Foolish Leadership in War Era Labor Strikes
The piece condemns strikes at General Electric Lyon works where 10,000 workers walked out over war contracts. It argues government intervention was needed after a labor board failed to resolve disputes, noting 16,000 families faced losses and urging wage restraint amid rising living costs. The author warns strikes harm war production and calls for government action to curb profiteering and protect the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Waterloo
General Electric Company
Lyon
Mass
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
the United Staties
People of the United
French Hospital
Remar
Strik
The Doughboy and the Doughnut Heroine
A WWI era piece from Indianapolis praises doughnut making women near the front, notes Salvation Army workers and other American women boosting soldiers with pastries. It jokes about a doughgirl who could have influenced the war by crafting pies and doughnuts, while urging home front conservation and public health.
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Indianapolis
Salvation Army
Foch
Sis
Berjal
Colon Bacillus Infection Explained by Dr Currier
A reader asks about colon bacillus infection, its causes, and cures. The article explains the germ's presence in the large intestine, how it causes disease when combined with weaker conditions, and the use of autogenous vaccines in bacterial therapy. It discusses urinary tract involvement, transmission during birth, and the role of the physician in treatment advice.
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Curriar
Currier
Dr. Currier
Courier
J. H
Enter Your House as a Stranger in Side Talks
A reflective piece on seeing familiar places anew by detaching ownership and viewing a house or town as a stranger would. It suggests steps to pause, imagine another perspective, and glimpse the reality behind routine sight, including playful notes on self-recognition in a shop mirror.
Tater Nog's Sweetheart The Sandman Story
Peter Dog, grown fierce, guards the farm until a white cat named Tabitha arrives. The barnyard clashes turn when Tabitha hisses, then recognizes Peter as a long-lost friend Kit-cat. Their reunion hints at shared past lives and wandering histories.
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Petar Puppy
Madam Puck
Rooster
Peter Dog
Tabitha
Peter
Kit-Cat
Abe
Tater Nog
Peter Day
Black ‘Wen
Madam ‘Dack
Veterae
Madam Brown Hen
Land Mine
Adjourning politics a futile aim says Iowa editors
A compilation from Iowa editorials argues that adjournment of politics is impossible and undesirable. The pieces urge maintaining clean, patriotic political action. They contrast calls for adjournment with calls for honest, open governance despite partisan sport. The column also notes broader wartime finance and industry items.
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Eagle Grove Eagle
Vinel Restores Mrs Watson Of Detroit Strength
Mrs Watson of Detroit describes a weak run-down condition with poor appetite and fatigue. After using Vinel she reports improved appetite and renewed strength within two weeks. The ad touts Vinel as a proven tonic without beef or cod liver peptones, emphasizing glycerophorphates and manganese peptonates. Wangler Bros Co C J Miller and druggists advertise.
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Vinel
Detroit
Mich
John F. Watson
Vinci
Wangler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
United States Army outlined by Springfield Republican
The Springfield Republican argues that the military must unify under the United States army, removing distinctions between regulars, national guard, and drafted men. It praises the 26th division in France and the Americans at the Marne salient, noting their training, stamina, and decisive combat with the Prussian guard, stressing morale and battlefield spirit.
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Springfeld
War Department
National Guard
National Army
United States Army
Francte
of the Marne Salient
France
French War Office
Ourcy River
War in the East Requires Allied Pressure on Turkey
The New Republic argues that Austria Bulgaria and Turkey face immediate danger from the failed German strategy. It urges resuming offensives as soon as possible and proposes eastern attacks to disrupt German communications and diminish German prestige among Slavs.
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New Republic
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Russia
Near East
German air markings change to straight black crosses
Amsterdam reports new markings on German planes with straight black crosses and white edges after a change aimed at avoiding confusion with entente aircraft. The note also mentions a historic cabinet size during Washington's two terms, growing from four to 29 members.
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Amsterdam
Washington
Treasury
War
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier August 6 1848
A recollection from The Courier recalling events fifty years prior. It notes grain shipments from Chicago, progress on Wa terloo stores by Leavitt and Jenney, and local business development. It mentions a Grant for President club organized in Champlin's hall, a fishing tale amid harvest dullness, and changes in city hall staffing with J. S. George named city clerk. The piece also highlights a new newspaper dress and printing press upgrades.
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Champlin’s Hall
Capt
W. H. Curtiss
George Ordway
D. A. Dodge
P. Melisaac
Fortieth Anniversary Notes and Local Items From 1878
Forty Years Ago column reports a congratulatory note to Bro Parrott on the birth of a daughter, freight rate cut on coal from Chicago to Waterloo, the death of J H Downing's 2 year old son, Lane moving grocery stock to Hudson, Beecher lecture drawing crowds, hailstones near Independence breaking skylights, a wheat buyer in a cornfield with unreachable stalk tops, thanks to D A Kennedy for Lawton blackberries, and the death of an infant son of Mr and Mrs Rector aged three months.
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D. A. Kennedy
Lawton
Twenty Years Ago In Waterloo Aug 11 1898
Christchurch choir boys returned from Okoboji with four staying through the week. Girls camp at Rownd's bluff under Mrs Sheakley. J W Sedgwick resigns from First ward council. E M Grady to open jewelry store in Waterloo. Street fair gains popularity in town. W H Mitchell buys 40 foot front property on Fourth Street West near depot for 11 000. Will Graham Will Stevenson return from Clear Lake by bicycle. Creosoted railroad trestles deemed more fireproof than timber.
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Christchurch
Okoboji
Ralph
Robert Law
Merrill Coburn
Neil Jackson
W. H. Mitchell
Busi Terloo
Ness
Fourth Street
C. R. & N. Depot
Will Graham
Will Stevenson
J. B. Young
Bailey Bros
Clear Lake
C. W. Taft
W. A. Dugane
What Is Rheumatism Why Suffer From It
An old advertisement proclaims rheumatism results from uric acid in blood and warns against topical salves. It promotes S S S as a guaranteed vegetable blood purifier with fifty years of use, claiming it removes rheumatic poisons to restore health and offering free physician advice from Swift Specific Company in Atlanta Georgia.
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Iurky
jAdvice
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Heroirs
John C. Hartman
W. Petersen
Act of Marsh
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New York
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Story, Brooks & Fister
the Nough Giris
Do UN
América
Sac
M. D
Dubuque
Meyer and
Hilligant
Congress
Berlin
Omar
Aughter
Rpe
WHHL
Freddie
Cecile
Marne
Sourisa Service
L. Adair Henry Bender
M. Freeman x
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Amfeter
C. Bennex
Tims
L. Bork
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Pentiman
Ralph Kietzbach We
Sabnke Jackson MfcCoy
Wc. Stead
W. R. Glockner
Chiros
Sandman
Mrs. F. A. Walker
Iowa
Sioux City Tribune
Webster City
Burlington
Chile
Las Animas
Valldivia
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Watson
United, States Army
Fansen and Bransen
East Fourth Street
Co. J. Midler
West Fourth Street
the Courier
Rotary
J. C. Gates
C. A
Farwell
Chicago
C. R. Morse
Hopkins & Gilson
J. S. George
Lewis Lichty
Campbell
Mammoth
Bro. Parrott
Jan
Hayes
J. H. Downing
WH. A. Lane
Hudson
Henry Ward Beecher
Independence
A.H. Frank
Naomi Cushman
Pauline Crouse
Belle Sherman
Myrtle Moir
Rownd’s Bluff
J.W. Sedgwick
E. M. Grady
O'Neill
Neb
Martin Grady
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Waterloos Evening Courier
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