Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter Notice
The Waterloo Evening Courier and Waterloo Reporter operate daily except Sunday under W. Ho Hartman Co. John C. Hartman presides, with A. W. Peterson as secretary treasurer and general manager. Circulation and advertising rates are listed, with phrases about pricing changes and classified ads.
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W. HO Hartman
West Park Ave
John C. Hartman
Aw, Peterson
Sec.Treas
Gen. Mer
Waterloo
Iowa
Get Acquainted Special Boosts Waterloo in Three Days
Waterloo boosters undertake a "Get Acquainted Special" to visit Waterloo and Black Hawk County towns. The trip aims to advertise Waterloo, build civic ties with nearby leaders, and secure favorable reporting in local papers. Officials expect lasting goodwill, indirect trade benefits, and future profits from enhanced visibility and friendships across communities.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Carclea
Boosters
Iisltors
Iweat
Henry’s Goat Blames Henry Clay For His Downfall
George W. Cram, an 85 year old ex-convict who has just left Sing Sing after over two decades of imprisonment, accuses Henry Clay of guiding his youthful vices during a Mississippi trip in 1840. He recalls meeting the statesman, who supposedly taught him to drink and gamble, a claim that invites scrutiny of both memory and motive.
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George W. Cram
Sing Sing
Henry Clay
Cram
Mississippi River
Clay
Weary Clay
Henry
Sir William van Torn
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Montreal
Sir William
Ife
JoHet
Billy
War era notes and opinions on Zeppelins and politics
The column cites Marconi and Count Zeppelin on aerial warfare, noting limited English casualties from Zeppelins and prioritizing moral impacts. It surveys rural credits, investment ideas, and notable figures like Sir William Van Horne, with brief mentions of U. S. stance on Mexico and editorials on conscription and politics.
Mental Scrap Heap Advice From a Pitchman
George Matthew Adams urges readers to clear the mind of valueless reverie and petty preoccupations. He warns that dwelling on trivial social habits, magazines, fashions, and passing amusements turns the brain into a scrap heap and hinders mental growth. Focus on essentials and discard useless thoughts.
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George Matthew Adams
Noisy Nation and the Quest for Quiet Reform
A satirical essay critiques pervasive noise in American life from dogs and machines to politics and publicity. It contrasts noisy society with attempts to create quiet institutions, notes noise as cultural substitute for music and rhetoric, and sketches anti noise societies forming to curb the clamor at public events and in daily life.
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Soone
Ony
New York
Wile
Saving Sugar and Tiny Sums Teach Big Habits
A mother uses a concrete goal to curb a boy's sugar waste explaining that saved sugar could fund vinegar candy. The tale links daily waste to bigger savings and notes a broader lesson: translating small losses into tangible outcomes helps form prudent habits.
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Billy
Norah
Plague and typhoid talk from Iowa editors
A Des Moines Tribune discussion contrasts bubonic plague in India with typhoid fever in the United States, arguing pure water and milk prevent typhoid while praising India’s plague controls. Other pieces praise Iowa prosperity and critique fair attendance ideas as farmers seek fresh engagements beyond vaudeville crowds.
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Des Moines Tribune
Des Moines
India
Bombay
Punjab
United States
Sighing Mountain Tale Of Rescue And Return
A stranger frees a princess trapped in a mountain rock using a magic stick and a hidden path. He arrives with the maiden, believed lost to a wood witch, and vows to return her to her family amid village awe and peril. The tale frames a rescue capstone with magic trees and ancient valour, ending with a prompt for the next installment.
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Isha
Secon
Altho
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
New York City
Impending problem in Perry traffic plan for elevated stations
A brief item mentions a late mailed letter handed at the foot of a gangplank and an explanation sought from Archibald. It notes Perry Chief warning that rising auto numbers in Iowa may force larger cities to build elevated stations to manage street traffic.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Carroll Herat
Eye
Sloon
Ter
Europe
Archibald
Perry
Iowa
Enrollment at Wa terloo Business college reaches 107
Wa terloo Business college president A P Gates reported a total enrollment of 107 students. Among them are numerous out of town entrants including Emma Arends Meservey Clayton Atwood Denita Barger Maude Deattie Cora Berry Irving Bloom Ruby Oagley Vern Clark Frances Gurtis Vivian Felcher Ward Gage Minnie Griffith Merle Gruben Evelyn Hinckley Gertrude Jamason Pearl John son Lena Jones Caroline Juhl Mary Kerlin Lalu Lamm and others from Meservey Jesup Nashua and Plainfield.
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A. P. Gates
Waterloo Business College
Toon
City
Emma Arends
Meservey
Clayton Atwood
Armstrong
Denita Barger
Jesup
Maude Deattie
Floyd
Cora Berry
Pomeroy
Irving Bloom
Nashua
Ruby Oagley
Vern Clark
Carson
Frances Gurtis
Winthrop
Vivian Felcher
Ward Gage
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo Reporter
Associated Press
Audit Surreau of Circulationa
Daniel Webster
Zep
Elvis
Marconi
Count Zeppelim
England
Congress
Parcel Post
U. 3
Chicago Tribune
U. 8
Germany
Chicago Herald
London
Bryan
Champ Clark
Bowling Green
William J? Bryan
Petrograd
Wall Street
Broadway
Wanamaker’s
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Express
Sioux City
Towa
Iid- Archibal
Davenport
James FL J
Dumba
Corn Bevc Telephone Company
Business College
Ning
Hall
Elieve Tara
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tic. Net
Frank T. Hartman
Cormer Fifth
Mulberry
East Side Library
Onice
Gerrit J. Bennett
Grant
Aye
Ackley
Gertrude Leach
Hilda Yahring
Waverly
Edwin Mielke
Str. Ansgar
Joe Miller
Belle Plaine
Alta . Moore
Cedar Falls
Ruby Mote
Lake City
Mable Noble
Rome
Sadie. Patch
Bagley
Wis
Fanny Raymon
Glenville
Minn
Beth Rossiter
Riceville
Delors Rowley
Rockwell
Aleta Stanford
Gilbertville
Bernice Stewart
Primghar
Fred Thies
Sumner
Agnes Thorndahl
Clarence Tripp
le Marsi
Merle Trunkey
Filmo
Lee Waite
Inwood
Lawrence Walling
Orchard
Clarence Wilson
Roy Young
Bertha Miller
Marshall
Mich
Alma Welsh
Cedar Faille
Julia’ Christen
Blanche Blake Sheil Rock
Estelle’ Karbon
Lake Preston
S. D
Alice Miller
Clarksville
Beecham’s
Beecham
Quaker
Quaker’ Cooker
Tobey
Tobey Furniture Company
Chicago
James Black Dry Goods Co
Wanegler Bros
Hansen & Hansen
Sinnard Bros. Co
M. Berkley
the Galloway
Clute Grocery
Rickens & Thomas
H. 2
Opline
Bryant Motor Car Co
Allen Street
Guy W. Campbell
Henderson Drug Co
Libby
McNeill
Ehierve
Mar Se
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