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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1915
Page
3
Curious old customs surround St Valentine’s Day from early Christian legends to medieval Love’s Lottery. The piece traces two Valentines, and notes how dancing wine and matchmaking evolved into a social ritual later revived in England, with gifts and badges shaping pairings and marriages.
The piece traces Valentine customs from rude dark packages in Norwich to sealed poetic cards and later decorative greetings. It notes the social disruption from insulting caricatures and floods of affection, with regional variations in England and references to Shakespeare and other poets.
In the 1915 dispatch the Imperiald? Srudicate notes remount shortages as war drains horse stocks. Germany and Austria seek substitutes from Norway Sweden and Denmark while Allied nations’ tens of millions of horses shrink under exhaustion and combat, raising concerns over cavalry and transport capacity.
A historical account details how artillery and transport dogs not bullets shape battles. It notes horses driven on strict schedules, losses from enemy fire, and the role of horseshoes, veterinary care, and training. It cites Napoleonic lessons, 1811 Austrian-Prussian shoeing failures, and cavalrymen altering mounts and gear to endure combat conditions.
A Red Cross account describes a German officer’s horse staying by its fallen master on a French battlefield. The piece notes vast horse losses in war, urges veterinary aid under a Purple Cross, and lauds horses as faithful, universal to all nations despite who rides them.
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