Helpful Household Hints and recipes from a bygone era
A collage of domestic tips and recipes including a new dustpan design, New England macaroni with pork and cheese, wine jelly from gelatin and sherry, codfish pie, date macaroons, marshmallow apples, baked apple sauce, rabbit with dumplings, and winter flowers. Also a note that Boston was home to a library established 216 years ago by King William III.
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New England
Boston
King William T
King’s Chapel
FOR THE CHILDREN AND OTHER CAMPFIRE IDEAS
A curious mix of activities and notes for scouts including a trick picnic invitation based on names matching initials, new merit badge requirements for physical development, and light fiction pieces such as The Sleeping Apple Blarney Stone Game The Butter Tree and Lighting Wire Match with practical camping tips on drying a wax match.
Pair of Bad Ones and Alaska Gold Shipment
A whimsical rhyme warns of two troublesome figures I Don’t Care and I Told You Bo. The text notes Alaska last year shipped gala bullion valued at 14,576,045 dollars to the United States, highlighting a large precious metal shipment.
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Alaska
United States
Notable Leaders in World War Times
Lieutenant General G A von Falkenhayn, chief of staff and later minister of war, revered militarist and Kaiser who shaped German policy. Turkey's Sultan Mohammed V, political pawn of the Young Turks, seen as ruler in name only amid Balkan and European conflicts. Buffalo enforces a dance hall ventilation law.
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von Balkenhayn
Helmuth von Moltke
Germany
United States
France
England
Kaiser
von Heeringen
G. A. & von Falkenhayn
Fourth Army Corps
von Falkenhayn
China
Europe
von Bernhard
Turkey
Doring
Tvo
Mohammed V
Mohammed
Sultan
Constantinople
Buffalo
First Ride in The Eight Cylinder Cadillac
The new Cadillac with its V type tight cylinder engine excites engineers experts and laymen. The Eight Cylinder engine shows remarkable flexibility and accelerates unexpectedly with minimal gear shifting, impressing even casual motorists.
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Cadillac
Trustees Order Church Sold In Iowa Auction
The United Brethren church at Wagle Center Iowa will be sold by trustees at public auction read aloud by Frank Lichty on Tuesday December 1 during the noon hour all parties interested urged to attend Auctioneer William Holland handles the sale.
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United Brethren Church
Wagle Center
Iowa
Frank Lichty
Vagrants Sentenced in City Police Court
Three colored men William Lewis Henry Williams and Proctor were found guilty of vagrancy and each received 20 days in jail. James Smith pled guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct and was fined 50 dollars. Ben Spearman and Frank White entered not guilty pleas to vagrancy with Spearman’s case continued until Monday and White to have a hearing this afternoon.
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Meyers
William Lewis
Henry Williams
Proctor
James Smith
Ben Spearman
Frank White
Spearman
White
City in Brief Read the article on Page 2
A compact city in brief collecting local items from advertising notices, social updates, and small events. It mentions a prohibition article, a weekend visit to Waverly, a bicycle shop planned at 617 Bluff Street, a minor fire at 827 Third Avenue West, a Thanksgiving visit by Miss Vera Geiger, a marriage license for William Jensen and Violence R. Knipe, funeral services for Mrs. M. M. Trainor, wrestling action in Riceville, a Thanksgiving gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hill, and Ida A. Burkitt seeking an oval breast-pin with one pearl lost long ago.
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Ida A. Burkitt
Widow's Pensions Issued for 39 County Widows
Warrants empowering weekly pension payments were mailed to the county auditor for 39 widows. The top weekly amount is 12 dollars for a widow with six children under fourteen. Annual payments would total 6424 dollars and the year ending Nov 30 1914 saw 4040.98 dollars disbursed to widows.
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Ier
Wilson in Washington After Thanksgiving Visit
President Wilson returned to the White House from Williamstown Massachusetts where he spent Thanksgiving with his daughter Mrs Frank Sayre. The report notes Eli Shepherd aged eighty of Tilton Illinois as the sole survivor among the fifteen soldiers assigned in April 1865 to guard Lincoln's body in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Williamstown
Mass
Frank Sayre
White House
Eli Shepherd
Age Etehty
Tilton
Lincoln
Washington
Italian statesman dies in Rome at 1829 birth century veteran diplomat
The Marquis Visconti Venosta, former Italian minister of foreign affairs, died in Rome this morning. Born in Milan in 1829, he had a long career in Italian diplomacy and remained active in 1912 negotiations with Austria.
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Rome
Marquis Visconti Venus
Marquis
Milan
Italy
Austria
Quarantine Continues in Several Iowa Counties
The U S government through its animal husbandry department kept Black Hawk, Buchanan, Benton, Linn, Tama and other counties under quarantine for foot and mouth disease effective November 30. Interstate cattle shipments are halted until the quarantine is lifted. Hatch Packing Co reports unaffected stock arriving from Iowa despite the ongoing restriction.
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United States
Animal Husbandry Department
Iowa
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Benton
Linn
Tama
Hatch Packing Co
Towa
Newsboys Thank Community For Thanksgiving Dinner
The Newsboys Club of the Water Street Evening Courier and Reporter met to discuss their Thanksgiving dinner. They thanked superintendent of circulation and Mrs. Chas H Slack for a full day of work at the I C O FP. They also praised George M Fenberg, Majestic Theatre manager, for a fine entertainment last Wednesday.
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Watertoo Evening Courier
Chas. H. Slack
George M. Fenberg
Majestic Theatre
Record Sale At A W Steely Farm Netted About 10000
Yesterday at the A W Steely farm twelve miles northwest of Waterloo a large sale was held. Mr Steely plans to move to Waterloo with his family next week and Mr Ford of Forreston Ill will take over the vacated farm. cattle averaged 73.50 per head with top prices of 457.50 for a two year old calf and 557.59 for a mare. Over 500 people attended the auction.
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A. W. Steely
Waterloo
Steely
Mr. Ford
Forreston
Ill
Card of Thanks from M M Trainor and Family
The Trainor family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for their kind help during their recent bereavement.
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M. M. Trainor
Easy Way to Keep Baby's Skin Healthy
Advice from a 20th century source promotes Resinol soap and ointment for infant skin irritations. Daily bathing with Resinol soap and gentle drying followed by a thin layer of resinol ointment is claimed to provide instant relief and heal eruptions. Free samples offered by Resinol in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Resinol
Baltimore
Christmas Portraits at Spurr Studio in Waterloo
The E Willard Spurr Studio offers photo portraits with emphasis on quality and expression. Open evenings and Sundays until Christmas at 214 1 2 East 4th Street, Waterloo, Iowa, with portraits from $3.00, including post poses and panels.
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E. Willard Spurr
Bagdad
Heaven
East 4Th St
Waterloo
Iova
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Walt
Susan Davis
Cora
Ireland
Yerby
Sierra Leone
Philadelphia
General von Falkenhayn
American Press Association
Sultan Mohammed
Jie
C. B
Detroit
Morris Motor Car CO
Cadillac Motor Car Co
Detroit, Mich
Terievan
Trustees Order Church
William Holland
A. L. Lawrence
Wifl
Waverly
H. H. Miller
Bluff Street
Third Avenue West
Vera Geiger
Waterloo Business College
New Hampton
Ciy
William Jensen
Violence R. Knipe
New Hartford
Secret Heart Church
Father Tower of
Farmington
D. J. Lenihan
Carl Brown
George Hitchcock
Riceville
Brown
Edward Wilkus
J. D. Hill
Misering
Mary Schrock
Black Hawk Co
Inewsboys
Thoughtefulnes
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