Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter Front Page
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John C. Hartman
AL W. Peterson
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Waterloo
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Washington, D. C
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E. G. Dougherty
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New York
Philadelphia
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Story
Brooks & Finley
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Harding attack stirs Iowa Republicans reply letter urged
The piece argues President Wilson’s critique of Republican congressmen of Iowa’s Third District requires a strong GOP response. It details Harding’s actions, counters Porter’s charges, and calls for mobilizing Republican votes next Tuesday to defend honor and patriotism. It compares wartime loyalties and criticizes the president for pressuring Republicans to elect Democrats.
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Iowa
United States
Wilson
White House
Republcans
Congress
America
Republicana
War Chest Plan proves single fund method in Webster county
Eight months of using a single war fund in Fort Dodge and Webster County shows strong support and efficiency. Citizens stress duty to fund veterans’ welfare, Red Cross aid, and morale, arguing quotas are fair and payments steady. The article notes bond sales, Belgium relief, and high donor participation, with a planned larger drive to cover extended needs.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County
Red Cross
Y. M. C. A. Knights of Columbus
Sam
Waterloo
Red Cross Financel
Ilid
Towa
Hach
Patriots’ Fund
Red ‘Cross
Black Hawk County
Reputation for Truthfulness and Claim of Political Pressure
A column discusses truthfulness and reputation in social disputes between two women Bertha and Margaret, noting how belief shifts with perceived honesty. It also contains an argumentative letter urging accountability of a public official in Iowa, criticizing language policy and wartime actions.
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Margaret
Bertha
Ruthfulness
Harding Replies to Porter in Iowa Governor Race Letter
Gov W L Harding addresses Chaude Porter in a reply letter criticizing a call for class hatred. He notes his own nationwide war effort, fundraising, and leadership, contrasting Porter's silence on bonds, war funds, and patriotism. Harding claims Iowa rallied industriously under his leadership and accuses Porter of sowing division along race and creed lines.
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W. L. Harding
Chaude Porter
Iman
Golmstu
Lowa
United States
Lewa
Iberry
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus War Fund
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Salvation Arms War Fund
Jewish Welfare Fund
Chicago
Iowa
Towa
Convulsions in Children Tied to Immature Nervous System
The article explains why infants and young children have convulsions due to underdeveloped nervous systems and high nerve irritability. It lists heredity, birth injuries, illnesses, teething, infections, and environmental factors as causes, and notes convulsions often precede or merge into epilepsy. It warns against unsafe remedies and stresses medical supervision.
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Currier
Courier
Fire plot at county jail and a harvest of prices in 1868
A jail inmate attempted to ignite the county jail in the courthouse basement. Sheriff Brown halted the blaze, saving the building and records. The man, tied to a Cedar Falls burglary, gathered combustibles including his clothing. Market prices list wheat 70 cents, oats 35, potatoes 50, eggs 15, butter 26, rye and corn 55. The piece rebukes demagogic cries against debt and taxes and notes dedicatory MA meetings shifted to Nov 5 with a grand union prayer. The piece ends urging voters to back Grant and Colfax, asserting strong party lines.
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Cedar Falls
Brown
Forty Years Ago Items From Orange Town and Jesup
Local notes report Samuel Cain's simple milking device at his Orange Town farm. Livery stables in Jesup at ten dollars yearly license. T F Kenyon buys stock of C J Hayt & Co. William Cornell builds a neat fence at his residence. Barbed wire fencing along B C R N right of way to protect the track. A Spring Creek man visits La Porte City and returns home quickly. Silver wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan Day with gifts of silver. A stranger tries to sell a Durham cow at Demmel brothers market. police arrest him on suspicion of theft. Phil Hoover submits a notably large beet sample two feet five inches long.
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Durham
Demmel
G. B. Bouck
Demmels
Twenty Years Ago Facts From The Falls News Briefs
A collection of small notes reports local happenings. Boies heads to the Second district to stump for Democrats. Roger Strayer catches six bass averaging three pounds. A passenger elevator installed in Bleck's dry goods store operated by W A Stevenson. George Densmore returns home. Hope C Martin back in hospital at Fort Sheridan after Omaha exposition visit. J T Sullivan to Nicholls by telegram about his mother Flenny Payne injured at mill. Frank Morrison and C W Sarker bag 17 mallard ducks in a windy hunt. Jacob Geyer felled the telephone lines and seven mallards from a flock. more ducks seen near Washburn.
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George Densmore
Hope C. Martin
Fort Sheridan
Omaha
Frank Morrison
C. W. Sarker
Jacob Geyer
Washburn
Old Towns Remain Heart of River City Memory
In Hampton and nearby towns the old bakeball grounds are now houses while river floods reshaped the landscape. Yet the core town endures in heart, with school days memories and neighbors who helped during youth, unchanged in spirit despite change.
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Hampton Chronicle
Woman raises 600 chickens after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound
Oregon Indiana woman Mrs D M Alters says the vegetable compound restored her health after uterine troubles and long days. She raises six hundred chickens yearly and can work full time now. She recommends the remedy and invites others to write for advice.
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Oregon
Lydia E. Pinkham
D. M. Arters
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Wizard of In and Hamins Wizard Liver Whips Ad
An old advertisement promotes Hambfins Wizard Of for rheumatism back pain and sore joints. It claims quick relief and shows antiseptic use for minor injuries, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Also features Hamins Wizard Liver Whips pink pills for headache.
Resinol Treatment Claims Quick Rash Relief
A reader notes using Resinol One Soap and Ointment to stop a skin rash and reduce itching. The user reports rapid improvement after the first application and suggests applying Resinol Soap to enhance action.
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