Foreign Postage and Gasoline Chariots Debate
A fragmented page covers foreign postage details for the Daily Courier and Waterloo Courier distribution, plus the gasolined chariot prophecy. It notes editorial opinions on Nahum and the Fourth of July festivities with city-by-city casualty and fireworks bans tallied, including places like Calumet Michigan Augusta Wisconsin Kewanee Illinois Fort Wayne Indiana Rochelle Illinois Albany New York Mendota Illinois Iowa City Iowa Arcola Indiana Chicago Illinois and bridgeport Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Michigan
Augusta
Wisconsin
Kewanee
Illinois
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Rochelle
Ilinois
Albany
New York
Mendota
Iowa City
Iowa
Arcola
Chicago
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Danville
Detroit Study Reveals Urban Tactics In Growth
Detroit has become a benchmark study for larger cities since the latest census, while Waterloo attracts attention from the rainor class study. The article notes Detroit’s approach to urban development and policy as a model for others observing growth.
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Detroit
Waterloo
Detroit’s growth tracked as blueprint for booster cities
The article analyzes Detroit’s rise, noting $39,000,000 in factory gains from St. Louis in six years and a unified 4,500 member board of commerce. It praises Detroit’s focused manufacturing investments, broad industrial footprint, skilled labor, and aggressive factory relocation tactics while contrasting with St. Louis and others.
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Michigan
St. Louis
Baltimore Sun
Waterloo
Detroit
Board of Commerce
St. Luis
Wilson
Board of Trade
Commerce Office
Republic
Baltimore
Abbreviated Iowa press glimpse on weather and politics
A collage of clipped Iowa items notes disparate opinions and events. It cites a Cleveland woman cured of an abnormal piano desire by surgery and suggests a westward move for the specialist. It mocks sugar price wars and mentions legislative bribery questions, senate testimony, and upcoming dry territory battles with a future congress. Local reports reference rain prayers, a failed Omaha powder delivery, and persistent midwest weather jokes.
Public protest over unclean spoons and dishes at soda fountain
A Cedar Rapids Gazette item reports agitation against dirty utensils at a sodal fountain. It argues the public has a right to protest uncleanness and that a proprietor who washes dishes and spoons in dirty water deserves to lose trade and face public censure.
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Cedar Rapids
Nip the unpleasant little mannerism in the bud
A reader voice argues that small manners ruin charm and prospects for young women. Examples include fidgeting, eye rubbing, hand to mouth, and hair brushing. The piece urges family guidance to curb such habits early to prevent lasting social damage.
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Wnret
Wool Alliance Near Disruption Forecast by Dixon Inquiry
Washington July 6 A debate over wool tariff protection looms as Senator Dixon investigates whether compensatory duties on manufacturers truly aid or harm Western wool growers. He finds foreign wool shrinks less in scouring, while domestic supply and import shares reveal manufacturers’ strong tariff protections and a looming reckoning.
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Washington
Dixon
Montana
Boston
Payne
Senator Dixon
West
United States
Cleveland
Constance
Shand
Kenyon Opposes Canadian Pact Influencing Taft Reelection
Des Moines Register and Leader reports Senator Kenyon plans to vote against the Canadian pact, citing benefits skewed to other states and voter prejudice among Iowa farmers. The piece contrasts this with Taft’s Pure Food and Drugs policy debate and promotes Foley remedies as trusted medicines, noting J K Joder & Son as sellers.
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Kenyon
Des Moines Register
Senate
Taft
Iowa
Foley
J. K. Joder & Son
Lightning kills farmer in oats field at Ogden
William Peters, a prominent young farmer of Hamilton township, was struck and killed by lightning while alone in his oats field near Ogden Iowa yesterday afternoon. His wife, finding he did not return, located him in the field.
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Ogden
Willliam Peterson
Hamilton Township
Friend of the cucumber in Cherokee Republican satire
The Cherokee Republican last week ran a half column mocking the cucumber and its supposed influence. Editor Blackburn of Anthony Kansas notes the piece as humorous and topical, reflecting playful local wit.
