Waterlooo Post Office Staff March 3 1879 Notice
Merged illegible notice from the era detailing a public post office event at Waterloo dated March 3 1879. Includes references to Reuters Associated Press and publication rights. Mentions advertising policies and bureau standards, with office representations listed in major cities.
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Waterloo
Bureau OF
Cirgulations
New York
Pailadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisto
Story
Brooks
A& Finley
Representatives
Eee OS Binney
Lobbyies and the push for a federal lobbying inquiry
The piece argues for a congressional inquiry into Washington lobbies to reveal their identity, finances, influence, and methods. It contends scrutiny could clarify a growing but unchecked power affecting federal legislation, benefiting the public by exposing source funding and propagandistic ties, while not harming legitimate groups.
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Washington
National Capital
Coolidge
Chicago Lungs Demonstration Highlights Smoke Menace
Health Commissioner A H Rogal shows two bottles of lungs treated with formaldehyde. One bottle holds lungs from a Chicago resident, the other from a non Chicago resident. Rogal warns Chicago residents inhale smoke turns lungs blacker the longer they live here. He cites Mayo Clinic data and notes Chicago nose and Chicago throat terms in common use.
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A. H. Rogal
Chicago
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Regal
End of the Revolution Revisited in 1782 Battles
A Minute article argues the American Revolution lingered past Yorktown with 1782 clashes in South Carolina. Col Laurens was wounded at an August battle, and Kosciuszko and Capt Wilmott led a failed colonial attack that cost Wilmott his life. Reinforcements arrived as British forces gained aid. hostilities ended soon after.
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The
Minute
Man
Sons of the
Cornwallis
Yorktown
South Carolina
John Laurens
Laurens
Thaddeus’ Kosciuszko
William Wilmot
Wilmott
Plantation sale of Madison era estate sparks Virginia inquiry
Advertisers tout a 625 acre plantation with colonial mansion on the Rappahannock, touted as linked to James Madison era history. Specialist in Virginia properties notes the site near Falls Church and within motor distance of Washington, citing connections to Washington and Monroe.
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James Madison
Falls Church
Virginia
Washington
Monroe
Buyer eyes presidential birthplaces in quirky auction plan
The piece notes a man named Bishop considering selling presidential birthplaces as historic properties. It argues such a venture could appeal to varied tastes, though it mocks the practicality and ethics of turning birthplaces into commodities, comparing past miserliness toward horses with modern consumerism.
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Washington
Seeds and the Appendix Health Advice Columns Lead to Debate
Personal Health by William Brady M D presents reader letters on remedies from flaxseed to raw eggs, mocking a tuberculosis specialist and defending whole raw flaxseeds. The column covers mercury exposure from mercurial ointment, blood donation by a firefighter, and a teacher seeking wrinkle help with warnings against cosmetic fixes.
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Brady
Ppa
In Defense of Bank by Glenn Frank and Pitkin’s Happiness Theory
A critique of fake psychologists and mind doctors as Walter B Pitkin argues in The Psychology of Happiness. The piece emphasizes balancing truth and dream, noting humans need stimulation and belief to cope with life. It defends humane optimism over harsh, pure truth.
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Glenn Frank
Cey
McCluore Newspaper
Walter B. Pitkin
Mr. Pitkin
No-man's-Land
Mr Pitkin
Despand
Pitkin
Wheat payment offer and town notes from 1950s paper
Seventy years ago on Friday October 4, a farmer subscription offer paid 50 cents per bushel for wheat delivered to the office. The issue notes a Bee Hive ad, a girls school opening in the Congregational church basement, a lively town scene with heavy grain market activity, 600 bushels of wheat sold at 45 to 50 cents and oats at 16 to 20 cents. Also recorded is the death of Lillian F., age 14 months, and Truman Steed attending a county superintendent meeting in Independence.
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Fureday
Wao
Smee
Misa A. J. Couch
Congregational Church
Our Town
F. Lillian
A. Middle
Ditch
Truman Steed
Independence
State Board of Education
Waterloo News of 1879 1909 Across Local Updates
Fifty years ago and in 1889 1909 Waterloo items report a runaway near Osage with serious injuries, deaths from membranous croup, building projects and church moves. Notables include George Bishop a 59 year old lawyer, Frank Neely purchasing pine lumber, church leaders buying parsonages, a stereotyping outfit, and pressroom mishap. New Water loo waterworks bonds, saloon taxes, temperance events, and civic notices follow alongside local lives and residences.
