When Giants Met in a Senate Clash of 1909
A fragment from the Waterloo edition recalls a dramatic 1909 Senate duel between Dolliver and Aldrich. The piece notes Dolliver’s bold stand on cotton wool schedules and his sharp wit, while reflecting on why a seniority dispute stalled a broader settlement in a later labor dispute.
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Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver
Iowa
Washington
Fort Dodge
Congress
Senate Chamber
Dolliver
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Payne-Aldrich
Anguar
Francis B. Warren
Allison
Wyoming
Abraham
Strong in Hindsight on Strikes and Their Effects
A historical reflection argues strikes appear detached from personal interest and often seem childish. It notes strikes reflect disputes over working conditions, wages, or rules, and are used by workers to redress real or perceived wrongs.
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Mme
Inter
Personal Health Service by William Brady M D
Health column discusses annual physical exams and personal hygiene, calling for a health preventive approach. Notes lack of hygiene specialists, urges routine checkups for those over 30, and suggests consulting a family doctor for tailored tests and advice. Includes reader questions on ear cleaning and cold cream preparation and provides medical back-and-forth with Dr Brady.
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Neanlo
Bright
Dr. Brady
William Brady
Nebraska Wins Senate Hoodwink and Republican Shift
The piece notes Nebraska’s biennial primary with Hitchcock dominating the Democratic side for the senate seat while Howell leads the Republicans. It highlights a nationwide progressive surge in Republican primaries, contrasting with Maine Pennsylvania Indiana Iowa North Dakota and Nebraska results. The author signals a drift away from conservatism and calls for leaders to watch a nationwide trend.
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Nebraska
Iowa
United States
Gilbert Hitchcock
Howell
Maine
Pennsylvania
Indiana
North Dakota
Col. Brookkhart
Congress
Tona
On the Wayside Poem of Dream and Voice
A lyrical fragment evokes dream fulfillment along a road with a song guiding the journey. Images of a hopeful path, crimson thorns, blooming flowers, and a singing mockingbird frame a quiet, aspirational scene.
Friend Wife by Roe Fulkerson
A dramatic dialogue depicts Imogene blaming a wife for hindering Archie’s career. Andrew supports Imogene’s view while noting how a wife’s interference can keep a man from success in business and social life. The pair discuss wives accompanying husbands on work trips and a planned Atlantic City trip.
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Imogene
Archie
Andrew
Sinbad the Sailor
Fuall
California
Burroughs Nature Club Notes and Questions
A 1991 Nature Notes column from Burroughs Nature Club invites readers to send questions on nature topics. It lists sample questions about wood thrush singing, fish as fertilizer, and buffalo presence, with answers promised in tomorrow's issue.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Miflin CO
Nature Notes
Answers on birds worms and orchard care in Q&A column
A reader asks about keeping blue jays in captivity and potential legal issues. The piece covers worm rain myths, why horses eat dirt, pheasant egg counts, multiple bird broods, night air malaria, peach tree worm control, peach borer signs, and the health notes on raspberry leaves and spearmint.
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Towa
Dept. of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Brain Tests by Ram Loud Delivers Word Puzzle Challenge
A daily journal and a series of wordplay steps yield letters that spell New York. The rebus hints at Daisy and notes on Jutland inhabitants as hearty Danish stock. The piece riffs on puzzles and brain teasers common in newspaper quizzes of the era.
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Eed Ps
W. J. Hartman CO
West Park Ava
John C. Hartman
Provident
A. W. Peterson
Treas
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
Focal
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Eee
Reece E. G. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
New York
Philadelphis
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
S.tory. Brooker& Finley
Rep
Daisy
Jutland
Double Crossed: A Quebec Conspiracy Unfolds
Wealthy young Clement Seedon grows entangled with Heloise Revst as a plot to rob her of inheritance unfolds in Quebec. Anxious to profess honesty, Seedon plots a private talk with Heloise while gang leader Adolf Neuburg and the loyal Meduse Smythe maneuver from behind the scenes. The Clearwater hotel scene tightens suspense as clues and covert messages weave toward a confrontation.
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Clement Seedon
Sng
Heloise
England
Canada
Henry Gunning
Plawver
Seedonip
Seedon
Attornay
London
Mr. Neuburg
Algonquin
Siwash
Meduse
Sicamons
Joe
Zool
Gunning
Quebec
Jon
Clement Leadon
Gitemaker
Sault Algonquin
Old Town
Water Front
Mike
Adolf
Clement
Mr. Newburg
Altho
Strong
Ters
Medusa
Poste Restante
Young Canada
Meduse Smythe
Miss Smith
Meloose Smith
Modern daughters and service compared to kin in Abe Martin
Abe Martin notes that a con’s offspring seldom resemble relatives, aside from Pauline Hail or Deila Fox. He argues that people are paying for too much service and not enough value for what they ask.
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Pauline Hail
Deila Fox
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Waterlon
Cenver
William, Brady, M. D
National Newspaper Service
Questions and
D. C
A. B
U.S. P
Fortania
Frank L. Stanton
Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Lffe
Sone
Atlantic City
Trikes Ise
W. Douglas Newton
Prince of Wales
D. Appleton and Company
Lara
Adolf Neuburg
Sleamons
Menry Gunning
Sicamous
Abe Martin
Sean
Mass
Tterkes
Waterloo Insurance Agency
Lamar J. Duke
Mgr
Eest Fourth Street
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