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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
40
A Waterloo women’s charity, the Glues auxiliary, has channeled funds to furnish and repair hospital rooms and plans a Nurses’ Home on hospital grounds. The group runs a hospital day and supports regular sewing for towels and linens. The Audubon Society and several local auxiliaries contribute to bird conservation and social programs.
Mrs Ju Van Vieck has been re elected president entering her third year. The G I A to the Ti of TL B reports a good year with many acts of kindness to members during sickness and other philanthropic deeds. Mrs H C Roadmiler is president elect for the new year.
The Sociological and Educational Department of the Ladies' Literary Society, organized long ago in Waterloo, reports four flourishing divisions. It aims to elevate living standards, promote Federation work, and shape public opinion while encouraging mothers and teachers to participate. Two early meetings featured a Boston NAEP report by Mrs Young and a South Seas life talk, plus discussions on public playgrounds and new river swings for children.
The article notes the public works department and plumbing staff collaborating with co workers to improve playgrounds. It criticizes misuse of funds by the so called good fellows and outlines future plans on public health education and child welfare, with calls for equal and stronger civic meetings and conservation discussions.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls early river travel and near drownings, noting a ferry accident, a dam break with a damaged boiler, and a tragic drowning of two young ladies during a pleasure ride. The narrative mentions crossing the river on ice and a boatman named William helping fathers return home after services.
A memoir recounts a family’s 1860s trek southward across the Mississippi on ice and by boat to reach Watertown, then surviving a winter return home. The narrative recalls early prairie life, river crossings, village ruin, and the bloom of a vanished frontier with echoing scenes of migration and progress.
The text cites Paul Gris wold Howes in Harper's Magazine noting grasshoppers as an irritable insect class that fights avidly. They fight until loss of limbs or death, even allowing themselves to be carried while the combat continues in hand.
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