Death and Congress Dominates Rural Ledger
The paper discusses death tolls among U S senators and representatives since the Fifty-sixth Congress, noting many have died or left office. It contrasts Iowa’s strong congressional history with broader fatality trends and argues for farmers to adopt businesslike farming methods to gain influence and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States Senate
Penn- Islvania
Lodge
Massachusetts
Nelson
Minnesota
MecCumher
North Dakota
Culberson
Texas
Warren
Wyoming
Belsissippi
Senate
Chauncey M. Depew
Iowa
Mindis
Haugen
D. B. Henderson
Lacey
Hepburn
Dolliver
Consing
Hull
Cousins
House
William
Allison
Washington
New Year Social Customs Rise In Waterloo Plans
The article urges revived New Year calling as a sociable custom for 1923, praising visits with calls and gifts, while noting hosts should present fine cards and dress well. It also compares efforts to cost-cutting moves by Pennsylvania Railroad and Col Dawes in Washington, plus broader views on neighborliness and public finance.
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V. H. Hartman Co
West Pare Ave
John C. Hartman
Dilter
AW. Paterson
Treas
Gen'l Mes
Carrie
Cenu
Mat
Lee
Waterlos
Associated Press
Associated Presa
Cope
Dougherty
Washington, D. C
Correspa
New York
Philadelphi Ra
Los Angeles
San F
Janeisca
Stom, Brooks & Vintey
Rep's
Waterloo
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Col. Dawes
Iowa
Pennsylvania Railway
Ally Works
Trusa
The Jocund Centenarian Health Talk Recalls Longevity Theories
Dr John B Huurter discusses ideas on extreme lifespan and Buffon’s estimates. The piece cites thinkers who pegged human longevity around twenty years of development and natural death at five times longer, with anecdotes of unusual habits and vegetarian claims linked to long life.
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Jlaller
Alsa Button
Hacen
Tauvary
Ona
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier 1872 Nostalgia
A lurid jumble of reminiscences and local notes from Waterton County recounts New Year hospitality at George W. Barnes’s home, old timers, a tattoo removal query, school and county officials, marriage notices, drought talk, and obituaries including Mrs. Lydia Ackley aged 93.
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Charles Mr. Young
George W. Young
Jesup
Highland Parks College
Des Moines
Lydia Ackley
Jilla Ackley
Local Prosperity and Social Turmoil Spark a Watery Era
A glimpse of Waterloo’s 1382 prosperity cites 26 manufacturing firms and growing blocks while a domestic dispute engulfs the family circle. Dialogue reveals Sylvia’s resistance to Dolly’s stay and a looming divorce. Other notes mention J S Glover expanding to Hamp ton with H D Williams as manager, and M T Owens elected county attorney.
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Waterloo
Local notes and shifts in business and society
A mix of brief items notes 20 years of building improvements totaling 1 619 943 dollars Dr G G Bickley reports health gains in California J O Miller travels to Europe to study music Kingsley and Lathrop buy out Murray and Slade stores to merge in new enterprise Hawkeye Telephone plans toll line between Independence Waterloo and Cedar Falls An agent collected Waterloo exchange dues The piece also references personal anecdotes, courtship, and contested separations with dialogue and social events including Lambert George and Betty plans and local figures Lovejoy opens Osage law office and Waterloo Jackson Day celebration Councilmen Byrnes and Schetzer travel to the Gulf of Mexico Cornell College students back to study and a bicycle style car repaired and seen about town
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Hawkeye Telephone Company
Indeendence
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Waterloo Exchange
Afterthoughts on New Year and social change in early 20th century
A reflective piece surveys attitudes toward events and public figures while recounting a serialized drama about George Morton, Sylvia Planter, and Lambert Planter. The narrative traces love, ambition, class, and moral consequences amid a chaotic postwar era.
Iowa Editors Gall Farmers Conference
Experts say the Cedar Rapids Republican notes a drive to aid farmers amid low prices. President Harding urges a national farmers conference via Secretary Wallace, expected before month’s end, to discuss strengthening agricultural and manufacturing sectors.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Harding
Wallace
FRIEND WIFE By ROB F LIKERSON
A talkative couple recount Jennie Mankin’s recovery from rheumatism and hair loss after failed city doctors. Her rural father’s horse liniment and a simple diet prompt her dramatic improvement, prompting crude jokes about cures. The dialogue reveals tone and era.
