough syrups blend pine with sugar syrup or honey. Use 2 1/4 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle with homemade syrup, or substitute molasses, honey, or corn syrup. The mixture claims quick relief in 24 hours for coughs, bronchial issues, and throat ailments, with Pinex praised as a potent pine extract from Norway pine.
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Pinex
The
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
A Sister’s Advice From a Cold Cure Exchange
A fragment from a domestic exchange shows a sister advising on cold remedies and road travel challenges. Harry debates treatment as he faces a sickness while on the road and the sister prescribes Wée Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets, noting their efficacy and urging timely action.
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Warran
Harry
Bsth
Sam
Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey remedy promotes relief
SNIFFLES SNEEZES HOARSE WHEEZES are described as eased by Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. The tonic is praised as a non experimental cough and cold remedy offering speedy relief from phlegm congestion inflammation and throat irritation. Prices listed include 30c 60c and 1.20.
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Dr. Bell
Housands
Tobacco Habit Danger Ad Promotes Nicotol Tablets
A dated advertisement features Dr Connor from Johns Hopkins warning that tobacco causes fatal diseases. It touts Nicotol tablets as an easy remedy and promises drugstore use with a money back guarantee. The ad urges reading a forthcoming detailed notice on nicotine poisoning.
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Doctor Connor
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Conner
Olive Tablets Offer Quick Constipation Relief
Dr. Edwards promotes Olive Tablets as a calomel substitute for constipation and torpid liver. The sugar coated olive colored tablets are a gentle tonic that stimulate bowel and liver function without harsh effects. People report relief from dark mouth bad breath dull feeling and headache with nightly use at 10c and 20c.
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