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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1920

Page

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Waterlo o Evening Cancer-YOL Contact Page Notice

Waterloo Evening Cancer-YOL paper details advertising rules and rates. The notice includes carrier and mail subscription costs, publication credentials, and bureau affiliations. It mentions restrictions on fraudulent ads and policy protections, with contacts for regional offices.

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Reparation Payments and Allied Strategy Review

The article argues that delaying Germanys reparations bill distorts incentives. It cites Allied uncertainty, German deception, and fears of increased prices if Germany cant pay. It notes German prestige decline and warns Americas stake in food and materials markets amid shifting European leverage.

America Germany France Italy England

Britain and United States ties guard world stability

The speaker rejects a secret Anglo Japanese alliance against the United States. Britain relies on Canada and Australia for food and raw materials, and would suffer if aligned with Japan. An American British understanding would safeguard both nations and benefit the world, while England will not side with Japan against the United States.

United States Britain England Japan America Canada Australia Great Britain

Safely vs Stoves as a Poor Money Receptacle

A satirical local opinion piece questions using stoves as hidden cash safes, noting the risk of heat and theft. It argues the method is unreliable and suggests a sign warning against hoarding money inside stoves. The column then pivots to skepticism about disarmament talk and the Geneva conference, predicting limited results without genuine commitment.

Metcy Moncey

Climate and Hay Fever Exploring New Climate Benefits

Health Talks by John R Huber discusses hay fever and climate change. He cautions against quick moves for medical relief and stresses consulting a family doctor. He notes dry mountain air helps many hay fever sufferers and that asthma reacts to upper airway issues. He also covers Jacksonian epilepsy causes and treatment options.

California Central States Adirondacks New York State White Mountains New Hampshire Clifes

The Sandman Story by Mrs. F A Walker

Mr Fox watches young ducks by a pond and flatters dragonfly to get him to help. The vain dragonfly agrees, drawn in by Foxs smooth words, as the clever fox schemes to set the insects to work while the ducks watch and the pond glistens.

Sandman Dragon Mr. Fox Mr. Dragon Fly Dragon Fly

Dragon Fly and Fox in a Sticky Flight Tale

An illustrated fable follows Mr Dragon Fly as he teases Mr Fox near a pond. The fox lures ducks toward him, then leaves Dragon Fly stuck on a tree bark. Dragon Fly vows revenge, while a breeze frees him and he plans to torment Fox in the future.

Dragon Mr. Fox Mr. Dragon Mr. Dragon Fly Dragon Fly

Friend Wife By Roe Fulkerson

Imogene and Andrew debate widower Ned Thompson remarriage after a wife's death, exposing anger over a second marriage and the burden of a dead spouse. Imogene accuses Andrew of insensitivity while he resists commitment, ending with a tense, evasive moment.

Wife Roe Fulkerson Ned Thompson Imogene Andrew

Questions From Nature Notes Spur Answers Tomorrow

The fragment asks three queries about plant and animal behaviors from Nature Notes. It mentions pluejays storing nuts for winter, butternut as a building material, and locating red salamander. The page signals answers will appear in tomorrow’s Nature Notes.

Answers to Previous Questions

A compact guide discusses varieties of field strawberries with different shapes and stems. It explains woodpecker drumming as muffled on bark, clearer on dry timber, and describes the sheat bee or sweat bee, noting its buff abdomen and habit of nesting in rail and post cavities.

We Feel Sorry for the Farmer and Town Silk Shirt Visit

Pinky Kerr comments on a farmer and a town visit by Alvy Moots, an efficiency expert, driving a team for the Actne Gray al company. The excerpt mentions the farmer’s plight and the unusual scene of a man in silk shirts handling heavy sugar, reflecting local concerns about labor and industry.

Algie Pinky Kerr Alvy Moots Actne Grayal Company

Brain Tests by 5AM Loud and Scrambled Clues

The prompt presents a garbled puzzle involving spelling Hetle objects, extracting letters from signs, and yielding a seagoing mammal name. It references No 573 with Sardinia Seine Rocky Mountains Hood Aves as scattered fragments. The readable bits indicate a wordplay puzzle rather than a news item.

Sardinia Seine Rocky Mountains Hood, Aves

Plan to fix rail crossings faces grim toll in Iowa

The Des Moines Capital laments deaths at grade crossings, cites Adel tragedy, and urges Iowa lawmakers to enact stronger crossing laws. It argues safety slogans fail and calls for multi million dollar highway reroutes or viaducts to avoid railroad tracks, noting the growing danger as auto use rises.

