Waterloo Daily Courier masthead fragment
A partial newspaper masthead from Waterloo Iowa shows volume and issue details, publication by W. Bartman Co, with staff names Jenn. C. Preadent and Editor A. W. Peterson Treas. and Genl Mgr, plus advertising policy notes and distant newspaper office references.
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Bartman CO
Weat Park Ave
Jenn. C. Preadent
A. W. Peterson
Treas
Gen’l Mar
Waterloo
Wearan
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of
Ofrc
Cory Ae
Dougherty
Washington
New York
Philedelphis
Chicago
Los
Jee Art
San Francisco
Angel Story
Brooks & Finier
Rep's
Japan Holds the Key to Washington Conference Attitudes
A commentator argues Japan seeks dominance in the Far East through war preparedness. The piece questions Tokyo's motives behind large fleets and weapon buildup and suggests posturing to gain concessions while avoiding direct conflict with the United States.
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Washington
Japan
Prince Eyesato
United States
Kaiser
Germany
Orient
Far East
Fire prevention and taxation reform debated in Congress
The piece discusses Senator King’s sliding scale tax idea and a hypothetical 5 dollar per person revenue plan. It contrasts wasteful fire losses in the United States with Germany, urging daily fire prevention. It notes political shifts with Lodge, Curtis, and Watkins in the disarmament context, and touches on elections in Massachusetts and New Mexico, plus Wilson and Borah opposing the German treaty.
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King
Largiy
Congress
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Uncle Sam
America
Washington
Germany
Fie
Chicago
Noise and urban din disrupts sleep and health
In Health Talks, Dr. John B. Huber discusses how street noise from autos, alarms, and crowds disrupts sleep, raises heart stress, and provokes neuralgia. He notes regulations, urban living, and even hospital walls reflect the problem, urging sympathetic public health action and quieter streets.
Whiskers Debate Sparks Domestic Lecture
Imogene reads a paper as Andrew lectures on whiskers seen as a panacea for woes. He riffs on Civil War veterans, Washington and the Dec laration, and how whiskers became a fashion symbol from 1860 onward. The piece ends with Andrew realizing his wife is absorbed in the fashion page.
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Andrew
Army
Wayr
George Washington
Delaware
Eliza
Washington
Leton
Mexico
Blue Law League
Mommer
Disillusion and Faith Through Childhood Vision
Essay contemplates loss of childhood heaven as adults mix with life’s realities. It recalls Wordsworth Hood and Isaiah, praising Sunday school children as faith’s bulwark. The piece questions whether adult knowledge dulls the divine glow once felt in infancy.
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Wordsworth
Thamas Hood
God
Lark Finds Cash Grocery Proprietor Dead at Counter
Abe Martin reports a morning stop at The Lark Cash Grocery where the proprietor lay dead at the counter. The coroner estimates death occurred a week to ten days ago. Tate Bud Uday comments that even twenty dollars could not bring them back to life in Birplans.
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Tate Bud Uday
Old and New Friends Drift Toward the Ocean
The piece recalls old and new friends as tides of change rise. A wary elder warns that prosperity tempts excess and danger, noting many cannot cross the river or pay the ferry. The world moves on while critics stay behind, leaving some stranded in hardship.
The Fur Bringers Fourth Story of the Canadian North
Hulbert Footner’s tale follows Ambrose Downe a treetrader in Fort Enterprise. Police doubt Downe’s innocence after Watusk’s ambush attempt, while Colina Gaviller endures danger at the fort. The search for Nesis unfolds amid tension between Indians and fur company interests.
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FUR Bringers
Northwear Oy Hulbert
Jack Chanty
James A. McCann Company
New York
Aambrose Downe
Treetrader
Fort Enterprise
Watusk
Doane
Shere
Kenyon stays in Iowa Senate opposition to federal judges
Davenport Times notes Senator Kenyon declines a federal judge post and remains in the Iowa Senate, sparing a contest and factionalism. The piece also contrasts Minnesota and Iowa road policies, praising Iowa farm-to-market highways and calling Minnesota plans flawed. It includes a lengthy fiction passage about Colina and Nesis facing Indigenous pursued by Indians, detailing their cautious night trek and strategic retreat toward Enterprise.
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Colina
Fort Enterprise
Collina
Gavillers
Nesis
Core
Kenyon
Senate
Davenport
Iowa
Jin
Minnesota
Cherokee Times
Jalmaat
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Qs and Answers 1921
A 1921 Burroughs Nature Club Notes page presents questions and answers on topics like how sleeping sickness spreads by flies the difference between lizards and salamanders and how much liquid escapes when a skunk sprays. It also discusses ivy color in Boston buildings salmon spawning distances and the whistling swan’s vocal behavior with brief explanations.
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Boston
Yukon
Ofean
Hooper
Olor Columbianus
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd puzzle tease
A terse tebus style puzzle credits Sam Loyd and notes a surname of a famed American general across multiple wars. It hints yesterday's answer that Trens receives 28.80 dollars weekly, presenting a cryptic, dated wordplay clue for readers.
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Trens
Correct English Rewrite of a Passage
The passage presents a corrected version of several sentences. It replaces above a year with more than a year and updates phrasing to standard form. It clarifies ownership of a monopoly on the sale and fixes library books wording and garden sights phrasing.
Nervous Breakdown Reversal Reported by Woman
Mrs Flor K R of Warsaw Missouri writes that after five years of nervous breakdown and decline she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports better health and strength and recommends the remedy to other women. The letter notes no narcotics and emphasizes relief from nerve-related suffering.
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Missouri
Lydia
E.pinkham
Tost
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Watson
Indiana
Curtis
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New Mexico
White
Wilson
Borah
John B. Huber
Avery
Canada
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Florence Nightingale
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Hubern
Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Imogene
Kingdom of Heaven
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Isaiah
Joan of Arc
Abe Martin
Sy Frank L. Stanton
India
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Sioux City Journal
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Cojina
Spran
Ambrose
Ambrose Doane
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Ut Colina
Ther
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Nightview
Glina
Enterprise
Co‘ima
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Sam Loyd
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