Whose Counsel Is Heeded Aims at Treaty Debate
The piece weighs in on the peace treaty battle in the Senate. It contrasts Mr. Bryan’s push for immediate compromise with President Wilson’s stance and Senate leaders. It notes party dynamics and cites the Republican-led extra session’s efficiency and the large budget cuts credited to their policies.
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Bryan
Senate
Bryany
Benjamin Franklin
Mr. Bryan
Ben Franklin
John Barleycorn
Wilson
Lodge
Jeader
Congress
Wils
Wil- Run
Lish
Republican Congress
Democratic Congress
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier January 13 1870
A summary from the 1870 issue notes D. W. Cauley, a 31 year old man from Dubuque, inherits $8000 from a New York letter. News recounts delays and snowbound travel of J. W. Logan, a freight train stuck near Alden, and passengers remaining until Saturday. Also mentions Dr. Jesse Wasson’s biographical sketch, a cold snap easing to milder weather, ice harvesters at risk, a large county safe costing $1900, Henry Stephens selling pork worth $1306, and a sudden death of William W. Miller aged twenty.
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D. W. Cauley
Dubuque
New York
J. W. Logan
Fort Dodge
Alden
Yains
Republicans Aim to Answer What Have They Done
The piece notes that critics ask what Republicans have achieved and predicts a future surge of voices defending party actions. It suggests Republicans may respond with renewed vigor and call attention to their accomplishments.
Wood nomination talk dismissed as tommy rot says Gen Wood
The author argues Gen Wood would resign if nominated by Republicans at Chicago and compares his military record to Col Bryan. A Fayette county woman predicts weather via Old Christmas and Old New Year dates, claiming a 405 day mild pattern. The Rabia state legislature approved river dredging to expedite railroad access and politics.
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Wood
Tommy Rot
Chicago
Bryan
San Francisco
Gen. Wood
Wiliam J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Coronel
Democratic
Ital
Fayette County
Greene County
Washington Idea as Residence Recurs in Letters
A letter writer recalls plans to move to Washington but faced issues delaying the decision. The author expresses fondness for a white house near a monument and treasury building, and notes renewed thoughts about Washington as a desirable place to reside.
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Treasury
Washington
Health Talks and Local News From Waterloo 1880
Forty years ago Hon Lore Alford of Waterloo named speaker of the town representatives in a Republican nomination. Railroad plans to build a new Waterloo depot next summer are reported. Obituary notes Old Black Hawk dies in East Waterloo township. Hypnotism discussed as limited medical value and risks. Hearing restoration via eardrum hole discussed. Plymouth shireh pens auction results. Buchanan county officers salaries fixed. Readers invited to send questions to Dr John B Huber care of this newspaper.
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Lore Alford
Waterloo
Bouge
Alford
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Zimrt Streeter
Courier
Old Black Hawk
Thomas Dodson
New York
Congregational Church
Elger
Fisidow
Buchanan
Clark
Soeimunls
Chile
John B Huber
Two Decades Past In Brief Local Notes
Twenty years ago on January 16 1900 Miss Fanny Joyner wed J Tf Meyerson. Funeral services were held for Mrs John Gall of Cedar Falls born in Cooke County. Bert Edwards wounded by accidental shotgun discharge. Mrs C A Bishop of Des Moines dies of pneumonia at 47. Hoover named cashier of First National Bank Slayton Minnesota. J H Leavitt and Chester Murdock mentioned on bank board.
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John Gall
Cedar Falls
Cook Eounts
Bert Edwards
L. J. Edwards
Iran
Hoover
First National Bank
Slayton
Minn
J. H. Leavitt
Chester Murdock
Mr. Hoover
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Friend Wife By Roe Fulkerson
Imo gene notes on a banquet flashlight photo and the mystery of why home pictures are not brought. Andrew recalls banquet scene habits spanning two decades and jokes about confusing a photographer with a cabman in a late 1900s urban anecdote.
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Imogene
Andrew
Paddy's Pig Patrolling Potato Patch Diagram
Diagram shows how Paddy’s pig might have patrolled a potato patch in 15 straight moves. Jumbled text references a San Francisco restaurant and a misused phrase, but the core reads as a playful puzzle note about a pig's patrol path across a field.
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San Francisco
Iso
Paddy
Two of a kind in Marshalltown dining room satire
Excerpted dialogue from the Marshalltown Times-Republican mocks banquet photography and smoking at formal dinners. Andrew and Imogene debate why photographers ruin proofs and the social rituals, with a nod to political overtones as Mr. Bryan weighs in.
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Marshalltown
Republican
Bryan
William
Nature Notes and Answers Preview From The Daily Bee
A fragment from Nature Notes presents questions on fragrant native wild flowers animal cooperation and bird broods, with answers touching antelope family life and bee mortality. A children’s tale features Reddy Fox outwitting Mr Coon over a what-what hobby, ending with a cliffhanger.
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Roosevelt
Tmi
The Sandman Story by Mrs F A Walker
A fragmented children tale features Reddy Fox and Mr Coon in a trick plan. Reddy uses a shining tin plate and invented disease to manipulate Mr Coon’s movements. The passage hints at courtroom drama with references to a first woman lawyer and a court appearance.
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Reddy Fox
Mr. Coon
Reddy
P.rt
J. Reddy Fox
Sam
Reddy Max
Mr.Coon
Coon
Kella
Hoodoo slogans and political echoes across Iowa editorials
Iowa editorial pages mock William Jennings Bryan s campaign chant I am a Democrat noting its hoodoo effect and recalling past leaders like David Bennett Hill Joseph Batley. The Carroll Herald argues universal military training myths. veterans praise fitness and morals gained in service. Hoover urges bread for Europe and calls for ceasefire sabbing and wiser business methods.
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Burlington
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
David Bennett Hill
Hill
New York
United States
Ophelia
Joseph Batley
Texas
Bryan
White House
People's Bank Closes After 50 Years in Town
The long running financial institution shuts its doors today after five decades of service. A local bread factory also plans to trim luxuries and operate lean during winter, cutting costs and going barefoot to save money.
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Reliable People’s Bank
Aspirin Headache Remedy Promoted by Bayer
An old advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It claims Bayer is the genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years with handy tins of 12 tablets costing only a few cents.
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Bayer
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West Tark
John C. Hartman
Potoron
Mall
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Soo
Washington, D. C
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E. G. Dougherty
Philadelphia
Story
Brooks & Finney
Rep’s
Jefferson Davis
Pean
District Of|ina Tife Insurance Company
Columbia
The
Jesse Wasson
Iowa Register
Wasson
Jesse
la Porte
City
Black Hawk County
Indiana
Ninth Iowa Cavalry
Maillan's Grove
Henry Stephens
Spring Creek Township
Stephens
William W. Miller
O. C. Miller
Rabia
Grande
Washington D.C
John 8. Huber, A.M. M
P. Kelso
Raw
Tins County
Kan
E. A. Raymond
Pegan
TH. B. Claflin
Fanny Joyner
J. Tf. Meyerson
Creamery Butler
Eigin
C. A. Bishop
Justice Bishop
Des Moines
Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Board of Trade
Ice
Tulix
Nature Notes
John Burroughs
Sandman
Mrs. F. A. Walker
Iowa
Carroll Herald
Army
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Carter
Ian
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