Russia policy split over recognition and a new shipping plan
The Waterloo Evening Courier reports mixed views from U S congressmen on recognizing the Soviet Union after tours in Russia. Some favors recognition, others oppose until government changes. the piece notes debates over a new stopgap merchant marine plan seeking non subsidy routes and mixed reforms.
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Russia
United States
Britten
Republican
Illinois
Hughes
Russi
Brookhart
America
Congress
Middle West Farmers Manufacturers’ Foreign Trade Conference
Shipping Board
Charlie Chaplin Told to Focus on Finer Things in Chicago
A Chicago reporter quoted Charlie Chaplin saying he would forsake comedy for finer things, while a Chicago editorial urged him to leave such pursuits to the competent and devote himself to them.
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Charlie
Charlie Chaplin
Chicago
Ivy
In the Spotlight and Birth Rate Debates Across France
The column ridicules price fixing by farmers and warns against a special Congressional session. It then lampoons French birth rate plans proposing early divorce, barred remarriage, bonuses for children, and moral campaigns. It contrasts these with marriage norms and a humorous take on ongoing domestic tactics.
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France
Paris
Pennsylvania
Jean
Mimi
Yankham
Will
Zeamer
New York
Ike
A Dog and This Asthma Doctor Tries Dog Hair Cure
A man with lifelong asthma finds relief after dog hair protein injections following painstakings of diet and therapy, later tracing sensitivity to dog hair and dander. The piece pairs reader Q A notes on cleanliness and health myths with a Brady column format inviting letters for medical questions.
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Philadelphia
Ula
Washington
Atlantic City
FRIEND WIFE By HOE FULKERSON
Dialogue focused on marriage expectations. Andrew and Imogene discuss Rita Hawkins and Lenora Appleby, arguing a wife must be blind deaf and numb to manage a husband, with jokes about manners and social norms. Imogene withdraws after a quarrel.
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Wife
Hoe Fulkerson
Tom Shanklin
Hawkins
Andrew
Imogene
Tom
Sue
Rita Hawkins
Rita
Ritasha
Leal
Imogena
Lenora Appleby
Bingham Pinafore
2 Magazine
Mrs Mouse counsels Puss in pantry tale
The story of Mrs Mouse who stays with five babies in the pantry wall and schemes to improve the cat’s life. She flatters Puss by praising her plight and imagining better meals, aiming to avoid danger for her family while the doors are left unlocked.
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Granny
Puss
Mr. Mouse
Granny Mouse
Mrs. Mouse
Daor Pass
Old Fashioned Doctor Thick Story Teases Pantry Plot
A mouse family enjoys an uninterrupted night in the pantry while Great Granny Mouse notes Mrs. Mouse’s cleverness. The tale hints at a future feature titled Old Fashioned Doctor Thick, with the wall’s residents plotting and gossiping about the human world.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions Answered
Readers inquire about local nature topics. Questions cover birds such as the hangbird, freshwater and saltwater fishes, and bull snakes. answers appear in tomorrow's Nature Notes column.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Answers on turtle eggs migration and chameleon color changes
An illustrated Q A discusses how many eggs a turtle lays varies by species with snapping turtles laying many and loggerheads up to about a thousand. It notes migratory routes differ by season for some birds and explains chameleons appear green with black pigment overlay that darkens in cold or strange light.
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U. S
Iowa editors ponder cropland and doom in war era notes
A Davenport Times column laments corn crop quality and frost timing while Des Moines and Fort Dodge papers debate propaganda around crop yields and prices. A Fort Dodge Messenger foresees lethal gas and warplane threats, urging caution as scientists pursue new destruction powers. Gold coins from Crassus era 69 BC are reported found.
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Towa
Des Moines
Fifty Years Ago in The Courier October 2 1873
News notes recount Petraleum V Naghy's letter lamenting farmer burdens and monopolies, Cobb’s bus line delivery orders, McKintee burning stubbles and farm work, pew setting and an organ concert at the Congregational church, a new library gift at First Baptist, a public banking faith statement from Waterloo professionals, and Van Buren moving his grocery and provision store to Fourth and Commercial.
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Petraleum V. Naghy
Courier
Republikin
Congregational Church
First Baptist Church
van Buren
Fourth and
Commerial
Raymond Brag
Waterloo area notes from October 1883 community roundup
Forty years ago details from East Waterloo and surrounding towns note farm sales at 49 dollars per acre, a new teacher hired for Hudson, a Thirty-Second Iowa veteran reunion in Mason City, and a 25th wedding anniversary at Masonic Hall. Also listed are obituaries, church meeting times, a murder victim's funeral in Fairview, and local business developments including a brewery funding, factory expansion, and local marriages.
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Cece Fao
Post Offici
Waterloo
Eestor Ae
Assocs Press
Associated Press
Pli
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Enange
Fea
G. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley
Rep's
Brain Tests by Sam Loud
Puzzle text presents a garbled brain teaser with missing game words to fill in. It includes odd sentences about becoming, Snow, customers, carpenters, and a promise to marry, arranged as if dated prose with unclear chronology and broken phrases.
Return of Senatorial Investigators Sparks Local Talk
In Busby residents hear chatter about investigators and salesmen amid local talk of change. The piece notes a fading interest in door to door sales while curiosity about investigations lingers among friends.
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Busby
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Iowa
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London
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the Courier
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Phil McKintee
Solomon Knapp
G. W. Hanna
Andrew McManus
East Waterloo Township
Benson Crownover
Hudson
Lond
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Mason City
Adam Obier
H. T. Roberts
A. PT. Baldwin
Alva Page
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A. W. Parmenter
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Sol. Haney
J. L. Coaley
B. Doxsy
H. C. Raymond
W. W. Campbell
Levi Miller
G. PB. Hunt
Masonic Hall
H. Lampe
Warren Grout
Arizona
H. W. Grout
Richard Garton
J Fairview
H.W
Frances
Cedar Falls
Jamies
W. A. Bryant
Waterloo Wagon & Bugsy Co
Trun
S. H. Pinkerton
J. K. Joder
Col. Page
J. H. Hubbserd
Sarah HH. J Mickley
Fort Dodge
Justice Martin
Rher N. Cowin
Cornwell College
D.J
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H. A. Wilson
Suy
Courier Force
T. P. Wilson
First Street
Morit Alexander
Progressive Brethren Church
Sam
Kate
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Therfore
Danny Fir
Abe Martin
Berns
Bellans
Av Bo
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