Nitro City for Sale in Railroad Plant Treasure
A bold sales pitch touts Nitro near Nitro West Virginia as a potential Waterloo suburb. The appeal claims 737 factories plus a smokeless powder plant and river access, offered for the asking price of about two million dollars to a single bidder, with Uncle Sam backing a modern city complex ready for conversion.
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Germany
Teutons
West Virginia
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Waterlor
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Niro Weld
A Better Way On Job Rights For Essential Public Service
The article argues that workers may quit if unsatisfied unless bound by a contract, but asserts certain essential public service occupations such as gas, electric, and waterworks should not strike. It frames moral and patriotic limits, maintaining public welfare as priority over individual job rights.
Hampton Woman Worries Fuel Shortage Threatening Cooking
A Hampton housewife warns she would fret over fuel access if she could be sure she would have fuel to cook. The remark reflects concern over wartime shortages and household resilience as the nation debates policy and leadership.
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Hampton Chronicle
Yaere
Hampton
Het
Health Talks on Typhoid Prevention and Home Sanitation
Column discusses typhoid prevention emphasizing safe water and milk, screened windows to stop insect spread, proper disposal of waste, and boiling liquids. Includes patient guidance on poison risks and home remedies, with Q and A on lead poison and head lice treatment, urging readers to mail questions to Dr John B Huber.
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John B. Huber
Little Life Confidences in the Experience of a Couple
A 1919 vignette features Andrew and Imogene contemplating a future powered by electricity. They imagine gadgets transforming daily life from breakfast to supper, including electric dinners, signals, and even horses absorbing power, with satirical tone on progress.
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Andrew
Imogene
Roe Fulkerson
Tome
Pelican hunt and weather notes from 1869 Courier
A 1869 Courier contains a pelican shoot by George Kling at McKellar's Lake with seven birds downed and a 14.5 pound heavy pelican 9 feet 9 inches wingspan. It also notes the Cedar River navigability, local moves of residents, a fatal lightning strike in La Porte City, a large orange pie fruit, a Newark marriage, and severe recent rain damaged local farms with wheat losses and strewing grain shocks.
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George Kling
Pelican
Mr. Kline
Deacon Hall
Waterloo
Squire Gilchrist
Jerry Fox and Tim Coon Poultry Robbery Rivalry
A homegrown tale from 1879 describes Jerry Fox and Tim Coon raiding a woods farm for poultry and avoiding capture after a slip leads Coon to fall into a trap. The pursuit ends with Fox fleeing and Coon painted red by a prank gone wrong, as neighbors track the duo.
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Tim Goon
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Tam
Jercy Fox
Tim
Tin
Tim-Coon
Autumn festival honors and city notes from 1899
Twenty years ago on September 3 1899 Miss Frances Mullan represented 3 lerloo at the autumn festival with Miss Manile Snyder as a close second. The street fair opens tomorrow as Lincoln park buzzes with decorations. Miss Jennie Girton resigns as city librarian and Mrs. W A Wilson is chosen to succeed her. Consul general Aly Porto Rico Wanna returns home to visit his mother and aid hurricane relief. A caravan of 40 Cherokee Indians passes Waterloo en route to Wisconsin due to sickness and deaths in Jackson County. One hundred fifty guests attend a lawn party hosted by Mesdames C F Brown and J E Williams with refreshments by local helpers. Sportsmen report varied luck with chickens bagged by several parties including 8, 5, 7, and 20 prairie fowl in Tama County.
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I Am an American Statement Prompts National Unity
A Cedartown Georgia letter to the Atlantic Constitution features Charles Adamson declaring I am an American. The writer argues party ties should yield to Americanism, urging sacrifice for liberty and the republic to avert disaster. Millions could echo Adams with the same resolve.
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Jelly With Less Fruit And Sugar
Advice from United States Department of Agriculture specialists on making jelly with less fruit and sugar. Use fruits such as quince or cranberries, perform a second extraction, combine juices, and adjust sweetness to one half cup sugar per cup of juice for cheaper sugar and still decent yield.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Jelly Sweetening Ratios For Juice Based Desserts
A guide states that combining one cup juice with one cup sugar yields one to one and a half cups of jelly, while half cup sugar with one cup juice gives about half to three quarters cup. Half the sweetener may be glucose sirup honey or sorghum sirup. If the other half is granulated sugar sweetness differences are minor in most cases. Grape with glucose or corn sirup will make a jelly even if sugar is used.
Reds Slip Past Opponent In Narrow Victory
Cincinnati Reds edge a foe in a tense clash as late runs decide the outcome. Pitching and clutch hits shape a tight game with both teams pushing for momentum in a gritty lineup.
Milk Coal and Ice Rebus Puzzle Sign
Puzzle item notes Tony's new sign claiming to deal in milk coal and ice in a rebus style clue. The reference credits Con Fright 1919 with Sam Lord. This brief hints at a United States city or state via wordplay.
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Con Fright
Sam Lord
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