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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
2
The piece describes a national loan plan urging banks to advance five percent of their resources monthly for four months starting June 25 to fund liberty bonds. It notes substantial federal borrowing, with Iowa’s share estimated near 126 million, and asserts profits from reloaning to allies offset interest. It emphasizes banks’ role and potential tax implications amid wartime finance.
Washington report alleges a plan to cut domestic electricity and gas to half the prior year’s amount, a rule many see as unjust and impractical. Critics warn it would punish households with lower consumption while advantaging profligate ones, urging instead fair allocation based on household size and need.
The West faces a October call for six billion dollars in bonds, about one third more than the last drive. Nationally, purchases may rise to 60 per person, with Black Hawk county likely oversubscribing by around fifty percent. Banks will be urged to advance funds via certificates of indebtedness as part of the government’s preparedness.
The piece notes a ten cent per hundredweight price increase by the federal trap commission from April 31 1913 to three months after the war ends, predicting heavy costs for newspapers yet expecting publishers to bear the burden. It splashes political commentary about Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and Bull Thompson and mocks German war propaganda amid WWI reporting. It mentions the Busch estate government takeover and falsehoods about Austrian conditions.
William G Kerr reflects on ministerial duty and public leadership centered on reform and moral courage. The letter recalls Wallace M Short, Sioux City mayor and Congregational minister, praising his stance on self control, prohibition, and humanity while noting the impact his views may have on future career choices for village leaders.
A Des Moines Capital editorial laments partisan fever, urging restraint and a focus on the war. Davenport Times notes higher U S war costs versus Britain due to wages and transport. Sioux City Tribune reports a 10-year-old Arkansas boy jailed while trying to reach France, in khaki, showing wartime fervor.
Andrew F. Currier discusses the blues as dread and gloom amid war talk. He notes causes like indigestion and melancholy, urges discipline, charitable acts, baths, purgatives, and mental diversion through helping others, and answers reader questions on pimples and diet.
A reader accuses me of steering my women readers away by arguing that it is natural for a man to assert his view while a woman does the same. She urges that women should avoid saying I told you so to preserve domestic harmony. The piece explores how men value harmony and tact while women may doubt that harmony outweighs justice, noting that insistence on rights can erode respect and love.
The feature extols General Haig's appearance and steadfast nature, praising his dogged perseverance, openness to civilian criticism, and rapid promotion. It notes his steady energy at the front, his calm, modest bearing, and his resonance with cavalry, while highlighting a staff college instructor's verdict that Haig, Robertson, and Rawlinson were the three best students, in that order.
Marshalltown Times-Republican ponders revived six cent penny with jokes about postal costs and wartime pricing. The piece notes small coin changes could affect stamps and nickels, suggesting a delay if war demands change. It reads as witty editorial riff on monetary policy and inflation.
In this tale Kit Cat ignores his mother’s warnings about birds and a mysterious birdhouse. He climbs a smooth pole, confronts a dangerous mouth and teeth, and learns a hard lesson about danger and obedience from his mother’s wise guidance.
In a town with growing wealth the Kenmores confront rumor and pride. Avis Kenmore repurposes Agatha's wardrobe to teach thrift and fairness, then reveals Agatha's secret engagement to Professor Caldwell. The sisters reconcile as Agatha faces a future defined by choice and honesty.
Washington announces the wartime adjustment of restrictions removing the literacy test for Mexican aliens entering the United States to labor on farms railroads and in coal mines effective June 26. Employment is arranged. workers kept paid at current wages with 25 cents daily deduction until 100 dollars saved and then one dollar monthly until departure.
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