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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
2
The piece urges youths to join the Boys' Working Reserve to help farm work and bolster national food stores this summer. It emphasizes energy, diligence, and contributing to a depleted food supply as wartime necessity. It implies patriotic duty and opportunity through the program.
As Parliament opens in Britain the anti Versailles war council debate resurfaces with opposition led by Asquith. The piece notes English dissent over centralized wartime authority while praising Lloyd George for maintaining support amid wartime strain and fears of German offensives.
The government under the Department of Labor organizes a Boy Working Reserve with an enlistment drive in the week of March 18. The goal is to enroll boys over sixteen to serve in war effort, emphasizing farm work over combat due to the food crisis.
The Emmetsburg Reporter condemns corn meal price hikes and urges government action to cap foods. The Sioux City Tribune questions Trotzky and socialism in Russia. Cedar Rapids Republican cites Iowa auto deaths and injuries. Marshalltown Times-Republican reflects on Lincoln and governance. Sioux City Journal notes Kaiser's statue melted for bullets as wartime symbolism.
A medical advice piece discusses incipient tuberculosis with early symptoms such as persistent cough, hoarseness, poor appetite, weight loss, spitting, night sweats, and afternoon fever. It notes tubercle germ testing, the meaning of positive results, and early treatment promises. The column also covers a case of partial blindness linked to eye illness and possible tobacco effects.
A mosaic of editorials and notices on wartime policy and public accountability. It defends press scrutiny of the administration, champions frank criticism, and urges unity in the war effort. It also reports on censorship, troop deployments, and logistical steps influencing American support abroad.
A neighbor muses on health habits etiquette and housekeep in the Golden Mean. He argues people justify their actions by beliefs while often following habits first and then forming opinions. The piece weighs balance in daily conduct and self-satisfaction.
German and Austrian papers discuss the Ukraine peace agreement, calling it a strategic shift with global implications. They view it as a step away from wartime rhetoric and a sign of changing power dynamics in Europe. Also, a magazine tale describes a ruffed grouse’s drum display observed by Scouts.
A Paris born doll Marie arrives in a playroom with a French-speaking dog. The toys try to converse leading to language barriers and a lesson in friendship as they learn to communicate. The tale ends with the revelation that they all become friends after discovering Bonjour oui.
Philip Gibbs describes a brutal cold front in trenches as frost gives way to thaw. Troops face ice bound mud and slipping duckboards while ration parties and transport suffer. The piece notes changing weather threatens future offensives and road conditions.
An advertisement promotes Mothers Friend as a safe massage for pregnancy relief. It claims to ease pain and swelling, keep the mother healthy, and maintain appearance. It offers a free book from Brad-Geld Regulator Co. and urges women to use the product regularly.
Mrs. D. M. Alters of Oregon Illinois, who raises six hundred chickens yearly, states Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her tormented health. She credits the remedy for restoring her strength to work and recommends it to friends.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment as a fast, harmless remedy for backache lumbago sciatica and neuritis. A small trial bottle is urged for direct rubbing into the pain with claimed relief within fifty counts.
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