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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1917
Page
9
A Waterloo street railway official named Cass denies paying salaries to his three brothers who run the system. An audit shows no salaries for six years, with prior pay of 75 to 100 dollars monthly. The family says income comes from dad's estate.
A robber in Washington D C demanded sugar at 300 Ti street Northwest threatening Miss Gertrude Klein with a revolver. He fled when her father arrived, leaving the sack of sugar on the counter. Card of thanks from Oleson family thanks friends for kindness after mother’s sickness and death.
Railroads across the United States face a historic winter as heavy traffic meets equipment shortages. Drafts and enlistments drain skilled workers, while material shortfalls slow upgrades. engineers, cars, and speed are in high demand. Weather has aided operations with few snowstorms delaying service.
Corliss Shirley private in Co D 304th Machine Gun Battalion Camp Upton Long Island N Y writes they are having severely cold weather He home is 304 Hammond avenue sent from New York City to Camp Upton He notes 60 000 men stationed there with daily drills and stump pulling and tree cutting Food is good and plenty Turkey was the main Thanksgiving menu item One day’s meals listed include breakfast lunch and supper with bread butter coffee spuds cake prunes and hash.
Professor de Lapparent develops a modern simple method for rapid acquisition of French, praised as a wartime constructive achievement. The Soldiers Sailors Diary and English French Dictionary, a compact durable booklet, is distributed by American and Canadian newspapers to promote French study and preserve war records. Civilians and military alike find the book valuable and it is offered on a coupon plan.
A Waterloo area farmer describes severe abdominal pain and multiple gall bladder surgeries. He credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after a friend in Iowa recommended it, reporting complete pain relief and a lasting cure. The ad claims the remedy clears catarrhal mucous and inflammation, aiding stomach liver and intestinal ailments, with a one dose satisfaction guarantee or money back. Wangler Bros Sievers Drug Hansen and Hansen.
Famed British battalion nicknamed The Ferrets fights a rat nuisance on the front. Private Thomas Merryfield is named O C Rats as he leads ferret attacks, with rats clubbed in trenches and ferrets feared near German lines. A dramatic, lighthearted war correspondent sketch.
The passage chronicles a unit learning ferret hunting to combat rats during night patrols in a disputed zone. Soldiers study ferret lore, interpret underground noises, and gain tactical insight as rats avoid the area, boosting the chapter’s famed anti rat offensive across the sector.
A London fundraising on a Money Raising Campaign aims to build recreation huts for the Women’s Army Service in France. The effort, organized in the business district, seeks to raise $500000 in one week under the Blue Triangle auspices.
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