Des Moines Adel Iowa

Christmas Festivities and Local Changes in Waterloo 1870

Christmas items report a lean holiday season yet donors spent thousands on gifts for children. Church trees and Union Hall pagoda attract crowds. Local bank cashier F. Couch retires. E. Johnson to take over. Postal agent Theodore Vail visits, plans change routes. Cold snap hits hard. ice on the river creates swift travel. Tragedies strike families of McCutchen and Sindlinger. Skating praised as healthy recreation. Ladies Relief Society to meet. need for aid noted. New board of supervisors to organize. two night policemen named. Pew leasing at Congregational church to be debated.

Waterloo East Methodist Church Union Hall Father Scallano

Cedar Falls notices and society elects leaders in 1880

Forty years ago on Wednesday December 20 1880 Mrs Ephraim Adams was elected president of the Ladies Literary society with Mrs W Q Richards and Mrs J H Leavitt as vice presidents and Mrs J W Richards as secretary. John and James Parker bought 100 acres of the William Barrett farm for 3500 dollars. The Cedar Falls township planned to form an anti horse thief association at Center school house. The city council ordered a lock for the calaboose door to secure prisoners. Home visits note students Walter F Curtiss and N E L Johnson home for the holidays. New Year’s Day hosts and many local women listed as committee members.

Ephraim Adams Ladies’ Literary Society Cedar Falls Township Center School House Bridge Street

Cherry Sisters deny rumors of show business ruin

Twenty years ago on December 28, 1900 the Cherry Sisters of Cedar Rapids refute reports they have gone broke, asserting their merit propped them above falsehoods. Other items note Bloomington Red captured in Chicago, Waterloo College improvements, a Jan 28 Toledo wedding, a judge’s political move, a swift English driver horse, Salvation Army diners aiding 100 Waterloo families, and Frank Andrews returning home from Dolliver.

Cherry Sisters Cedar Rapids

Crossing rails like rivers shows need for safe paths

The piece argues against attempting to cover railroads from end to end with grade crossings and urges travelers to use safe crossing points. It reflects on school life improvements and the belief that all boys and girls have a chance, noting gym, cooking, sewing, and manual training as modern influences.

Charter Oak Times

Word of truth on equal chances for poor boys

The speaker argues there was never the chances for poor boys that exist now, while rich boys have the upper hand. A skirmish through records of successful and prominent men shows that, as before, over one of them were poor boys in origin.

Imogene Andrew Oys

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Benefits

An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy that improves appetite aids digestion purifies the blood relieves rheumatic pains and strengthens the body It notes nearly fifty years of strong sales and promotes Hood's Pills as a fine cathartic.

Hood

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Waterloo Evening Cancer Bogland Dableis League of Nations Josaphus Waite Joe Derson Aw C’mon Joe- Ge & Sport Cris John R. Huber Huber Frank. L. Stanton Gail Imogene Imorgéne Houghton Mifflin Co Aed Judge Couch First National Bank E. Johnson Johnson Waverly Leavitt & Lusch Theodore N. Vail United States Postal Service Iowa City Ogden Omaha Theodore Dulbuque W. A. McCutchen W. M. Sindlinger Mr. McCutchen Mr. Sindlinger O C. F. Couch Dr. C. S. Knox Foreston Ladies’ Relief Society Board of Supervisors Cicero Cloee Cedar Township G. B. van Saun Cedar Falls A. T. Weatherwax James Virden Mart Adams Jim John and James Parker Ceder Falls William Barrett E. L. Johnson Emmons Johnson University of Iowa County Sid Committee On Police Calabodie Walter F. Curtiss Capt W. H. Curtiss Minneapolis L. S. Parsons George Ordway H. B. Allen J. M. Brainard W. Foote P. E. Fowler Lizzie Ballou Caro Ordway Gertrude Fowler Lou Dillingham M. Ricker P. H. Conger H. Jackman W. R. Weld William Bates Samuel Shilliam B Stanton J. T. Coolidge Julia Susie Coolidge William Cutler W. H. Colburn Bertha_Colburn F. B. Cutler H. D. Hatch Eliza Voke 4. Lindley J.L. Girton George Mason BE. E. Hatch D. A. Cutler Matt Parrott J. Macomber George Frink J. H. Pollard J. W. Krapfel D. W. Crouse J. H. Stanley C. P. Artman A. Tomeroy Hattie Glass Ida Doag Mattie Hawley Agnes Williams Bloomington Weishaar & Fassig Waterloo Business College A. F. Harvey H. B. Shoemaker G. B. Shoemaker Ida Junker Toledo Montour Justice Pesnier Br. J. E. Brinkman Howard County Salvation Army Frank G. Andrews Dolliver Frank Marshalltown Times-Republican Bellans Scott
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