Prices rise and travel guides list Waterloo Courier abroad
The Waterloo Evening Courier mentions advertising rates and subscriptions with a 1 cent per word price and a private branch for calls. It lists offices for readers in Europe including Traffiger building London Haymarket and Paris Capucines with American Express offices and addresses. It also reports on rising U.S. food prices and living costs, citing a government bulletin and comparing global increases with Austria Hungary Belgium and Britain.
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Courier
Europe
Amercen Travelere
Waterloo Evening Courier
Fie
Ace
Traffiger
Northcumberland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Dewe
Steamskhip
Green Street
Aris
Boulevard Des Capucies
l'Opera
American Aerpress
Berlin
Ne.c
Petersburg
Azeor
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Truly
Great Uritain
Anetra
New Zeaand
Canada
Canaan
United States
Dominion
Bixtets
The Red River of Blood in a Cosmic Stream
An odd meditation on life as a red river flowing through the universe. Flesh and blood vessels become a bustling network of vessels moving goods, thoughts, and culture. It likens body systems to boats carrying bricks, mortar, and debris, spawning civilizations.
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Toy Streai
1914 Automobiles Bring Bright Hopes and Hazards
A spoof predicts 1914 cars will add self starters and noiseless engines, four speeds and automatic gear shifts while noting limited safety features. It jokes that owners may still need to light cars at roadhouses and that no car will turn into groceries in financial stress.
Miscellaneous 1910s items swirl with names and forecasts
The passage sketches varied notes from politics to sport and society. It mentions a governor halting a plan for convicts, a tainted surname change request, Lipton aiming to win the America’s Cup in 1914, a Wall Street Journal question on government suits, and odd economic hints about potato crops and gold output, mixing personalities like Thaw and Bryan with everyday humor.
Spirit of the UWA Press Faces Frost Threat to Cedar Mapids
The Charles City Press notes political discourse on corn crops and frost risk, with references to tariffs and robberies, as well as appointments in the Philippines. The piece reflects early 20th century political tensions and public concerns about agriculture and governance.
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Jack Frost
Eloquent eulogy cited in Maine campaign signals party unity
Des Moines Capital notes Mr Bran’s praise of President Wilson as widely quoted by Democratic papers as proof of harmony. It argues the current scene is more purified than in the days when the White House occupant debated political brinkmanship with Nebraska figures.
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Des Moines
Bran
Wilson
Maine
White House
Nebraska Statesman
Union Labor's Progress and Suffrage Debate
Union labor reports show a 2.72 percent drop in hours and a 12 percent wage rise across 40 trades in 29 major U.S. cities, while living costs rose 29.8 percent. Des Moines Rabbi Mannheimer urges Iowa women to vote as suffrage moves toward front ranks. the state may lead or lag in enacting an equal suffrage law.
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Lioux
Davenport Wempersr
Rabbi Mannheimer
Des Moines
Tawa
Pir
The Young Expectant Mother and a Lady’s Aid
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as an external remedy easing childbirth. It claims reduced pain and tension through daily use, asserting cord and ligament expansion with no distress. The product is marketed by the Bradford Regulator Co. of Atlanta and sold by druggists for 81,000 bottles.
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Thors
Tradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bidoy
Atlanta
Wale
Equal Suffrage Sentiment Shapes State Constitution Debate
The article notes that by 2915 popular support for equal suffrage had grown steadily, suggesting the result would not be in doubt as the state constitution was shaped.
Snow Shovels and Warm Reflections
A collage of light verse and anecdotes recalls summer fading into winter, with lines about shovel snow and the cheering memory of sunny days. Included are brief humorous exchanges and a two-liner about a fishing outing, capturing small-town editorial humor.
Local notices from Brandon area transport and business
George Pelley buys the Joseph Pelley estate farm. Levy McLaughlin moves the Stainbrook house for Ralph Bailey to Miller's addition. Brandon shippers begin Interurban freight use. Eclipse Lumber Co. gets cement car and W F Shont receives flour and feed. Locals attend the Benton County fair at Vinton. Mr and Mrs E W Strait welcome a son born Sunday September 14. Helen McLeish returns to Cedar.
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Brandon
George Pelley
Joseph Pelley
Levy McLaughlin
Independence
Stainbrook
Ralph Bailey
Miller
Eclipse Lumber Co
W. F. Shont
Benton County
Vinton
E. W W. Strait
Helen McLeish
Cedar
Locals Busy With Weekend Visits And Rail Yard Work
Howard Reyes returns from Tilford academy for a weekend at home while Milt Briggs visits Brandon on business. Merril Finley rents Web Ma ylon's farm east of town and Joe Wood starts as stock-buyer for Brandon Exchange. Rail crews finish yard rails and ballast track while brick work on the depot stalls due to brick issues. Real estate transfers list multiple Waterloo and Cedar Falls properties and names.
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Chas
Bayack
Geo. Shrack
Independence
Brandon
C.F
O. J. Albert
Vinton
Land transfer record in Rose Bud addition details
Carrie Brees conveys property to John C. Felts in Woe terlog Rose Bud addition, with a recorded log 2 block 2 and a $825 value.
Remarkable Cough Remedy Cures Child’s Cold
Mrs. Sarah E. Duncan of Tipton Virginia praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for stopping her son's coughing fit and curing his cold after just one bottle. For sale by all dealers.
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Sarah E. Duncan
Tipton
Waterloo A Good Town Promotes Meritol Line
Local retailers endorse the Meritol line of preparations from the American Drug and Press Association. The Red Cross Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co are listed as local agents offering guaranteed goods.
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Waterloo
American Drug and Press Associaton
Meritol
Red Cross Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
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