Courier newspaper notice and foreign edition references
Daily courier published by TSU VW and Hartman agency lists editors and offices on West Park Avenue Makreux. It notes weekly publication days Monday Wednesday Friday and advertising rates subject to change. Mentions Waterloo Evening Courier file locations for American travelers in Europe and several foreign offices and offices in Paris Saint Petersburg and other cities.
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GRLOO
Couries
Europe
Waterloo Evening Courier
de Root
Traffigut
Nortcemberland Avtoce American Katren Cirice
Vane's Steamship Agency
Green Street
Peris
Cor Pine de 'Opera
Amercantt Express Office
Ris
Vater den Linden
Peterburg—s
Xe Pelt
Chinese Leader Yuan Shi Kai Becomes President for Five Years
Analysis notes Yuan Shi Kai’s election as permanent Chinese president for five years by a large parliamentary majority following Sun Yat Sen’s resignation. It contrasts Chinese goals of stable governance with Mexican leaders seeking glory, framing the change as war versus peace and governance versus personal aggrandizement.
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Viina
Yuan Shi Kai
Sun Yat Sen
Mexico
Carranza
Diaz
Bryan to Speak in Waterloo on Democratic Day
Secretary Bryan will visit Waterloo on Friday October 17 for Democratic Day at the Cattle Congress to deliver an address. The event is seen as potentially political amid tariff and currency debates, with expectations he may discuss the new tariff law and monetary measures affecting farmers and bankers.
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William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Waterloo
Iowa
Bryan
Wraterloo
Mr. Bryan
Middlewest
Ryan
Currency and politics mix in national discourse
The piece surveys currency reform debates and party strategies as Bryan weighs points on the Glass-Owen bill. It notes Iowa primaries, Sullivan and Harrison entering Democratic senatorial race talk, and Alabama’s Clayton stepping back to serve the party. It mentions Emmeline Pankhurst in America, Northcliffe’s forecast on media shifts, Huerta’s Mexican congress suspension, and a closing quip about a cow named Bossie.
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Iowa
Hawkeye
Windis
Roger C. Sullivan
Carter H. Harrison
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
House Judiciary Committee
Clayton
House
Wilson
Do They Think New York Thinks and Lives in a Rush
A reflective profile of life in New York City contrasts crowded streets with isolation, noting ceaseless business, crowded commutes, and the constant push of wealth and display. It ponders who sustains the metropolis through giant corporations, administrators, artists, and leaders, questioning their origins within the vast urban mass.
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New York
Metropolis
Broadway
Duamesa
The Cow A Humorous Look At Nature's Dairy Pillar
A playful essay extols the cow as the quintessential animal crafted by nature. It highlights its cloven hoofs, four stomachs, lack of upper teeth, and ability to travel on four feet and endure heat without ice while humorously noting its lack of riches and dependence on human labor. The piece ends by imagining the animal’s value rising if struck by a locomotive.
Born or drawn to New York by immigration and ambition
The excerpt contrasts those born in New York with arrived leaders and their aides who advance by merit and training. It argues promotion by merit marks achievement, while native New Yorkers risk a vortex of futile endeavor and provincialism. If New York needs you, rejoice. if not, resist being absorbed by the metropolis.
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New York
R. Cc. Bland
Which Trees Are Stoned By Dr Frank Crank
A short essay reflects on envy and public opinion with quotes about the fate of successful men. It cites Victor Hugo and a suspected invented Arabian poet Abou Hamid, noting that admired figures often face hate and that only barren trees avoid stones.
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Frank Crank
Victor Hugo
Abou Hamid
Room For New Heroes
A Sioux City Tribune column notes that in wartime, generals are plentiful, so casualties merely create room for new leaders. It contrasts this with how news reaches London after Napoleonic battles, and reflects on media speed. A Cedar Rapids Gazette bit jokes about farm life solving the boy and farm problem, implying the sneaker at the congress should stay on the farm.
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Sioux City Tribune
Mexico
Cedar Rapids
National Congress
Wall lake lease fuels concern over open conduct
Webster City Freeman-Tribune notes the lake bed for Wall lake drainage was leased at a nominal price to a relative of an executive council member. The piece argues the deal lacked open, frank action that builds confidence and echoes town council methods. The Cedar Rapids Republican discusses President Wilson planning a 1915 cross continental trip and hints at a one term pledge in 1916.
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Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
Wall Lake
Executive Council
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Farmers and Income Tax in Grundy County
Grundy Democrat notes the income tax will reach many Grundy county residents including farmers with a half section or more. A landholder with income over 4000 dollars annually will be taxed, and the paper argues they can bear the tax. a 4000 dollar income tax equals about 40 dollars, easier than paying poll tax.
