Waterloo Firm Sale Seeded Local Growth Says Deere Director
A $2,000,000 deal transferring Waterloo Gasoline Engine works from local ownership to John Deere & Co. sparked a public exchange. The purchaser’s rep, Frank Siloway, pledged Waterloo’s future with the line “We’ve heard of Waterloo, we’ll stay,” signaling continued expansion and jobs for 1,000 workers. The piece also contrasts civic duties and the Chinese attitude toward public property with a call to improve sidewalks, cleanliness, and housing to support a growing industry and workforce.
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Wateriso
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Works
John Deere & Co
Waterloo
Frank Siloway
Johns Deera & Co
China
Tos
Foo Chow
Hingwa
Red Cross Respect Amid War Fraye and Fire
Dispatches describe German troops firing on American Red Cross personnel and hospital markings while Allied soldiers in France honor Red Cross emblems. A listening post near Toul reports Germans entangled in barbed wire after opening fire, then abandoning wounded comrades. The piece argues this shows a cultural gulf between German leaders and Allied soldiers.
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Red Cross
German Kultur And War Talk In Wisconsin Letter
A Wisconsin pastor reflects on his Germany visit describing what he calls German kultur as cruel and omnipresent. He urges anti pro German actions, urges liberty bonds, thrift stamps and Red Cross support, and warns of food shortages and winter fuel prep.
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Aloysius Daniele
Marathon
Wils
Germany
United States
Mr. Daniels
Wisconsin
Dakotas
League
Sone Heya
Rother
Europe
Kaiser
Red Cross
Syndicalism in America and Its Global Reach
A critique of Syndicalism as an anti capitalist movement linking Bolshevik and I W W strands. It contrasts syndicalist aims with trade unions, warning that organized labor must be unified across crafts to combat capitalist systems, while urging readers to consult Harley and Ling for deeper discussion.
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America
Europe
Holsheviki
Trussia
Syndicat
Syndicate
Oregon
Russia
National Federation of Trade Unions
J. H W. Harley
William English Ling
Master horseshoers seek law to hold horses over shoe fees
The Marshalltown Times Republican reports the master horseshoers want a law allowing the holding of a horse until shoeing fees are paid, cautioning that high feed costs may drive owners to drastic measures. The Sioux City Tribune notes the War Department could publish many marriage licenses issued in France since American troops arrived, with shell shock cases mentioned.
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Marshalltown
Sioux City Tribune
War Department
France
Practical Health Talks By Dr John B Huber
Practical health column by Dr John B Huber outlines disease prevention hygiene and sanitation across domestic industrial civic and rural life. Readers may send questions with stamped self addressed envelopes for general topics while prescriptions or individual diagnoses are not provided.
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Johnn BE. Huber
A. M
John B. Huber
McClurs Newspaper Syndicate
What To Do For Stomach Ulcers In The Lettered Column
Without health life is but weariness. The piece outlines stomach ulcer signs including hemorrhage, vomiting blood, stool color changes, perforation risks, and possible peritonitis. It notes protracted course, potential death from shock, and advises rest, milk diets, bismuth, and specific remedies while warning to seek a doctor for bleeding. It also contrasts gastralgia with ulcers and mentions pediatric rheumatic risks from tonsil infection.
Pete Dog Outwits Cats in House Play Tale
In a domestic tale Pete Dog earns a quiet victory over three half grown kittens led by Blackie. Blackie vents by forcing games with a basket and wagon while Pete quietly notices a mouse and helps chase it away. Nimble catches the mouse and Blackie hides in fear. Pete revels in his small triumph.
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Pete Dog
Blackie
Kitty
Nimble
Pete
Uass
Pete Cox
Wackie
The Charm of Worn Garments and Loved Furnishings
The essay explores how clothing and home décor gain character when aged. It argues that well made pieces develop personality, absorb the wearer’s temperament, and can outshine pristine items, citing a lived in living room with faded rugs, worn chairs, and well used shelves.
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USA
New England
Ming
Blackie redeems itself with kindness after scare
The story recalls Blackie fleeing in fear not of the mouse but of the moment. He then treats Pete kindly and refuses games without Pete. Pete forgets the day Blackie ran away as Nimble catches the mouse, showing kindness can erase a memory of a wrong.
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Pete
Bleckie
Sone
Blackie
Kitty
Nimble
Iowa editors praise county farm agents milestone
Iowa editors celebrate a milestone as Hampton Chronicle notes Iowa becomes the first state north of the Mason Dixon line to provide a county farm agent for every county totaling one hundred agents led by Pottawattamie. The Burlington Hawk-Eye extols the public figure as a farming Croesus while Cedar Rapids Republican references fear and a tremor among middle western residents toward Hoover.
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Hampton Chronicle
Iowa
Mason and Dixon Line
Pottawattamie County
Tyro
Cedar Rapids
Middle West
Hoover
Post office labor system to aid farmers and workers
Government plans use small post offices as farm labor agencies to speed labor demand and supply, to stabilize conditions and prevent crop labor shortages. The French character and heroism remain, contrasting with tourist views of Paris and broad stereotypes.
Post Offices as Farm Agencies
Under an agreement between the postoffice department and the department of labor 55000 third and fourth class post offices will resume farm employment agencies with postmasters and rural carriers as farm labor agents for the United States employment service. This marks a swift move to address agricultural unemployment by creating a large information collection and distribution network.
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New York World
Postoffice Department
Department of Labor
United States Employment Service
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
W. Hh, Hartman CO
West Park Ave
John C. Hartman
A.W. Peterson
Trees
Gen. Mgr
Postoffice
Sants
AUS Apo Tel
Washington
Munser Bldg
Dougherty
Mr. Siloway
Claude R. Porter
Revere
St Louis Globe-Democrat
John
Ann F
Jackson County
Vcense
Aviation Corps
Owhen Henry
Venus
Mars
Hanry
Liuel
Larry LeRoy Haywood
Eamets
Org
Lee
April
Yuseter
Mey
F. A. Walker
Croesus
Burlington
Vinton Eagle
Indianapolis
Efome
Paris
Zola
Broadway
Robert Chambers
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