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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
2
A Chicago style column contrasts winners and critics in business, arguing most fail yet the few succeed deserve credit. It argues initiative and risk justify success and notes telepost proposal to speed messages, plus relief for veterans’ life insurance lapses and a two year grace plan.
Fealtet Talts describes the Strauss pasteurizer for home milk pasteurization plus a health column on disease prevention and sanitation. It includes questions on bedbugs and haemangioma with medical guidance and cautions about treatment and risks.
A couple quarrels over aging jokes and domestic tensions. Andrew grumbles while Imogene expresses household fatigue with his habitual jests about longevity and social performance, asserting she will not laugh at his antiquated humor. Copyright Twenty-first Century Press.
In this Part 11 of The Sandman Story the Witch chases the Dolphin, loses her power when touched by river water, and a tree sprouts beside three rocks guarding her sons. The Dolphin returns the pearl to a Prince who seeks the Princess, revealing a tale of transformed fates and a future royal wedding.
In Waterloo Iowa reports note trains on the Dubuque and Sioux line and through service to Fort Dodge, a gift of a watch to Chief Engineer R. W. Chapman by the Waterloo Fire Department, and fruit yields in Black Hawk County with apples and harvest outlook. The piece also covers a lengthy delinquent tax list for 1868, railroad time tables, and planned track expansions.
In a Forties era reminiscence, Butter raises prices on butter, apples from Dr Carpender’s Duchess of Oldenberg fruit impress with 12 inch circumferences, and early warnings on big corn stalks. Obituary for Mrs Edin Mesick, a western police man eats fruit then doubles over. Center water wheel plague worsens at Beck Nauman mill.
Twenty years ago Westfield news recounts a fall season near Dalton Galloway Cedar Falls and a marriage of Professor George W Walters to Florence Grif fel, with hopes for his recovery after a wagon wheel accident. Other items note a runaway horse injuring riders on Third avenue and a runaway carriage injuring Miss Harriet Hewitt in Orange township.
John Corton a Fox township farmer was found unconscious in his barn last Monday after an accidental fall from a daymate. He suffered severe bruising and back injuries as Waterloo experienced a heavy rain yesterday while his sister Mrs. America Mullan hosted a visit in East Waterloo township.
A Burlington Hawk-Eye column celebrates Robinson Crusoe marking its 200th anniversary, noting its enduring popularity and debates over its classification as a boys’ book. The piece compares modern critics with readers, then shifts to a Davenport Times quip about Uncle Sam and an egg price scare, criticizing shortages and profiteering.
The snippet reflects a dated humorous aside about time, ratification of a peace treaty, and a character named Til ford Moots noting human listening limits. It resembles a brief reminiscence or editorial aside from a historical newspaper.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions sorting prices for a daily reading activity. It references price adjustments and an ongoing effort to tier costs, but lacks clear entities or concrete details.
A playful age riddle presents a dialogue about ages of mother and child. It states that the mother is four times the child's age and all three ages sum to 76 years. It asks to determine the father's age and includes a word-play puzzle as a separate item.
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