Courier ad rates and foreign distribution notice
The Waterloo Evening Courier announces advertising rates subject to change and prompts inquiries. It lists distribution points for American readers in Europe including Eden Room Trafalgar Building Northumberland Avenue and Paris Paris addresses, with offices in Berlin and St. Petersburg.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
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Haymarket
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Paria
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Mace de l'Opers
Huprem Joe
Rue Scube
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Dt. Petersburg
Nevaky Proepekt
Legislation on women's dress sparks debate
A proposed Ohio bill would create a commission to fix fashion limits for women, including neck and hosiery rules. The piece argues such laws fail to curb evil and urges reliance on custom, noting attitudes differ by culture and time.
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Ohio
Doctor Friedmann targets tuberculosis cure amid crowd demands
From New York comes a report that Dr. Friedmann drew 400 women and children to the Hospital of Invalids seeking his claimed tuberculosis treatment. The piece notes the high stakes of his potential success or failure and the grave public interest in the outcome.
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New York
Friedmann
Tr Ds
Aisa
City Manager plan idea gains recall and reforms
An amendment to New Jersey commission government proposes a city manager to run daily affairs while the board sets policy. The plan preserves short ballot and nonpartisan features and aims to cut overhead in small towns. It has wider interest in Dayton Sumter Staunton Whittier Hickory and other cities with varied endorsements.
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New Jersey
Board of Commissioners
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Wo Owill
Fayo Oredino
Dayton
Ohio
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Sumter
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Hickory
N.C
St. Petersburg
Fla
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Ariz
Owosso
Mich
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New York
Honolulu
Dover
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Haste and Waste in a Rapid Nation
A reflective essay critiques excessive haste in modern life, arguing speed drives waste, yet a disciplined, limited haste can empower progress. It laments chasing wealth and future fashions while praising measured tempo, noting the US lags and leads in speed while neglecting present value.
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Europe
Ohio
Rural Iowa Opinion Pieces Spark Quarrels Across Newspapers
Iowa City Republicans snub the Bison-Indian nickel while Des Moines critics mock a wingless chicken breeder. Other papers debate road laws and suffrage, with business advice for youths and cautions on wages and immorality.
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Hook
Iowa City
Newspapers and the Postoffice Crisis in Second Class Mail
The piece criticizes Mr. Burleson for not recognizing the core issue before him and the post office. It argues against time-wasting riders to the appropriation bill and notes a crisis in post office relations with newspapers over second class mail that will demand the new postmaster general's full energy.
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Burleson
Wall Street Journal
Post Office
New York
Out-of-town newspaper deliveries falter amid postal reforms
The piece decries delayed Boston and Philadelphia deliveries and near universal subscriber loss in New York due to Hitchcock’s surplus and postal reform. It blames reduced rail mail clerks and letter carriers, rural free delivery, and the eight-hour shift for worsening service. It urges readers to write their congressman to spur action.
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Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Europe
Hitchcock
Congress
Parcel Post
A Song of Corn from Minna Irving
A poem extols corn as the supreme staple noting its health and energy giving power. It praises cornmeal dishes from breakfast muffins to cornbread and hoe cakes and urges admiration for every field of corn.
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Minna Irving
Leslie
State Senate Delays Klay Bill On Education Board Plan
Iowa senate committees vote for indefinite postponement of the Klay bill that would sustain the state board of education in its coordination plan. The measure, passed in the house, awaits a full senate vote when attendance is complete, with A B Fink ill in California unable to vote. Also appears an advertisement touts a stomach cure via Chamberlain's Tablets.
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Les Moines
State Board of Education
Senate
House
A. B. Fink
California
Iowa Patents Granted Week Ending March 18 1913
Patents awarded to Iowans include a convertible flat bottom freight car and dump car for Bettendorf administrator J W Bettendorf. curtain holder Albin Dahlberg Des Moines. bed plate adjustment for printing presses John Cottle Des Moines half assigned to F W Hallen. automobile wheel Glade L Griffith Blockton. neck protector David A Kent Jewell. ironing board William D Neils Davenport. relay system Edwin W Preston and G L Nickerson Sioux City. insect trap John Reinhart Early. sprocket gearing Geo M Webster Fort Dodge.
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Des Moines
Glade L. Griffith
Blockton
David A. Kent
Jewell
William D. Neils
Davenport
Edwin W. Preston
G. L. Nickerson
Sioux City
John Reinhart
Geo. M. Webster
Ft. Dodge
Real estate transfers listing multiple Waterloo parcels
Real estate transfers show Wm Kurth to Edward Spengler of part of lot 5 block 2 Shilliam's 3rd sub division Waterloo for $1. E J Isley to John EB Tsley land in 6-89-13 for $10,000. William Smucker to Henry Wiegand part of lot 9 block 2 Leavitt Johnson and Miller's addition Water Joo for $1.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Wm_ Kurth
Edward Spengler
Shilliam
Waterloo
E. J. Isley
John EB
Tsley
William Smucker
Henry Wiegand
Leavitt
Johnson & Miller
Water
Joo
Home Garden Notes and Paris Police Chief Lepine Resigns
The Home Garden column urges spring prep including soil improvement, manure use, lime correction, and seed selection. It stresses tidying plots, leaving finer material, and plowing when conditions permit. Also notes Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and announces Paris police chief Lepine resigning at age 67 after a storied career.
Des Moines Light Co Plans Retail Rate Reduction
Des Moines March 20 reports a reduction in the retail rate of electric service by the Des Moines Light Company. The move affects local consumers and aims to lower monthly bills.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Electric Plans Rate Cut on April First
The Des Moines Electric company will implement a rate reduction on April 1 saving business men about 30000 dollars annually. The current charges of 12 and 6 cents per kilowatt hour drop to 10 and 6 cents, reducing electric light bills by roughly ten to twelve percent.
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Des Moines Electric Company
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