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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
2
Waterloo area column discusses Flag Day observances urging patriotism and the Stars and Stripes. It covers public sentiment, warnings about rising transportation costs, debates on Prohibition, and political chatter about Wilson and possible cabinet shifts, with local notes on paving desires and walking advocacy by Sir Henry Weber.
A health column explains bowlegs and knock knee, their causes from rickets or ligament weakness, and how they present in children. It covers massage, oil rubs, straightening, braces, and possible surgery after age six, plus notes on polyploid nasal growths and pleural thickening as medical questions answered by Dr John B. Waber.
The Waverly Democrat argues Black Hawk county set an example by voting for hard surfaced highways. It praises progress from rural telephones to autos, urging Bremer county to invest similarly and not lag behind neighbors in building durable roads as a public investment.
A domestic scene unfolds as Imogene quarrels with Andrew over another woman. She insults a friend, hints at flirtation claims, and vents about hats and appearances while Andrew stifles laughter at the absurdity, revealing strains in their marriage.
Peter Mouse leaves his family to seek a home of his own and moves into an empty doll house in the playroom. He explores rooms and beds, enjoys a pantry full of edible toys, and even tries on doll slippers and a tiny coat. When the food runs out, he contemplates a diet as he explores the cozy living room and nearby toys, nibbling prized painted items and the wooden horse.
A Cedar Rapids editorial urges preserving schools as places for reading, writing, arithmetic, and patriotism, warning against ideological campaigns by medical, socialist, and moralist factions that could skew education and produce a lopsided generation. It calls for a return to old time common sense and proper school purposes.
A professional financier discusses postwar price readjustments and the wheat price guaranty. He argues the guarantee did not set prices, noting wartime shifts, policy effects, and how the food administration kept bread affordable. The analysis contrasts Civil War prices and explains current open-market dynamics with foreign competition.
New York police identified the murdered man found in the woods after boys reported a body. The husband was found dead and his wife said he had been missing since the previous day. Investigators pursued leads as neighbors recalled tense disputes and strange noises near the residence.
A landowner sends a diagram of a tract of three square lots with a single enclosing fence. The owner challenges the broker by saying the tract contains exactly fifteen times as many square feet as there are running feet of fence around it. Determine the land area from this puzzle.
Mrs A L DeVunn of 647 St Paul Avenue Los Angeles Calif reports years of female troubles and illness hindering housework. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for her recovery and urges others with weakness to try the remedy and seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
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