Waterloo Evening Courier Good Fellow and Rock Island Finances
The Waterloo Evening Courier notes balanced finance headlines from the Rock Island line, and reflects on social virtues with a piece on being a Good Fellow. It mentions Waterloo’s status, statehood anniversary, and broader regional events including Open Window week. The column observes local ambitions for a new union station and notes weather week discussions.
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Emino Yeest Tague
Wall Street Journal
Rock Island
Tutting Journal
Lieroad
Ito
Waterloo
Union Station
New York
Great Air Adventures Across Poles and Atlantic
The article catalogs two bold air schemes: Roald Amundsen’s planned spring 1918 north pole flight and a transatlantic crossing by Swedish captain Hugo Sundstedt and Norwegian Lieut Kjell Nyegaard. It notes rivalries with Zeppelin and Schutta, cites prior balloon and air feats, and links aviation progress to wartime advances.
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North Pole
Roald Amunsden
South Pole
Northwest Passage
Pole
Waiter Wellman
Atlantic
Dr. S. A. Andree
Spitzbergen
Amunsden
North Polar
Peary
Hugo Sundstedt
Sweden
Kjell Nyegaard
Norway
New York
America
Porte
Count Zeppelin
Prof. Schutta
Germany
Newfoundland
Azores
Jules Vedrines
Paris
Cairo
Gallipoli epic worthy of Homeric scope
Chicago Tribune praises John Masefield’s Gallipoli as a potential epic narrative. It lauds the work for honoring the human cost and military feat while blending poetic eloquence with prose. The reviewer argues the subject’s epic merit suits Masefield’s talents and the Dardanelles episode warrants grand treatment.
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John Masefeld
Gallipoli
John Masefield
Dardanelles
Isaas
Joan Masefield
Abbrev Xmas Debate Prompts School Stance, Editors Urge
A Iowa exchange notes push to ban Xmas shorthand in news pages to honor the holiday’s sacred meaning. The Capital urges advertisers and schools to avoid Christmastime abbreviations, while other papers chide the trend and defend Christmas as a Christian festival.
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Des Moines
Ted
Capital
Indead
The Mystery of Saloniki Army in Stalemate
New York Times reports the Saloniki army under Sarrail has done little for over a year, halted by political constraints, not military limits. The piece argues allied leaders, including Joffre, keep strategic options restrained to avoid broader Balkan consequences and Roumania’s risk, with Greece’s role looming large.
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Saloniki
New York Times
Barnail
Baloniki
Satomiki
Salonik
Europe
Sarrail
Stallang
Suarrall
Watties
Roumania
Monastir
Sarrall
Ein
London
Sarraii
Joffre
Vettiics Trae
Balkans
Ferdinand
Greecn
Constantine
Just In Jest A Long Abner High Crust Skits
A fragmentary column notes winter delays and social satire. Quips from readers mock high prices and injustice amid holiday chatter. References to Poultry and vegetables, a homeless pullet, and a witty traffic cop joke appear in the clipped texts.
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Erastus Pinkley
Washington Star
Two King's Fors. War question clouds Constantine's realm
Louisy Mle ovrier-Tournal quotes a king tempted by eggs in storage as King Constantine's troubles threaten Greece. Charles City Press ponders not who started the War but who can end it amid an angry wife and imperiled kingdom.
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Bethlehem
Steet
Briggs
Louisy Mle ovrier-Tournal
James Wetz
Constantine
Greece
Charles City Press
Side Talks By Ruta Cameron on Women and Childbearing
A reader column argues against blaming childless women for not bearing offspring. It critiques the notion that motherhood is the world’s moral measure and notes husbands’ financial constraints. The piece defends childless women, calls such judgments unfair, and urges understanding of personal choice and circumstance.
Lungs and Tuberculosis Explained in Plain Language
A plainspoken account describes the lungs as two sponge like organs weighing five to six pounds in men and four to five pounds in women. It explains their role in breathing and air cleansing and warns that poor health allows foreign matter to clog and infection to develop, stressing the need for regular use to keep lungs strong.
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Voice
Journalism brutality and a biographer's controversy
The Louisville Courier-Journal weighs journalism's brutal treatment of private individuals as C Alphonso Smith promotes a biography of O Henry revealing his prison past. Critics argue publicizing a dead writer's past exploits for profit harms his family and dignity amid renewed media scrutiny.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Daily Press
C. Alphonse Smith Poe
University of Virginia
O. Henry
Patheti
W .Syoane Porter
Pears
C. Alphonso Smith
Hfe
Pelf
Henry
Ther
Professor Reveals True Image Beyond Illustrious Genius
A college professor and a man of letters spoke for the future, untangling a past that had been nobly bound and showing the opposite of the celebrated figure of genius. The remarks highlighted the contrast between public perception and the fuller legacy of a deceased author.
