Pioneer diary reveals hardy Iowa life in 1850s Waterloo
The Waterloo Courier recounts a diary by Samuel Hummel, early settler near Waterloo, detailing daily labors building a cabin, felling rails, and a brutal 1856-57 winter. It portrays frontier resilience, with entries of snow drifts, haystack treks, and calm acceptance of hardships. The piece contrasts pioneer grit with modern wartime weariness.
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America
Hamlin Garland
John Burroughs
Mr. Burroughs
Choise
Mr. Garland
Rutalist
Courier and Fleporter
Samuel Hummel
Waterloo
Abraham Lincoln
Iowa
Hari
Blizziri
Time for Changes at War Dept Draws Criticism
The Milwaukee Sentinel comments on Mr. Baker's appointment as secretary of war, calling him a pacifist ill suited for military preparedness. It argues that neutrality delays and stresses the need for ready arms, while also noting contemporary issues of fats supply, Berlin births and deaths, and a humorous aside on editor lore and spring catalogs.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Baker
Lusitania
Mr. Baker
David
Brussels
Starr Jordan
War Department
Berlin
America
Europe
Beriin
New War Word Emerges as Camouflage Roots In English
A cryptic note discusses camouflage as a war term now entrenched in English. It suggests slang usage in America as ready for deployment, with disparaging remarks about a so called dad term and related expressions.
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America
Tommy
Health and Happiness in a Universal Age
A long readers’ column urges the infant’s right to healthy development through infancy to fortieth month, promising a future series on month by month baby growth. It invites parental feedback and notes a private milk routine and concerns about night kidney activity. Dr Huber’s health Q and A replies are described as answering letters on general health topics and offering personal replies when stamped and addressed.
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Huber
John
Putting Sense Into the Censorship Ad Firm War Rules
A World editorial urges Washington to relax voluntary censorship to publish names of line officers in Europe and ship crews, arguing openness harms enemy and helps home morale. Iowa editorials mock Kaiser delays, sugar beet guidance, and council bluffers wary of wartime service, urging proactive homefront effort.
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New York World
Bureau of Information
Washington
Europe
Senate
Roose velt criticizes U S war readiness
In Kansas City Journal commentary Col Roosevelt argues Uncle Sam lacks preparedness for war. He asserts the colonel is always ready for conflict and chides that without a foreign foe he targets domestic concerns and home folks.
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Kansas City Journal
Col. Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Iowa farmer and Nonpartisan league contrast described
The Davenport Democrats contrast Iowa farmer independence with North Dakota farmer struggles against bank gouging. The National Nonpartisan League, started by A C Townsley, claims 10000 members paying 16 dollars yearly, praised by New York World for its significance. Omaha World-Herald notes coal inquiry lacks impact.
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Davenport
Iowa Farmer
North Dakota
National Nonpartisan League
Dags
Dakota Farmer
Iowa
National
Nonpartisan League
Hari-Kari
Himsell
A. C. Townster
Flax
New York World
Townsley
Atcher
Definite cupboards and closet ideas for organized homes
A housewife laments wasteful maid habits and urges specific home storage. She envisions dedicated cloth cupboards, string racks, wrapping paper holders, boxes, a downstairs clothes closet with a window, and a shirtwaist closet with a hanging pole to reduce clutter and streamline housekeeping.
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Tibet
The Sandman Story of Rab Rabbit by Mrs. F A Walker
Rab Rabbit disobeys his mother and explores beyond the hill. He finds a farmer and a box, is captured, and lives in a tiger box until an escape leads him back home. He vows to stay in the woods and relies on self-sufficiency, learning danger of desire.
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France
Paul-Pionée
Des Moines
Holden
Lowa
Hanback County
Iowa
Rab
Othr
Feme
iRab
Trut
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure All Stages
Readers are told catarrh is curable by constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is said to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, building up constitution and aiding nature. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any failure to cure listed testimonials. Sold by druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Thrift Habit Drives Public Support For War Bonds
In Waterloo readers praise thrift stamps and junior bonds as churches mobilize for the 1918 campaign. The piece lauds banks for steering customers toward thrift investments, predicting a goal of over 2 billion dollars and noting long term savings and reinvestment with compound interest after the war.
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Waterloo
Weterlon
Uncle Sam
Hfe
Food Conserve Push Pressures on Hotel and Staff
A Washington Post piece argues food conservation shifts blame to hotel managers after wartime prosperity ends. It highlights waste in bread service and uneaten plates, notes scarce workers hinder progress, and calls for public understanding as experts study how to align orders with actual consumption. A need for national explanation work is emphasized.
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National Food Administration
Uncle Harry Explains Red Cross Work Of War Aid
Uncle Harry reviews the Red Cross’s 100 million dollar fund and wartime role. He explains government ties, leadership by Henry P. Davison, and how funds and supplies reach France and other allies, aiding soldiers and civilians.
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Red Cross
Helen
Joe
Uncle Harry
Europe
The
Army
Navy
Post Office Department
Wilson
American Red Cross
Henry P. Davison
New York
Red Croes’ War Commission
Davison
France
England
Russia
Italy
Belgium
Roumania
Serbia
Armenia
Codrac
Washington
Jimmy
Don’t Stay Stuffed Up Quit Blowing and Smiling
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Pape
Grippe
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Gen. Mar. Dailey
Postoffice
Weterloo
Ward
Tess
Munaty
Pioneen
LIFE
Bert
Leston Taylor
Colyum
Nest Spring
Dut
Etter
John . Huber
4. M
Universal Ladies and Gentlemen
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Newsholme
Paramount
Washington Times
Marshalltown
Council Rigfis
Council Bluff
Nol
Omaha World-Herald
Coal Inquiry
Gastros
Washingon Post
Mel
Cascara
Quinine
Falt
Hamlin
Wizard Joe
Harry
Creck
Bubecriber
TMIS
Woeterloo Evening Courier
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