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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1920

Page

3

Daily Sunday by WH Hartman Co 169-12-18 Waterloo Iowa

The notice lists mailing rates and duties for the Waterloo Iowa paper, including annual rates for inside and outside Iowa, and copyright and advertising policies. It also names officials and agencies, with standard publication and business details for readers.

WH. Hartman CO Weet Park Ave Patella Raila C. Hartman W. Peterson Treas Ven Mall Lowa Wimber Associated Press Member Audit Bureau Ciie Coon Ag Pan Washington DB. C Ride Doug Ca New York Philadelphia Chicago Story Brooks & Finer Rep's

Capper Critiques Profiteers as Senate Debates Continue

A skeptical editorial critiques Senator Capper for naming profiteers and argues the government stalls while the public suffers. It urges bold action on the treaty, especially Article X, and calls for an open vote to reveal record positions.

Legion Army Program Is Backed By American Legion

The American Legion endorses a lean regular force with a larger ready reserve and universal military training. It backs the Wadsworth bill proposing four months of training for all 18 year olds, civilian controlled citizen army, and compulsory training only in peace time. The plan includes high school and college military education and a new air service focus. The policy aims to prepare a capable citizen army under civilian oversight.

Legions Army American Legion Legion Regular

Fifty Years Ago In The Courier

A compact look back at events from 50 years ago in The Courier notes Smart elected state binder and local politics with black and female officeholders, a ferry license for G C Hansel, revival meetings at M I church, Bob Chapmen buying Clough property to build a new hotel, a Moody and Sankey organ on Main Street, and a hog shipment by James Vaughn totaling 68 hogs weighing 26 515 pounds for 1 061 89. Ice trade activity rises along the railway with shipments north of Waterloo and from La Porte City.

Smart Tows Rignd Board of Supervisors G. C. Hansel Big Creek James Vaughn Lincoln Township Welker & Gn Vaughn Waterloo la Porte City

Brewery Expansion Signals Sioux City Prospered 1900

The Sioux City Brewing company announced plans to enlarge its stock house and build a malt house, boosting capacity from 100000 to 140000 barrels annually. The item also notes political intrigue around Horace Lides and a quiet wedding of Miss Cora Weld to Frank Crittenden in Chicago. It mentions Dr. Peabody forming Barber & Peabody in Waterloo and weather easing from a harsher week, with sun harming sleighing.

Sioux City Brewing Company Cora Weld Frank Crittenden Chicago

Moonshiners and illicit distillery found in Black Hawk area

Deputy Collector Logan and Constable Munger investigated reports of illegal liquor production in the county. A still built from a wash boiler was found on a Black Hawk township farm, with parts hidden in hay. The still was turned over to U S officials in Dubuque and the owner bound over in 1900.

Logan W. C. Munger Black Hawk Township U. S Dubuque

Airshow stunt term hints at Waterloo robin sighting

A brief mention notes an early spring appearance stunt and a red-breasted robin seen in Waterloo on Monday January 26. The fragment suggests a local sky event or garden sequence with a bird sighting tied to an aviation stunt, but details are limited.

Waterloo

Des Moines Leaders Comment On Crime Headlines

Hon James Jh Weaver retiring Des Moines Chamber of Commerce president criticizes sensational crime headlines as a midlic menace. He argues headlines influence public taste and urges moderation while noting readers may still buy papers for crime coverage. Sac City Bulletin notes college referendum mirrors Iowa sentiment.

Des Moines Capital James’ Jh. Weaver Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Weaver Sac City Iowa

A Love Song by Frank L. Stanton

Life seems a lonely path as hands clasp and part. Yet loving you through life’s sad ways is sweet. Dark storms may come but the clouds will part. It is sweet to love you even unto death, sweetheart.

Ko Time to Stay

A brief dialogue fragment features a character boasting about running for office and another remarking that the speaker never held office because rushing prevented a proper campaign. The exchange hints at ambition and the humor of persistent pursuit.

No Stranger to Them Snakes and Shoreline Talk

A fragmented dialogue recalls January snakes and shore visits as a Bill ville matron reflects on past experiences. The text shows garbled OCR style with unclear references to a cirettal and old man sightings year round.

Billville

Septicemia and Pyemia Health Talk by Dr Huber

Health Talk by Dr John B Huber presents explanations of pyemia septicemia and related abscesses noting their progression to fatal outcomes. Preventive wound care antiseptic dressing and supportive measures including purgation kidney action and cautious use of stimulants are described. The doctor also discusses aging skin cancer risk and requests for mail diagnosis with limitations.

John B. Huber

Overcoats for Postmen Provokes Curious Debate

A humorous dialogue ridicules a city post office rule banning postmen from wearing overcoats. Andrew and Imogene joke that warmth would slow mail delivery, affecting everything from Bermuda onions in Texas to Mrs Smith’s bridge party. The mock essay argues coats would tempt diversions and slow dispatches, ending with a note on postmen’s tempers.

Andrew Imogene Postofice Bermuda Texas Bill Smith Atlantic City Commercial Scranton City Post Office City

Overcoat Gift Sparks Absurd Postman Tale

A narrator muses that giving an overcoat to a postman mirrors grand, ridiculous acts like Ike ferrying coats to Newcastle or presenting a sick pup to a vet. He resumes solitaire as his wife stares out the window, forgetful of both him and the postman.

Newcastle

Nature Notes questions on birds, mammals, plants

Nature Notes asks about when young birds leave nests, drone life, and a wild animal’s courage. It discusses red squirrel and chipmunk winter stores, pond lilies opening with sun, and turkey chicks responding to danger signals to aid the mother’s safety.

Turkey

Uncle Ben's Lighthouse Tale of the 1883 Ice Winter

Uncle Ben recounts a near catastrophe at Stony Ledge Lighthouse in the harsh winter of 1883. The ice floes pushed the structure toward disaster, the building creaked and lurched, yet no one was harmed as the keeper and Aunt Mary sheltered through the night and prepared to ashore at dawn.

Uncle Ben Juno Nancy Jack Uncle Gen Laney Stony Ledge Lighthouse Aunt Mary Mary Ben

Rescue on the ice and a toppled light tower

Two neighbors rushed onto the ice to aid a stranded group returning to shore. The light tower had been knocked off and later found far from the house. Jack asks about the light, Uncle Ben explains, and Nancy praises the bravery of Mary and Ben.

Uncle Ben Jack Nancy Aunt Mary

Brain Tests by Sam Loyd in corner grocery puzzle

In a vintage Loyd brain teaser a shopper bought 8 pounds of sugar and 7 pounds of flour for 90 cents while Maggie bought 5 pounds of each for 75 cents. The puzzle deduces sugar at 4 cents per pound and flour at 1 cent per pound.

Sam Loyd Littta Maggie

Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Ad Letter Testimony

A Woodford Vermont mother praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for aiding childbirth and recovery. The letter touts the tonic’s roots and herbs, claims safety and lack of narcotics, and invites women to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.

Woodford Lydia E. Pinkham Joan Lizi- Rint Lydia B. Pinkham

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