Golf for Health at Prospect Park and The Waterloo Go
An editorial extols golf as a healthful outdoor activity suited to all ages and skills. It contrasts busy office life with the benefits of walking the greens, noting its calming effects on stress and its claimed value in improving sleep, appetite, and vigor. The piece cites John D. Rockefeller as an example and urges Waterloo readers to embrace the sport to avoid gloom and illness.
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Wollen
John D. Rockefeller
Prospect Park
Men of
Waterloo
Vacation paper delivery offer for summer trips
The Courier invites subscribers planning summer travel to submit address changes before leaving so the paper can be delivered promptly at new locations. The notice promises reliable mail delivery and flexible address updates during vacations.
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Courier
Waterloo Deficiency in Action and Athletic Reform
A Waterloo opinion piece argues Waterloo men lack resolution more than character and urges engagement in athletic games to boost energy and enterprise. It notes local golf and country club support lag behind, cites Sunday schools forming a baseball league, and praises the Jobbers Jocacus as an improving institution with community benefits.
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Waterloo
Irene
Qian
Jocacus
The Balkans and Their Vexed Legacy in Modern History
This humorous chronicle lampoons Balkan history by personifying states as characters like Unrest and Chaos. It jokes about endless conflicts, diverse nationalities, and recurring Turko-Balkan clashes while noting weariness with warfare and a future of modernization and prosperity.
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Balkan
Europe
Asia
Balkans
Great Britain
Roumanis
Bulgaria
Servia
Montenegro
Greece
Balkan States
Montana
New England
Immigration policy needs national defense stance
The Christian Science Monitor and Roosevelt urge urgent action on immigration as foreign birth and city demographics rise. Calls grow for a unilateral U S policy free from labor lobby influence, arguing a reaction to laxity is overdue and that America must decide who enters and becomes a citizen.
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America
Christian Science Monitor
Newport
R. L. Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Courier
Free Justice and the Des Moines Plan for a Populist Court
Des Moines labor sympathizers push a no cost quick court to settle disputes immediately, arguing current dockets burden workers. The plan envisions salaried judges with no attorney participation, modeled after Kansas City, while noting commoner support fades as Mr. Bryan’s Commoner halves its weekly issues.
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Des Moines
Republic
Kansas City
Representative Mann Objects To Extra Prayer Copies
Rep Mann of Illinois opposes printing 50 000 extra copies of the chaplains prayers. He condemns the waste of public money on unread prayers, likening them to unread dime novels. The speaker aligns with Mann on the proposition against printing and distributing the prayers.
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Mann
Mllinois
Spirit of the Iowa Press Blames Consumers for Cost of Living
A Cedar Rapids Gazette opined that CODSIMEETS are likely to blame for rising living costs, arguing consumers demand better service and fancy packaging, want veal, and drive meat prices up. Other papers cite tariff robberies, reunions, home economics, and this year’s Des Moines expenses, all reflecting social costs and policy debates.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Slippers and Fashion Fad Debate in Verse
A fragmentary verse exchange mocks fashion trends and linguistic quirks. The playful dialogue references Eve and eye for attire while hinting at obsolete terms and postwar language shifts in a Washington Star context.
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Eve
Washington Star
Proper ship commands and cottage dreams in old papers
A clipped collage shows maritime jargon and social quips from Kansas City Journal and Chicago Record-Herald. It notes playful ship talk, romance in cottages, office hours jokes, and anxious men chasing wealth amid scarce raw materials.
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Kansas City Journal
Chicago Record-Herald
Freight rate revision eyed by Central Freight group
Chicago July 10 Freight rates across at least thirteen states will be revised by the Central Freight association which has called a meeting for Monday. A five percent increase is expected in the proposed changes. Officials say the strike situation is not linked to the revision.
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Chicago
Central Freight Association
Eugene Morris
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Ontario
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mother's Friend PROMISES painless pregnancy and calm nerves
Love for the doll myth fades as motherhood nears and a soothing external remedy is pitched. Mother's Friend claims to lubricate cords nerves muscles to prevent pain and distress during pregnancy, offering a restful period and urging readers to order a book for expectant mothers from Bradfield Regulator Co.
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S.rother
Aoid
Bradfield Regulator Oo
Lamar
Tanta
Friedmann Cure Opens at Colfax in Tug of War
Colfax Iowa July 11 The Friedmann tuberculosis cure institute opened shortly before 8 am. Within an hour Colfax councilmen acting as a council passed an ordinance restricting such institutions without council or health board consent. The institute remained open into the afternoon and a legal injunction against the Continental Distributing company to shut it down is sought. Four patients were treated early. Dr Porter assists in charge. America Approaching Class Conditions Prevalent in Europe Featured at Iowa State rural life conference.
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Colfax
Friedman
Colifax
Continental Distributing Company
Otto Luther
Porter
Ames
Clair 8. Adams
Bement, Ill
Rural Life
Iowa State College
England
Europe
Free America
Adams
Sisters Reunite After 53 Years in Ottawa Memoir
In Ottawa Free-Trader July 9 report, Mrs Eliza Madden now of Tulare California and Mrs. Thomas Gates of Springfield Missouri, sisters, reunite after 53 years apart when they meet in Waterloo Iowa. Their brother Charles Devore of 713 East Superior Street had seen Madden 40 years ago and visited Gates 20 years ago. The trio then enjoyed a joyous reunion and spent a week with Devore family after traveling from distant homes.
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Ottawa
Eliza Madden
Tulare
Cal
Thomas Gates
Springfield
Charles K. Devore
East Superior Street
Madden
Gates
Devore
Waterloo
Historical Society of Iowa plans wide archival program
Iowa City July 11 The State Historical Society of Iowa approved a broad agenda under Prof Benjamin F Shambaugh including continued Iowa Journal of History and Political Science new biographies economic histories and vigorous applied history work The most ambitious project is History of Education in Iowa by R Aurner expected to span five to six volumes New member Co W Mullan of Waterloo was elected last evening
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Iowa City
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
Politica
Iowa
R. Aurner
Co. W. Mullan
Waterloo
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Publicized for Eczema Relief
Mrs. Laura Graves reports her infant daughter suffered widespread itching and lesions. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the skin healed, with the writer praising the products as world favorites for skin and hair care. The notice promotes free samples and lists the Cuticura post card address.
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Hackley
Mars
Laura Graves
Innovation at National Education Association Meeting
Salt Lake City July 16. The National Education Association elected Robt J Aley president of the University of Maine, Wm B Owen secretary of Chicago, and David B Johnson of Wintrop College South Carolina to the executive committee. The resolutions report took the form of a declaration of principles with twelve education phases. The school health report noted Southern women in the federal club health campaign outshining the North. The religious education association canceled sessions in Salt Lake City, denying fear of controversy.
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Salt Lake City
National Educational Association
National Council of Education
Robt. J. Aley
University of Maine
Wm. B. Owen
Chicago
David B. Johnson
Wintrop College
South Carolina
Federal Club of Southern States
North
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