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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
9
Paris correspondent recounts Alexandre Nicolas a 21 year old war blind from Somme injuries who adapts learning to knit with prosthetic arms and reads raised letters while reflecting patriotic duty. Also notes bleak fates of other injured veterans and three divorce filings in local court.
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood based remedy, claiming it purges poison from the blood and heals mucous surfaces. It urges immediate use, promises health improvement, and requests testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with nationwide pharmacist sales.
Vancouver news reports that ten sons from the home of Mr and Mrs G Wall were killed in action during the war. The widow Mrs Ball, who previously had five sons, married Hall six years ago and they had ten sons together. Mrs Ball served as a nurse in the Boer War and was wounded.
Milk in Dallas Texas has been advanced to 16 cents a pint and 25 cents a quart due to higher food costs for cows. Also note an ad for a chicken pie supper and parcel post sale from the Gwe M. R church on Tuesday the 18th from 5 until all are served. Public invited. Look today for me Want page.
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