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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1914
Page
9
A giant three headed guard and a deaf mute staff guard a princess kept in a high mountain castle. An escaped eye sighting and threads lead her to gain sight for herself and hatch a plan to flee, while the witch's son and arresting guards pursue in a perilous escape that ends with the princess vanishing.
Waterloo banker, lawyer and publisher John T. Sullivan arrived in Los Angeles and forecast that Iowa and the nation will see unprecedented prosperity within six months. He cited strong crops in Iowa, high prices, and Europe’s need for American exports. Sullivan, active in Democratic politics, said Germany cannot meet its needs and U.S. exports will surge as European investors seek stability.
Sullivan blends business with Measure as he travels through the district visiting relatives in Hollywood, signaling coordinated political and civic efforts.
George A. Quick from St. Cloud Mina placed a satire want ad in Spokane Daily Chronicle claiming he is unequaled for laziness and unqualified for work to attract attention. The ad drew more than 150 calls, with varied responses from a scarecrow job to babysitting and driving positions. Quick notes several women and men offered odd duties, including keeping agents away, tending two children, a Willyard car ride, watching fawn and shrubbery growth, and a baby carriage chauffeur. He plans to meet a man promising a real job.
Des Moines reports that starting September 3 all Iowa food packages must display the net contents on labels. The requirement covers staple foods, canned goods, milk, beer, and whiskey bottles. Affected firms must stamp or blow contents on glass or use rubber stamps. many bottles currently lack printed weights.
The passage recounts the Franco Prussian War events with Prussians defeating French forces at Weisgenburg Worth and Spichern, Sedan and Paris falling to siege, Gambetta’s balloon escape, the proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles, and the 1871 peace terms including Alsace Lorraine loss and heavy reparations.
The Kansas City Star notes a long held French belief that Germany's excesses would become France’s chance. It recalls Franco-Prussian War origins in 1870, when Louis Napoleon sought to leverage Napoleonic tradition and Prussia pushed toward German unification amid the Spanish throne dispute.
An article extols external abdominal applications like Mother's Friend for pregnancy relief. It cites grandmothers' endorsements and notes benefits for muscles tendons and ligaments, easing strain during expectancy while mentioning related remedies and a mail order book from a Georgia company.
An old advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur hair remedy promising to darken gray hair naturally in one or two applications. It claims to banish dandruff, soothe scalp itching, and restore a youthful appearance, urging readers to buy at local drug stores.
The weekly Iowa Weather and Crop Service bulletin reports widespread drought damaging corn and pastures. In southern counties corn is being cut for fodder while northern areas show fair yields with adequate rain. Wells run dry and livestock feed is limited. fall plowing begun as threshing progresses and a bison plague outbreak referenced in New Orleans is noted.
Washington Aug 18 Attorney General McReynolds will be nominated by the president to the vacancy on the supreme court bench within the next few days according to official circles. His confirmation is expected during the present session so he may sit on the court at its next term. The president has not chosen a replacement for McReynolds’s chair.
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