Waterloo Courier Warns of a Biting Animal Remark
A damaged OCR fragment appears to describe a notice from the Waterloo Evening Courier about a warning card attached to a crate. The card reads in large letters to avoid near the animal as it might bite, citing Norman E. Macke's National Monthly. It mentions associated staff and distribution notes.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Associated Press
W.H. Hartman Companyd
Wea Pars
Joan G Harmar
AL W. Pstaneon
Gec'y Taras
New York
Triune
Alfred
Chinas 6
Pune
Wraten
Len
Evening Courier
Courier
Norman E. Macke
National Monthly
Wealthy Chicagoan Chooses Ascetic Life for Civilizing Mission
The essay argues life tests by chosen pursuit not fear or wealth. It highlights a young Chicago millionaire who gave up riches to live in China, bringing civilization and Christianity. The piece asks readers what they would do with wealth to gain true self respect and fulfill highest duties.
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Chicago
Lfe
China
Strang
Mr. Borden
Alms to the Rich and the Paying of Blackmail
A critique argues tipping has evolved from a charitable gesture by the rich to a coercive obligation on workers. It cites Chicago revenue data and a lake steamer tipper who saved $200 in ten weeks, likening tips to wealth concentration. The piece notes government data classifies 644 American colleges by their stance.
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Lowry
Chicago
Eipal
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts a cure for deafness by removing ear tube inflammation and catarrh with a product from Cheney and Co. It promises reversal of hearing loss after applying the remedy and warns of permanent damage if untreated. The text imitates a 19th century patent medicine pitch with dubious efficacy claims.
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Calareh
Draficm
Cheney
Tolnda
Tromreta
Quiet, shifting politics amid labor rise and reforms
The piece notes a quiet campaign season with growing indecision among voters. It cites rising living costs from a labor bureau finding, increased strikes, and calls for an immediate congressional inquiry into labor conditions. It references Taft, Roosevelt, and mock party talk, ending with a quip about what to do with it.
Lesson From The Past And Doorstep Calf Misunderstanding
A mixed fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century paper describes easy slippers and a reflective lesson about change and joy. It includes a mythic note about a river goddess and a sunlit day, then shifts to a Chicago Record-Herald blurb about a girl moving to shining down East and a dairy calf misunderstanding by two sisters who bought a calf lacking upper front teeth.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Les defauts des qualites and the value of flaws
Ruth Cameron argues that everyone has the defects that accompany their strongest qualities. She cites a public figure described as a doer whose impulsiveness pairs with initiative. The piece urges readers to recognize that praise for sharp attributes often shadows the accompanying faults.
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Ruth Cameron
Caution on Interstate Regulation of Rail Rates
The Des Moines Register warns against overreliance on the interstate commerce model to justify government control of railroad rates and practices. It notes railroads are quasi public, the Sherman Act risks, and that interstate regulation took decades to take hold, urging careful scrutiny before broad expansion of government power.
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Des Moines Register
Interstate Commerce Commission
Insurgent Senators Question National Railroad Law Powers
The piece argues a small faction in the last Congress would strip vital provisions from a railroad law and warns against granting national status to trusts. It notes the interstate commerce commission as a check on railroads, urges caution before broader monopolies receive federal recognition, and highlights the public sentiment fueling railroad regulation.
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Court of Commerce
Interstate Commerce
Commission
Washington
Great Trust
National Commission
Why They Laugh Lunching Chiefs Promoted Generalities in Standard Oil Session
Chicago testimony from Mr. R C Weit secretary of Standard Oil of New York describes daily noon meals at 21 Broadway with John D Rockefeller and other top officials. They allegedly chatted generally and laughed rather than discussing business before dissolution. Washington announced possible contempt charges if decree violations are proven. A playful Tom Sawyer analogy ends the piece.
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Chicago Tribune
R. C. Weit
Standard Oil Company of New York
Standard Oil- Waters-Pierce
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
H. C. Folger, Jr
Waller Jennings
Standard Organization
Broadway
Weit
Veit
New York
Washington
Department of Justice
Rockefeller
Texas
Tom Sawyer
Snick
STEP TOWARD VIEWS IN CHURCH
Des Moines Iowa Sept 24 Secretary John H Fellingham of the Y M L A today ordered a moving picture machine to supplement winter entertainments The aim is to attract the right kind of young men who do not attend Sunday meetings The pictures will be educational and Biblical to provide a more pleasant Sunday afternoon for the youth
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Des Moines
John H. Fellingham
Y. ML. A
Fellingham
Bulls Moose Fighting Beast in Roosevelt Passage
In Beverly Massachusetts on September 23 President Taft departed for Washington amused by a Michigan friend’s quote from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1893 book The Wilderness Hunter. The excerpt notes a truculent moose can endanger a boat and that older moose become dangerous.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Washington
Michigan
Roosevelt
Paving Problems Prompt City Council Action
City council debates paving options on three streets and an alley between Fifth and Sixth streets with waivers from most property owners. The mayor signs the city waiver as a resolution for paving is prepared, while a West Eighth to Tenth streets petition seeks concrete instead of asphalt.裁
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Fifth
Sixth Streets
West Side
de Gon
West Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
Washington
Jefferson
Bryant Asphalt Company
Dearborn Construction Company
Jack Cassbeer Agaist
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
West Fourth
Bluff
Washington Streets
Curious Moose Descriptions Highlight Drafty Habitat Traits
A fragment discusses moose behavior noting they are easily tamed and playful, enjoying galloping and frolicking while occasionally making grotesque faces. It contrasts this with limb proportions, stating long legs and a short neck limit grazing to short grass.
After years a spinster may boast of not marrying
A reflective line notes that time outpaces money and youth, while a spinster may find consolation in the many years she did not marry. The remark contrasts aging and financial change, implying value in independence over conventional marriage expectations.
Face Cleared by Cuticura after Long Skin Rash
Sioux Falls reader recovers from a two year facial rash using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. After applying hot water washes and the ointment, inflammation subsided in two days and the rash nearly vanished in four weeks. The testimonial notes relief from itching burning and sleepless nights and mentions also using the products on scalp and hair.
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Sioux Falls
Mise Pansy Hutchins
Dept.t
Boston
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