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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1918
Page
2
A collage of editorials and comments from multiple papers reflects American views on German victory, womanhood, prosperity, and wartime policy. It weighs democracy against autocracy, praises allied collaboration, and critiques military tech while noting food, morale, and political rhetoric during the war era.
Amid the years of upheaval, 1917 stands out as monumental with Russia's czar overthrown and Bolshevik talks. The United States enters World War I, ending isolation and asserting a central role in shaping democracy. A national revival of spirit fuels pride and idealism as a new era dawns.
Health and Happiness discusses asthma chronic bronchitis and sleeplessness with reader questions. It notes indoor air quality and proper doctor guidance as relief and explains potential surgical options for intestinal constriction in severe bowel disease.
The Courier and Reporter sets its own New Year’s resolutions urging national service during the war. It pledges patriotism without phariseeism, courage without gloom, support for soldiers and families, backing Red Cross and YMCA relief, and fighting incompetency while pursuing clean government and a better social state.
The Cedar Rapids Republican warns state defense to curb seed corn speculators buying last year’s crop for export as seed corn at assumed high prices. It argues government price controls are needed to prevent hardship and potential seed shortages across Iowa. The Panora Vedette reflects on wartime sacrifices, noting small personal concessions from meat, sugar, coal, and even politics as part of national effort.
New York World reports Vilhjalmur Stefansson is alive after twenty one months missing and may reach civilization soon. He traveled overland 250 miles from the Arctic Ocean and 600 miles from the Yukon mouth, pursuing scientific discovery and Arctic natives. The Karluk tragedy hangs over the voyage, yet the Polar Bear supplied reinforcements and Stefansson presses on toward civilization with a trove of specimens and tales of the White Eskimos.
A neighbor resists early cures for a cold, despite pills promised by a doctor and advice to gargle. The piece questions why people refuse simple remedies, fearing prolonged discomfort and spreading illness, urging proactive action to curb colds and their consequences.
The tale shows Mr Gobbler proposing a school behind the barn, teaching seating rules to chickens goslings ducks and turkeys. Mothers object loudly insisting their chicks deserve front seats and no pond danger. Donkey warns of a high fence to keep scholars in and mothers out.
In central Itingis sections residents face near exhausted water supply and long breath as a local issue. Brazilian cities trial metric house numbering uses a numbered system indicating distance from a starting point, affecting urban planning and daily life.
The Times reports legal actions including eight Brixham skippers fined for fishing in prohibited waters and a man fined for betting on football matches. It notes severe southeast Scotland weather with deep snow and frost, stock market beef prices at Grantham, and a ship fire in the Royal Albert Docks. An Italian-born man fined for misrepresenting police status, a Ramsgate refugee savings recovery, and a brutal account of General Dukhonin's death by sailors are described.
The Christian Science Monitor notes an Italian edition of Edward Everett Hale’s The Man Without a Country has been given to every soldier on the Italian front. It argues the tale’s patriotism and sacrifice resonate in wartime, and wonders if Hale imagined its universal appeal.
Congress man Porter H Dale of Vermont urges citizens to wake up to the war’s seriousness and the need to rush supplies, guns, and men overseas. The St Albans Messenger hopes Dale’s message spurs Vermonters to greater dedication in supporting the effort and turning America into a stronger fighting force.
Premier Lloyd George outlines the war aims stressing guarantees of peace through democratization of Germany and the destruction of Prussian militarism. He argues victory is essential to secure lasting peace and urges allied unity, warning against a Germany led by a hostile military caste. The speech favors negotiating with a free German government and seeks broader powers for victory.
A Toledo Ohio advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages by constitutional treatment. It claims the medicine acts through the blood on mucous surfaces and builds up the constitution. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials.
This classic home made cough syrup uses Pinex pine extract mixed with sugar syrup to create a pint family supply for about 65 cents. It claims rapid relief from coughs throat irritations and bronchial issues within 24 hours and promises lasting shelf life with a money back guarantee.
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