Advertising and travel notices in era newspaper
The fragment shows an old canny paper note with advertising rates and distribution. It lists European travel locations for The Western Courier and American Express offices in London Paris Berlin and Petersburg, indicating a broad international reach and rate notices.
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Europe
Wsterion Courier
Als
London
Trafalgar Building
Northermberland Avenue
American Express
Sand & Heymerket
Dawe
Steamabin
Green ‘Rest
Paris
Foulevard Des Canacines
Comer
Flace de l'Opera
Te Feribe
Berlin
Unter den
The Hold Over Paper
The Hold Over Paper serves Waterloo readers with Saturday edition recapped for Sunday digest.
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All Waterloo
Taft Returns in Political Drama Ahead of Convention
The Taft camp defends his bid to remain a candidate through the Republican convention, arguing a strong return despite pressure from Roosevelt and Osborn. The paper weighs whether his stance reflects patriotism or personal ambition, urging a timely, decisive move.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Osborn
Michigan
la Follette
Republican Party
Rooggevei
Court calendar swamped in Wack Hawk county slows cases
The January term opens with many cases postponed from September term and only about two thirds of the docket assigned this week. A lengthy murder trial is expected for February as the court seeks relief. Three remedies are proposed: add a third judge, establish a superior court with similar jurisdiction, or other options to handle cases promptly.
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Wack Hawk
Bansier
Supreme Bench
Supreme Judge
Judge Ransier
Independence
Ransier
Supreme Court
Bar Association of
Runsier
Friends of the Independence
District court faces judge shortage as county grows
The piece argues Black Hawk county may need another judge to handle rising court volume and avoid backlogs as the city expands, suggesting a branch to maintain up-to-date judicial service. It notes possible regional expansion and temporary onside judges until calendar cleared.
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Wihout
Black Hawk County
Spirit of the Iowa Press and political chatter
A compilation of editorial snips from Spirit of the Iowa Press and Des Moines Capital discuss Sen Cummins as a presidential candidate, a move to balance Taft with progressive ideas, and a Des Moines group planning a push against tipping as extortion in service fees.
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Chomlas Chuures
Puhuque Teteeraph-llerald
Town
Cummins
New York
Taft
la Follette
Des Moines
The Cost of Living and Political Views Across Iowa
A collage of newspaper excerpts critiques on the rising cost of living, Taft and his allies, and the Iowa farming call. It notes a Cincinnati butcher’s take, praise for Geo. W. Slacke’s experience, Taft’s need for wiser friends, and a Mason City Times message urging young people to return to farming for prospects and prosperity.
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Council Bluffs
Cincinnati
Clarke and
Holden
Cedar Falls
Geo. W. Slacke
Iowa
Senate
Yowa
Kalden
Peovernor
Mason City
America
Witty Fragments Parade In Quaint Newspaper Snips
A collage of humorous clippings shows satirical exchanges about marriage gifts and domestic life. Light jests reference a wife’s influence, gift swaps in department stores, and a tender husband after long marriage, alongside a bath detail from a British diplomat in Washington.
Epigrams for Investors by James T. B. Clews
A compact financial note argues it is wiser to accept moderate income than risk principal. It cautions readers to study deeds on railroad issues and notes that bond tilts mislead. A strong junior mortgage may beat a weak first mortgage. A company stands or falls with its weakest mortgage. If interest can be met.
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James TB. Clews
Corporate finance principles on mortgage payments and solvency
The text argues that regular charges imply no default in principal payments and notes that corporate mortgages are often extended or replaced. It contrasts sinking funds with modern finance, and suggests a company earning double its fixed charges is strong, while lacking a safe margin over fixed charges signals weakness.
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School of Finance
Ignoring salacious literature ends its rise
Ruth Cameron argues that the only effective method to curb decadent and salacious magazines is to ignore them. Do not buy or discuss them, she warns, as public attention fuels their spread and power.
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America
Women of America
Ruth Cameron
Packers Merger Plans Spark Government Antitrust Scrutiny
The Chicago meat packers shifted from a one billion to a half billion dollar trust and delayed action after Wall Street talks. Publicly valued assets hovered near 800 million, while real property remained unchanged. The government charges the packers with price fixing, territorial division, and profit sharing through disguises to restrain trade, arguing the attempted merger shows their intent to violate the Sherman Act.
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Derlirsiadi
Minneapolis Journal
Chicago Packers
Wall Street
Pooh Bah
Motherhood Comfort Promised by Mother’s Friend
A vintage advertisement touts Mother’s Friend as an oily external emulsion aiding expectant mothers through pregnancy and after birth. It claims to ease the familiar pains, prepare the system for labor, and speed postnatal recovery, urging readers to buy from drug stores and request a free informational book from REGULATOR CO. Atlanta.
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Regulator CO
Atlanta
John C Busby recalls early Iowa days and frontier life
Independence Iowa January 4 1912 John C Busby editor of Courier recalls Buena Vista Clayton county stories from 1856. He describes Indian help with flour and corn meal panther wolves wild game cradles of grain wagon life husking bees dances and rough thieving bands.
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Iowa
Buena Vista
Clayton County
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Mike Tyrrell
Towa
John CG. Busby
Independence, Ja
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Promoted as Grippe Cure
An advertisement warns of la grippe's pneumonia risk and touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as relief. R. B. Fisher of Washington Kansas reports severe grippe cured after using three bottles, urging readers to get the genuine yellow package.
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Foley
R. B. Fisher
Washington
Kas
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Daily Courier
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Alfred Teunyoén Dickens
Waterloo
Thenglish
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Samuel Gompers
En American Federation of Labor
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State Central Committee
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Coliseum
God Almighty
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Spirit OF the
Iowa Press
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Bewe
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Indiana
Washington Herald
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Trarrowell
Philadelphia Record
Ulysse
Alice Jones
Alysse Jones
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San Francise Argonaut
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India
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IGWA
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Rumford
Waterloo Savings
Commercial Street
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Savings Bank
Emmons J. E. L. Johnson
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E. T. Jaynes
Black Hawk
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Robert G. Dakin
East Fourth Street
Phono
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Walter M. Blowers
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F. C. Liffreng
Osteopathic
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