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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
2
Fragmented letters from a newspaper page show boilerplate about Associated Press credits and republication rights with garbled lines and stray spacing. No readable facts or names beyond generic references to AP and internal notices.
The Courier warns against German peace propaganda and outlines the imagined German plan to end the war. It cites Dr. Frank Bohn and predicts a staged internal democratization, followed by renewed military control. It urges readers to support the Red Cross and resist peace talk until Germany quits Russia and Alsace Lorraine.
Iowa editors defend Hon Leslie M Shaw against criticism for warning of a heavy war effort. He argues Germany must be defeated with ample American forces and that facing facts shortens the conflict. Sioux City and Tribune pages note the shift in conscription class assessments amid wartime optimism and concern.
A veteran observer praises chaplains as conscientious and hardworking in France and England. He notes strong officer support, good medical care, adequate food, and comfortable billets, with only modest alcohol use among thousands of troops. He defends soldiers’ morals, arguing high standards and condemning anti American rhetoric.
Dr. G. S. Marden in New Success appears unable to maintain friendships. He borrows money, keeps others at a distance, belittles them in absence, and seeks advantage through others. He stalls in returning help, uses friends for personal gain, and sacrifices their reputation to his own ends.
Dr Currier answers questions on lupus or lupus vulgaris a tuberculous skin disease. It forms brownish red patches that ulcerate extend and may destroy skin and deeper tissues including bone. It most often targets the face and requires careful dermatologist care along with good health habits and light therapies.
War department states demand for women workers in munitions plants will not drop due to the work or fight order. Over 1,000 women already employed in a big guns plant, with more needed. Minnesota plant trains women apprentices for light cartridge production, New Jersey loading plant trains women as instructors. Sioux City Tribune notes officials urge drafting bachelors over 31 as women broadly approve.
A fragmented fairy tale begins with Queen Saci ruling beside a king’s heir who must wed. The queen plots to stay supreme after testing rivals with a jewel bracelet. In a nearby land a merchant couple finds a beautiful foundling named Bida, taken in as sister to Lina.
A critical 1918 halfway review notes German efforts from March to June, detailing initial successes and subsequent checks. It contrasts German aims with Allied responses, highlighting American entry, Allied unity, and the falling German momentum as a turning point toward better days ahead.
An observer notes how buyers misjudge bargains when sets differ in quantity, fearing price alone. The piece urges comparing net weight and package size, not just price, and warns that larger quantities often save more. It discusses brand price hikes and the hard task of judging quality by experience.
G I Christie notes farm machinery reduces labor needs in corn belt trials. A farm uses two men with teams and a single moldboard plow, another has a 17 year old driving four horses with a two furrow plow, and yet others deploy manure spreaders and tractors. Machinery like the hay cutter and binder lowers hands required, enabling greater output with fewer workers.
The St Louis Catholic schools and convents raised thirty thousand dollars in thrift stamps through the Catholic Women's League led by Walter G Hooke of the National Catholic War Council.
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