La Porte City News Budget Highlights Local Social Mix
In La Porte City on February 13, various items fill the page. Mr and Mrs J W Chapman travel to Mason City after visiting Mrs Chapman's mother Mrs Jennie Foulk. A N Kalb leaves for Oklahoma City to visit family and a sister in Frederica. Louie Schrieber acts as agent during his absence. Mrs L J Tutt heads to Chicago for spring millinery purchases for Misses Maud and Mable Longaker who own the millinery parlor. Clark Hoyt returns from Minnesota with Mrs Hoyt. their friend Miss Mattie Meritt remembered as a former local. J O Burgess home sold to Hugh Salmon with possession March 1. Several families noted for travels, illnesses and visits. A cooperative grain company planned to build a grain elevator on the W C F N line. A missionary program at German Evangelical Church features Mrs W H Langlas from Waterloo. Wedding news includes Flora Haehlen and Walter Messner. Local church activities, illnesses, and civic updates mark the gentler pace of the week.
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la Porte City
J. W. Chapman
Mason City
Kalb
L. J. Tutt
Chicago
Maud
Mable Longaker
Dora Shimer
Nation
Clark Hoyt
Minnesota
Geo. Klock
Elgin
Fayette
J. Wilson
C. P. Strohm
J. D
Jesup
J. O. Burgess
Third and
Maple Streets
Hugh Salmon
J. G. Benn
Miss Grace
M. C. Garman
Benn
Denver
Colo
Washington
Charles
la Porte
Vinton
Nellie Wyrick
Traer
Miss Firestone
Beal
Walnut
Charles Rees
Mt. Auburn
Fairview
Bruce Township
Dtikes
Korea
Presbyterian Church
Wade Koons
Koons
Marta Evatts
Fort Dodge
L. A. Booth
Savanna
Ill
H. J. Connell
Young People’s Alliance
German Evangelical Church
Herbert Anton
W. N. Smith
Remarkable remedy S S S touted as blood purifier
An advertisement extols S S S as a powerful blood remedy that penetrates to all body tissues within minutes. It claims to cleanse muscles joints and nerves, relieve rheumatic pain, and be a pure vegetable infusion. The Swift Laboratory notes its availability at one dollar per bottle and offers expert advice from Atlanta, Georgia.
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Great Swift Laboratory
Swift
Atlanta
Bankers Meet Arranged for Waterloo Banquet
Invitations go to 176 Iowa banks for the annual Iowa Bankers association banquet in Waterloo on February 22 with events at Ellis Hotel and Waterloo Club Rooms. Committee members set meeting places and schedules for the Washington's Birthday gathering, expecting delegates from nine counties in this branch.
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Iowa
Courier
Chamber of Commerce
Pinkerton Hall
Ellis' Hall
Washington
Ellis
State Bankers’ Organization
The Great Divide at Waterloo Saturday
Patrons of the Waterloo are promised a treat on Saturday both matinee and night with The Great Divide by William Vaughn Moody. The American play, set in Arizona, is a love story kept in breathless interest. Mr. Primrose provides a complete scenic production and an elegant cast.
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William Vaughn Moody
Arizona
Rapid Parcel Delivery starts in Waterloo
A new motorcycle messenger service, Rapid Parcel Delivery, is established in Waterloo with headquarters at 404 West Fourth Street. Manager Frank W. Bishop says the firm will deliver messages and parcels quickly across the city, meeting a local need for hurried service. Phone 1740 listed for Blim & Co. coal also noted.
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West Fourth Street
Frank W. Bishop
Waterloo
Wiley Declares War on Objectionable Advertising
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley denounces objectionable newspaper advertising especially nostrums as a threat to public health and calls for sweeping reform within twelve to fifteen years. He cites samples, praises campaigns for clean ads, and criticizes Roosevelt while advocating stronger labeling and regulation of patent medicines.
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Minneapolis
Milan
Harvey W. Wiley
University Club
Theodore Roosevelt
Wiley
Atence
Nostrums
New York
Carl L. Alsberg
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Ay~ Wewlure
Harvey Wiley
Association of Manufacturers of Medicinal Products
Alsberg
Tully
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
The Good Lord Made Them All Quote Highlight
Ida M. Tarbell’s The Business of Rained Woman notes a line about the old lady who condemns craps, saying life is dear to them as to anyone, reflecting on morality and chance.
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Ida M. Tarbell
Johnson to Face Trial February Fifteenth
Chicago February 12 The white slave case against Jack Johnson the heavyweight champion will be called for trial before Federal Judge Carpenter February fifteenth in Chicago.
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Chicago
Jack Johnses
Car Ipenter
Noted Call to Unify Efforts Against a Nuisance Mouse
The speaker urges complete cooperation with the Bureau of Chemistry to stamping out an evil mouse. He emphasizes using every lawful means and calls for a clear understanding and joint effort with gentlemen to work for the common good.
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Bureau of Chemistry
Democrats Hope to Land Nominee at Bremer-Butler Race
Nick Reed, chairman of the Iowa Democratic state central committee, arrived in Waverly to oversee the senatorial campaign in Bremer-Butler district. He opened headquarters at the Mortner house with county committeemen and supporters aiding Democratic nominee F. P. Hagermann. The piece notes unprecedented Democratic enthusiasm in the roval era. Also reported Farm Home Burned: the Knott home, owned by United States Marshal Ed Knott’s son Fred Knott, was destroyed by fire while the family dined, with only a few dining room items saved.
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Fred Knott
United States
Ed. Knott
Licensed to Wed Unclear Waterloo Couples
A notice lists marriages or licenses involving Charles A Burk Hazel F Oman L James Creach Florence M Brode Harry B Decker Ella Hamburger Karl Greany Hazel Huisman John E Wandorf Bertha M Poduska across Waterloo Grundy Center Wellsburg Marshalltown with ages noted for Poduska and others. The fragment references multiple individuals and towns connected to a licensing or wedding context.
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Charles A. Burk
Waterloo
Hazel F. Oman
James Creach
Florence M. Brode
Harry B. Decker
Ella Hamburger
Karl Greany
Grundy Center
Hazel Huisman
Wellsburg
John E. Wandorf
Marshalltown
Bertha M. Poduska
Free Book On Hypnotism By Herbert L. Flint
Hypnotist Herbert L. Flint announces a remarkable book on hypnotism magnetism and magnetic healing. It is offered free for a limited time to anyone sincerely interested in these sciences, based on years of practice and many trained subjects. Learn secrets of hypnotism and personal magnetism at home free.
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Herbert L. Flint
Flins
Hypnotism Book Promises Vast Mind Powers
An advertisement for a free book by Herbert La Filet from Cleveland Ohio claims Hypnotium can strengthen memory, raise confidence, influence others, cure bad habits and insomnia, and unlock telepathy and clairvoyance. It asserts Flint, a famed hypnotist, guarantees results and offers the book by mail with no payment required.
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Flint
Herbert la Filet
Cleveland
Qhin, and Son
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Laporte
W. H. Langlas
Harold Unger
Mary Bradfield
Roy Ashley
Andrew Clark
L.A. Bannister
Henry Stirm
H. H. Scout Farm
F.E. Walling
Yukon
Foley
Ellis Hotel
Ellis’ Hall
And
Blim & Co
Roosevelt
Telly
Dr. Wiley
Sugar Trust
Archie
Virginia
Taft
Congress
Supreme Court
Harlan
White House
Dr. Wiler
Pat
Fac Johnson
Democrats
P. Hagermann
Waver
Harman Coal Co
Flints College
USA
Paul Davis
Waterloo Evening Courier
Lel
Wool Charlies
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