This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier reports on early air travel progress including a new 12 cylinder engine that could push planes at 26 miles per hour, a four hour Chicago to New York schedule, and Waterloo to Chicago link. It also covers Davenport politics, municipal finance, and social welfare debates alongside dispatches from Washington and the era's aviation milestones.
Miran Mrs. Leste Hanger secured door repairs after a break-in and installed a door bell to guard the home and stop repeated clogging of the car.
Health talks cover Mendel's hybrid theory of dominant and recessive traits and their transmission. Q&A on cremation versus burial and sanitation, plus anecdotes on hygiene and household debates.
Mr Mouse pursues Miss Froggie by the pond and agrees to marry if she asks him to deepen her home. His mother warns of danger, fearing the depth will drown him. He instead marries Miss Mouse and finds happiness, while Miss Froggie’s song fades from his life.
Tam and Andrew complain at the Cafe Royal after theatre about bread in paper envelopes and supposedly germ proof food. They mock rubber stamps from meat inspectors and worry about meals served in a chemical laboratory style.
A puzzle on a blackboard shows two US states hidden among jars of pickles. By comparing jar counts across shelves the solution deduces jar capacities and powers to reveal the hidden states and total pickle counts.
A lyric poem by Frank Lt. Stanton asks how we can know what is to come and urges trust in a brighter future. It contrasts sorrow with hope, referencing roses daisies and spring as symbols of renewal. The piece emphasizes enduring faith, resilience, and looking toward better days.
The passage describes winged seeds of the cat tail flag botany that disperse by wind. They sail in fleets across the air, seeking ditches and swamps, and eventually land on viable patches, spreading plant growth.
Davenport Times reports General Wood endorses Senator Harding and a frank program aiming at a swift return to a peace basis under constitutional law with economy and efficiency. He anticipates war tax revisions to be fairer and a policy safeguarding America’s traditional policies at home and abroad.
A snapshot of local life notes the death of a 58 year old resident, political activity at a county convention, and plans for infrastructure. Mentions Waterloo growth, railroad progress between Waterloo and La Porte City, and the Johnston self raking reaper praised by G Barnes. A circus led by William B Garrell and a two horse rider headline the upcoming event.
Forty years ago a local church edifice was erected furnished and dedicated by Presbyterians who later sold it to Baptists in July 1858. The item notes the correction of a prior statement and records Republican county convention details and local drownings from a July flood and related incidents.
Twenty years ago on July 16 1800 Des Moines reports include heavy rainfall totaling 1.76 inches at Dodge and Albert B Cummins, a new birth to Mr and Mrs B S Harrison, the death of Senator John H Gear in Washington after three hours illness, and a Ringling Bros circus draw of twenty thousand attendees. Also listed are local prices for Markeyts goods and a Cedar River park pickpocket spree on the rapid transit cars with Jolliver as drawing card. Una Dailey and Clifford J Woolley wed last Wednesday at the bride’s parents home with a steamboat honeymoon to the Twin Cities after leaving Dubuque.
An old advertisement warns against harsh soaps and alkali drying the scalp. It promotes a pure greaseless coconut oil shampoo named Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo as the best daily cleanser for hair and scalp, claiming it leaves hair soft, silky, and easy to manage.
This record highlights a call for practical political conduct focusing on fiscal administration. It argues the nation needs economical business management and endorses the Harding Coolidge approach as the path to prudent financial policy.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.