Judge Bagg to preside over Grundy county term
The September term of court will be held in Grundy county by Judge Sylvester Bagg next week. Horace Greeley is set to lecture here a week from tonight. An auction will sell Shorthorn cattle with date to be announced. Mrs. Henry Meyer died Sept. 12 at age 30. John H. Leavitt nominated by Republicans for state senator to fill the overdue term.
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Sylvester Bagg
Grundy County
Morris Case
Henry Meyer
John H. Leavitt
G. W.ouch
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Motor Age
S. A. Asquith
Fifty Years Ago 1873 Health Notice and Market News
Fifty years ago on Saturday December 16 1873 the issue urges health vigilance amid prevalent sickness. It notes the Waterloo cemetery needs pruning and grass cutting to remove its shabby appearance. John S. Glover returns from eastern markets with new stock for his dry goods store.
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John S. Glover
Srespiiqndine
John G. Hoff
New York
Indian flour affair and river crossing tale prompts tension
Newspaper narrative recounts a river dispatch and a flour delivery to an Indian camp led by Ambrose and Watusk amid police talk. It follows a tense exchange over Gaviller’s mill theft, concerns about hunger, and a planned tea dance as night falls, with ongoing hints of conflict and surveillance.
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A. T. Lusch
Young Brose
Young Greer
Presbyterian Church
Secon
Keenan
Ambrose
York
Amorose
Rive ‘Et
Simon Resipients
Toi
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Laback
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Ted
Gaviller’s Mill
Chautauqua Park
Mand
Towa
Fairview Cemetery
Home Park
K. Watusk
Jim Gaston Trudeau
Rainter
Watusi
Mackenzie
Simon
T. Gaviller
Masters
Stinson
Germain Grampierre
Watuek
Watering Evening Courier dissects Japan and disarmament talks
The Watering Evening Courier surveys Japan's stance on Britain France and Italy after Harding's disarmament plan. It argues Japan seeks to preserve military alliance with England, notes friction with America, and critiques advanced but impractical League ideas.
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Japan
Harding
Herding
Britain
France
Italy
England
Frances
America
Englend
Siberian
Shantung
Health Talks by John B Hubber on insomnia remedies
Instructions on non-drug and medicinal approaches to insomnia including warm baths cold packs hot beverages and stimulants only with medical advice. Advises avoidance of promiscuous drugging and notes bromides may help nervous cases while hypnotics require physician guidance. Suggests scene changes and sea voyages as remedies and includes Q A on tonsil removal and leg padding questions.
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Inmina
Burroughs Nature Club Questions and Answers Notes
Readers send general nature questions to the Nature Notes Dept seeking curious inquiries. The column invites questions about birds or animal care and even home life of apes. Answers will be published in future installments with readers’ self addressed envelopes for quicker replies.
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Nature Notes
Huber
Gire
Coz
Friend Wife by Rob Fulkerson
A satirical piece portrays Andrew chiding Imogene over aging and weight while she retorts with biting sarcasm. The dialogue pokes at marriage, vanity, and fidelity as a late 19th or early 20th century reader would encounter domestic humor and social expectations.
The Old Time Music
A short verse by Frank L Stanton celebrates old time music and dancing with nostalgic imagery of bells and a crowd enjoying songs and companionship.
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Frank L Stanton
Six Candidates for Port Master in Billville Area
In Billville the mill road map sets the scene as six candidates compete for the port master role. The report notes the town’s proximity to a distant circus and hints at local interest in maritime leadership despite the long distance to entertainment.
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Catalase
Afterthoughts on films politics and people
A collection of opinion snippets notes censorship in the movie industry, tax and wealth commentary, reader relief from serialized magazines on fast trains, a New Hampshire marriage to Irene McIntyre famed for doughnuts, and reflections on motion picture idols. It also covers immigration limits, John Simon’s regrets not seeing Babe Ruth, courtesy in business, Iowa corn, and psychology in football with orange uniforms and red risks.
We Favor One Tax and Warms on Waistlines
The Sioux City Journal discusses a proposed German tax on excess waistlines framed as a public welfare and beauty measure. It derides motorist taxes while urging job creation to stimulate spending through merchants and manufacturers.
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Sioux City Journal
Germany
Untitled Local Columns Mixed With Fragmented Notices
A jumble of fragmented lines from several papers references streets and railways crossing, kitchen stove duties, farm life, and a mystery case involving Skeith 3 and a missing case. Names Abe Martin and Candymaker Steve Beasley appear amid scattered regional locales and casual social commentary.
Hen’s Tour Ends in Pot on Sedalia Line
A stray chicken named Biddy traveled 606 miles from Hillsboro Texas to Sedalia on train No 4 before being caught by Leonard a Katy brakeman. The bird fluttered from its perch as the train stopped along the line and was eventually boiled for supper today marking the end of its long journey.
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Sedalia
Biddy
Leonard
Katy
Hillsboro
Tex
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd Puzzle Challenge
A Loyd brain teaser asks a two step wordplay to spell an ancient Greek poetess. It notes a hill problem with a misprinted time and distance, stating Charlie ascended one mile in 15 minutes and descended in 14 2 minutes, yielding a complex calculation about State Hill’s height.
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Charlie
State Hill
A Different Matter
Keokuk County News notes a lighthearted observation about church donations and spending on entertainment, highlighting a contrast between small tithes and paying a dollar to see pink tights. The item reads as a humorous commentary on modest generosity versus indulgent showings.
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Keokuk County
The Fur Bringers A Story Of The Canadian Northwest
John Gaviller a fur monopoly factor clashes with Ambrose Doane free trader over wheat pricing. Doane helps seize the company mill to grind grain for settlers amid undercurrents of jealousy and danger. Ambrose battles machinery and guards as tension rises with natives and white allies, while plans for outside help proceed.
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Canadian Northwest
Xalbert Footner
Jack Chanty
James A. McCann Company
New York
John Gaviller
Ambrose Doane
Doane
Gavillers
Colina
Gaviller
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