Waterloo wrestling match and beef ration notes
The article discusses the beef shortage and urges conservation for three months, urging Americans to limit beef to 1.5 pounds per person per week. It covers wrestling news about Earl Caddock and Ed Lewis, explains to readers that Gotch pioneered the toehold, and notes wartime patriotism and propaganda shaping public sentiment. It mentions the American Federation of Labor meeting and war savings stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
American Federation of Labor
St. Paul
Iowa Editors on German prisoners seeking American life
Iowa editors reflect on German and Russian prisoners desirous of American citizenship after WWI era conditions. They warn against forced loyalty tests and urge humane treatment, welcoming complete Americanization. Opinion columns cite Kaisers era brutality and future immigration possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Cedar Rauids Republican
Germany
Health infant care and breast milk guidance
The piece argues mothers should nurse when possible, outlines milk quality and digestion in infants, and describes pasteurization and milk sources. It includes Q and A on infant feeding, plus aside reflections on travel and reading, ending with wartime commentary about Germany and Krupp.
Monotony of company on train rides and personal solitude
The narrator confesses a preference for solitary train journeys over seeking company for its own sake. Three hours alone offer a treasure free of interruptions, with moments spent observing travelers, knitting, reading, or watching the landscape, while pondering whether to indulge in chocolate or nuts.
Retonic Humor in Sioux Arty Journal on Prussian Deportations
The Sioux Arty journal notes Germans justify deportations from Belgium by the principle that every inhabitant may be compelled to help in case of public calamity. It marks the first explicit admission of Prussianism defining itself this way and mocks the term public calamity as crude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Arty Journal
Belgium
Corn Market Rises on Hot Winds Amid Drought Fears
In Sioux City, the market report notes fear of crop damage from hot winds pushing corn prices higher. Corn stands about one foot high in soils well soaked, with traders watching for continued wet winds over the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City ‘Tribune
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier June 18 1868
A Courier item recalls Edw Bournes 14 year old son collecting 1027 gopher scalps for a 102.70 bounty April 14 to June 9. Also notes first freight from New York on Dubuque Sioux City line, three cars of groceries. Local paint shop opens near Congregational church and church youth visit E W Burnham with gifts. Weather reports heavy rains, heat, and crops. Waterloo housing demand outpacing supply.
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Edw. Bournes
Eagle Township
Bournes
New York
Iron steamer to serve Cedar Valley July 1
Forty years ago on June 19 1878 plans announced for a new iron steamer 47 feet long 7 foot beam powered by a 10 horse engine to carry 1200 passengers and begin service around July 1 funded by P J Lawless Robert Roby and C G Caffall. Also noted: Kuehnle injured by a cow, civic leaders push B C R N extension, cannons cast for Corpus Christi salute, Rev Sealion aiding ceremonies, gratitude for strawberries, and local ads and church efforts for a new German Lutheran school edifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedesday
P. J. Lawless
Robert Roby
C. G. Caffall
Twenty Years Ago Saturday June 18 1898 News In Brief
Judge Platt restrains Rev G H Thompson owner and S W Swei gert and Frank Lewis contractors from placing obstructions on Dry Run in the Thompson property on Fifth street west. Rev H G Beeman of Rochester has been called as pastor of Walnut Street Baptist church to succeed Rev Robert Carroll. Beeman is brother in law of Rev J A Earl. Flour falls again to mills at 2 70 to 2 90 per hundred. Waterloo wins G A R encampment for 1898 by 283 to 88 over Dubuque. Sioux City hosted this year. Ware Presbyterian chapel dedicated last Sunday funded by Rev GC H Purmort. Elgin butter quoted 16 cents yesterday. Graduation class of Waterloo Business College lists Arthur E Stull and Miss Elizabeth M Harrison among graduates. A factory for homemade cob pipes is being erected in Shilliam addition with names listed.
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Earl Caddock
Iowa
Ed. Lewis
Kentucky
Farmer Burts
Frank Gotch
Farmer Burns
Gotch
H. G. Beeman
Rochester, N. Y
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Robert Carroll
Beeman
J. A. Earl
Samuel Shilliam
Waterloo
Terloo Business College
Arthur E. Stull
Shilliam
The Sandman Story of the Woodcutter and the Gnome
A poor wood chopper frees a trapped gnome in a winter forest. The gnome grants a yearly wish turning his chips to gold if used for good, but greed leads to ruin. The first year brings wealth and charity, the second ushers extravagance and meanness, and a final wish brings disaster as eight wagons crash with only two returning to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chopper
King's Palace
Twenty Three Is Age for Action in World War I Era
Emerson Hough asserts 23 is the age for action and cites a young man of 23 who survived European war service. The speaker urges younger men to write biographies later, insisting this is the era for biographies of those who have acted in great events today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson ,Hough
Spoksman
Mr. Hough
Europe
Foreign Legion
Gallipoli
America
Nervous breakdown relief with Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Miss Fra Kerry of Newark New Jersey says she suffered three years from a nervous breakdown with daily headaches and weakness. After two years of medical care she found relief from Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, reporting she gradually recovered and can now work normally. She endorses publication of her letter.
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Newark
Lydia FE
Fra Kerry
South St
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Des Moines Register
Cornell
Saib
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M. K
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Currier
Kansas City Star
Wilhelm Muehren
Krupp
Austria
Serbia
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Mesers, Spafford & Nicholson
Congregational Church
E. W. Burnham
Hardin
Butler
Black Hawk
Ackley
Cedar Falls
Watterloo
Raymond Bros
Charles Kuehnle
George Wells
Grundy County
Holland Co
Robinson’s
Corpus Christi
Gilbertville
N. FP
TI. M. Bailey
To’s Plunder Store
Glover & Arthur
Tracey , Dunshee
Israel Bros
George Barnes
M. H. Moore & Co
Martin Blim
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
Cutler & Parker
I. M. Hay
Union Mill Company
Daniel & Slade
Ricker & Lindley
John Nauman
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Agatha Watts
Una Dailey
Elizabeth M. Harrison
Carrie A. Turner
Efe E. Wolfe
Dubuque
Sioux City
Ware Presbyterian
GC. H. Purmort
Va Fem
Elgin
Sandman
Mrs. F. A. Walker
Miss Kelly
Bateman
Ants Schmidt
RB. Newman
Fifth Avenue
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