Ruling passions and freight rates in national drift
A Waterloo newspaper column surveys freight rate debates led by Senator Cummins, rail revenue needs, and a future airship venture. It discusses the ZR-2 crash, a proposed 59 million capital dirigible program, and broader politics around the German peace treaty ratification and public morality.
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Curmins
Des Moines
Cummins
Uncle Sam
Chicago
New York
Pacific Coast
Germany
Altho
United States
Count Zeppelin
Langley
Health Talks by John Buber on nursing sick children
A health column by Dr John Buber provides home remedies and sanitation guidance for caring for ill children. It covers carbolic acid disinfection, cleansing and bathing after illness, handling nasal and throat discharges, and preventing spread through clothing and toys. It also notes eye and mouth care with boracic acid and glycerine mixtures and emphasizes thorough cleaning of the sick room and sun exposure for fabrics.
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Medis
Friend Wife by Rob Fulkerston
Andrew explains slang to Imogene in a comic dialogue about the origins of the phrases bunk and getting my goat. The tale traces the goat expression to Alpine shepherds and a marauding yodeling landscape, with Imogene pressing for clarity on the other term.
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Andrew
Imogene
Wrapmore
Pink Sheet
White Light District
Sheperd
Alps
Capricornus
William
Morpheus
Afterthoughts on Des Moines Dairy Cattle Congress and More
A stream of snippets from a Des Moines era paper notes Dairy Cattle Congress ambitions including a dog and cat show, Gompers at a wizers' convention, and Wallace urging farm branding. Wry comments touch on autumn imagery, Ku Klux Klan fears, a Des Moines court ruling on unmuzzled dogs, seagulls fending grasshoppers, and a Cedar Rapids firm staging a masculine style show.
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Cedar Rapids
Correct English Don's Say: scattered fragments and misprints
A jumble of corrected phrases and garbled sentences. It includes notes like a Sterling automobile and loud cheers for a speaker, plus errors about a wagon to town and a liberal pastor. Other items mention diamonds in fallen meteors and myths about Europe and Roma.
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Mr. Brown
Bay
Brown
Still We Keep Going Through Hard Times
Poem style brief mentions sorrow and perseverance from a Billville farmer. The speaker asks for sustenance and strength to endure, praising faith and small favors. The piece blends religious invocation with a hopeful refrain of continuing forward despite hardship.
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Billville
Harrowing details of their buckle trial read aloud
Fragmentary text claims a figure mocks a person named Trotzkyi as a Russian dancer and notes a leading world pace. The passage also mentions compilers and proofreaders and suggests readers will encounter harrowing trial details.
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Trotzkyi
Burroughs Nature Club Notes
Q&A column invites reader questions on nature topics. The note lists example questions about elephant tusks frost damage to trees and metallic colors in bird feathers, promising answers in tomorrow’s notes.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mietlin Co
Nature Notes
Answers to Questions on Wasps Mink Birds
Answers cover wasp nest material sourcing from wood fibers, mink and weasel color changes and odor, and bird species counts. Wasps chew seasoned wood fibers with saliva to form papery combs. mink are dark brown, sometimes white on chest, winter fur unchanged. weasels turn white in winter in the Far North. birds total about 12 000 species globally, ~800 in North America, with a student identifying about 15 species during migrations and summer.
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North America
The Fur Bringers and Story of the Northwest Part
Ambrose Doane freetrader clashes with John Gaviller a Thr monopoly head. Gaviller’s daughter Colina earns Doane’s sympathy and sparks a quarrel. Gaviller is shot as Indians revolt led by Doane seize the mill and store, burn flour and take whisky. Watusk the Indian leader aims to pin the uprising on Doane as troops approach. Ambrose flees with Nesis the Indian maiden who insists on joining to aid the escape through the river rapids.
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Ambrose Doane
John Gaviller
Colina
Gavier
Doane
GordonStrange
Ga Yiller
Watusk
Deane
Nesis
Ka|kisa
Ambrose
Job
Puzzle and prose mix in a cryptic BEAM TEST entry
A collage of wordplay and narrative fragments appears in a BEAM TEST puzzle by SAM LOFD with clues about weight measures and articles, plus quoted dialog about a tense escape from Watusk’s teepee. Cited historical names include Mrs Hogan and Mrs Balaban in figures of pounds.
Lesson to Other Towns on Transportation System Failures
Iowa editors criticize Des Moines for lacking a dependable transport system. The piece argues a new government appropriation adds taxes elsewhere to fund transit, warning the nation against similar reliance on flawed municipal planning.
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Davenport
Des Moines
Abe Martin mockery of death o John Barleycorn and town pump complaint
In a humorous line Uncle Niles Turner jokes about exaggerated death of John Barleycorn as a committee arrives to complain about a tin cup missing from the town pump and rising loafing conditions. Local quip echoes a public mood.
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John Barleycorn
Niles Turner
Lemon Bleach Promises Bright Skin in Simple Mix
A vintage ad promotes a lemon based lotion made from lemon juice and a drugstore quart pint mixture sold cheaply. It claims to whiten skin on face neck arms and hands daily without irritation, touting stage beauties as fans.
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W.H. Hartman CO
West Park Ave
Jobn C. Harman
A.W. Peterson
Treas
Montis
Waterloo
Iowa
Aiarch
Associated Press
Focal News
Ee Ce
Audit Bureau of Ge
EG. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley
Pep’s
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Claude Swanson
Atlee Pomerene
Borab
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John B. Buber
A. M
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Friend Wife
Rob Fulkerson
Bunk
Imorgene
Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds
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Wizers
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Sons and Daughters of Fortune
Big Bertha
Nebraska
Utah
Eifel
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St. Anthony'aay
Austria
Ireland
Lloyd
Maelon Sccorge
Treland
Moursion
Middieces
Frank L. Stanton
Hiéfe
Canadian Northwest
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Jack Chanty
James A McCann Company
Pig
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Angleysman
Tracr
Abe Martin
Leee
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