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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1919
Page
2
A Waterloo area editorial condemns opposition to highway paving while urging farmers to accept modern roads. It argues paved routes raise land value and improve year-round access, highlighting the economic case for funding via new auto taxes and local assessments. It cites Black Hawk County effects and broader politics.
The article argues the railroad administration seeks 1.2 billion instead of 750 million, viewing the broader proposition as a new condition under government control. It links higher funding to maintenance of rails, credit restoration, and continued earnings guarantees after years of below-cost freight rates and battles over rates.
A New York World editorial critiques the Democratic national committee's focus on war, league of nations, and peace, arguing the 1920 campaign will be decided by future issues not past debates. It warns against centralizing power and eroding state police powers, urging attention to future direction over history.
Boston Transcript recounts Sioux helpers in the American army during Meuse Argonne fighting. Two Indians guarded field telephones to thwart German wire tapping by transmitting and translating messages in their ancestral tongue. The Germans never learned the system.
Dr John B Huber answers readers questions on cancer warning signs including a farmer’s wife with a decade of overwork and a broken rib turning inward leading to a breast lump. He urges medical examination, possible surgery, and cautions about pleurisy and tuberculosis risks.
Black Hawk County and Waterloo voted strongly in favor of authorizing the board of supervisors to pave rural roads. The plan includes paving 76 miles, bonding up to 1.5 million dollars, and requires federal and state approval plus local landowner consent. taxes on autos fund the project with no general tax rise.
Andrew and Imogene argue over seeing a sad stage show. He refuses to cry, she mocks the spectacle and they settle at home with a bulldog book as tears stream between them. The scene ends with a sharp quip and a shared, rueful smile.
In a warm October country kitchen, Mrs Manning’s dusty carved chair prompts a clash of kitchenware pride. A visitor with rare mahogany restores the chair, fetching a $500 sale while the humble kettle and the Solid Silver Teapot witness a moral about true worth over show. Tomorrow's story, Puss and the Kettle.
James Whit Riley, known as a steady rapid writer, composed a stanza on the back of an envelope during a rainy occasion. The verse envisions clouds parting, sun breaking through, and a playful note about umbrellas as the observer awaits clearer weather.
The piece urges Linn county voters to follow Black Hawk county on June 16 regarding a road program. It argues for contributing one dollar per three from automobile taxes and federal aid, noting Black Hawk’s higher bond issue yet public approval. It warns Linn may lag behind progressive counties without action. A Lost ad tip is included for the Courier.
A brief, din filled scene notes a large crowd watching soldiers return home yesterday and marks Victory bond buyers obscured in the spectacle. The writer uses dialect and a patriotic tone to describe the festive moment.
Iowa editors discuss the Popular Science Monthly praised syn motor, a four horsepower self guiding cultivator. It operates in spiral rows, spares young plants, works at night, and can attach to various implements for cultivating land. It promises precise, compact farming with multiple rows done together.
The puzzle describes tin pieces forming a 9x9 square from a set of parts three squares 8x8 4x4 and 1x1 with the goal of minimizing cuts. The note contains Loyd’s solution style and a solved share of an earlier fish stock problem with a division of assets among Magete Mary and others, ending with a copyright line.
An old advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a penetrating external remedy for expectant mothers. It claims to ease nerves, ligaments, and muscles, reduce strain at birth, and prevent pain and danger, urging readers to obtain it from drug stores and contact the Bradferd Regulator Company for a motherhood book.
The E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland promotes Zemo a clean dependable antiseptic liquid offered by druggists at 35 cents or one dollar for a large bottle. It claims to remove eczema stop itching heal skin troubles and also sores burns wounds and chafing offering penetration cleansing and soothing effects.
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