Peace proposals and Senator Newlands death noted
The Waterloo Daily Courier reports the death of Senator Newlands of Nevada, highlighting his influence on transportation policy and interstate commerce. It analyzes Germany and Austria’s peace proposals via Czernin and the Allied response, noting uncertainty about genuine willingness to negotiate and urging continued Allied efforts until a just peace is achieved.
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Ressien
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Austrian
Czernin
Dark Nights and a New World Order Hope
The author reflects on Fourth street’s darkness and global gloom, then shifts to a wartime resolve. He links civil sacrifice to the victory of arms and the aim of a brighter civilization, urging faith in forthcoming daytime activity and renewed light.
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Fourth Street
Lkely
Samber Pall
Trade excesses and declines prompt mixed signals
The report shows exports in November at 488 million dollars, down 55 million from October 1917 and 25 million from last year, with eleven month total at 5.639 billion. Imports for November stand at 221 million, similar to October and 44 million above last November, while eleven month imports reach 2.725 billion, up from 2.187 billion in 1916. The November export surplus is 268 million, versus 839 million a year ago. eleven month surplus reaches 2.914 billion, up from 2.773 billion in 1915. The piece also notes a Bolshevik pacifist stance tested by Chinese forces in Harbin, and a Jewish battalion trained in England under an Irish colonel, with a sly aside on U S Army footwear.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Demolition of Germany Lingers in Editorial View
Iowa editors weigh the lasting condemnation of Germany after the war, arguing the crimes of its campaigns and brutality at home and abroad. References to Boxer rebellion tactics, German soldiers, and calls for broader moral judgment frame opinions across Des Moines and Clinton papers.
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Des Moines Register
Germany
China
Europe
John Har
America
Saluting democracy in the army and sugar politics
A Chicago Port writer defends the salute as a democratic mark of respect among Americans in uniform, praising the army as citizen soldiers and opposing Prussianization. The piece contrasts this with Hoover’s sugar policy, urging restraint in consumption to aid war effort and front-line needs. It cites debates over criticism exports and notes varied wartime commentary from multiple papers.
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Wordsworth as the steady guide in statesmen lists
The piece surveys English statesmen such as Gladstone Morley Grey and others who favor Wordsworth, arguing that his poetry roots public figures in faith and reality. It praises Wordsworth's detachment, clarity, and the capacity to illuminate life’s essentials, contrasting him with faddish verse and urging his timeless example for modern leaders.
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Grey
Izaack Watton
George Borrow
Watts-Dunton
Thor
Carlyle
Early Month Baby Development and Health Queries
A historical column summarizes infant development in the first month including sensitivity to light sounds and taste, smiling on day twenty six, and uttering vowel sounds. It shares reader questions about sleeping through the night, neonatal mouth sores, maternal appetite, and an itchy skin condition with general medical guidance from Dr. John B. Huber.
Rotary Club Notes and Waterloo Plans for 1918
Ada M. Palmer will address the Rotary club at Russell-Lamson hotel Monday noon on What Waterloo Can Do for Itself in 1918. Messages of Christmas goodwill go to Waterloo soldiers abroad and at home. Waterloo Rotary club members will host LWO speakers at Cedar Rapids district conference January 20 22 with Charles E. Pickett and George E. Liehty listed.
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Russell-Lamson Hotel
Waiterloo
W. R. Lumry
Winnipeg
Canada
E. Leslie Pidgeon
Waterloo
Waterloo Rotary Club
LWO
Cedar Rapids
Charles E. Pickett
George E. Liehty
National Food Administration
Compliment for Courier Editorial Reflections on Bible Texts
Reader thanks editor for a previous piece and shares a long list of Bible passages for different life situations. The letter ends with a note from New York World about shipping forecasts for the coming year, detailing 6,000,000 tons of new ships and potential increases in wheat transport and U S trade capacity.
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Courier
Waterloo
New York World
Comnics
United States
Slaughter of roving live stock prods Missouri PAC figures
Figures from the Missouri Pacific railroad show that over the past five years on 15 roads in Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana 121596 head of live stock were killed including 19236 horses 41536 cattle 62061 hogs 26 sheep and goats and 2729 other fed animals valued at about 7000900. The waste is blamed on lack of adequate fencing and could be reduced by stricter local laws and better farm management. A man and wife left five children on a depot platform at Appleton City Missouri after boarding a train and the conductor retrieved them.
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Emily Dickinson
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The
Pinex Co
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Prohibitionists’ Offensive Real Beginning, Says Foreseeable Path
The Philadelphia Record comments that Congress has set the real start of the prohibitionists’ grand offensive. It warns that the next seven years are unpredictable and urges those in the trade to watch for chances to obtain alternative livelihoods.
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Philadelphia
Friars Epistle Sugar Scarcity Satire
A satirical note mocks a man who frets over sugar shortages while boasting of a sweet wife at home, turning a domestic priority into a pointed social quip reflecting humor of the era.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
An early 20th century advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a 35 year trusted remedy. It claims blood cleansing action and visible health improvements after short use, urging readers to begin immediately and send for testimonials from F J Cheney and Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Modern Grown-Up Housewifery Versus Oldideals
Side talks present two elderly women arguing that today’s girls are better trained as housewives. They credit efficiency and domestic science courses, noting costs of help and reluctance of young couples to live with parents. The remark applies to the upper middle class and hints at broader shifts in gender roles.
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Scienca
The Sandman Story by Mrs F A Walker
A field mouse Tim Field Mouse meets Micky House Mouse and longs for cheese. He risks a hay cart ride, eludes a green-eyed predator, and sneaks into a farmhouse room chasing cheese before fleeing with a burned nose. He returns home vowing to resist future farmhouse temptations. The tale closes noting a historical Dartmoor market sale of wives for $11.
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