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Edittor Blackburn
Kan
Cherokee Republican
Fresh cucumber described as healthful or harmful
The note explains cucumbers are 95 percent water with solids like refreshing vegetable matter. Eaten fresh they are wholesome, but in Arabia and Algeria the juice is salted and can be indigestible. It warns against substitutes and mentions J. K. Joder & San.
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Waterloo
Arabia
Algeria
Drowned Young Farm Hand In Cedar River
Simon Mayhew twenty six, a farm laborer from Union township near Cedar Falls, drowned in four feet of water while swimming on the Fourth of July after a heavy dinner. He had worked for Will Ford for weeks and came from Wisconsin. Relatives notified. body likely to be taken to Wisconsin for burial. Also an advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound claims relief for hay fever and summer colds.
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Cedar Falls
Simon Mayhew
Will Ford
Union Township
Cedar River
Ford
Wisconsin
Foley
E. M. Stewart
Wolfram St
Chicago
Stewart
J. Kk, Joder & Son
Real Estate Transfers From Waterloo Listings
Real estate transfers recorded by Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co. show John Beck conveying Lot 3 Block 1 Eaton's addition Waterloo for 2000 dollars to Ernest Hoerman. Frank J. Fightney sells Lot 34 Block 8 Blower's addition Waterloo for 89 dollars to J. A. Ranney. The Leavitt & Johnson Trust Co. transfers Lot 17 Block 13 Hagerman Place Waterloo for 235 dollars to J. A. Ranney. George F. Wilson transfers to C. B. Santee.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract. Co
John Beck
Ernest Hoerman
Eaton
Transfers and a move to South Dakota
Property transactions include J. H. C. Hemenway and Clayton and Bronson selling parcels in Cedar Falls and Waterloo for 1400 and 400 dollars. John Holahan sells part of Waterloo parcels for 1.8 thousand. B. Hurin departs for Hecla, S. D. with family joining after forty three years in Black Hawk county, seeking a new farm.
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Couerenias
Aprociated Frees
Iowa Evening Prees
Jarscet
Black Hawk County
B. Hurin
Hecla
S. D
Mr. Hurin
Hurin
la Porte
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Oourier
SHB W. H Bartman Company
Weet Park Ave
Hartmec
J. Peterson
Sec-Treas
Mgr
Tribune
Alfred B. Lukene
A.W. Allen
Daily Courier Eet
Carrierjar
Suicide City
Tri-Weekly Courier
Waiexico
Lows
Jasa
Lee
Europe
Severican
Waterloo Courier
London
Trafalgar Building
Northcumberland Avenue
American Express
Ragmuanet
Dawe's Steamship Agency
Greentreet
Paris
Boulevard den Capucines
de Popere
Roe Scribe
Perlin
Unter den Linden
Peterebore
Nevaky Prosnett
Toake
Nahum
Nahuni
Aths
Atlanta
Georgia
Birmingham
Alabama
Ohio
Columbus
Kansas City
Missouri
Los Angeles
California
Minneapolis
Minnesota
San Francisco
Washington, D.C
He Oy
Tone
Des Moines
Inet
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
Des Moines Tribune
Kansas
Nebraska
Red Oak Sun
Middle West
Montgomery County
Ravenport Democratr
Arbuckles
Congres Investigating Committee
Sioux City Tribune
Lambeenan Hines
Counrit
Concreteman
Remsen Bell-Enterprise
Rock Rapids
Omaha
Jules
Dache
Mra
W. Jenkins
Nathan Allen
Grand Jury
J. 8. Bache
Bache
Mr. Allen
Wool Alliance
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
N. Y
People’s Medical Adviser
Fred Merkle
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Ga
Riod
Farmer
Willam Peterson
Near Ogden
Oats Field
J. K. Joder & San
S.S.S
SWIFT
F. H. Latier
la Fayette Street
Fourth Street
Gereet
LaFayette Building
4Th Street
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Teke Hall
C. A. Waterbury
Russell-Lamson Block
E. T. Jaynes
M. D
Black Hawk
Franklin St
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
T. A. McManus, M. D
Commercial Bank Exnilding
RB. D. Tiffany
Consolidated Service
Black Hawk Bank
DE. E. A. Hart
Er. F. C. Liffring Osteopathis
Offre
Reedence
E. B. Hadley
Independence Ave
Bodwell
Ofice
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