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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1913
Page
2
The Courier here presents advertising rates and circulation details for Waterloo and nearby areas. Rates are subject to change without notice, with minimum ad cost of 15 cents and special pricing on contracts. Offices offer private branch mobile charges for individuals or departments.
A Ohio rural credit system adapts building and loan concepts to farmers. Semiannual payments at six percent interest reduce principal over about twelve years, with options for smaller payments or interest-only terms. Farmers report no foreclosures and praise local, not distant lenders, as a practical, cheaper financing path.
A narrator recalls an assimilative personality who gathers others' anecdotes as his own. A preacher’s vivid autobiographical tales rouse applause, while a deacon records the tales and concludes the man seems born in multiple places and aged centuries. The piece critiques self aggrandizement.
A historical overview portrays Athens as a thriving business hub with 390,000 residents, a busy seaport at Piraeus, and expanding rail connections. It notes eight cotton mills, forty five cognac distilleries, fourteen steam flouring mills, eight soap factories, and thirteen shipyards, plus plans for a fourteen story office building and a twelve story hotel.
The piece explains borrowers deposit surplus income with building and loan associations to earn interest while mortgage repayments are pending. Officials say five percent loans are possible if deposits yield four percent, with 1912 rural costs about one percent to operate. It also notes a murder report ambiguity, Taft opposing Wilson policy, and warnings of a potential Mexico conflict described as a bloodless war.
The department of agriculture provides precise figures showing the advance in the cost of table necessities over a set period. Citizens acknowledge rising prices but remain focused on daily survival and securing essentials.
A 1918 Thanksgiving note laments the limited distribution of blessings to Iowa residents. The piece highlights quiet to the point a night storm was anticipated, reflecting a mood of restraint amid wartime providence.
A collection of editorial snippets noting Theodore Roosevelt’s charisma in many languages and public reactions to figures such as Sulzer and Wilson, with brief commentary on political clashes and reform debates from 1912 era papers.
A New World record claim notes a hen laying 282 eggs in a year amid rising egg prices. The piece quotes jokes and local humor from the Webster City Freeman-Tribune and various credited quips about politics and daily life.
A shorthand letter intercepted by the husband of a former sweetheart is set to test George Negray for four months in Des Moines Iowa. The note raises questions about personal relationships and legal boundaries as the case unfolds in court.
Negray received a prison sentence in federal court in Indianola after an obscene letter written in shorthand was discovered by Mrs. Myrtle Chovan’s husband. The letter, sent to a shorthand student, was translated at a Creston business college where the husband retrieved it. Judge Mc Pherson refused clemency, stating such an author is not entitled to mercy.
Ad claims insomnia stems from stomach disorders and constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets are advertised to correct these issues and help sleep. Available from all dealers.
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