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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1921
Page
2
A jumble of newspaper boilerplate and notices from Watecos Evening Couche Publisted Daily Excent Sunday, listing management, circulation and advertising terms. Includes political commentary on tariffs, dye industries, public health notes, and local incidents. References to Senator Kerron and Senator Newberry, along with various regional concerns.
Health Talks by Dr John R Huber advise typhoid inoculation as the best protection, especially for travelers and students leaving home for boarding schools. The inoculation is said to last about two years or lifelong, with three injections a week apart. The column also answers reader questions on strychnine use, heart stimulants, and tongue speech defects.
An old proverb about wisdom after events opens a quirky survey of sea lore and modern slips. It notes drownings from rowboat seat changes, jokes about stock in political bills, and jabs at journalism and fashion. It hints at changing times and enduring curiosities with a wry eye.
Water Hoo city council weighs adopting a milk ordinance to protect consumers and ensure a supply of pure wholesome milk. The move aligns with broader progressive trends in several states as authorities seek to safeguard public health.
Mason City Globe-Gazette discusses the Bolsheviki after failed attempts to annihilate the world. The piece reflects on war and survival, quoting Shakespeare and other poets to highlight a somber view of fate, memory, and mortality amid global conflict.
Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Bud rent a room with their cat while awaiting building material. A local fellow is noted for placing cabbage leaves under his hat to prevent sunstroke, a quirky habit reported in the neighborhood.
An uneven poem fragment recalls fading dreams and worn imagery of roseleaf clover dawn and night. The narrator laments time’s flight and wistfully sighs over memories, while a publication notes authors “holding their own” amid modest claims of achievement.
The piece argues that newspapers label romance and fortune as emetic and ghastly yet acknowledge the ease some men have in finding a wife. It contends inheritance, environment, and training shape views of life, but fortune still governs happiness. It claims philosophy is relative and fate can flip optimism to pessimism in love and life.
A Virginia cook Martha disrupts a doctor's dinner by substituting his will for a playful verse payment note. The guests, angered then amused, settle bills with checks while Martha explains her wage-driven deed amid a flurry of gossip and charity-talk in town society.
At early dawn the light gleamed in the east. A faint light glimmered in the lonely cabin. The moonlight gleamed on the lake. Her glittering diamonds made manifest her pride.
Obituary notes Phoebe Cary died in New York and was buried beside sister Alice. Poem lines reflect on nearing home. River fish abundance noted below dam. Wheat yield on Leavitt Miller field reported at 14 bushels per acre. Judge G W Couch resigns after moving from state. Dr S B Williams thanks for Concord grapes. Cook dining counted best at 25 cents. Rattilesnake with 11 rattles killed near Illinois Central shops. A. H. Allen and wife and R Mifier and wife travel to St Paul and Minnesota points. Blackbirds disrupt farms by feeding on grain.
Forty years hence August 10 1881 notes celebrate W A Chapin and Miss Annie Ballard twenty fifth anniversary at Bellevue In. with gifts from a long list of residents. Other items report Prof Walt H Butler visiting, Albert Holzer selling property to Jacob Blitsch, soft coal prices at 4 50 per ton, census count at Waterloo around 6000, numerous local business moves, a big clothing stock assignment, and infrastructure shifts including a gristmill move from Hudson to Reinbeck and a street commissioner resignation with Henry Myers elected to replace him.
Twenty years ago on August 10 1901 Mrs Mosé Ricker and daughter Nina with Mrs C P Bratnaber return from the east. Mill officials plan a new plant on the burned Fourth street bridge site as Rev J C Orth visits Waterloo en route to Spirit Lake. Cummins nominated for governor at Cedar Rapids state convention with Weaver for supreme court judge and Herriott for lieutenant governor. Fred Seifferlein falls from a scaffold causing head injuries. Transit Co officers move into quarters near Bridge street. Local prices listed: eggs 11c, butter 16c, potatoes 25c a bushel, live poultry 5-8c, wheat 60c, oats 32c, corn 45c.
Iowa editors debate railroads taxes with Secretary Ramsay urging tighter review of assessments, citing stable values since 1913 and a suggested 40 percent net increase. They contrast state effort with Interstate Commerce Commission figures, while praising highway oversight and lamenting high brick paving costs. A Devonport Times note adds Maxim style quizzing.
A compilation of natural history queries and informal answers. Topics include rattlesnake reproductive biology, optimal foods for goldfish, and sex-based plumage comparisons in flickers. Additional entries discuss refuse impacts on vegetation, starting a rose hedge from a single bush, and the Franklin gull’s diet near Great Salt Lake.
Bob Smith is a school prodigy at figures and his teacher praises him. A remark hints at a hidden message by adding consonants to a gibberish phrase, suggesting a puzzle linked to yesterday’s FAC.
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