League Constitution debated by Waterloo editorials
The Waterloo Evening Courier argues the League of Nations pact gives each nation one vote, warns of unequal weight for smaller states, and critiques Bolshevik influence while defending American workers and political figures. It also comments on disarmament promises, film industry legal costs, and modesty in evening wear.
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League of Nations
Wilson
Var-sailles
Court of Arbitration
Eliner
League
Threa
Serbiie
America
Serbia
United States
Republic of Panama
Canal
Panama
Mexico
Costa Rica
Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
Nicarague
Columbia
Venezuela
South American
Great Britain
France
Panama Canal
Ebert
German Republic
Hhis
Terribert
Teuton
Treasury
McAdoo
Motion Picture Corporation
Los Angeles
Griffith
Health rule on weight and ptomaines in old health column
Reader asks about a weight rule based on height and inches. Dr Currier explains the method is flawed for adults and notes insurance standards reflect age related weight changes. He defines ptomaines as putrefactive bacterial food products and says he answers health questions in the Courier column.
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Bright
Tomaines
Hfo
Ute
Side Talks on Silks and Age Reflections
A group reviews silk samples for a gown as one woman dismisses a black dot fabric as old ladyish while another argues it suits her. The narrator muses on aging, youth, and cultural pressures, noting how attitudes toward age shift with time and media influence.
America's vital interests at the peace table
The piece argues America must pursue a victorious peace, not an inconclusive one, to curb German militarism and defend liberty. It advocates leading toward internationalism, balancing power, and securing self determination for oppressed peoples, warning that failure at the peace table risks renewed war and autarky.
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America
France
Germany
Waterloo
Italy
Adriatic
Alsace
Lorraine
Mr. _Roosevelt
Austria
Turkey
Belgium
Americas
Washington
Monroe
Armenia
Africa
Poland
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Abraham Lincoln
Europe
Uncle Sam
Japan
The Sandman Story The Gnome's Revenge
The tale follows Peter a harsh Swiss farmer who robs a starving man of goats. A gnome lures him to a mountain home with a bag of gold and wine then curses him to twenty years of sleep. After waking, Peter finds his village rebuilt and his family changed, learning humility as the gnome’s trick reshapes his fate.
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Peter
Pater
Gnome
Te Thay
Wes
Pho
Treat Them Rough Bolshevist Ideology Warning in U S
Editorial calls for forceful action against Bolshevist and anarchist elements in the United States stating the time for gentleness has passed. It argues that only total force moved Germany and urges a hard line to halt subversive activity. The piece warns against delaying decisive measures and condemns anarchists.
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United States
Germany
Pra
H. Lovejoy
France
Council Bhuifs
Ingratitude and political footnotes in Iowa editorials
Iowa editorials lament ingratitude of returning soldiers toward France and discuss political fare as well as suffrage and funding. Pieces from Des Moines Capital and Cedar Rapids Republican weigh presidential prospects, appropriation for officers, and war expenses. Mentions Carnegie Tech training program and store employment prep.
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Des Moines
Joi Borah
Hitchcock
Havner
Peptiron touted as blood and nerve tonic after influenza
An advertisement extols Peptiron as a natural strengthener combining pepsin, nux, iron, and celery. It claims to aid anemia, nervous weakness, and fatigue from influenza, grip, world war worry, and age. The copy targets worn-out men and women, invalids, convalescents, and growing youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Slighting the Middlewest ship program debate
The Chicago Tribune discusses a shipbuilding stimulus plan favored by shipworkers and argues against outsourcing contracts abroad. It notes rising wages as a factor in labor disputes and frames the issue as not immediately affecting the middle west, with the author hinting at broader implications.
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Chicago Tribune
Middle West
Doctor Prescribes Vinol for Nervous Mother
A Jacksonville woman describes how Vinol restored her strength after a 20 month old baby left her weak and tired. The ad claims Vinol is a constitutional remedy with beef and cod liver peptones iron manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates and notes Saxol Salve for itching and healing.
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Jacksonville
Tfl
Vinci
G. H. Lamson
Wangler Bros.‘ Co
Miller
Old Folks Urged to Try Miller’s Snake Oil for Pain Relief
Advert explains that Millers Antiseptic Oil known as Snake Oil offers rapid pain relief for rheumatism lumbago stiff joints headaches sore throat and neuralgia. It claims customers feel years younger and can work harder with use, priced 30c 60c and 81.00 at druggists, Hansen Hansen & Co. marketers.
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Hansen
Hansen and C
Midwest calls for balanced national reconstruction policy
States that the middlewest deserves equal benefits from federal reconstruction funds as other regions. Denounces uneven attention to shipbuilding and industry, noting the east, far west, and south have received more public funds and urging a national plan ensuring fairly distributed support.
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Middlewees
Middlewest
Dressmaker saved from operation in Ithaca
Mrs. Per from 218 East Fall Street Ithaca New York recounts severe right side pains with abscess that left her in bed two weeks before doctors warned of surgery. After six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports full recovery and resume of dressmaking work. She urges others with similar female troubles to try the remedy.
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Ithaca
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fall St
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West Park Ave
John C Hartman
W. Peterson
Trews
Gen'l Mer
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Iowa
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Munrey
Dougherty
Philadeiphis
Chicago. Org
Brooks & Fintey
Ren's. i
Russia
New York City
Trotzky
Trotsky
Congress
Palm Beach
Mr. Simonds
Gina
I. W. W. and
Bolshevist
Currier
Dr. Currier
Side Talks
Pope
Sumer
First Congregational Church
Fred J. Clark
Hoosevelt
Bod Wyeetams
Sandman
Mrs. F. A. Walker
Cedar Rapids
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Mutsburgh
Plesee
Cal Miller
Hamlin
Dr. King
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