Baloo Evening Courier and Related Offices Notice
The BALOO EVENING COURIER is published daily except Sunday by Hartman Company. It lists staff, offices in Waterloo Iowa Chicago and New York, and advertising and subscription details. Foreign postage and overseas contact points for travelers are provided.
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Baloo Evening Courier
Associated Press
Prry W. H. Hartman
West Park Avenue
Hartman
A. W. Ferenson
Boopy Treas
Ger
Mgr
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Tribune
Alfred B. Lukens
Chicago
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Evening Courier
Mall
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Waterloo
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Europe
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American Expresa
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Nevaky Prospert
Waterloo Welcomes Epoch Hotel Rise in City Progress
The Rugsett Lamson hotel project marks a turning point for Waterloo. Seven stories tall, it aims to place the city among major urban centers, backed by local businessmen and a stretch of lot sales and subscriptions. The spring of 1918 shines with promise as final papers secure the venture.
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Rugsett- Lamson
Waterloo
City of
Landing the Bacon
A West High School student wins an Eastern college scholarship through record of accomplishment. The piece praises hard work and long term effort as essential beyond honors, noting that scholarships spark progress but do not guarantee success and require steady future effort.
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the West High School
Eastern College
China Hope and Health Ties Amid Global Turmoil
In a reflective period piece the article praises China’s republican progress and U S recognition, contrasting it with Japan and other powers. It notes hope for an honest China allied to the United States and cites census data on 1911 deaths, highlighting disease, violence, and health gains alongside civic debate and social uproar. It closes with a weathered line on dandelions and a London arson raid remark.
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China
New Republic
United States
Japan
Republic
Petticont
London
Newspapers Clash Over Plans and Politics in Iowa
A compilation notes varied Iowa items including Waterloo plans for Carnegie venture, a Boys work seed plan, Council Bluffs lawn square project, and political chatter from Arlington and Illinois coverage. It cites Tribune opinions on law and bar room etiquette.
Debate over immediate check cutting and stock market effects
The piece argues for other methods of promptly cutting checks, notes weakness in Chicago grocers and butchers. It references Des Moines Rock Island stock quotes and predicts the market trend down, linking a $15 million lawsuit to further market decline. It discusses tax assessment figures and Cedar Falls hopes for white coal power as cheap energy reshapes western development.
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Waruluy
Des Moines
Pribume
Rock
Evening Tribune
Burlington
Disjointed Snippets and Ads From The Times Page
A collage of quotes and bits from various papers presents snippets ranging from playful dialogues to advertisements. The items include humorous lines about games and cooking, a Weather Star remark, a family scene in a study, and a promotional prompt for screen orders from The Nauman Co.
Conspicuous Fact in Washington Politics and Apathy on Tariff
Colliers notes President Wilson’s clear ascendancy and Hearst’s weakened challenge. Opposition to the Underwood Tariff Bill is marked by apathy as special interests cling to scattered protests. The piece credits the bill as honest in intention and as accurate as rough future estimates.
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Colliers
Washington
Wilson
Hearst
Iowa Man Returns From Colorado Advises Stay Put
L E Gallup of Waterloo urges locals not to desert Iowa for Rocky Mountain states after a six month health visit to Denver. He notes higher poverty in western cities and cites 125 Denver residents leaving for work in one Sunday. Gallup plans to settle in Waterloo after seeking property here.
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L. E. Gallup
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Waterloo
Iowa
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Fairbank
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East
Watertoo
Congressmen Drops Dead in Washington Station
Representative Lewis J. Martin of Newton New Jersey died suddenly at Union Station Washington as he arrived from New Jersey. The 69 year old Democrat had just begun his first term in Congress and previously led the New Jersey Senate from 1899 to 1902. The article notes his sudden illness after alighting from a train and his subsequent death. An advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills follows, featuring J A Farmer of Auburn New York praising a permanent cure.
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Washington, D. C
Lewis J. Martin
Newton N. J
Congress
Assembly
Senate
Martin
Washington
New Jersey
Auburn
New York
J. A. Farmer
Doctors Silent as Friedmann Cure Stirs at Congress
Washington May 6 The American Congress of Physicians and Surgeons begins in Washington with a vow of silence on the Friedmann tuberculosis cure. Constituent societies met in hotels as sessions opened, and President Dr Noble P Barnes avoided the topic in his welcoming address while allowing possible open discussion.
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Friedmann
Washington, D. C
Friedrich FB. Friedmann
American Congress of Physicians and Surgeons
Noble P. Barnes
Therapeutic Society
Barnes
City to Hire Business Manager in Clarinda
Clarinda Iowa May 6 the city council adopted an ordinance creating a municipal business manager post with the mayor appointing and the council setting salary T A Wilson named as the first manager at 1100 dollars in addition to 400 dollars as city clerk He will devote all his time to city work and officials expect the plan to improve administration
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Clarinda
T. A. Wilson
Seniors in College End as They Enter the Real World
A humorous college column compares seniors to presidents in their final term as they graduate into ordinary life. It notes their wide knowledge and later awkward entry into work, politics, and business, while poking fun at former students chasing glory and peddling wisdom.
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Yale
Harvard
Mexican Annexation Talk Faces Constitutional Hurdles
A report notes favorable sentiment toward annexation as urged by the late President Ma dero but warns of possible friction with the Huerta regime. Mexican consul Leon Gomes says any deal would require a Mexican constitutional amendment and a people's vote in Lower California showing majority support.
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Madero
Huerta
Leon Gomes
Mexico
California
Life Without Heat
Scientific American reports on cold as a savant Nordmann argues that extreme cold can preserve life and vaccines. He notes bacteria endure liquid air minus 190 C and liquid hydrogen minus 252 C, resurrecting after warming, with implications for vaccine storage.
Life Perhaps Carried Between Planets By Cold Tolerance
The article notes experiments removing objections to panspermia by showing organisms survive extreme cold in space. Prof Pictet has repeated tests on fish and seen similar results, prompting Prof Nordmann to jokingly suggest revived humans in 200 years. The findings promise broad scientific applications and interest.
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Prof
Pictet
Nordmann
Des Moines Back Taxes Case Aims at Rock Island Rail
The Greater Des Moines committee authorized secretary Ralph P Bolton to probe the Polk county supervisors action to collect 15 million alleged back taxes from the Rock Island railroad. Lawyers contend the board exceeded its authority and the Wright Kissel contract is null and void.
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Des Moines
Greater
Ambitious $25 Million Bid for Lower California Reported
San Diego May 6. W J McGimsey a Punta Banda landowner says a crown of American capitalists pledged 25 million dollars to buy Lower California and annex it to the United States. He claims the deal is near completion and agitation for annexation has begun.
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Cal
W. J. McGimsey
Punta Banda
Ensenada
Lower California
United States
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