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Grundy Democrat
Grundy County
A Moment of Fun Changed Her Mind in Deed Plot
A county land records viewing reveals a deed from a mother in law to her son in law with one dollar, Jove and affection as consideration. A younger woman notes the mother’s earlier stance and mentions an engagement to a struggling young man. A court exchange hints at possible thefts and a prosecutor.
Handkerchief Witness and Local Epigrams
A courtroom exchange mentions a handkerchief identical to a known one and hints at multiple similar items in circulation. The dialogue references assorted newspaper quips about misfortune, a thief’s remark, and a man’s hen that lays eggs despite a mishap, attributed to the Indianapolis Star and other papers.
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Indianapolis Star
Belated letter praises large families and middle-class virtue
A reader letter argues big families show worth under financial strain. It shares a 17 and 19 year marriage, children raised with cooperation and self sufficiency, and a woman’s shift from wrappers to respectable appearances. The writer calls it a fine human document and promises continuation tomorrow.
Cedar Rapids Population Revealed in City Directory
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes the latest city directory by the Mc Coy company shows Cedar Rapids has a population of 37 500. The census within the directory is not an official count but provides a strong estimate believed to be quite accurate for the city.
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Cedar Rapids
McCoy Company
Cedar Rapids Population Claim Exceeds 1910 Census
Directory figures rely on a city canvass to claim Cedar Rapids now houses over 87,000 people. They note the 1910 federal census listed $2,811 as city valuation and say a correction was refused, denying ~600 residents. Analysts expect higher figures than the 87,000 boundary count.
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Census Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Real Estate Transfers in Waterloo Oak Lawn Listings
Real estate transfers listed by Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co. show A A Lynn to EB Myers for part of lot 6 block 2 2nd addition Oak Lawn Waterloo for 1 dollar. EB Myers to P H Paulsen for part of lot 6 block 1 2nd addition Oak Lawn Waterloo for 1 dollar. John C Woods to Alicea A Hunter for parts of lots 1 and 2 block 3 Whitney Sedgwick's addition Waterloo for 1 dollar. John Hansen to Henry A Hansen for parts of lots 3 and 4 block 3 1st addition Oak Lawn Waterloo for 1 dollar. Maye Jensen to C O Gronen for lot 18 block 6 Grand View Place Waterloo for 450 dollars. Home Park Land Investment Co to John Lingelbach for lot 10 black
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
A. A. Lynn
EB. J. Myers
Oak Lawn
EH. J. Myers
P. H. Paulsen
Waterloo
John C. Woods
Alicea A. Hunter
Whitney & Sedgwick’s
John Hansen
Henry A. Hansen
Maye Jensen
Gronen
Grand View Place
Home Park Land & Investment Co
John Lingelbach
Black
Awaiting The Joyful Sound In Expectant Mothers
An antique advertisement for Mother's Friend claiming to prevent pain and laceration during childbirth. It touts abdominal muscle support, no morning sickness, and a relaxed postnatal form. The Bradfield Regulator Co. markets it at $1.00 per bottle from Atlanta, Georgia, with a book offer for expectant mothers.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bidg
Atlanta
Land transfers in Waterloo and Waterloo City add?
Water loo real estate deeds record two transfers: Henry Lingelbach gains lot 11 block 4 in Home Park 2nd addition for 75 dollars and William Lingelbach secures lot 12 in Waterloo for 73 dollars, both from the same company.
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Home Park
Waterloo
Home Park Land & Investment Co
Henry Lingelbach
William Lingelbach
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Noted By Local Drugist
Enos Lollar of Saratoga Indiana testifies he has sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for fifteen years and regards it the best on the market. Sold by all dealers.
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Enos Lollar
Saratoga
Ind
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America
Lord Northcliffe
England
United States
Huerta
Senate
New York City
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
London
Washington Herald
Scott
Stoicn
Atolen
St Paul Dispatch
Mome
Kansas City Journal
Roth Cameron
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Geo. Freek
W.H. Hartman Co
H. Latier
Fee Nee
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
mManager
Box Candy & Specialty
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
Red Cross Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Extlusive Agency
I. S.buzard
Black Hawk Bank
E. H. Knittle
E. T. Jaynes
M. D
Black Hawk
Franklin St
F. C. Liffring
Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Elmwood and
Western
T. A. McManus
Commercial Bank
Ralston Ar
DE. Bodwell
Red Floor Syndicate
Bidg
C.D. Pedersen
Consolidated Phone
Orico
Jefferson Street
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