Evening Courier social and business notes blend in mixed column
The Evening Courier outlines local notices and ads from Hartman Company and New York offices, with extended travel listings and foreign postings. It notes marketing, postal, and distribution details while reflecting on public manners and a Battle Creek race betterment conference.
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Hartman Company
Sapitty West Park Avenue
Hans Wax
Perenean
Sec'y Trean
New York Ofice
Alfred B. Lokenus
Sehengs Ofice
W. Allen
Menager
Courtesy and cost of miscourtesy in business
A Mississippi Bar address recounts costly miscourtesy cases in commerce. It cites Illinois Central losses from a lawsuit over a racial slur and a department store incident where a customer threatened to move accounts, illustrating how courtesy can protect profits and reputations, while neglect can trigger costly legal actions and lost trade.
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Plewett Lee
J . Illinois Central
Mississippi Bar Association
New York
Ideas of a Plain Man Fear of Greatness
A compact moral essay urges fearlessness in generous emotions and perfect faith. It counsels loyal love, forgiving spirit, and openness in friendship. It argues risking kindness and belief, even when misused, to avoid moral rust and to honor virtue.
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Jesus
Marivaix
Hercules Through Ages A Mythic Laborer in Odd Times
A playful, discursiveBIO of Hercules detailing his mythical youth, strength, and labors, likening his feats to conflicts with modern figures and institutions. The piece blends legend with satire, portraying Hercules as a powerful yet misfit worker who conquers beasts and chaos before meeting a dramatic end and Olympus retirement.
Bryan eyes Senate seat amid White House doubts
The text questions Mr. Bryan seeking a Senate seat and hints at doubts about his White House ambitions. It notes a Democratic administration enacting changes and mocks Japanese statesmen for worrying about regional disasters while pursuing unresolved political plans.
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Mr. Bryan
Senate
White House
Mrs Helen Gould Shepard Feeds Newsboys on Anniversary
Notable Helen Gould Shepard returned to headlines as she observed the first anniversary of her marriage by feeding 500 newsboys on the eve of winter. The piece notes three congressional candidates in the Second Iowa district, promising excitement around Clinton Muscatine and Davenport in coming weeks. It also mentions men craving real winter weather and the current blustery conditions.
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Helen Gould Shepard
Iowa
Clinton, Muscatine
Davenport
Political chatter and cabaret talk fill Iowa papers
A collage of editorials from Iowa papers notes Senator Cummins’ tricky position amid Progressive rifts and Republican divides. It mentions Major Winchell’s New Jersey cabaret venture, dainty talk of reformers and lawmakers, and speculation on Stephen Basher as a potential governor candidate amid party realignments.
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Rasher
Ackley World
Stephen H. Basher
Des Moines
Basher
Hope of the Party Foretells Progressive Shift
The piece argues that after Roosevelt carried big Republican states in 1912, Cummins Borah Hadley LaFollette and other progressives refused to join the new Progressive party. It says Cummins Kenyon Bristow Crawford Norris are the party’s hope for rejuvenation and notes Iowa standpatters oppose Cummins though their judgment sees it as absurd to oppose him now within the party.
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Boston
Hte Pnam
Sarmns
Enid
Fato
Council Bluffe
Roosevelt
Chicago
Cummiins
Borah
Hadley
LaFollette
A Moment of Fun and Quick Jokes in Brief
A collection of short jokes and quips from various papers. A fiancé quotes a fortune teller, a freezing point pun, a mason gag, a nail driving joke, and a teacher’s note. Other vignettes include insurance humor and a question about wearing diamonds to the opera.
Sunday Tragic Story Echoes Pittsburgh Detonation
Pittsburgh, Pa January 23 1909 Billy Sunday drew a vast Pittsburgh audience at Bellefield tabernacle and paralleled a local tragedy as a worker fainted during the sermon on Repentance. Rev Sumwalt cared for the collapsed man while the tale moved thousands to penitent fervor and a mass rush to the front.
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Pittsburgh
Billy
Bellefield Tabernacle
Tis Corps
John W.R. Sumwalt
Smithfield Street
Opera for all readers and lookers says Washington Star
The Washington Star argues that music should appeal beyond connoisseurs and invites efforts to make grand opera engaging for audiences who attend merely to observe the spectacle.
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Rox
Washington Star
Mexican Money Gains Breath as Mexican Rebels Mint Silver
Sioux City Tribune notes the constitutionalists control silver mining regions and begin minting real money with the free coinage of silver. Huerta struggles, taxed by soldiers and creditors while rebels gain public support through silver payments. A testimonial for Chamberlain's Tablets is included as an ad.
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Sioux City
Huerta
Three Parties in Fight for Second Iowa Nomination
Davenport Iowa January 23. Charles P Hanley city attorney Muscatine was nominated for congressman in the Second Iowa district by the Progressive convention and accepted. Medill McCormick national committeeman from Illinois spoke as resolutions were adopted endorsing national and state Progressive platforms. All three parties now have candidates in the field.
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Davenport
Charles P. Hanley
Muscatine
Iowa
Medill McCormick
Illinois
City Attorney Nominees Named by Parties
The Republicans name W. E. Hayes of Clinton as a city attorney nominee while the Democrats back Henry Vollmer of Davenport, indicating partisan picks for the municipal legal post.
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W. E. Hayes
Clinton
Henry Vollmer
Davenport
Aged resident of Parkersburg dies after illness
Parkersburg Iowa January 23 Special T May dies at home after a week long pneumonia at age 85. Survived by widow and son Frank W. May with Parkersburg long time resident. Remembered as good citizen and devoted family man. Funeral services likely Sunday.
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Parkersburg
T. May
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Advertisement
A vintage notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as superior for coughs and colds. It boasts pleasant taste, no opium or narcotic, and claims to always cure. Sold by all dealers.
Fire Claims Four in North Dakota Homes
In Parker North Dakota William J McCoy his wife and their four year old son died in a farmhouse fire yesterday as he tried to rescue them. Separately near Fargo Dotser his wife and three children perished in a blaze at their Harwood home early yesterday.
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Parker
S. D
Wiliam J. McGoy
Mr. McCoy
Fargo
N. D
Dotser
Harwood
Resinol Free Trial for Skin Troubles
Resinol Ointment stops itching quickly and begins healing when applied. With Resinol Soap it clears eczema tingworm pimples blackheads and other eruptions leaving skin clear. Prove at our expense by writing to Dept. 17 M Resinol Baltimore MD for a liberal parcel post trial with directions.
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Dept
Resinol
Baltimore
W. R B. Hackett
Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco
Inet
Cuticura cure for facial skin ailment reported in Neb
A 1913 Nebraska reader describes a two year facial eruption of red pimples and sores. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, with nightly washing and morning rinses, he notes complete cure in three weeks. The ad promotes free samples and a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura.
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Judd Knowles
Outicura
Dept. T
Boston
Moon
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