OUR PROSPEROUS COUNTRY IN A PROSPEROUS AMERICA
A Waterloo column reflects on American prosperity, contrasting local abundance with overseas hardship. An eyewitness from Cape Town quotes praise for the ease of earning a livelihood here, urging readers to compare pioneer effort with present comforts and to count blessings amid global contrasts. The piece laments overemphasis on luxury and highlights livestock shows and the idea of judging people by type and conformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Cowall
Cape Town
South Africa
Waterloo
Courier
H. O. Bernbrook
America
al Day
Eran
Columbus
Atlantic City
Illinois Republicans Seek One Anti-Small Candidate
In Illinois strategists convened in Chicago to back a single anti Small candidate for the GOP gubernatorial primary, aiming to consolidate opposition before further jockeying. Six would be rivals met, with Brundage, Oglesby, Harrison, Essington, Tanner and Glenn among those present, planning to unite behind one choice soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Llinaisans
Tney
Gorernards
Len Smahi
Chicago
Brundage
Oglesby
Harrison
Essington
Tanner
Glenn
Iowa
Trants
Children of Chance by Anthony Carlyle synopsis
Ford buys a Michigan town where residents pay rent. Lola Arnaut is murdered by Gustav Donec in a year of turmoil. Toliar jewels were borrowed and Henry plans to recover the rent by lowering it to 18 cents, while the plot hints at illicit schemes and Crises in a harsh frontier setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Synocsisford
Clas
Igan
Lola Arnaut
Gustav Donec
Lola
Henry
Brain Tests by Sam Lofd
A compact note explores how to build a sentence from scattered letters forming a little pyramid. The piece presents playful word games and hints at assembling phrases from fragments like a puzzle.
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Sam Lofd
Lola and Binny Drama Ends In Romantic Turmoil
A fragmented plot thread follows Lola and Binny amid love, gambling, and intrigue. Binny learns of a killer’s diary linking DeMille to Lola’s fate while tangled relationships, a disguise, and a murder inquiry drive the tension as characters confront hurt and deceit. The chapter ends with Perry questioning Irma Farrance as tensions flare.
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DeMille
Hinny
Lola Amaut
Binny
Parlance
Tne Cas
TreMille
Binty
Terry
Personal Health Service by Dr. William Brady
A historical health column by Dr. William Brady discusses old time dietary habits and the safety of drinking water with meals and cucumbers. It includes letters on pet obsessions from readers, reflections on past dental and bathing practices, and commentary on vitamins and nutrition. The piece also covers Galvanized Iron ware warnings and a Q&A section on laxatives and female health, with Brady inviting brief health letters to be answered in print.
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Grand Oater
Morrat
Brady
William Brady
Friend Wife by Roe Fulkerson
Irma Farrance faces a moral dilemma as Kyrle Harkness promises help to rescue Terry O’Farrer from debt with Benjamin Clay. Irma agrees to marry Harkness but only after careful consideration of the costs, while Terry’s ruin looms and old certainties fray in a tense ballroom confrontation.
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Terry
Irma
Jerry
Kyrle Harkness
Miss Farrance
O’farrer
Harkness
Benjamin Clay
Terry O'Farrer
O'Farrer
Joans
Ben Clay
Mr. Clay
Mr. Harkness
Lps
Jefusal
Cannydate Moots on Sheriff Job Worth the Risk
Abe Martin quotes Joe Moots a hopeful but wary candidate for sheriff, noting the job’s danger and the short span of life. He adds a Thanksgiving reflection as they joke about what remains after a life in public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Fifty Years Ago Death and Marriages in Local News
Fifty years ago the community mourned Mrs. Lewis Lichty with condolences from the mayor and family. A marriage united Stephen Gilley and Nancy Sawyer in Black Hawk County. The Hurricane Lantern lanterns promised safety and economy, not exploding, suitable for any home. District court with Judge Wilson heard the Riley-Spangler murder case. Mose Frank returned from the east with goods, while Cobb and Saunders touted a new omnibus. Waterloo’s Courier grew with subscribers. readers praised its service. A thresher fire on the F. F. Butler farm destroyed the machine and two stacks of wheat, but nearby buildings were saved.
