12 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
1
A mixed page from a Waterloo paper including AP content notices, advertising cautions, and editorials. It discusses milk production, Referencing major figures Mitchel and Gardner, Jess Willard’s move to farming, draft age considerations, and Red Cross needs, with sports note on the White Sox as the season declines.
A Waterloo article urges residents to improve hospitality toward newcomers and travelers. It cites two traveling men considering leaving for a nearby city and Illinois Central officials seeking transfers, arguing indifference harms the town and stressing active welcome across faith communities. It notes wartime context should spur cordial neighborly relations.
The article notes the American cow’s fiscal year performance ending June 26 with an export milk value near one hundred million dollars. It details nine months ending March with 400 million pounds of condensed milk shipped abroad, including 178 million to Great Britain and 206 million to Cuba among others, highlighting strong foreign demand.
A Des Moines Capital note argues that building materials will stay expensive due to wartime and postwar demand. It cites twenty billion feet of lumber used yearly and growing consumption, with shipyards, camps, housing, and reconstruction in Belgium and France driving continued need.
Postwar reflection warns that merit and equal opportunity must govern promotions and discipline in the military and homeland. Loyalty, obedience, and respect for law are praised as outcomes of wartime training, with church and moral renewal urged to sustain national character upon soldiers’ return.
A historical note explains erysipelas illness, its historical dread, and rise of germ theory led by Pasteur. It describes how infection can affect skin and mucous membranes, with possible spread to nose eyes throat and joints, and mentions germ Fehleisen and risks of wounds. Dr Currier offers personalized answers by mail.
A reader laments flippant sympathy from others who brag of hardship instead of offering genuine understanding. The piece argues true sympathy comes from shared hardship and the ability to comfort, not from comparing miseries or offering judgments.
Ruth Cameron reflects on the inadequacy of ready made optimism in comforting someone who endures tragedy. She argues that genuine sympathy and tender recognition of another’s suffering are the essential response rather than exhortations or tales of others’ fortunes.
The piece explains the Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act known as the moratorium, intended to shield service members from civil actions while away at war. It clarifies that obligations are not void but enforcement is delayed until return, and advises consulting a lawyer for specifics. It notes courts may pause judgments or executions for soldiers, urges awareness of one’s affairs, and warns the law is not sweeping but applicable to individual cases.
The Sandman Story recounts giants kind at heart clashing with mischief making pixies. The pixies steal paint tubes and color the world from white to rainbow hues, transforming fields, flowers, and skies overnight while the giants sleep, prompting a morning surprise and a plan to restore the colors.
The tale describes giants and Nixie painting the land in vibrant colors. The bad pixies fear their former meanness after witnessing the beauty, decide to stop pranks, and praise the outcome as more beautiful than the old white tone. Nixie notes lingering satisfaction for this one bright change.
Night operator Charles F. Hartter proclaims Vinci builds him up, improves sleep and appearance after run down days. Ad claims beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptides glycerophosphates strengthen a weakened system to create red blood and vigor. Wangler Bros Co J Miller druggists sell the tonic.
Mrs. Peter Fitzner t of 10 Holt street North Billerica Massachusetts used Dr Williams Pink Pills to combat rheumatism and indigestion. She recalls severe pain after a Nova Scotia illness with feverish pain in shoulder knee and hands, sleeplessness and digestion problems. After three boxes the pains subsided and strength returned as the pills built up her blood. A booklet Diseases of the Blood is free on request. Williams Pink Pills are sold by druggists or by mail at 50 cents a box six for $2.60 Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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