Millenary Debate Spurs Auto and Rail Costs Reflections
The Waterloo Courier discusses Dr. Lockwood's sermon and the mutual dependence of capital and labor. It argues harmony between employers and workers underpins national prosperity, noting rising auto costs and freight rate pressures as a broader economic concern.
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de Courier
Lockwood
Waterloo
Dockwood
Retricken
Wease
Philadelphia Traction Corporation
M Én
A Poor Min tore and Plymouth Church Controversy
A period piece notes Rev. Mr Piblio resigning from Plymouth Congregational church to pursue politics after a farewell gift was withdrawn. It criticizes mixing politics and religion and references Rev Short of Sioux City and public statements by Cox. It also mentions the American Woolen Mill closing and resuming, and ends with speculative tobacco consumption statistics.
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Moipes
Plymouth Congregational Church
Kirbye
Man of Galilee
Plymouth Church
Short
Sioux City
Health Talks At The Sea Shore For Childrens Tuberculosis
Health talks discuss sea air iodine and salt water as benefits for pediatric tuberculosis and glandular disease. The article extols sea breeze ozone oxygen and sunshine in a temperate sea climate as healthful, with bathing reinforcing benefits.
Friend Wife By RO FUCLBEERSON
A fragmentary dialogue reveals Andrew and Imogene discussing Nettie Francis now Mrs Wilson who sits on a hospital board. Andrew muses on her appearance and past, noting changes in hair color and dimples while Imogene remains cool and distant.
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Friend Wife
RO Fuclbeerson
Andrew
Imogene
Caiby
Mrs. Wilson
Nettie Francis
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd puzzle rows
A short fragment presents a Sam Loyd brain teaser with a series of lines about a unknown author and a guessing game. The text hints at figure of misdirection and a riddle style puzzle in a 14 minute time frame.
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Sam Loyd
Nature Notes and Answers From Past Quiz Feature
A collage of questions and answers on nature curiosities and behavior. Topics include woodpecker activity in rotted branches, animal senses of shame, nesting habits of tumblebugs, roving crow clams, cow learning limits, and robin predation observations, drawn from a late 19th or early 20th century column.
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Tomorerow
Change is demanded in Davenport editorials on Cox and Wilson
Iowa editors criticize Gov Cox for remaining tied to Wilson era policies and the League of Nations. Davenport asserts continued Wilsonism would worsen national issues, while Eureka praises Mr. He as earnest and capable. Council Bluffs Nonpareil defends the Republican ticket with Kendall Hammill Haynes Gibson and Woodward, urging Iowa to move beyond past party lines.
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Davenport
Cox
Wilson
Wilson League of Nations
Democratic Party
Adherong
Paris
Amosa Eureka
White House
Council Bluffs
Mr. Herring
N. E. Kendall
John Hammill
Glen Haynes
Ben Gibson
Woodiay
Pious
Plaemi
Iowa
The Sandman Story by Mrs F A Walker
A cautionary tale about Tommy a fat boy who eats between meals. Martha the cook warns him and his mother sends a basket of cookies uphill where he greedily devours them and dreams of turning into a pumpkin. He learns to curb his appetite and promises to eat only what is meant for him.
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Tommy Tommy
Martha
Tommy
Cuckoo Attacks Robins and Ensuing Death Report
An odd tale describes a robins nest attacked by a cuckoo near Villa. The creature allegedly mauled the robin, leaving it bruised and dead beneath the nest. The narrator speculates the cuckoo may devour other birds eyes, noting the robin recognizes its foe.
Fifty Years Ago Cedar Falls Cider Press News
A Cedar Falls note recounts a local cider press scene with a lively grinding of apples. The item mentions Napoleon’s surrender, Prussian actions, and a Paris republic led by Gen Trochu. Other notes cover library funding, dog fines, school textbooks, a telegraph office, and apple varieties shown by W H Palmer at a county farmers’ club meeting.
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Cedar Falls
Tate
Thutndas
Rept
Napoleon
Sedan
X Republic
Paris
Trochul
William
Prussia
W. H. Palmer
Cedar Valley
Mr. Palmer
Black Hawk County
Local notes and marriages from Cedar County 1880
Fort y years ago items report residents moving houses near the Baptist church and Mt Vernon township, a marriage of Fred J. Gibbs to Susanna J. Jacob, and local news on wolves damaging calves and hogs in Cedar township. Also mentions mud cleanup before a train, Kee B Choate at the state fair, diphtheria illness in Mt. Vernon, and anecdotal river travels with a large snake sighting.
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Fred J. Gibbs
Susanna J. Jacob
Mt. Vernon Township
J. T. Crippen
Cedar Township
Sam H. Hoft
Iwork
QO. W. Bovee
Cedar Falls
J. C. Elwell
H. B. Allen
Minneapolis
Iowa
Fred Sparr
Waterloo
Cornerstone Ceremonies at St Joseph Catholic Church
Twenty years ago on Monday September 10 1900 three thousand people attended cornerstone ceremonies at the new St Joseph Catholic church. The report notes impressive exercises and a large turnout reflecting local religious life and civic pride.
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St. Joseph's Catholic” Church
Innipeg
Can - Teppe
Fao Nice
Hearts Can Forget and Other Fragments
A mixed collection of verses and prose fragments touches on love memory and loss. It includes poems about forgetting hearts and dreaming, plus political satire noting stock swindling allegations and Iowa election targeting women voters and governor hopeful Herring.
Dandruff Cure Promises Thick Hair and Relief
A vintage remedy promotes liquid arvon to dissolve dandruff overnight. Four ounces applied at night moisten the scalp and stop itching by morning. Repeated applications claim to destroy all signs of dandruff and leave hair looking better, with liquid arvon available at local drug stores.
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Banks Call for Curb on Automobile Business
In Council Bluffs The Nonpareil argues that banks urge tighter control on auto ownership noting men should own and operate cars only if they can afford them. The piece defends the stance as sound upon analysis though it admits some harshness.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Senator Lodge
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Almerisane
Nady Muest
Rit
King of
Clues
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R. Huber
Yantonsall
Huber Ikadenarim
Togens
Jasi
Raver
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Deligh
Nature Notes
John Burroughs
Miaid
Sandman
Mrs. F. A. Walker
Villa
James Harlan
Gilchrist & Mosher
Grand Junction
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Kride
N. Reed
J. C.gates
A. T. Lusch
A. C. Miller
A. Israel
Rev. R. Garton
B. Choate
J. W. Leeper
B. Allen
Galveston
Mr. Allen
la Porte City Fair
Luella
Louis Keith
Bentley-Cass
Leila
F. Bentley
M. ‘Bentley
Claude D. Cass
TM Rans
Bentley
Fourth Street
Des ‘Moines
Cass
Drake University
J. F. Cass Ar‘rived
Waterlac
Pratik Si Stanton
Dickey Saya
Gudden
Herring
Bellan
Inna
Bellans
Rellans
Dr. C. A. Waterbury
Black Building
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