Unique Cedar Falls test aims to reclaim sandy land
Four miles north of Cedar Falls a ten acre experiment in soil reclamation is underway led by the Cedar Falls Commercial Club. The project tests fertilization and crops on sandy acidic land to determine productive treatments with alfalfa and sweet clover plots. Farmers may visit plots and apply findings locally. Alfalfa days will invite farm groups to view results.
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Cedar
Businesa
Cedar Falls
The Nature of Arthritis by Dr William Brady
An overview of arthritis diagnosis and the chronic polyarthritis form in children, noting the difficulty of identifying causes and the emphasis on empirical treatment. Highlights how non-heart complications can accompany chronic arthritis, the progressive joint deterioration, and the role of exercise, massage, and sun exposure, with cautions about professional supervision.
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Dr. Brady
William Brady
Memorial Day prep across communities in Iowa regions
Civil war veterans honor Memorial Day with gravemarker decorations and school observances as national and state G A R leaders call for fitting ceremonies. Veterans from 1898 and World War I assist, with Aurora delaying in a state encampment parade. Iowa towns recall 1833 veteran totals while current numbers show about 6000 G A R veterans and half that in posts. William J Bryan fights Tennessee teaching evolution with the slogan The hand that writes the teacher s pay-check is the hand that rules the schools, urging truth for children. Carroll Herald suggests Congressman Dickinson run for US Senate, warning against a bid if it harms his seat in the House.
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Es Moniea
Aurora
Illinois
G. A.R
Mason City Globe Gazette
Willam J. Brian
Tennessee
Bryan
Florida Reals
Ace
Rej
Lottie’s Dilemma and a Proposal in a Small Town
Imogene asks Andrew to gauge Charlie Weeks’s salary and future at the Second National. Lottie Marshall weighs marriage to Charlie against a potentially richer match with George Terry while Andrew recalls a creekside snake tale. The dialogue explores love, money, and choosing a partner in a tight bond.
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Andrew
Charlie
Imogene
Bill Thurston
Second National
Lottie Marshall
Gene
Lottie
George Terry
George
Uncle Wiggily's Little Airships Adventure with three Squiggle Bups
Three Squiggle Bups Snip Snap and Snoop leave a tree home to seek adventures in the world. They hope to meet Uncle Wiggily the rabbit and discover thrills. They spot a red flower and a honey-filled flower but encounter gentle, playful misadventures rather than danger.
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Snip
Snap
Snoop
Green Forest
Uncle Wigzily
Uncle Wiggily
Uncle Wiggily Helps Squiggle Bugs Fly Home
Snoop Snip and Snap get sticky juice on their wings and fall from a leaf. Uncle Wiggily calms them and crafts three dandelion seed airships to return the trio to their home in the green forest. The bugs wash, comb, and bathe, ending their adventure with a safe, cheerful return.
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Snoop
Snip
Snap
Sai
Uscle Wiggily
Uncle Wiggily
Green Forest
Sam
Uncle Wiggly
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions and Answers
Questions from the Burroughs Nature Club column invite readers to submit queries on wildlife and natural history. The item presents a Scrappy mixed Q A about animals and ocean life with partial answers noting brains of wild animals, oyster shell creation, and baby rabbits, plus details on weasels and the wandering albatross.
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier May 19 1875
Journalic notes report deaths and funerals in Janesville with Rev Bringer leading the service. A La Porte City druggist home burned with family escaping in night attire. Al Carrick returns to Waterloo as Central House clerk. Yankee Robinson circus announced for Tuesday. Key City House advertised refitting. Temperance meetings draw crowds and pledge signings. Fly time ads urge screens for windows and doors. New Tingls Central time cards show daily passenger trains and freight schedules. Reynalds Bros advertise U T K shoes.
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al. Carrick
Waterloo
Central House
Yankees Robinson
Tingls Central
Reynalds Bros
Logan Reelected to U S Senate from Illinois in 1885
Forty years ago on May 20 1885 John A Logan known as Black Jack was reelected to the United States Senate by the Illinois General Assembly. The paper notes contemporaneous local items including wagon delivery of kerosene, business moves, ecclesiastical travels, stock movements, and medical grafting anecdotes from Waterloo and nearby towns.
