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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
2
The Waterloo Iowa paper reprints AP items and local items on cattle density in Texas versus Iowa, then parodies wartime talk. It jokes about Austria Germany hunger tales, wool and fur, wrestling tips, Ford as senator, Roosevelt heirs in service, and a Texas judge fining himself late in court.
The long account analyzes a railroad catastrophe near Gary Indiana where nearly 100 people died and many were wounded. It discusses the circus train, torpedoes, and lantern signals ignored by an ill engineer, with responsibility debated among crew and safety procedures. Sousa wedding music and Mendelssohn Wagner contrasts are noted.
In a rattling roundup of editorials from Iowa papers the Sioux City Journal mocks Senator Kenyon for calls to remit France's loans and hinted dismemberment of Canada. The piece portrays him as an infantile foe of Senate decorum.
A 1918 report highlights Black Hawk County as Iowa’s silo leader with about 56 000 cattle and 4 509 000 cattle statewide. It notes one silo per 228 cattle, compares county ratios, and calls other corn belt counties underutilized for silos despite potential profits.
Waterloo reports overall good crop potential with wheat oats and barley thriving. Corn is ahead two weeks but overflow lands damaged by high water and recent rains threaten second plantings. A Marshalltown cloudburst buried crops. some farmers shift to flax and beans while markets push higher prices. Andrew Scott notes regional abundance despite localized losses. Factory worker letter defends laborers against slacker claims and cites wage cuts and rising living costs.
Marshalltown Times-Republican portrays Archbishop John J Keane as a force for righteousness and reform in Iowa. He opposed the liquor traffic and used his influence across churches and communities to advance temperance. His enduring legacy rests on service and accomplishment rather than titles.
A young man offers flowers to a girl who admires them with delight. She exclaims their loveliness and a hint of dew while he admits he must settle the balance tomorrow. The exchange captures a tender moment in a Pittsburgh Chronicle-telegraph narrative.
An exchange discusses multiple sclerosis in a brother visiting New York for the New Year. A neurologist calls MS incurable though progress may be slowed, detailing patches in brain and spinal cord and symptoms from tremor to nystagmus and paralysis.
Mrs. F A Walker retells a tale in which Bida curses the Queen for a charm gone wrong. The gold fish necklace transmits a perilous curse causing Bida to sleep by day and awaken at night. Bida’s family mourns, then discovers the Queen’s cruelty and vows revenge as darkness falls.
A columnist argues that people often view themselves and their lives through others’ perspectives. Examples include a woman judging her house from a friend’s view and another who shifts taste after critical comments. The piece urges balancing self view with wiser neighbors input and cites Kipling on trusting oneself while allowing doubt from others.
The Waterloo incorporation vote passed by 67 to 305 after a bitter contest. The piece notes civic plans, a new church bell installed at a Waterloo Presbyterian church, and preparations for July 4 celebrations with officials named. Price updates include eggs at two cents and butter at 13 cents a pound.
A roundup of local events includes M T Owens and Warren H Cottrell from Black Hawk County in Iowa State University returning home with legal and academic honors. A Christened steamer Maid of the Mist and a float of family visits, new potatoes from Grandpa Eichar, and a Maine trip for D W Foote and kin are noted along with a parade of Civil War veterans and a marriage at First Baptist Church in Des Moines.
A report notes a fierce engagement where one thousand Americans defeated 2000 Spaniards near Santiago. The column also mentions deaths, drownings, and local events including a 460 pound hog, a boy named Ralph and other Waterloo residents, and a note on a factory pipe making with cobs. A public racing trip and streetcar operations are also referenced.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female functional derangements causing headaches backache nervousness and other pain. It frames health as key to beauty and disposition and promotes the long standing root and herb remedy as restoring women’s health across generations.
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