Waterloo Cour ier and Reporter Miscellany Ad Rates
Advertises daily and weekly rates, mailing price outside city at 2.00 per year, classifies as second class mail, notes advertising copy rate 1 cent per word with a 16 cent minimum, offers contract specials, and lists offices in New York Philadelphia and Chicago. Includes publisher details W. H. Hartman Company and staff.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circusstone
W. H. Hartman Company
West Park Ave
Jones Hartman
A.W. Peterson
Treas
Gen. Mgr
Pont
Iowa
Ally
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Hasbrook, Story & Brooks, Mara
Iowa child welfare bill gains support amid Panama Exposition talk
The piece urges passage of a Iowa bill to establish a State Child Welfare Research Station at the university with a fifty thousand dollar annual appropriation. It notes Iowa’s strong turnout for the Panama Exposition and highlights suffrage activity in New Jersey and Massachusetts, while forecasting broad participation in the fair and civic projects.
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Iowa
US General Assembly
State of
State Board of Education
Luwally Og
State University
Board of Education
Waven
Graduate College
Said University
South Dakota
Senate
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Indiana
Eansg
Evelyn Case Highlights Risks to US Vessels Near Belligerent Coasts
The Evelyn, a United States steamer insured by the war risk bureau, sank off Germany, possibly due to a mine. Officials vow to investigate with Ambassadorial aid to determine responsibility and pursue damages, while debates over government ownership of ships intensify among Democrats, Socialists, and regional factions.
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Evelyn
Europe
United States
Germany
United States Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Washington
North Sea
Great Britain
Ireland
English
Daniels
Ambrasadors Page and
Gerard
Simmons
War Risk Bureau
Transcontinental Railroads Add Passenger Trains Westward
Prosperity drives rail expansion as two lines add New York to Pacific coast trains and a third boosts service. Over 106000 inquiries in ten days seek rates routes and other details, keeping railroad offices busy with interest.
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New York
Pacific Coast
Courierettes and Letters from K L Fagon
The column cites Billy Sunday claiming credit for closing Des Moines saloons while others deny involvement. An Iowa referee notes a $4,400 annual wage for a baby girl, and a cheeky note about the Kaiser heading to Helgoland elicits a polite, pained reply to a Dear Sir Edward letter.
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Billy Sunday
Des Moines
Iowa
Sir Edward
Venus as a night sky spectacle and planetary notes
A cursory look at Venus describes its size of about 160 carats in metaphor and notes it appears as a silvery disc amid dense clouds. It weighs differently on Venus, lacks moons or canals, and briefly mentions visibility from Earth and a rare transit across the sun with two past occurrences and a forecast for 2004.
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Venus
Aky
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Crateru
Moon
Vanus
William H. Taft
United States Vulnerable to Invasion Warns Magazine
A SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article excerpt argues the United States, despite vast wealth in lands, farms and factories, is vulnerable to invasion. It outlines hypotheticals of European powers landing 200000 troops near major cities and seizing forts, with America lacking sufficient defenses and reserves.
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United States
SCIEN
Ipic American
Fragments reflect on flags, politics and world events
A fragmented nondescript column cites Uncle Sam, Congress, and opposition to an exhibit funding. It notes Winston Churchill on sea freedom and remarks on William Jennings Bryan and a Kansas polyglot jailed for language use. Mentions Nevada silver, peat bricks in Sweden, and Sweden's wheat reserve.
The Cinematographs and Influence of Film on Society
The article contrasts theater and book imagination, arguing cinema as the cheapest, most direct form of theater with strong potential to educate and shape morals. It notes a Seattle inventor's life preserver and the New York barge canal’s dam count, and cites Brazil's 9,000,000 sacks of 132 pounds coffee production.