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Wh, Hartman Co
Corner Park Ave
Commercial St
John C. Hartman
Jackson McCoy, Treas
L Mar
Mien & Mos
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News
Star Net
Thia
Webber
Bureau of
Ap- Pileadon
Prioca
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San_ Francisco
Story, Brooks & Finley, Representatives
John A. Logan
Black Jack
War Eagle
United States Senate
Illinois
General Assembly
W. L. Whipple
Resignation and local happenings mark May 1905 journal
Twenty years ago on May 20 1905 Waterlog police desk sergeant M J O Keefe resigns and may re-enter drug work. Council bids for brick paving include Fourth Street bridge. May rainfall totals reach 4.35 inches with rain on 12 of 20 days. Banquet hosted for L S Cass by C F Fowler with many attendees. Barclay township hit by hail with minor crop damage. Yatter and Waters store opens on Commercial Street. Two hundred friends attend Miss Lydia Hinman’s farewell and gifts. Francs realign profits note French property prices dip since 1914. A railroad is built through Sherwood forest, Robin Hood’s rendezvous.
Bill Wies At Foreign Rand Buyers In France
Paris May 20 Foreign buyers of real estate in France would face a 62 percent sales tax under a finance committee proposal now before parliament, quadrupling the 12 percent charged to natives. The measure targets foreigners even with legal domicile in France as currency depreciation attracts capital from favored exchange market nations.
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Paris
France
Finance Committee
Chamber
Society's Domain Reflection on Neuritis and Society
Miss Fawn Lippineut writes in Society's Domain that neuritis is becoming more popular as a social alibi than a bad cold, since it avoids nose blowing. The piece contrasts social enforcement with medical illness.
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Miss Fawn Lippineut
Brain Tests by Sam Lord
Fill the column with words in order of definitions: To chew audible self government heat a legislative body. The remaining letters spell a Hanoverian nobleman whose extravagant adventures were put in story form. Words inserted: Dan ger auburn Phillip nane. Words struck out: Ad ger burn Lip ane. Remaining word: Dauphin.
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Adger
Dauphin
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England
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Copyright Nail Newspaper Service
Jaca
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Children's Bureau
Labor Department
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Mike
Carroll Herald
Dickinsonecome
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Uncle Wiggily’s Little Airships
Howard R. Garis
Snip and Snap
Watt
Aera
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Coo
Coonyright
Azure
Ature Notes
Enrons
Asia Aten
South American
Sumer
Cela
The
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la Porte City
Iran R. Crowley
Key City House
Beck & Nauman
Lincoln, Neb
Milter
C.F. Kuehnle, Jr
Denison
Tay. E. N. Barrett
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Presbyterian’ Church
Waterloo Presbytery
B.C. R. & N. Railway
Bro. van Metre
Tribune
Er Gizzard
J. H. Crippen
Avaro
Sedgwick Brothers
Dr. Grip
Har * Fas Vey
George B. Rowell
Charles Demmel
C. Ww. Champlin
C. W. Waterbury
W. OW. Miller and
E. K. Bueghley
Orange
M. J. O'Keefe
Council
Fourth Street
C.F. Fowler
Logan Ihouse
L. S. Cass
the Street Railway Company
C.D. Pee
C.K. Pickett
W. W. Marsh
BE. Johnson
J. D Easton
Pr .c. Platt
Alire H.M. Reed
W. W. Mil
W. Chapman
F. J. Bighmey
F. E. Cutler
R. S. Brown
J. T. Sullivan
G.E. Lichty
GV. Fowler
F. J. Fowler
George Ff. Rowell
C. P. Bramnaher
W. Mx. Stewart
Barclay Township
E. R. Shannon
Yatter & Waters
Bown
Tra A. Fairbanks
Lydia Finnman
Moses Ticker
Franklin’ Street
Hinman
East High Schoo
Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood
Bill Wies
Abe Martin
Sam Lord
Danger
Auburn
Phillip
Nane
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