Watertos Evening Courier Miscellany and Ads
Waterloo Iowa daily notes and ads including subscription rates for carriers and mail, AP UPIN news, audit bureau info, ad policies, and a stray prose vignette about a dance scene with youths and a truck. The item mixes business, press notes, and a brief human-interest moment.
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HK. Harman Co
Courier
Corner Park Ave
Commercial
John C. Waltman
Steel Jackson McCoy
Treas
Gen
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News
Mecber Audit Bureau of Aliculations
New York
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Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
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Brooks & Finley
Representatives
Labor unions expand ownership in banks and utilities
A discussion from the Academy of Political Science notes a growing trend toward diffused ownership led by labor unions. Unions have begun founding banks and investment firms, with 29 such institutions holding about 90 million dollars in resources. In New York, Amalgamated Cloth workers back a cooperative housing project of 250 apartments, signaling union involvement in governance and cost-cutting to raise member wages.
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Academy of Political Science
Busisness
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Park Dance Scene Astonishes City Delivery Driver
In a park shaded by maples a group of teens danced to a portable phonograph, weaving around each other in lively folk steps as a delivery truck halted at the curb. The driver’s puzzled, amused expression captured a moment of unexpected urban whimsy.
Cletus Dixons Hawks Hold Waterloos Attention
The Mississippi Valley league club Cletus Dixon's Hawks prepare for twenty five home games as the pennant race heats up. Waterloo's crowds boost attendance while Dixon earns praise for leadership and steady play despite mid table batting numbers.
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Cletus Dixon
HAWKS
Fighting Clan
Nixon
Waterloo
Uhe Perrenuge
Hawks Oceanylass
Igsts
Waterlong
Altho
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Claius Dixon
Women Too Catty in National Women’s Club Conventions
Reports from Cedar Rapids and Davenport quote President Lena Phillips mocking women as petty and emotional while praising bold, outspoken women. The piece contrasts this with critiques of Tennessee politics and cancer cure talk, noting general public reactions and editorial commentary.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
National Convention of Business and Professiong
Lena Phillips
Phillips
Miss Phillips
America
Parents vs Teachers debate on raising children continues
In a discussion on who should bring up children, parents and teachers clash over home training and school burdens. The piece notes cooperation as the modern watchword, with warnings about social roles and the impact of school workload on family life.
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Tennessee
Parent Teacher Association
Friend Wife by Roe Fulkerson
A dialogue driven piece explores a woman's shift from a telephone job to marriage with Jim. Andrew and Imogene weigh love, career, and the notion of trust, suggesting a telephone girl's world makes true happiness hard without shared experience and fidelity. The piece highlights the telephone exchange as town’s lifeblood and its impact on marriage.
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Saidy
Imogene
Andrew
Jim
Andrew Sage
Road House
Perfect Trust Amid Office Gossip Rules
Imogene and Andrew discuss secrets told by telephone operators. Imogene insists telephone girls do not reveal office matters, while Andrew argues that perfect happiness rests on trust, claiming he would never share such messages. The exchange centers on discretion and personal boundaries.
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Imogene
Andrew
Unele Wiggily and the Grazy Car Tale
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy asks Uncle Wiggily to fetch molasses for a ginger cake. Mr. Longears shows off his odd car built from an old motorcycle that moves in erratic ways causing playful misadventures in the woodland.
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Rabbit
Nurse Jane
Mr. Longears
Uncle Wiggily and the Crazy Car Adventure
Uncle Wiggily tests a wild auto car that acts crazily as a strange old dog passenger rides along. The fox in disguise tries to flee after a scare caused by the car, while the bunny uses molasses to please Nurse Jane and funds the car with fuel.
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Wiggily Roe
Tas
al’ Leiele
Uncle Wiggity
Mr. Longears
Ellow
Fuzzy Fox
California boosters confront professor over Apple Grove School
A fragmented report from a Northern Eastern assembly shows No 121 boosters visiting Indiana to gauge Apple Grove School. Prof Tan defends the program and offers a handshake amid tense exchanges. The scene hints at broader disruptions until McMillan returns from his assignment.
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Californy
Tansay
Apple Crrove
McMillan
Worps Top to Bottom Word Play
An avaricious boarder and a lifeless dry dull scene. the peninsula is named Teprayity as a strange village clue. The prompt asks to fill the column by striking out words and repeating a cryptic puzzle format.
Column Admits Misspellings In Local Word Test
A newspaper column shows garbled phrases such as a month a city and a battle tag, indicating a misspelled column entry. The readable text suggests testing word correctness and OCR errors in the page column.
Riddling clue asks for name from setters spelling Jon's daughter
Puzzle note outlines remaining setters spelling a daughter’s name from Jon. It lists words Bee Yan villa omega mut ton Dean and strikes out Beef anvil gamut ton. Remaining sequence LAOMEDON suggests final answer in a cryptic style, with letters forming a name.
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Yan
Villa
Omega
Dean
Laomedon
Burroughs Nature Club notes query column and bird nest tale
Readers send general interest questions to Natura Notes Center with answers set for tomorrow. The column cites topics on keeping cactus watered and fur trapping yields, and recalls a moss nest observed in Piedmont North Carolina with a northern parula warbler nesting hint. A Connecticut river toll bridge update mentions erosion and remaining structures.
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Natura Notes
Piedmont
N. G
Fifty Years Ago In The Counter News
A July 1875 Waterloo Chronicle item notes wheat prices at one dollar yesterday and 45 cents today. Theft and accidents include clothes hidden under a barn, a fallen awning injuring three, a wagon accident injuring ER Walker's son, and a clothesline theft from Judge Shaw. A lawn sociable on the public square benefitted the Presbyterian church.
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Presbyterian Church
Goodyear Demonstrates Self Binding Harvester in Waterloo
Fort y years ago report notes Goodyear of New Haven Conn testing a new self binding harvester. Other items include railway supervisor Williams overseeing bluffs cut to prevent slides, injuries from a runaway team near Washburn, Forepaugh circus coming to Waterloo, a local Uncle Tom's Cabin staging, Georgal Archer in the title role, heat records, a new music room opening, sidewalk damage on Water street, and thanks from Mrs Hannah Snyder for bouquets.
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Goodyear
New Haven
Conn
Robert Williams
B., GC. R. & N. Railway
Cedar Falls
David Kaiser
Washburn
Adam Forepaugh
Waterloo
Waterloo notes and plans from July 1905 gathering
Twenty years ago Waterloo prepared events for July 28 with a banquet for Joseph Folk of Missouri at Sans Souci hotel and a large Democratic gathering. City officials moved to curb race use of vehicles. A Cedar River park chauffeur was fined 5.85 dollars for careless driving. Spokane engineer Charles McIntyre sought cement sidewalk specs. S. M. Bentley was elected vice president at a clerks’ meeting. J S Tauthill reported heat in Denver. A Cedar River bridge approach washed out sixteen feet. Willard hall at Chautauqua was dedicated, funded by a S300 debt relief.
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Gary
Joseph Folk
Missouri
Sans Souci
Waterloo
Petry
Cedar River Park
Gilbertville
Willard
Chautauqua
Earl
Views of the People at Vedir Falls
A reader letter from Vedir Falls praises early morning drives in a gas wagon along country roads. The piece celebrates fresh air, distant woods and a tranquil stream, while noting rustic signs and a welcoming invitation from Roscoe G. Beatty to enjoy hospitality beyond a gate.
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Bo Chare
Bine
Roscoe G. Beatty
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