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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1920

Page

2

Waterlo o Evening Concior Classifieds Rates Note

Waterloo Evening Concior lists advertising terms and rates, office locations, editors and contacts. The note covers subscription pricing, mailing regions, advertiser rules, payment deadlines, and policy statements about accepted and rejected ads. It also mentions bureau and representative offices in New York Philadelphia Chicago and Washington.

Associated Press Aecu Bureau of Ch Washington B. C Burezu Munsey Blag E. G. Dougherty Pees New York Philadelphia Chicago Storr, Brocks & Finter Rep’s

Wake Up Or Quit Meeting Sparks Interchurch Move

More than 125 men from Waterloo Protestant churches gathered on Monday night to launch a local interchurch movement. Speakers warned of a coming revolution or revival tied to spiritual awakening, criticizing the dollar focus and urging a return to core religious values. The session posed a question on business ethics versus religious practice and called for a renewed Christian role in society. MR. WILSON DEFEATED: President Wilson’s setback over Article X reservation is noted as a major political event of his seven-year tenure, with emphasis on the two thirds vote requirement and cross-cutting party dynamics.

Waterloo Interchurch Benjamin Franklin Wilson White House Bryan Senate Ile

Senate Treaty Vote Sparks Partisan Clash Across Parties

The article notes Republican gains and fourteen disaffected Democrats opposing the Wilson administration over the treaty reservation. It portrays Senate restraint as a check on executive power, and comments on Germany’s stance, Hohenzollern mobility, and political figures like Bryan Edwards Lowden and Wood, with Iowa tax and road concerns.

Fifty Years Ago In The Courier March 17 1870

Items from the 1870 issue note Gold at 1.12 and a young man Alice Case dying of typhoid at 20, plus deaths from measles and local accidents. An education board election in West Waterloo, best pupils list, a severe snowstorm closing rail lines, Chicago dandies in Waterloo, seed potatoes and asparagus roots advertised, and Mitchell Press adopting prepaid subscriptions.

Waterloo Whispers of 1880 March Events

Forty years past in Waterloo note Henry W Hammond visiting relatives in Chicago after a year abroad. Diphtheria cases reach 137 with three deaths. starlet fever five. Col Preston, first US district attorney in Iowa, dies in Cedar Rapids born 1813 in Bennington Vt. Public notices cover Republican club, oratorical contest at East and West High, wedding at Jockeytown, county bond sale 10 600 at 7 percent, Moore & Co lumber firm opening Waterloo east.

Henry W. Hammond Chicago Waterloo Rie Geeta Isaac M. Preston Bennington Cedar Rapids J. H. Preston Col. Preston Iowa the Board of Health

Local notices recount elections and deaths from two decades ago

Twenty years ago on March 19 exalted ruler election for Local Judge of Hiks, council candidacy in second ward, government meat inspector appointment at Rath Packing, and the death of John D. Teeples aged 76. Market prices list flour to hogs while Agatha Watts and Almeda Stewart hosted a March 14 dinner.

Agatha Watts Almeda Stewart Carrill

Local Names Mentioned Amid Health Update

A list of individuals including Barkman Ora Saunders Lizzie Hildebrand Mabel Hicks Myrtle Kelly Nelle Case and others appears alongside a health note. Dr J G Hildebrand is recovering from an attack of the grip.

Dr. J. G. Hildebrand

Tuberculous Children and Prevention Appeals

Health talks by Dr John B Huber discuss tuberculosis risks for children born from tuberculous parents. The speaker warns of weakness, slow growth, and increased infection in infants and urges public support for prevention and humane effort against the plague.

John B. Huber A. M M. D Altho Dr. Huber

Citizen of Rest Poem Fragment by Frank Stanton

A dialect poem fragment explores fatigue and desire for rest, with lines about being too tired to pray and a humorous aside on religious figures and harvest offerings. The piece includes a tired speaker and a Frother Williams joke about land and the preacher’s role.

Willams

Friend Wife By Roe Fulkerson

A humorous tale of Minnie Barton’s wedding planning chaos. Her demands terrify the wedding party and organist, leading to a chaotic ceremony where the organist’s altered tune and Minnie’s nerves culminate in a comic marriage scene with the bride fainting as the vows echo Do you take this woman for to be your wife.

Andrew Imogene Minnie Barton Jack Dphey

The Sandman Story Part 11

Mr Rooster spreads wings to fly over a hole but Reynard the fox misjudges the danger and leaps at him. Rooster falls into the hole landing on the head of Reddy Fox in a dramatic woodland scene.

MR. Rooster MR. Dog Reynard Reddy Fox

Rooster Hero Fends Foxes In Barnyard Tale

In a farmyard episode Reynard and Reddy Fox tumble into a foxhole. Mr Rooster crowds to the top, alerts the farmer, and dogs race in vain. The farmer declares Rooster caught both foxes alone, making him the barnyard hero and protector of the hens.

Nature Notes Answers From Tomorrow's Nature Notes

A collection of questions and brief observations on animal behavior and physiology. It discusses how worms regrow parts, whether cows have thought beyond cud chewing, and how young ducks gain water instinct through touch before sight.

Real estate dealers urged to boost housing with portable cottages

Fort Dodge Messenger urges Iowa real estate dealers to push sale of vacant lots and portable ready built houses as a solution to the housing shortage. The piece notes Europe and Chicago use such dwellings for reconstruction and calls for local organization to revive activity on empty lots and attract builders.

Waterloo Fort Dodge Messenger Europe Chicago Fort Dodge

A Measure of Pailure

Albia Union notes witless remarks on allied forces and the Turkish question amid wartime satire Then the Sioux City Tribune reports an Ohio town debating a 20 cent monthly bachelor tax with ages 18 to 27 targeted as too high.

Sioux City Ohio

Cuticura Heals Baby’s Head

A brief health note reports Cuticura products aiding a baby's head condition. The entry emphasizes relief or cure observed after use, citing no additional medical claims or dates. The tone remains promotional and concise as a short consumer health item.

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