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Fucre
Aiding War Orphans Fund Reaches 130,900,000 Goal
Minneapolis Journal notes a newly formed eastern charity aims to raise 130,900,000 to educate and care for French orphans. The society contracts for 15 years with guaranteed admin costs so every dollar aids the children. The piece defends American aid amid war profit criticisms.
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Minneapolis Journal
America
Europe
Frances
United States
Editorial Skepticism On New States And Ice Free Rivers
Ackley World notes that long winded editorials about new states from territories held by Germany or Austria are speculative and unlikely to influence Iowa editors or leaders. The piece questions when the Cedar and Des Moines rivers will thaw and hints at local sports questions for the next season.
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Ackley World
Germany
Austria
Iowa
Cedar
Des Moines
Cubs
Sox
Pirates
The Sandman Story For Tonight and the Fox Turkey Tale
A hungry fox lures a turkey family from a barnyard into the woods with a plan to eat them all. Mrs Turkey outsmarts him by hinting at a hilltop view then using her young to surprise him from above. The fox slips, tumbles to a cold river, and returns home wounded as the turkeys flee to safety.
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MR. Fox
Mrs. Turkey
Madam Turkey
Smiles
The Invisible Cap Contends With Hardship
A fragment recalls a speaker lamenting hunger and fatigue after a long night. He expresses hardship in trying to be kind and provide pleasure to others, noting he should have eaten and cannot run to the next farm at 4am.
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BreClure
Don't Be Bald Parisian Sage Ad by Wangler Bros Co
Don’t be bald here is a promotional ad for Parisian Sage hair grower from Wangler Bros Co. It promises hair growth stops thinning dandruff and scalp itch with a money back guarantee. Sage is claimed to nourish roots and keep hair soft bright and abundant while killing odors from scalp. Inexpensive and widely available at drug and toilet counters.
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Wangler Bros. Co
Fye
Instant Water Heater Ad by Dayton Manufacturing Co
An advertisement promotes the Ohio-MM Instantaneous Non Vent Pipe Water Heater for bathrooms claiming instant inexhaustible hot water with no wait. The dealer offers a thirty days trial and requests readers write for booklets and details from Dayton Manufacturing Company in Dayton, Ohio.
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Dayton Manufacturing Company
Dayton
Ohio
Get-It Corn Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts GETS-IT as a fast painless corn cure. It claims three second application, drying action, and removal of corns or warts without pressing or cutting. Distributed by E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago with Waterloo retailers and multiple pharmacies listed as supporters.
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Aterloo
Oqourier
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
H. Hartman CO
West Park Avs
Uashman
AW. Peterson
Sec-Trans
Gen. Mer. Datls
Postofice
Waterloo
Bremert
Washington
Vansey Ride
EL GQ
Dougherty
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Story
Brooks & Finlay
Miers
E. Lawrence & Co
Wanegier Bros. Co
H. W. Taggart
C. J. Miller
Hansen & Hansen
Strickler’s. Pharmacy
Born's Drug Co
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Sevenneti
Towa
Japan
California
Great Air Adventures
Chicago Tribune
Manson Democrat
Chienes
Manson
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Berlin
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Marjorie
Mr. Chwgegins
Star
Ruta Cameron
Dave
Otler
St. Hill
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
T. Hartman
Fifth
Mullberry Streets
East Side Library
Ofice
C. W. Bruner
Blacknawk
W. E. Patterson
Commercial Bank
Waterloo Auto & Supply Co
J. K. Joder
PHONE
Sandman
FA Walse
Tater
Laras
Val
Cheney & CO
Taku Halls
Bell-Ans
Dr. King
Riviera of America
Christian
Biloxi
Ocean Springs
Gulfport
Mississippi City
Bay St Louis
Pascagoula
Pensacola
New Orleans
Mobile
Gort
Beatine
Fistline
Sacomine
St. Louis
Louisville & Nashville
Albective
Central America
Cuba
Gill Coot
Addree P.ve
Morrow
N.w.pla
Marquetia
Hitsets Geo
E Herring
DPA
Bevedway
Leute
Mistcort
Mayr
Geo
T. Marr
Mfg
Joder & Son and Wangler Bros. Co
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