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Horace Bushnell
Brazil
Plumbers Trial Arguments Begin After Wooley Testimony
The plumbers trial in Des Moines resumed with two-hour arguments planned for each side. Key witnesses included William Wooley of Evansville, Indiana, and Iowa witnesses J. D. Blake Lloyd Tilson and R. H. Porter as defense seeks to frame the case around non member sales and white slips. Naval officers report new colored glass for detecting smokeless powder fumes and Argentina sells a government bond issue of 15.9 million dollars.
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Des Moines
Boyle
William Wooley
Evansville
Ind
Indiana Association
Wooley
Porter
Claude R. Porter
United States
National Association
Ohio
J. D. Blake
Rock Island
Association
Big House
Blake
Lloyd Tilson
Boone
Iown
Tilson
R. H. Porter
Knoxville
Iowa State Association
R. E B. Knauer
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Promises Lustrous Hair
An advert extols Parisian Sage as a home tonic to nourish roots, remove dandruff, and promote long, soft, thick hair with a delicate fragrance. It claims one application cleanses dust and oil, with Wahegler Bros. Co. selling it at local drug or toilet counters.
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Wahegler Bros. Co
A Little Chance to Prove Ourselves
The piece argues that chances come in small acts of effort. It cites Jellicos and Sidney B Williamson as examples of seizing a moment leading to big outcomes. Readers are urged to make the most of everyday opportunities and not wait for a grand occasion.
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la Follette
Congress
South
England
Leutenant
Jellios
Jellicos
Sidney B. Williamson
Panama Canal
Williamson
Colonel Goethals
Mussels Shoals Canal
Goethals
Fragmentary note on schooling and suffrage debate
The fragment mentions splendid schools leading to jobs like kinder gartening and library work. It recalls L. E. C. supporting women’s suffrage but unable to answer her husband’s claim that states with male voting show the privilege should be removed. It suggests a counterpoint about men’s voting states.
Boys Contest in Pork Production Celebrated in Iowa
Clement Miller of Jefferson county is declared best baby pork producer among Iowa boys and earns a ten day trip to Washington D C funded by Senator Joseph N Allen. Miller led district and state contests with ten pig project valued at 109 96 and a net profit of 48 08. District winners receive cash prizes while the event honors pig feeding, cost per pound, and a written enterprise story.
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Ames
Clement Miller
Jefferson County
Washington, D. C
Joseph N. Allen
Pocahontas County
Iowa
Allen
Agricultural Extension Department of the College At
Miller
Black Hawk County
Anthony Clemen
Dubuque County
Joseph Hamsmith
Elmer Breckenridge
Wright County
Bernard MecGeever
Harry Mathias
Agnes O'Hare
Louis Hanfelt
Louis Haupt
Branson Mathias
Lew W. Glessner
Bernard McMehan
Butler County
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief
An old ad claims Pape's Cold Compound cures a cold in hours without quinine. Dosing every two hours for three doses, it supposedly clears nasal congestion stops discharge and sneezing, eases throat and feverish symptoms, tastes pleasant, costs 25 cents, and requires no substitutes.
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Pape
Costa
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California
Patriouem
K. L. Fagon
Helgoland
Hoston
Usand
Maine
Canada
Atlantic
Utope
Uncle Sam
Altho Congress
Tomes
Tone Oasis
Winston Churchil
William Jennings Ian
Kansas
America
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Colorado
Sweden
Seattle
New York Barge Canal
Carl A. Anderson
W. H. Goad
Lyons
Mike Hurley
Iowa City
United States Naval
Argentina
BUTE
Cameros
Dexter Phelps
Jefferson
Quemesyas
Chuck
Dingase
D. Soap
Akin
Wangler Bros. Druggists
Western Union
O. K
THE
Western Union Telegraph CO
Wright
West Fourth Street
Grippe
Hollisters
Rocky Mountain
Helda
Wangler Bros. CO
Waterloo, Lowa
East Side
Citizens Gas and Electric CO
Byvank
Cali Up
Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue West
Tee
Sycamore Street
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