Typhoid fly and weather signs in Waterloo column
The Waterloo Courier article discusses the typhoid fly as the house fly spreading typhoid and other diseases, with a New York Savion Savion note. It also mentions groundhog weather predictions, Luisa Tetrazzini suing Cleofanti Campanini for 260000, and King Albert of Brussels pursuing a military aviator certificate after a horse accident, reflecting era interests and sensational tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Albert
Brussels
Paris
Dope Epidemic Sparks National Drug Control Debate
The article discusses the spread of cocaine use and heroin among youths in Iowa and the South, linking it to the so called happy dust. It notes a proposed model drug law by Charles B Towns targeting prescription controls and health board oversight, with state issued prescription blanks and strict dispensing limits.
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Iowa
New York
Albany
New Jersey
Charles B. Towns
Mr. Towns
State Commissioner of Health
Oliieers
Health Board
Givir
Schenk Statement Signals Turbulent Senate Race
Following Stuart’s retirement from Progressive senatorial contenders, Cooper Schenk issues a remark implying the former Waterloo resident avoids running alone as the Cummins special train speeds toward the race, prompting campaign implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Q. Stuart
Cooper Schenk
Waterloo
Cummins
Railway lines in Mexico City stay open say London papers
Sioux City and Keokuk papers discuss the civil war impact with emphasis on rail connections Vera Cruz to Mexico City. They note Huerta in Mexico City ensuring railroad facilities to the coast remain in good order amid the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
London
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Huerta
The Common Man’s Pleasures And Proletarian Rant
A fragmented reflections piece contrasts everyday joys with harsh depictions of service workers and clerks. It rails at social strain while imagining a future rise of the proletariat against authority figures.
March winds and farm talk mix with Iowa autos and roads
A Chicago broker notes Itasca County Minnesota road bonds fund hard surfaced roads, while Iowa highway conditions lag. Iowa farmers weigh pin money for autos against big crops. census shows Itasca county population surge, and Minnesota plans $300,000 road program this summer.
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Marshalstown
Itasca
Minnesota
Iowa
Chicago
Duluth
Itaska County
Mind Furnishings of a World Traveler Friend
Ruth Cameron recounts Molly and friends discussing a worldly couple. The travellers’ home holds few trinkets, but their minds are richly furnished, prompting readers to question how their own minds are arranged and what ideas fill them.
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Molly
Mi-o-na Tablets advertised as quick indigestion relief
An advertisement urges relief for nervousness indigestion and stomach misery with Mi-o-na tablets. It claims the product strengthens stomach walls aids digestion and restores health, urging readers to buy a fifty cent box at Wangler Bros Drug Co or local stores and keep it handy.
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Wangler Brar
Drug Co
Twa
Committees and their grip on public life
A humorous critique of committees describing their prevalence in business and government. The piece lampoons how committees multiply meetings, swell bureaucratic talk, and entangle individuals in a never ending system with a chairman doing the work and members seeking newspaper attention.
How Is Your Mind Furnished A Plea for Simple Beauty
The passage contrasts Victorian ornate tastes with a modern ideal of a mind furnished by plain durable sense and intelligent thoughts. It urges readers to examine their inner furniture, discard unbeautiful clutter, and cultivate a livable, satisfying mental environment.
A Moment of Fox and Wright on Aero Stabilizers
A Chicago physician congratulates Orville Wright on his new aeroplane stabilizer. Wright jokes about doctors doing work for pilots. A Dayton student and two medical students discuss medical specialties, joking about aeroanesthesia for future aviation injuries.
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Chicago
Orville Wright
Mr. Wright
Dayton
Aero
Fractured Jokes and Quips From 19th Century Press
A collage of humorous lines and quips from Detroit Free Press Boston Transcript and Tit-Bits satire. Jests touch on guns licenses dustbins and domestic service with witty wordplay and period tone.
Calamity Weller Dies in Minneapolis Sanitarium
Nashua Iowa March 5 Hon L H Weller aged about 89 died at a private sanitarium in Minneapolis after five years of feebleness His body to Nashua for funeral under Masoule frater nity direction He leaves a wife and three daughters Mrs G Willett of Minneapolis Miss Mame at home and Miss Beatrice of New York Once a prominent figure in the Fourth district he was elected on a Democratic and greenback ticket to Congress and was among Iowa’s early greenbackers Calamity Weller was long the most talked about man in Iowa.
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Nashua
L. H. Weller
Minneapolis
Masoule Fraternity
G. Willett
Mame
Beatrice
New York
Weller
Thos, Updegraff
Towa
Memorial replica honors old Stone Capitol entrance
A memorial commemoration presented to the Erodelphian Literary Society marks the fiftieth anniversary of the oldest woman’s literary group west of the Mississippi. The memorial features the entrance to the University of Io and was funded by alumnae of the society.
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Towa City
Theoldest Woman's Literary Society
Mississippi River
University of Io
Erodelphian
Ciety
Limorial
Memorial in Oak Read In Readings Stand at Iowa City Capitol
Mrs. Bertha M. H. Shambaugh presents a memorial donated by university alumnae. The oak reading stand replicates the portico of the old stone capitol at Iowa City, symbolizing the building as the university’s first home and a central artifact in Iowa’s early public history.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Des Moines
Berthe M. H. Shambaugh
Woman Recovers After Using Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy
Philadelphia and Providence women describe relief from displacement, backache, and fatigue after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They report renewed health, strength for work, and endorse the tonic to others. The ad cites multiple unnamed testimonials and urges use for female derangements.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harry Fishek
Juniata Street
Providence
R.E
Abril Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R. J
Lydia PB. Pinkhom
Evening Cath Article Want Page Adverts
Read the Evening Catiriesr Want page five or ten minutes nightly for a steady stream of small advertisement listings and notices.
Hart-Parr Tractor Plant Cuts Payroll in Hartland
Charles City Iowa March 5 The Hart-Parr Tractor Manufacturing Company announces widespread layoffs. Over one hundred workers discharged Saturday night and 225 positions eliminated in ten days, leaving about 275 retained. Office staff and several minor workers are among those affected.
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Charles City
Hart-Parr Tractor Manufacturing Company
Lmen
Mino
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Associated Prev
TRE Wlm
Haptman Company
Spits West Park Avenue
Jean C. Mantmax
A.W. Parcages
Sec'y-Treas
Mgr
Pali
American Express
Ofier
Luisa Tetrazzini
Cleofanti Campanini
Hutca Trade
Ic. Towns
York
Phos
Toadios
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
Tweediedes
Tweedledam
Keokuk Gate City
DR. Prank Crane
Lidice
Bentinus
Callame
Mexico
Tweedledes
Tweedladum
Wwe
Marshalltown
Iepublican
Auton
Webster City
Fhreeman-Tribune
Jowa
Ruth Cameron
Texas
Ple
Fox
Detroit
Willis
Boston Transcript
Titus
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
West Third St
L. J. Benser
Dr.prices
Afoozo Clark
S. W. Johnson
Yale College
C. D. Pedersen
Consolidated Rhone
Ralston
Cnnect
Syndicate
Drs. Hildebrand
Dentists Suite
DE. H. A. Boysen
NTT
Black’s
Bazard
Black Hawk Bank
T. F. Thornton
Black's Building
C. J. Fullerton
James Black
E. Russell
E. H. Knittle
Dr, Bodwell
DR. Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Kimwood and
Western
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