Waterlo o Evening Courier News Clippings and Opinions
The page reflects an era of editorial chatter blending fashion commentary with automobile industry notes and labor unrest. It discusses rising clothing costs, fashion designers, and the impact of price hikes on male attire. It then shifts to the automotive sector, predicting lower production in late 1919 amid strong demand and strikes. The piece links steel strikes to broader economic harm, mentions courthouse ideas, public punishment for theft, and international car manufacturing contests, ending with a satirical note on gossip and ads.
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Dickens
Fragmentary Opinion on Strikes and Sympathy
Fragmented OCR text discusses multiple erec sions and strikes, sparsely referencing Nixa and domino effects. It mentions sympathy causing many to suffer and notes police practicality, then abruptly shifts to last spring automobile manufacturers.
Playful Masinr Breaks Mug After Heat Reading
In Reading Pennsylvania Mirbaral Masinr becomes playful after several near beers and breaks a heavy beer mug over the head of Steve Terek. The incident ended with both men finishing the evening in the calaboas.
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Reading
Mirbaral Masinr
Steve Terek
Tarek Re
Health Talks on Kidney Stones and Personal Wellness
Health Talks by John B. Huber discusses kidney stones or renal calculus formed in the kidney, causes such as gout and overindulgence, symptoms like severe back and abdominal pain, and the passage of the stone with blood. It covers dietary guidance, hydration, exercise, and cautions about recurrences, plus reader questions on symptoms and home remedies with practical advice.
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Heynay
Little Life Confidences in the Experience of a Couple
Andrew and Imogene discuss a lecture by Dr Johnson on Phoenicians and Carthage, debating ancient fashions and vanity. Imogene defends women's modern dress while Andrew warns of history's consequences, ending with a grim punchline about Carthaginian women.
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Andrew
Imogene
Fuleerson
Imogane
Frank Howard Johnson
Timbuctoo
Tunisia
Carthage
Johnson
Van
Tle
The Dipper of Diamonds Fairy Tale by Mrs A Walker
Greta helps a sick mother and encounters a spring chamber of gems and a fairy. A golden water flask cures the mother, but the North Wind snatches the diamond dipper as Greta negotiates danger and tests her heart. The tale ends with the diamonds saved and the sprite warning of the wind.
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Cartainie
Greta
Sitl
Iere
Greta Finds All On Ground Dipper Shines Bright
Greta discovers everyone fallen to the ground while a star called the dipper gleams above in the sky today, shining as brightly as it did thousands of years ago.
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Greta
Grout
Ereoy
Iayeman
Sugar outlook argues for continued sugar regulation
Iowa editors weigh the sugar shortage and argues that extending federal regulation is needed to stabilize prices and ensure supplies. Proponents claim the Hoover plan has kept U S prices low and households steady, while critics warn against broad government control of essential industries.
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Cedar Rapids
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Equalization Board
Herbert ‘Hoover
Congress
National Committee
United States
British
Royal Commission
United States Sugar Equalization Board
United Sites
Walker D. Hines
Des Moines
The
Rail
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Hines
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier Bridges and Cold Weather
A fifty year old Courier excerpt notes $500 allocated to reblank the Cedar River bridge at Waterloo and $300 for plank and repair on the Black Hawk bridge west of town. It mentions cold northwest winds, fears of potato freezing, and prices on produce as markets shift.
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Cedar River
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Fragmented OCR Brain Teaser Text No 202
OCR fragment presents a garbled arithmetic puzzle referencing digits and a Sioux City context. It mentions a test of familiarity, Wool and prices, and a Boston wool dealer scene, with unclear names and figures. The readable core is a broken arithmetic themed item from a newspaper page.
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Sioux City
Boston
Forty Years Ago A Waterloo Cedar Falls Wedding Review
Forties era notes recount double wedding in Waterloo Cedar Falls with Miss Lizzie Batch and Clarence Lathrop among others. Details include gifts and a $600 bill, plus a birth of a baby weighing 11 pounds, and note of a diphtheria death of Orrin Miller’s son. Stockholders name Hoff Mesick and Kramer as auditors in the People's Mutual Building and Loan association.
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Fowler Company
Cedar Falls
Illinois
R. Macquesten
W. W. Miller
Alice Luis Thompson
BE. K. Young
Clarence H. Lathrop
Chicago
Lizzie P. Batch
B. B. Hatch
Qriennstip
Allegheny County
Waterloo
Cornelia A. Miller
Lathrop
C. WH. Lathrop
People’s Mutual Building É Loan Association
George A. Hoff
Edwin Mesick
Pred Kramer
Obituary and local notes from Waterloo 1899
Miss Mollie Tedford of La Porte City died in Minneapolis on October 17 from brain congestion. Miss Lois Fegles, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley Fegles, died last Wednesday from convulsions after spinal meningitis. Iowa Supreme Court rules incompatibility of temper not grounds for divorce. Nurse W J Martin to open Turkish bath rejuvenation rooms in Russell Lamson block. Mr and Mrs FP Rechfertig moved to Watertown, leaving Waterloo.
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Mollie Tedford
la Porte City
Minneapolis
Lois Fegles
Wesley Fegles
Etere
Iowa Supreme Court
W. J. Martin
Russell-Lamson
Bargain Clothing Ads From Bygone Era Highlight Prices
A scanned ad list recalls deep discounts on shoes, coats, hats, and underwear with prices like $4 a pair for ladies shoes $2.50 for others and coats $8 to $15. It notes wool suiting and vibrantly priced dresses, with low cost staples such as soap and fabric at fractions of current prices. Local names Roys Henderson's and Hanan's appear amid a nostalgic retail snapshot.
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Lady's Jersey
Union
Castile
America
Crothier
Roy
Roys
Henderson
Hanan
Pfewan
Thrifty troubles show in a wedding invitation note
A quirky reader laments the burden of thrift after receiving a wedding invitation. The correspondent recalls a past dispute with Binkley over choosing a trade and vows he would have paid to avoid the regret of not spending when desired.
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Binkley
Allus
Marriage License Request Sparks Biscuit Claim
St Louis report notes P. H Sinclair of Forest City Missouri and Melinda Esterbrook of Low Point both eighty applied for a license. Sinclair said he marries for her biscuit making, while the bride elect admitted she could bake them as well, claiming her mother made them.
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ST. Louis
P. H Sinclair
Forest City
Melinda C. Esterbrook
Low Point
Recorder's Office
Sinclair
Esterbrook
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E.G. Dougherty
Orppandent
Philadelphia
Catey Brooks & Finley
Repet
Bot
Sonetien
Judy
New Jersey
Winnipeg
Plains
Hayner
Clark
Ida Grove
Colorne
Gereman Automobile
Vila
Villa
Villat Chives
Hohenzollern
Reds
John B. Huber
John Beale
Carthagenias
New York
Gertrude Hoffman Jances
Eers
Sandman
Mrs. &. A. Walker
Seems
A&l
Iowa
Britain
Palmer
Knoxville Express
Newton
Courier
Merrill
Mittee
County Board
Tie
Hie
Geryator
Co Aici
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Mmesen
Deuids
Hobson
Vincennes
Ind
Martin Straw
Wabash River
Mt. Carmel
BY Sam Loyd
B. Flickinger
W. A. Wilson
Union Mill Company
LeRoy
Olive T. Wright
Wallace Barber
Orrin
Jonathan Miller
FP. Rechfertig
Watertown
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