War Christmas Reflections and Draft Guidance in Waterloo
A Waterloo newspaper column contemplates Christmas during wartime, urging faith, patience, and practical support for the war effort. It notes draft compliance issues, emphasizes proper questionnaire handling, and stresses accurate addresses to avoid conscription delays. The piece also shares anecdotes on emigration and the pull of the homeland, illustrating loyalty to American citizenship.
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Waterloo
Legal Advisory Board
Exemption Board
Christmas Savings Club Booms in Waterloo Town
Readers learn how Christmas savings clubs foster thrift with weekly pennies, enabling gifts, permanent purchases, and even boosting liberty bonds and thrift stamps. The piece notes steady growth despite liberty loans and patriotic drives, and ends with a nostalgic nod to holiday traditions.
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Christmas Savings Club
Christmas Story From Luke Chapter Two
A retelling of the Nativity describes Caesar Augustus’s tax decree forcing a census in Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph’s journey from Nazareth, the shepherds in the fields, and the birth of Jesus with angels praising God. The shepherds visit the manger and spread the news of the holy birth.
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Luke
Aga
Caesar Augustus
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Saylor
Christ the Lord
Gorth
Marty
God
Turks Plunder Relics and Send to Kaiser, World Reports
The New York World notes before British arrival that Turks seized relics from the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and sent them to the Kaiser. The piece comments on secret enjoyment of worldly plunder and the impossibility of exhibition, reflecting on custodianship and judgment.
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New York World
Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem
Goose as the goose that lays golden eggs
Philadelphia Public Ledger argues American business is the goose supporting allies and democracy. It urges keeping the goose in prime condition as an experiment, noting the consequences already shown when it was killed.
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Tate
Philadelphia Public Ledger
American Business
Taft and Roosevelt clash over tough approach to Germany
The New York World notes William Howard Taft grows more belligerent than Theodore Roosevelt, with Taft aiming to strike Germany and Roosevelt attacking the Washington administration. In City Journal the stance is firm as habitual beer drinkers question adding a prohibition amendment, given beer is to be 97.25 percent water per the president’s order.
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Interloo
Associated Press
Es Iaaier Audit Bureau of Circulations
HART
West Park
Ave
John G Hartman
A. VW
Fenscipr Secorethete
Washington Bureau
Munsey Bldg
G. Dougherty
FWO
Schappers
New York World
Willian Stoward Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Germany
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Ikans
City Journal
Tarow
Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Til
Waterloo
Wangler Bros
H. W. Taggart
O. J. Miller
Hansen & Hansen
B. W. Schuneman & Co
Horns Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
Sievers Drug Co
Efficiency's Secret and War Unity Tested
Chicago News notes Germany learned through generations of weakness that unity is strength, and that the world tests that lesson after more than three years of war. The commentary stresses cohesion as a key factor in sustaining power and war effort.
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Chicago
Germany
Farmer's rise from scrub cattle to top breeding lines near Waverly
A farmer near Waverly began 26 years ago with scrub cattle. He invested in better stock, built a silo and improved barns to maximize manure use. His land value rose from 59 to an estimated 225 dollars an acre. Once a scrub farmer 16 years ago, now in demand at state fairs, he teaches and sells calves for 100 to 300 dollars and cows 500 to 960 dollars. His efforts elevated ordinary land, and he values character and example for future generations.
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Waverly
Tates
Health and Happiness by Dr John B Huber column
Questions cover bronchiectasis possible tuberculosis and sputum absence fear. nerve throat trouble globus hystericus. grippe aftermath and nourishment. esophageal function test. smallpox contagiousness early infection. Dr Huber notes seek regular medical care, no personal diagnosis by mail, include stamped self addressed envelope.
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Grippe
Huber
John B. Huber
Christmas in a Courageous, Compassionate Spirit
A wartime Christmas call for tenderness and faith. A wan mother wishes to drop Christmas, but the message urges holding fast to its meaning. The piece advocates for courage, consecration, and action to aid those seeking true peace, and cites a verse about bringing good tidings and peace.
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Jesus
Vary
Order of
Lfe
Bethlehem
St. Paul
Christ
Farmer Tends Chickens Draws Flock From Miles Away
A farmer tended his flock with pride, drawing in thousands of chicks from miles around to his barnyard, where he kept a thriving, bustling brood and strong poultry business for the region.
The Sandman Story With Hen and Fox Lesson
Brown Hen and White Hen sneak to a bug rich meadow while Mr Fox lurks. They escape a spring by vines as Mr Rooster chastises their neglect and orders nests. Both hens vow to stay and hatch their eggs under stern guidance.
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Rooster
White
White Hen
Mr. Fox
Mr. Dog
Mr. Rooster
Method of teaching French aids wartime record keeping
War develops sound spelling method by Professor de Lapparent to rapidly acquire French. The Soldiers-Sailors Diary and English-French Dictionary, a pocket size durable book, is distributed via coupon to civilians and military readers to encourage French study and to promote war record keeping.
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de Lapparent
Germany
America
Canada
Giopers
Theilitary’ Service
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers Reward
A vintage advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case. It touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a 35-year trusted remedy that cleanses the blood and heals mucous surfaces. It claims quick health improvements after starting the medicine and invites readers to request testimonials, mailed free, from CHENEY & CO. in Perrysburg, Ohio.
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Hall
Tree
F, Cheney & Co
Pera Ohio
Droggitts
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O. J. Fullerton
Eezema
Acca
East Fifth Street
Sloan
Sandman
Mrs. F. A
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D. B. Phelps Optometrist and Optician
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Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
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Dade
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