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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
2
A wartime column blends home front ethics with patriotic appeals, urging food conservation, duty, and support for troops. It praises American fighting vigor, cites Red Cross nonpartisanship, and jests at German war footing while anticipating postwar coal and clothing needs.
Burlington Hawk Eye, Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Sioux City Tribune, and others spar over tax reforms, protective tariffs, and private railroads. Debates touch on Eugene V. Debs and women’s suffrage, with playful asides and editorial jabs across papers.
A health column discusses insomnia caused by physical or mental strain, proposes brain anemia as a major cause, and describes simple remedies like mustard foot baths and hot tub baths. It mentions Dr Currier offering bloodletting as a treatment, plus general Q A on health concerns such as joint creaking and height.
A reflective piece on meeting the used to be you through old photo albums and schoolyard days. It ponders whether the youth we once were still peers to our present self and if future years will reveal the same alterations in us.
On August 1 1917 Britain and France push new ground in Belgium as part of a fresh offensive. August 1 1916 reports German counterattacks in the Somme region with Zeppelins and air raids on the English coast. Austro German forces drive back Russians in five engagements. August 1 1914 Germany declares war on Russia and invades Luxembourg.
New York World reports Britain taxes incomes not by percentage but by pounds per sterling, with rates rising to a top 51.2 percent on large incomes. The piece notes higher local taxes in America, smaller incomes burdened differently, and argues that revenue needs drive policies more than imitation of British measures.
Hans and Lisbeth abandon their harsh guardian and learn cooking from a kindly old man who is secretly a wizard. They discover their miserly uncle stole their parents wealth and hid it in a cellar under stone, while the gingerbread rocks turn to stone. The old man reveals the treasure and the children prosper, never forgetting the magical helper.
A curious field story describes a toad in a snake’s throat blocking its path until a swift jab with an Alder Tish pole breaks the snake’s back and frees the toad. Mixed in are pension estimates from London on wartime retirements and industrial output data, plus a children’s tale fragment.
Uncle Harry explains the four year anniversary of the 1914 German declaration of war against Russia. The boys and Helen inquire about prior declarations, and Uncle Harry notes Austria’s role in starting the broader conflict.
Uncle Harry explains how the July 28 1914 Serbian assassination sparked a chain of declarations and invasions that drew nations across the globe into the first world war. He notes Germany’s invasion of Belgium and France, the involvement of Britain, Russia, Austria and other powers, and how nearly every continent became part of the conflict. He compares it to longer historic wars and stresses the unprecedented scale and reach of this war, with editors inviting signed inquiries from readers.
The Great Lakes Bulletin reports Arthur C. Burgess, a 47 year old Marshalltown Iowa shipwright and secretary of the county council of defense, arrived at the naval training station with his wife and six children all in war work. His sons Carroll and Rayndl fight in the trenches, William Laughlin serves with cavalry, Frank Laughlin is overseas with naval aviation, Clarence is at Corregidor, and Frederick in radio service at Fort Monroe. Burgess opened a plumbing business 24 years ago and was enrollment agent for the U S public service reserve. A daughter and Mrs Burgess have joined the Red Cross.
Lord Stalbridge directs the sale of the entire Shaftesbury town Derbyshire including private houses banks post offices stores offices hotels and three saloons. Located on a hill amid rolling farmland with Semley three miles away the sale marks a rare complete town auction amid tax pressures and wartime losses.
An old straw hat has served two years, twice cleaned, and once traded for a perfect new one at a restaurant, as noted by the Poughkeepsie Eagle.
Red Cross Magazine highlights a Marcus South Dakota poster listing astonishing community gifts for the Red Cross drive. Donors included horses, cows, calfs, pigs, chickens, a muskrat skin, a sewing machine, a bronco, tools, a watch, hay, grain, and labor. More than $200 pledged in cash.
A humorous tale recounts a timid English food hoarder fined about 1900 for hoarding 40 pounds of tea or rice. A Liverpool banker hiding 40 pounds of cocoa panics when police arrive, then distributes the hoard to staff and greets officers humbly, even offering to buy concert tickets.
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