Abe Martin recounts a holiday tale of a missing necktie
In Abe Martin style the tale notes that Binkley was robbed of $11 last night after a neighborly Christmas snub. The piece wryly reflects on lingering resentments and forgotten holiday generosity.
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Binkley
Chriatmus
Correct English Do Not Say It Is a Most Tragic Affair
A fragmentary note compares phrases about social behavior and character through repeated lines. The text discusses language mistakes and contrasts terms like different from and than, and mentions initiation into secret societies. It reads as a set of example sentences about wording and tone.
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Ife
Coming Home Theme Reflected In A Song Fragment
The excerpt repeats the refrain She ll be coming home some day as a speaker recalls a missing loved one. Vivid images show an empty chair, flowers, her smile, and the heartbeat heard in the stairway. The speaker endures hope as dawn approaches and believes she will return.
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A. T. Weatherwax
Tate
Marine
Ayvey-Jaivan
Ught
Aweel
Lessons From Firearm Carelessness In Iowa Hunting Season
A Marshalltown Times-Republican opinion column warns that loaded guns cause needless tragedies. It stresses not loading behind firing lines, removing shells before transport, and enforcing caution to prevent accidental shootings in fields and homes. The piece urges calm, responsible handling to avoid deadly outcomes.
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Marshalltown
Republican
Trantte Witherlef
Iowa
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers for Readers
Readers ask about muskrats litter size keeping mud turtles, linnet identification, and mosquito biting roles. Nature Notes explains female mosquitoes bite while males feed on juice, fish parasites inhabit skin and gut, and how to manage canaries and lovebirds with rough bark and sandpaper to aid bills and claws.
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California
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Fatin
Atlanta
Satin Bureau
Ifa
Bnal
Astead
India
England
Vritain
Ireland
Tlinois
Mle
Centre College
Danville
Texas Agriculturists
John B. Huurer
A. M
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Courier
George W. Barnes
Afr
Barnes
Beasthstone
Waterton Wear
B. F. Hood
A. C. Sfood
Fies Imma Harbin
Misa Martha Virden
Truman Steed
Whoeland
County Agricultural Society
Ile
Ofice
Masonic Fraternity
F. M. Willams
Marek
Dubuque
Ft. Ae
Marshall A. Ruge
Mary B. Redfield
A. G. Sherhart
Huber
George
Lambert
Sylvia
Dall
Betty
Byivia
Bylvia
Dolly
Appeatrances
Georges
George Glane
Vedge
J. S. Glover
Hel
Hampton
Ja. H. DL Williams
M. T. Owens
Ladies’ ‘Literary Society
State University of Iowa
F. G. Eddy
Bright Young Barrister
B. Willams
May Harrison
Mary P. Edgerton
M. Ricker
G. G. Bickley
J. O. Miller
Europe
R. M. Kingsley
Frank Lathrop
Bravery
J. A. Murray
George R. Slade & Co
Slade
Gourier
Bisa
Dalrymple
A. B. Lovejoy
Osage
James Byrnes
J. N. Schetzer
Gulf of Mexico
Otho
Mabel Ferris
Cara Bunn
Cornell College
George B. Miler
A. Lupton
Wadsworth Camp
Doubleday, Page & Co
Sprout
Wman
France
Weathest
Greenland Ranch
Death Valley
Cal
Tan
Tay
Davenport and Groen
York
Gotham
Tommy O'Connor
Piter An
Treasury Department
Niles
Pranklin
Adams
New York World
Bert
Leston Taylor
F. P. AL
Sxnopsis
George Morton
Princeton
Goodhue
Wall Street
Fenge
Dalrympie
Gorge
Nero
Morton
Gize
Oakmont
Wandell
Wandel
Mear East
Proseuy
Lable
Friend Wife
Rob F. Likerson
Jennie
Magene
Andrew
Imogene
Doctor Jones
Jennie Mankin
Imopene
al Binst
New Hampshire
Cratt
Abe Martin
Frank L. Stanton
Aod Ou
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Wlflin Co
Conyright
Nature Notes Dept
Sam Lornet
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