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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
2
A broad essay discusses returning home at Christmas, sugar beet farming shifts after tariff changes, and wartime production. It argues for beet and cane sugar, notes European disruption, and warns against moral reform measures that curtail personal liberties citing historical figures. It blends social reflections with economic outlooks and political cautions.
The Courier and Reporter notes tomorrow is Christmas celebrated worldwide in peace. It praises American generosity spurred by wartime hardship, expecting more feed and happier children across the country. It credits war circumstances and quiet sacrifice for today’s giving, wishing readers goodwill.
Representative Vollmer in the House denounces nationwide prohibition as she observes changing times. He mocks arguments citing biblical and historic figures while a point-by-point epitome of his speech appears in this paper. Dispatches report a limited armistice may ease trench life over Christmas for soldiers.
J H McConlogue chair of the Iowa Board of Control urges reform in mental health care. He advocates a modern psychopathic hospital to treat mentally disturbed before transfer to insane asylums, citing Chicago models and the potential to reduce recurrence and improve outcomes.
The piece argues democracy as a social growth principle reshaping property, education, and authority, then shifts to agricultural talk. It compares European crop systems, notes beet growing in Western soils, and warns war disrupts sugar beet supply while urging domestic seed production and policy support.
The article argues beet growing suits irrigated western lands with new settlers. Seed in May, harvest in fall, beet stores sugar value well and withstands frost when frozen. Rotation with oil crops and annual fertilization improve soil and subsequent yields.
Iowa Congressman Henry Vollmer denounces national prohibition efforts as he argues against a proposed amendment. He cites historical figures and labels prohibition zeal as fanaticism, warns of massive property losses valued at over four billion dollars, and calls out German heritage brewers and the Mississippi valley breweries.
An advertisement offers Dr. Franklin Wiles Ment of Elkhart Indiana free trial neuropathic nerve treatments and a book on Neuropathy Curing Through the Nerves. It lists ailments from weak nerves heart liver stomach to sleeplessness and rheumatism and promises endorsements from diverse figures. Patients are urged to describe their case for a free trial treatment at his expense.
The Minnesota Audubon society issues a winter appeal urging residents to aid birds as cold weather bites. The notice calls for generous feeders, seed, and shelter to support local avian populations through harsh months.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken gray hair naturally. It promises glossy, luxurious results after a few applications, claims dandruff relief, and notes ready-to-use tonic costs about 50 cents a bottle, sold by H. W. Taggart.
An advertisement promotes four ounces of Jad Salts as a kidney and bladder aid. It claims the drink neutralizes acids from meat, cleans sluggish kidneys, relieves night urination, and prevents head ache and rheumatic pains, urging readers to buy from TH. W. Taggart.
The article urges feeding winter birds in Minnesota to prevent starvation. It lists species such as chickadee, nuthatch, bluejay, woodpecker varieties, tree sparrow, snow bunting, and bobwhite. It notes a chickadee can destroy thousands of eggs daily and cites bird diet diversity and the large weed-seed consumption by tree sparrows, urging safe foods like grain and scraps.
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