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Lewis Lichty
Meyor
Justice W. A. Crowther
Stephen Gilley
Nancy Sawyer
Black Hawk County
Wilson
Woolsack
Mose Frank
Local items from September 12 1883 in New York state and area
Forty years ago notes from September 12 1883 report M Couch visiting family in Fredonia New York. Russell family returns from hop region trip noting good crop and a trainload of hop pickers seen in Otsego county. A farmer in Orange township grows a three acre potato patch yielding high bushel counts. corn stalk reaches 14 feet. First frost damages corn. an accident with gunpowder near Washburn injures Pony Fournier. Rev J H Windsor named to Congregational church in this city, starting in October. A Black Hawk creek bass weighing 4 3 4 pounds is caught after a sunfish is eaten on a set line, creating a double catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Russell
New York State
Black Hawk County roads group elected in 1903
In 1903 H W Grout was chosen president of the Black Hawk County Good Roads association with D F Hoover as secretary and George W Fowler as treasurer. The group aimed for permanent, year round highways. Other items include a purse snatching at Lincoln park, injuries from camping and farm accidents, a horse accident at Jefferson Street and Park Avenue, a fatal railway worker fall, marriages in Chicago, and a note on the Courier building editorial rooms scented by Mrs Elizabeth Phillips’s flowers.
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H. W. Grout
Black Hawk
W. F. Highmey
Franklin Street
J. W. Klinefeller
Creon
Laverne
Jefferson Street
Park Avenue
New Courier
Elizabeth Phillips
Fifth Street
Infant Births and Marriage Entry Await Continuation
A scene shows Binny noting two certificates: one for the marriage of Mary Munro and Benjamin Clay and the other recording the infant daughter of Mary and Benjamin Clay. Binny sits upright, bitterness rising as she reads, signaling a continuation.
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Binny
Mary Munro
Benjamin Clay
Mary
Benjamin Clayt
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Question Column
Readers submit general nature questions to the Nature Notes column asking about toads, unicorns, and predator control. The column promises answers in the next issue and invites more inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Opyright
Lez
Nature
Nature Note
Albinistic or cowbird types spotted among blackbirds
In an old query, a reader notes seeing two blackbirds with near white tails and asks what they are. The writer explains they may be albinistic blackbirds or cowbirds, both in the Icteridae family, and that such freaks are not uncommon, especially when two appear together.
Princess Teresa Loses Out as Prince Damar Chooses New Bride
In a royal palace ball opening, Prince Damar reveals his choice of Princess for his wife, surprising the guests as Princess Teresa contemplates love versus status. The King and Queen welcome the match, while the chosen Princess steps forward to accept, setting aside the planned match with Teresa.
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England
Prince George
Grace Vanderbilt
Cornelius
Britain
Parliament
Royal House
Ba George
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
Cal, Jr
Prince Damor
Teresa
Damor
Princésa Teresa
Sie
Damar
Ali
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Corner Park Ave
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DALUS
Finterea
Associated Pres
Associated Press
USA
Beresy
Clarion
Berlin
Ministry of the Interior
Google
Mr. Depew
Spark Plug
Chauncey Depew
Chauncey
Iowa Antisaloon League
State
S. Tun
Anthony Carlyle
Houghton Milllin Company
Warrance
Tuncheon
Iirma
Kyrie Harkness
Xiarries
Ginny
Vingland
Trinia
Rerny Thay
Chance
Leia
Perry
Irma Farrance
National
Vice
Lfe
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Castor
Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Andrew
Imogene
Mina
Department of the Interior
Searce É
Abe Martin
In the Courier
Hurricane Lantern Company
Cobb & Saunders
Omnibus
St. Louis
J. C. Quinn
Thie Can
Cérn
F. F. Butler
Cedar Alts
M. Couch
Fredonia
XN. Y
Ungerford
Couch
J. J. Weller
Orange Township
Grauty
Debron
W.S. Clifford
Fournier
Washburn
Ghbertville
J. H. Windsor
Grafton
Mass
Congregational Church
Stout
A. W. Haffa
Lincoln Park
Ed. McFarlane
Jay
Eph. Hoover
Grange Township
Rial
Fourth Street
the Central
Dubuque
Michael F. Carey
Charles S. Bicklay
Helen Hull
Thomas Williams
Denver
Calo
Sandman
MHS
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