Forty Years Ago In The Courier May 5 1875
Fort Dodge edition notes May 4 marriage of Lewis C Teeter and Mary E Poyner by Rev J T Crippen. Building season opens with the post office block on Bridge Street by D H Ferguson of Rockford and a ten year lease for ground floor. The newspaper plant to occupy second story. Immigrant wagons and cattle bound for western Iowa and South Dakota pass through. Rainy weather followed by cooling clouds. Cedar Valley Medical Society met at Dr O S Knox’s. ethics discussed. Dr Knox and Dr Middleditch spoke. Dr Robinson of Cedar Falls elected president and Dr J M Ball of Waterloo vice president. A T Lusch reports happiness in Vienna. Robert Manson remains in Scotland. Beck & Nauman steam saw mill active. local building activity noted.
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Bridge Street
Fowler
D. H.ferguson
Rockford
Cedar Valley Medical Society
Cyclone devastation and theft plague Sioux Center area
A cyclone hit Sioux Center on May 2 causing fatalities injuries and heavy property loss including blown schoolhouses. Burglars robbed J B Shanewise in Bremer county of merchandise worth 80 dollars while other thefts and a train wreck near Gladbrook are noted. Weather moisture improves drought. polar regions cover 6 970 268 square miles with 300 000 inhabitants.
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Sioux Center
Sioux County
J. B. Shanewise
Denver
Bremer County
Halstead
Kaw
Polar
German Treatment of British Prisoners Parity Promised
A British official statement says Germany will apply the same humane treatment to British officers detained in Germany as given to German submarine prisoners by Britain. Ambassador Gerard notes British officers are kept in clean cells, allowed baths, books, packages, smoking, and two hours daily exercise, with decent food. only complaint is detention, not mistreatment. Separate from other prisoners, submarine crew prisoners reportedly enjoy similar conditions, though in officer detention barracks.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
W. H. Page
Foreign Office
James W. Gerard
Berlin
England
Gerard
B. G. Lowry
Lowry
Sunday preached on Booze at Paterson revival
Evange list Billy Sunday preached a sermon on Booze at Paterson last Sabbath with services in the afternoon and evening. About 1,148 men were converted and the day’s converts totaled 1,411. A large audience from New York City attended, while the Courier and Reporter notes that the evening paper pays attention to want ads.
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Paterson
Billy
Bath
New York City
Courier and Reporter
Studebaker’s Full Floating Rear Axle Described
The article explains earlier axle types labeled floating and full floating. It notes Studebaker’s rear axle as costly to manufacture but safer since it supports weight on the axle housing with two Timken bearings per hub. Radius rods handle wheel turning while others rely on springs, making some cars harder riding.
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Studebaker
The Reo Fifth and New Reo Six Take the Auto World by Storm
The advertisement touts the Reo Fifth priced at 1050 as the incomparable four and notes the New Reo Six as a popular, silent, smooth riding car. It urges immediate orders since delivery depends on order timing and delays should be avoided.
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Reo
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In the Courier
Lewis C. Teeter
Boring Creek
Mary E. Poyner
Poyner Township
J. T. Crippen
Iowa
South Dakota
New York
New England
Horace Greeley
Fort Dodge
A. T. Lusch
Vienna
Robert Manson
Europe
Scotland
Beck & Nauman
George Watson
Telegraph
Gladbrook
Black
Swirler
Silas Northey
Maria Parmenter
N. O. Munger
Marion
J. M. Slusher
Hudson
W. F. Eighmer
High and Vine Streets
W. OR. C
Sarah Ferguson
Della Stull
Anna Glas
Minnie Walker
Detroit
Harry Padden Auto CO
Sycamore Street
Waterloo, Iowa
Reos
Are
Waterloo Auto & Supply Co
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