Water loo Evening Courier VOR No 719 Daily News
The Waterloo Evening Courier, Havana Co. Courier Ride, and related notices publish subscription details, carrier rates, and postal information. The paper includes Associated Press and United Press International content, with policy notes on advertising and fraud, plus political commentary on Alabama and Pennsylvania elections and Prohibition era debates.
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Havanna Co
Cornus Park Ave
John C. Hartman
Sackson McCoy
Reas
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press
International News
Associated, Press
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Brooks & Fintey
Boyish Prank Laws and a Pennsylvanian Primary
A fragmentary report discusses a claimed two attempt holdup and a mental lapse defense, urging public protection from pranks. It also notes Pennsylvania Republican primary results with W. O. Ware leading wet voters and Pepper and Pinchot splitting the dry vote, signaling prohibition sentiment. An Abe Martin quote adds satirical local color.
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Ware
Tits Rollioy
Philadelphia
Geng
P. Posilics
Vare
Pepper
Pinchot
Pinechot
Adivie
Pennsylvania
Drys
Hell
Senate
Treams
Seldon
Divigon
W. O. Ware
Hogs
Philadelphia Machine
Senainn Veppery
Gov. Pinchot
Pennsylvenia
Town to strike blindly at Cummingau protest against losses
Davenport remarks on the need to defend Senator in agriculture matters and oppose demagogs. They urge town support for air mail service as essential and warn that lack of backing will lead to withdrawal of service. Emphasizes Des Moines mail hub and the nation’s obligation.
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Davenport
Cummingag Uo
National Congress
Dolliver
Alison
Des Moines
Capiti
Air Mall
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions and Answers
An archival style note discusses animal feeding, bird predation on insects, and a historic French lesson on crop losses. It mentions molting in insects, laws on bird protection, and a curious tale of a girl at a spring with a mysterious incident. The piece blends questions about robit diet and cat whiskers with cautions about animal handling and safety.
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Oden
France
Lewis
Miche Develo
Health advice columns acknowledge teaching missteps
Dr Willtas Brady admits two past errors in health guidance. He renounces views against women’s haircuts and against girls playing public basketball, noting improved modern fashions and the normalization of shorter hair. He cites evidence that college women are taller, stronger, and better prepared for motherhood, while stressing cautious, nonjudgmental responses to reader questions on nutrition, blood pressure, and skin care.
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Higger
Althou
Piblic
Sand
Dasa
Joe
Blackhead
Queen of Sheba's lineage sparks long Ethiopian pride
An ancient biblical tale links Abyssinia to Sheba and King Solomon. The Ethiopian ruler claims ancestry tracing to the Queen of Sheba, boasting a pedigree longer than any living monarch. The realm, larger than Britain and France combined, spans about a million people and wide eastern Africa.
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Africa
Abyssinia
Sheba
Althen
Great Britain
France
Uncle Wigeily and the Ants Swing in Abyssinia Party Plan
Uncle Wigeily plans to attend Aunt Lettie’s woodland party with animal friends near the Orange Mountains. A hole in his hat delays him as Bob Car’s doorway intrusion prompts a scramble, while Mrs. Longears urges swift travel to the party after a comic adventure. The tale shifts to Abyssinia noting wildlife and geography, and ends with a note on a bird voting contest and nature folders.
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Wisgily
Aunt Lette
Uueie Wigsily
Jane Wuazy Wuazy
Wansekeeper
Bunaga-Ilow
Longears
Ann Jous
Ray
Lettie
Bunny
Bingle
Bury
We Went to the Moon and a Spool of Red Silk Thread
A fragment from a childlike dialogue features a memory of visiting the moon and a request for a spool of red silk thread. Uncle Wiggily questions the utility of the idea, reflecting a whimsical, incomplete exchange.
Rabbit and store run to mend a necktie
A talking rabbit hurries to a three and four cent store to buy silk thread for mending his wife’s necktie. He asks for a spool and hopes to finish before the shop closes, while another rabbit offers aid and humorously contemplates wearing his old necktie.
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Uc Silk
Fifty Years Ago In This Courier May 17 1876
The May 17 1876 issue notes a May 9 wedding of William Watkins and Lena Seymour conducted by Rev J J Hall. It mentions croquet grounds cropping up, straw hats and linen dusters returning, Beck and Nauman planning to repair the Hasse mill with water power, a centennial game in La Porteity, the West Waterloo school board planting 100 shade trees, and a sudden death of Mrs Couch mother of G W Couch and L Hurlbut. Also mentions Shutt s Barber renovating their store and local bakery rolls donation. Waterloo baseball season opener with a defeat of the place, and general town remarks.
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William Watkins
Lena Seymour
J. J. Hall
la Porleity
West Waterloo
Mesicks Visit Schenectady After 30 Years Absence
Years ago on May 19 1586 Mr and Mrs John Mesick began a summer trip east to visit relatives in Schenectady marking their first return home in three decades. Lichty leaves west for health hopes and a Salvation Army adds two soldiers. Dr J Caesar died after a buggy fall near Cedar Falls at age 42. Doctor G Ge Bickley attended Clarksville for critical illness. Lichty sells coal stake to partner.
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John Mesick
East
Schenectady
Sie Old
Smith
Lichty
West
J. Caesar
Cedar Falls
Fifth Street
Battle for Iowa Progressives vs Standpatters in 1900
May 19 1900 reports a major political clash in Iowa between Progressives led by Governor Cummins and Standpatters led by Ceorge D. Perkins of the Sioux City Journal. Cummins appears ahead. The era’s local weather, accidents, and incidents are noted including W. R. Cole’s bicycle crash, Cedar Falls mills closing due to river flood, and a frost. Also mentions coroner resignation, a frost damage forecast for fruit crops, and a Waterloo property sale earlier.
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Saturnkty
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Ceorge D. Perkins
Sioux City Journal
Cummins
Lost in a Whimsical Tale From an Old Page
A fragmentary clipping evokes a playful scene with a wont lady, a jump from a window, and a rubber ball. It mentions a soft place for play, a bed spring, Uncle Wiggily, and horseradish in a quirky, memory-like vignette.
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Waugh
Uncle Wiggily Helps Ant Colony With Silk Swings
Aunt Lettie’s store closes as Uncle Wiggily shares a spool of red silk to craft delicate swings for a crowd of ant children who cannot make cordages from cobwebs or vines. He tears through the thread to create a playful, night ending with the ants satisfied and the store shut for repairs.
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Lettie
Uncle
Kneie
Gaele
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit Bunny
Leslie
Rabbit
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