Waterloo Evening Courier Editorial and Notices
The Waterloo Evening Courier column discusses race and population ethics, urging support for churches as civic institutions. It argues that ignoring the race’s future generations leads to social decay and highlights Sunday church attendance as beneficial to individuals and the city. The piece also notes a related column with pastor excerpts on church benefits and civic duty.
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Gaiad Iapids
Mich
Miles
Waterloo
Becular Reasons For Church Attendance Debate
Fragmentary note discusses church involvement and social similarities. Mentions attendance and community function, but lacks clear events, names, or dates to specify.
Water town petition seeks riverfront property protections
The Waterloo petition urges state law to remove river front commissioners from disposing of city river bank lands. It argues for protections, notes current commissioners’ integrity, and claims a proposed street through Waterloo would undermine public grounds. Senator Cummins is seen as a future minority leader in Des Moines if Oregon primary law passes.
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Waterloo
Waterborg
Courier
Commission
Bridge Street
Union Mills Company
Express
River Front Commission
Cummins
Senate
Des Moines
Oregon
City Faces Drunk Revenue Drop Threatening Finances
Revenue from liquor court fines has plummeted, placing city finances at risk of a deep deficit. Officials warn a cash shortfall could force budget cuts unless enforcement or rates change.
Soliloquy in an Editor's Chair
A playful verses from a writer at a newspaper desk muses on the editor’s power and persona. The speaker charts admiration and doubt about authority, print, and influence, hinting at awaiting proof pages and a closing benediction to guide better writing.
Ponderous Personages Wendell Phillips in History and Faith
A biographical sketch of Wendell Phillips born in Boston on November 20, 1821, detailing his Harvard years, rapid turn to abolitionism, famed oratory, Civil War era work for justice, and postwar advocacy for Native Americans immigrants and criminals. It notes his death in 1884 and paralleled religious citations stressing faith as cure for worry.
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Wendell Phillips
Boston
Harvard
Jiarvard
Phillips
Faneuil Hall
United States
Massachusetts
Webster
Thanksgiving in the Pilgrim Spirit and Suffrage Victory
Dr J O Stevenson reflects on Thanksgiving rooted in Pilgrim faith and civic duty. He lauds the November holiday, condemns politicized religion, celebrates progressive wins including woman suffrage, and notes a 20 000 woman parade on Fifth Avenue with states renamed for liberty and justice.
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Custom House
Hecker
Woman's Standard
Towa
Arizona
Kaur S
Oregon
Michigan
Fifth Avenue
N. Y
Free States
Kansas
Aida
National Suffrage Association
Philadelphia
Independence Square
Seneca Falls
Metropolitan Opera House
Why Go to Church Excerpts From Rev Pineh Address
A reader submits excerpts from Rev. Fred Pineh on Sundays as a cure for a tired body and fretful mind. He argues that ill spent Sundays drain the soul, body, and mind and that people miss communion with God’s Spirit which renews all. The piece critiques a neurotic age shaped by Sunday neglect and overwork.
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Fred Pineh
Fragmented reflection on life and vitality
A fragment discusses a sense of communion with life and the loss of vital breath. The text describes a secular Sunday draining life’s energy and efficiency within a preferred community or group, then notes a reading about life and worry.
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Fang
Hale's Catarrh Cure Promoted In Ads
An old advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and asserts Hal's Catarrh Cure treats the blood and mucous surfaces. It touts a proprietary formula of tonics and minerals, promoted by Cheney & Co of Toledo with a free testimonial offer and Wake Hall brand constipation remedy.
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Hal
Ares
P.d. Cheney & CO
Wake Hall
Foley Kidney Pills advertisement claims relief for kidney issues
The ad describes kidney problems such as rheumatism backache stiff joints and shooting pains as signs of kidney dysfunction. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as tonic restorative non habit forming and safe, claiming they strengthen kidneys regulate action and provide quick relief. H. W. Taggart endorses the product.
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H. W. Taggart
The Evening Chit Chat by Ruth Cameron
The column recalls the tale of George Cole, a Massachusetts bank worker who stole nearly half a million dollars, received fifteen years, and sparked loyalties from Miss Hightower, his fiancée, his mother, and others who stood by him through his prison term. The piece notes the public fascination with who remained true after his crime.
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Massachusetts
Mamie Hightower
Kansas City
George
Motherly Love Outlasts Time in Prison Tales
A Cambridge bank wrecker’s two year estrangement from a sweetheart ends as a sisterly tale of faded romance while a prison official notes how most outside affection wanes within a year or two, leaving only a mother’s steadfast love as a lasting bond. The observer recalls a still earlier story of a man deeply in love with a beautiful wicked woman and a vampire’s claim of unmeasured devotion.
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Coleman
Cambridge
Greenfield
Miss Hightower
Mother's Love Revered In A Grim Tale Of Sacrifice
The text reflects on a criminal lover who hands his mother's heart to her, then stumbles as it bleeds. It ponders whether anything in the world is more beautiful or wonderful than a mother's love, framing the scene in stark, moral terms.
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Hell
Maurder
Rene Sands
Inetra
America
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