Courier Ad Rates and International Mail Offices
Early 20th century Waterloo Evening Courier announces advertising rates on application. Mentions American Express offices and foreign postage, with locations in New York Chicago Paris and Berlin and a list of services for international mail and ship notices.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Associated Press
Cme W. H. Hartman Company
Paris Avenue
Jour
HaxsMas
A.W. Perensox
Gec'y Trese
New York
Aca Tribune Bulding
Alfred B. Lukece
Chicago
Tribune Bulldts Aw
Evening Courier
Carner
Rai
Dhe
Ar Waserion
Waterloo
Decept
Carl Sitwed
Farepe
Trafalgarteifiding
Puna Pumberieud
Starmarket
Rewe
Steatabip
Green Street
Paris
Mewlevard Des Cepucines
Cothet
Place de l'Opera
American Express
Berlin
Urterden Linden
Nav
Petersburg
Nevaky R Prospekt
The Hold Over Paper
The Hold Over Paper is described as the paper Waterloo reads on Saturday nights, serving as a digest for Sunday. The notice highlights its role as a popular weekly read in the community.
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All Waterloo
Back Together for Progressive Causes
The Evening Courier urges unity among progressive forces amid internal divisions in the party. It labels Cummins La Follette and Borah as pseudo progressives, praises Hiram Johnson selectively, and calls for cohesion to advance progressive government without infighting.
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Hiram Johnson
America
Cummins
la Follette
Borak
Johnson
Black Hawk County
Folnson
Seine
Gare
Waterloo Growth Complaints and Pensions Debate
City dialog laments Waterloo hotel shortages hindering progress as rival towns invest in new hostels. Opinion leaders mock Carnegie pension plans for ex presidents while urging pensions for workers and widows. Also notes Iowa attorney general rise and road advocacy, with local sports like Thanksgiving football mentioned.
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Carnegie
Snd
Theodore Roosevelt
Kenyon
Cummins
United State
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Carnegia
False Progressives and a New Party Vision
A Kansas City Star excerpt quotes Governor Johnson of California outlining a new party founded on a stated platform. The narrative describes recent campaigning in the east where Johnson spoke nightly to audiences about building for the future and continuing organizational efforts to achieve their agenda.
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Ina Patter
Nelson
Kansas City Star
Johnson
California
Queens
Realypesulia-Wang
Progressive and Republican tensions shape political future
A historical letter discusses party splits with La Follette and progressives versus centrist Republicans. It warns of the risk of infighting harming the party's image and calls for an open conference and a broader convention to energize supporters and recruit lay citizens into the movement. The author signs as Hiram W. Johnsen.
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le Follette
Republican Party
la Follette
Wilsm
Wilson
National Committee
Party of Opposition
Party of Success
Hiram W. Johnsen
Road demands drive Iowa highway reform and funding
The editorial calls for a state highway commission and a dedicated fund from automobile license revenue to finance permanent road improvements. It argues better roads will stem population loss, boost farm wealth, and requires no new taxes, urging local control with state-supported aid and avoiding excess burdens on communities. It notes Iowa trails Alabama and others in road laws and praises the Mule Shoe ranch’s Texas longhorn.
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Iowa
Ames
Commonwealth
Elwell
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Highway Commission
Ala Hama
Louisiana
Georgia
North Caronna
Florida
Mississippi
Debts and the Happy and Hapless Debtor
A satirical reflection on debt patterns showing how some owe heavily yet cope or profit, while others collapse under obligations. It notes collectors, bankruptcy, and the shift from debtor imprisonment to legal proceedings, portraying debt as a national pursuit and social habit.
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Earth
Ufe
Unclear Phrase Triggers Historical Excerpt Card
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a long horn and vocal activity, offering no clear event, names, places, or dates to anchor a summary.
Serenity by ceasing to struggle with duty
A friend overcomes doubt by deciding to do what she must and abandoning the urge to find a easier escape. The author likens the relief to a cold bath after the initial plunge and urges readers to quit hoping for a better option and burn bridges to misery.
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Tam
Travel Notes From Portales And Roswell Trip
A writer recounts the Vaughan Land Company excursion from Waterlooo to Portales New Mexico and Roswell details climate and soil quality, local industries, and a tuberculosis patient population. The piece notes a railroad under construction, Mount Capitan, the White Mountains, and Roswell’s military school.
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Portales
N. M
Waterloo
Vaughan Land Company
Portales, N. M
Texas
Vaughan Company
New Mexico
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Becker
Vaughan Lands
Roswell
Here
Military School of
Mount Capitan
White Mountains
Union
Jungers
Progressive delegates claim 927 at next national convention
Chicago November 29 progressives say they will hold 927 delegates at the forthcoming national convention, a figure calculated from the total votes cast for Roosevelt and Johnson. The latest vote totals published yesterday support the claim.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Johnson
Progressives tabulate 1916 delegate distribution likely
Medill McCormick stated that the 1916 national progressive convention will seat one delegate and one alternate per 6000 votes for Roosevelt and Johnson by district with at least one delegate per district. Additional delegates at large will come from each senator and each congressman, though reapportionment may reduce congressmen-at-large.
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Roosevelt
Johnson
United States
Thanksgiving feast served to soldiers home crowd
At the Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown a Thanksgiving spread Noon November 29 fed nearly 1,006 people including staff and civilian helpers. Central dish was 900 pounds of chicken with large accompaniments, much of it home produced, plus bread potatoes peas cranberries pies cakes coffee tea milk and jellies supplied by the W R C and Ladies of the G F R.
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Marshalltown
W. R. C. Corps
Pape’s Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement claims Pape’s Diapepsin digests any food and ends stomach misery in five minutes. It pledges rapid relief from heartburn, gas, nausea, and indigestion, offering a fifty cent case with enough for most stomach disorders.
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Helief
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Waterlan
Slour City
Keokik
Ely
Towa
Attornney
Conference of At Attorneys General
Cosah
Joe Tong
Road Maker
Waverly
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
East Side
Burnet
Mr. Green
Long Horne
Ruth Cameron
Chas
H. Fletcher
Soldiers’ Home
Bradfield Regula
TOR CO
Atlants, Ga
Mabel Ettinger
West Fourth Street
Mace Elit
Chub
A. Smith
Klinefelter & Son
Park Avenue West
Ralston
Meritel Rheumatiam Powdera
Kenderson Drug Co
Red Crogs Drug Store
England
Canada
Pape
C. M. Wray, M.D
Natl Bank
E. T. Jaynes
M. D
Black Bawk
Franklin St
Office
Hestienes
Robert G. Dakin
Lafayette Building
Blue Waterloo
Carl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
DE. J. G. Mortonson
Black Hawk National Bank
West Eleventh Street
Black
F. C. Liffring
Lafayette Brig
DR. Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Elmwood and
Western
DR. I
Bazard
Black Hawk Hawk
DR. Bodwell
John White Marsh-Trace
Ada
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