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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1919
Page
2
A Waterloo Courier column argues the dollar has shrunk, inflating prices while buying power falls. It contrasts this with car prices, road conditions, and farming costs, urging year round hard surfaces and better funding for Iowa highways. It notes bank deposits rising and supports universal military training with local praise.
A 1919 article traces early child development noting foot awareness appears first in infancy with barefoot play and toes stubbing, then ear awareness as a sense organ, and finally smell as a developing sense tied to recognizing self and others. It highlights noise curiosity, misattributions of senses, and animal parallels in olfactory development.
The medical editor notes war taught limits to overeating and underfeeding. Plain, well chosen meals suit laborers, while extreme diets should be avoided. Reader questions cover electro cardio patterns, undernourished cases, winter eczema, and practical diet advice.
The item notes A H Frank plans a trip to Cincinnati to stock clothing for rising trade. Weather is described as very cold with temperatures six to twelve degrees below zero. Farming remains idle as seedings lag. Contractor Cricket is fixing the La Porte City iron bridge. Sheriff Brown reports on a noted juvenile issue.
The item records H D Williams joining Glover & Arthur as salesman on April 1. It notes Frank Bouck and Miss Viola Albert’s marriage March 12, a funeral visit by Mrs Place to Center Grove, and weather signs with zero temperatures and river ice. It also includes reminiscences on singing hymns with children, revival hymns, and local social notes about Miss Anna Dickinson’s travel for a Des Moines lecture and McGregor rail expansions.
Al Page and Ed Chapman reported opening a spot above the big cutoff where they shot five percent birds Friday morning and one hundred two that afternoon and Saturday morning. The text also lists students in room 10 with various names and notes the death of J. Medrill, editor of the Chicago Tribune, in San Antonio on March 16. John K. R. Cheasbro appointed secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. D B Phelps plans a jewelry store in part of Mrs Munger's former millinery space.
Burlington Hawk Eye laments lack of school discipline and calls for universal service. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids papers mock debates on labor and woodcutting. Real estate values rise in several counties while Greek advertising figures appear in local notices.
Des Moines Capital reports Philip Hanna, long time U S consul in Mexico, returns to Monterey after years in San Antonio. His posting coincided with turmoil and insurrection. his fluent Spanish and two decades of service earned high regard among Mexican officials and citizens.
Twenty-six of sixty three national bank employees in Waterloo contracted influenza during the epidemic and one died. The reports, requested by the comptroller of currency, show the Commercial Bank had the highest rate with 12 of 15 staff ill. Other banks, including First National and Leavitt & Johnson, also reported multiple cases amid war workload and illness.
Tim Coon and Bil Possum starved but survive by feasting on ducks as Mr Fox abandons them. Mr Bear helps the trio with a plan while Porcupine Island’s fence keeps Mr Fox away, revealing the sin of betrayal and the value of true friendship.
A wartime report describes mine planting between German bases and the grand fleet in the North Sea. Anchored mines created narrow safety lanes with charts needed to navigate, making escape nearly impossible for any vessel. Neu Peptiron is advertised as a tonic for worry and illness.
The article discusses a Loyd puzzle about a ship passing two straight rungs through imine-strawn zones with a single turn. It also mentions BOA pins BHER minue BEY leaves BOAR and a note about Mrs W Allen, wife of the secretary of state, shaping views on suffrage and office management.
Advertises Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a non calomel liver and bowel aid. Claims olive color tablets improve complexion, energy, and digestion with no dangerous aftereffects. Sold widely for 10 and 25 cents per box with nightly use recommended.
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