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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1918
Page
2
The Scout movement joins national effort to boost war savings and thrift stamps. Scouts will visit homes, deliver talks, and carry red cards ordering postmasters to deliver stamps on delivery. Each child urged to partner with Uncle Sam by saving.
The piece discusses the German western drive possibly starting soon, noting public nerves and media bluster. It argues Allies are better prepared than at Verdin and the Marne, though fears of heavy casualties loom, and suggests the American effort will come in 1918, unlikely as a German offensive.
In the Reichstag during a debate on the Russian peace treaty Dr Cohn an independent Socialist deputy warned that revolution may reach many and people will seize rulers fate. The remark caused uproar with cheering and shouts of Traitor. Such courage could not have occurred moments ago without being shot for treason.
A weekly mimeographed AP venture titled Seventy-Three War Letters is mailed to former AP employees now in the military. It acts as a home letter, distilling weekly chief happenings and personal items for those overseas. The piece notes war effort concerns and questions of duty amid shortages and profiteering.
Jowa editors discuss a suggested plan to relieve soldiers by recruiting farmers to supply essential crops. The piece notes farmers’ value in wartime roles and references flour hoarding and secrecy, hinting at broader wartime economic strains and public skepticism toward reforms.
Kansas City Star recounts an on train exchange where a statesman argues for farm labor draft exemptions while a weary farmer questions policy and a farmer’s wife voices concern for her son in the army. London Times calls for drastic food hoarding prosecutions amid wartime shortages and social strain. Chicago and St Louis papers note sympathy and wartime logistics, highlighting civilian and soldier rations and morale.
A Fort Monroe correspondent in uniform expresses contentment with army life and includes a humorous parody of Marching Through Georgia titled Show Me the Way to Germany. The lyric mocks wartime themes, trenching through mock German targets and references to locations like Pedi-on-land and east front imagery, reflecting a World War I era mood.
The article discusses historic views on medicine from Carlstadt and Luther, endorsing regulated drug use as God’s gift when applied to real ills. It then presents a Questions and Answers section on neuritis and pain, advising rest for neuritis and suggesting liver or digestive causes for back and shoulder blade pains, with recommendations for thorough examination.
Samuel Gompers argues the old order is changing rapidly due to wartime mobilization. Workers gain power through tools and solidarity, while some employers try to revive autocracy by blaming labor for war failures. He urges intelligent, just action to protect freedom and finish victory with organized labor remaining faithful.
The author muses on finding limited joy in sickness when pain and prolonged illness give way to rest. A sunny room and free mind aid contentment, while meals become pleasant breaks in monotony. Convalescence brings tenderness and a glow of unselfish loving, though illness within a family remains painful and unsettling.
A Wise Man tells two travelers at a gate what neighbors they will find by the West River. The first leaves with a sense of dread, fearing harsh neighbors, while the second departs hopeful that the community will be excellent and pleasant.
A Marshalltown Times-Republican opinion piece argues for a fixed price of 2.50 for this year’s wheat to support wartime food needs. It criticizes the government for not coordinating prices of wheat substitutes like corn barley and hog feed and urges simultaneous price fixing to back patriotic farm incentives with stable returns for corn hogs and wheat.
Philadelphia Public Ledger reports a meatless, wheatless and sweetless meal featuring oysters olives celery mushroom soup fish chicken with sweet potatoes peas lettuce and ice cream, questioning the severity of privation. The contrast highlights how modest fare still included varied dishes.
A Feb 27 1868 issue notes a violent weekend Iowa storm with east winds, thunder, lightning and hail. Frederick Douglass gives a lecture Feb 28 in Russell’s hall. Dr A A Noyes arrives from Delhi to practice. A marriage occurs Feb 17 between James L Husted and Mary J Carpender. Eggs quoted 12 to 15 cents a dozen. County treasurer’s office in Wapello burglarized Feb 18. $17 105 in greenbacks stolen. a boy finds $200 on the road the same day.
Forty years ago this week notices include a marriage between Mam and Miss Lu Spetcher performed by Rev J Cook at noon at Fred Bolt's residence. Other items mention H W Sill resigning as city assessor with P J Siberling appointed, courier press upgrades, Cedar Rapids hotel ball, whooping cough challenges, Mary Leavitt at Vassar, farming activity, Fourth Street bridge replanking, and a Kentucky circus sale with bidders P T Barnum and John Robinson among others.
Twenty years ago on March 25 1898 Rev John Nemmers became the first resident priest at the Gilbertsville parish. He helped build the new church edifice completed in 1889 and has served the parish for 43 years. Also noted were Dr John Alexander Dowie’s lectures in Brown's Opera House, a death in Warsaw Illinois, a 50th wedding anniversary, a 57 year old death, a local gun sale, and a marriage in Cadars Falls with plans to reside in Osage.
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