Railroads face public demand for fair rates and service
The Courier argues for public interest in rail tariffs and service after private ownership resumes. It recalls Vanderbilt and Cassatt quotes, warns rates must be fair, and urges removing tariff kinks while praising a field secretary plan for Sunday schools in Black Hawk county.
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the Courier
Tne Elder Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Black Hawk County
Jook
Blank Hawk County
Health Talks by John Te. Usuber on Tuberculosis Water Intake
Dr. John Te. Usuber discusses humanity's progress and dangers, comparing war deaths to tuberculosis tolls. He notes that tuberculosis claims millions, urges awareness, and answers reader questions on health topics, including daily water intake and general guidance, while warning against diagnosis by mail.
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John TE. Usuber
AMM. OD
Friend Wife By ROE FULKERSON
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts suffrage hopes with a male counterpoint on gender power. The speakers joke about voting as a cure for vice while discussing influence of women on men, including playful, provocative anecdotes about kisses and moral reform.
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Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Fragmented Tales and Editorial Snippets Collide in Mixed Parcel
A jumble of poems, children’s tale Bunnet the rabbit, political notes on Cummins and Bryan, suffrage commentary, and assorted London cardroom trivia appears in a single mosaic of 19th and early 20th century newspaper items. The page blends fiction, editorial opinions, and social observations across multiple voices and topics.
Minstrel Dreams and a Village Kiss Denouement
The narrator recalls choosing between a minstrel career and baseball success inspired by a village girl’s praise and a shy kiss behind a lilac bush. The memory links kisses to fate, fame, and vice, as the girl’s influence shapes his path and personal resolve.
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Lew Dockstader
Walter Johnson
Mack
Hebeces Johnson
Toom
Tie
Imogene
Bunnet Rabbit Runs Away From Home
The Bunnet Rabbit story follows Bunnet as she is chased by Mr. Dog, captured by a boy and placed in a barn box. She wanders to a handmade dollhouse in the yard, cries at night, and sleeps to wake beside her anxious mother and father who vow to return but cannot that night.
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Bunnet
Buinnet
Mr. Dog
Burnet
Nature Notes How can a field sparrow be identified
Answers to common questions about field sparrows including whether a coon must be taught and if wasps kill or paralyze prey. Tomorrow's Nature Notes will provide clarified identifications and expert tips.
Questions on blood circulation and double rainbows
The excerpt asks if blood always flows in one direction across animals and notes exceptions in echinoderms and other species. It also discusses whether birds can be stimulated to produce more than the usual number of eggs and explains how double rainbows form by differing light paths through water drops.
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Mlingis
Lowden
Gen. Wood
Illinois
Ilinois
Gov. Lowden
Minnesota
Northwest
Tllinois
Hoover
Tha
Waterloo
Herr Hohenzollern
Al-Highest
Rebecca Doalinson
Andrew
Tmogene
Andrey
Becuse
Thies
Rae
North
Uday
Tilford
Iowa Evitors Opposition to Cummins Re election Rumor
The Charles City Press notes a movement to oppose Senator Cummins’ re election over the Esch Currins railroad bill but doubts it will gain traction as most people support the bill.
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Cummins
Java
United States Senate
Tiis
Charles City Press
Puzzle shows box of nine blocks yielding total of 15
The text describes a puzzle with 82 lines in a nine block box that sums to 15. It lists fragmented expressions like 4a 13a 1247 and assorted symbols. The readable portion indicates a numbered answer sheet or solution reference, but details are incomplete and the core claim is the box completes to 15.
Fifty Years Ago in The Courier Contained Various Notices
A batch of 1870 items notes Cunard steamers inviting mail service to Liverpool, a Winterset clothing stock update, a marriage in Black Hawk township, curious remarks on a world’s fair sideshow, and short notices on winter, Minnesota floods, militia formation, and the stalled women’s suffrage movement as Missouri and Minnesota discuss reforms.
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Cunard
Grand Review
Des
William Robinson
John McKibben
America
Winterset
Satie
A. H. Frank
Apong
Tom
Barnum
Stanton & Crittenden
John's
Goughnour
William Strayer
Sarah Wickman
Minnesota
Missouri
Susan By
Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Fortieth year circus plans and local notices dated 1880
Forty years ago plans call for a circus in Mitchell county with George Johnston moving from Raymond. Grant and party land in Galveston after world tour. Ella C Lake to wed John Q Myers. Cedar Valley social features necktie auction. Waterloo honors list includes Nettie Ackerman, Mamia Bickley, many others among students in rooms 3 to 10.
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George Johnston
Edward
Curriere
Raymond
la Porte City
Mitchell County
Johnston
Waterloo
Nettie Ackerman
Mamia Bickley
Harry Daniel
Agnes Hoffman
Lucy Leavitt
Laura Liehty
May Morris
May Pierce
Nettie Robinson
Harry Alien
L. Johns
John LaBarre
Will Logan
Mary Crowther
Mamie Cook
Charles Munger
Charles Pickett
Clayton Delamater
Charles Nauman
Gertie Clark
Willie Camp
Waterloo News Headlines from March 26 1900
Twenty years ago on Monday March 26 1900 society notices report J C Westfall tied to the affair after a ten day wait. Obituaries note A N Perris E ioness Miller and C F Foote among local figures and business leaders. A push for cycle paths and a new Waterloo Buckingham addition are mentioned alongside a marriage of William F Heitter to Rosa May Hile.
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J. C. Westfall
A. N. Perris
E. Ioness
S. Miller
A. C. Bollinger
S J
C. F. Foote
L. B
A. Hallowell
Hawk Coffee & Spice Company
New York
Waterloo
William F. Heitter
Rosa May Hile
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Charles Dana
Galveston
Texas
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Ella C. Lake
John Q. Myers
Cedar Valley Church
Stuhlmitter
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M. Oppel
J. W. Krapfel
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Henry J. Harrison
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