Senior figures and deaths in early Waterloo notice
EARS AGO Ta and has been urged to become a bishop, is a brother of Dr. Roy Leslie Smith, present pastor of Grace church. Sheriff PF. M. Shores sold his driving horses to a La Porte City man and bought a 30 horsepower Overland automobile formerly owned by Austin Burt. Mrs. George Ordway, Waterloo pioneer, died in Los Angeles. maiden name Salome E Fowler. She married George Ordway in 1852 in Springfield DL and moved to Waterloo in 1854. He founded a wagon-track business on Commercial Street. Harry D. Allen, son of H. B. Allen, died in Des Moines from heart disease. born here 46 years ago.
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H. B. Hoxie
Wirt P. Hoxie
Tenth Street
Fourthouse
Water
Sycamore Streets
Emma Mesick
Yishing Rele
Chicago
Roy Leslie Smith
Grace Church
PF. M. Shores
la Porte City
Austin Burt
George Ordway
Waterloo
Los Angeles
Cal
Salome E. Fowler
Springfield
Commercial Street
Ordway
Park Avenue West
Harry D. Allen
H. B. Allen
Des Moines
New York Day By Day by O. O. McIntyre
The column lampoons older New York suitors and club life as young women mingle in casual affairs. It notes wealthier gents seeking lightweight romantic encounters, vaudeville crowd dynamics, and shifts in hotel and theater business amid prohibition era changes. Bud Fisher yacht anecdote closes with social commentary.
Autumn Farewell To A Little Girl
A nostalgic personal column blends verse and anecdotes about a young girl’s passing. It includes memory verses, humorous reflections, and references to local social columns, news items, and cultural touches, ending with a note on waste value and urban topics.
Howen Howell Prohibition Fighter In Washington Daybook
Washington Daybook profiles Senator Robert B Howell of Nebraska as a poised, athletic figure with a naval background who champions prohibition enforcement and public ownership. The piece details his career from Omaha utilities to Nebraska politics, his decisive rhetoric in the Senate, and his personal habits including golf and radio.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Robert B. Howell
Nebraska
Senate
Washington
Fess
Ohio
Howell
United States Naval Academy
Michigan
Ame
Detroit
Colorado
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Senate
Von
Light My and By Rev John R Gunn on wifely duties
A religious column discusses marriage duties focusing on physical health and attraction within the home. It urges wives to care for health, present an attractive appearance, and support a restful, pleasing home life for their husbands, emphasizing loyalty and mutual partnership.
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Rev
John R. Gunn
Paul
Lnter
Netra
Brain Test Quiz Prompts Mental Rating Slant
A 1930s style brain test page invites university readers to insert a single word between paired segments to form complete terms. It presents examples and a three minute challenge with items like CUR and CUTER and SIN and SINCE, asking readers to fill with appropriate words.
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Pater
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William Brody
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Bee Hive
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Redfearn
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Deering
George Bishop
la Porta City
Black Hawk County
Frank Neely
Wisconsin
Neely && Co
Limber Chesters
Clayton ‘Welles
First Congregational Church
Holcolm
Fourth
Allen Streets
FM. Bird
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Ida
A. Ma+ cle
Nettie
John Eickelberg
Water Street
W. FP. Bevelay
Alvan C. McStay
Lilian F. Brett
J. B. Quigley
St. Louis
Waterloo Waterworks
Quigley
Allen Street
First
G. F. Holt
First Baptist Church
Kansas
East Fourth Street
J. D. Platt
L. P. Porter
Col
C. G. Longley
Vicksburg National Pack Commission
Alfred Longley
Phoebe Cornell
Robert Williams
Upper Iowa
Masott City
Merle N. Smith
Marshalltown
E. D. Hull
F, Brown
F. E. Cutler
P. A. Lane
Amos Crum
Webster City
Roger Leavitt
Gedar Falls
Lucy
Leavitt
O. O. McIntyre
Board of Governors
Saps
Bud Fisher
Nat
Bud
Barnum
Rentilla
Dora
Indianapolis News
U. S
By C. D. Batchelor
Congress
Joan
Annette M. Lingrubach
Beng
Jack Horner
Jackie
Jack Homer
Sean
Herk
Jills
Bridge Dept
Kansas City
Henry Ford
Charles City
Ford
Victor Hugo
Paris
Herbert C. Plummer
Omena
Niagara
Altho
Omaha Walter Board
West
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