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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1918
Page
5
Frank Silloway of John Deere & Co confirms continued operation in Waterloo after a $2,000,000 sale, ensuring local employment and potential expansion. The interview signals strong municipal value of the plant and hints at future power and jobs stemming from the new ownership.
The Rev Aloysius Daniels a Marathon Wisconsin priest recounts his visit to Germany describing Kultur as violent and inhumane. He urges anti-German propaganda skeptics to support liberty bonds and food conservation while urging public duty through Red Cross and thrift stamps to aid the war effort. He calls for a lecture tour and warns of food and fuel shortages ahead.
A Jackson County woman married an old beau to help her son enlist in the aviation corps. The mother and her suit dated to aid Henry, her only dependent, in serving the country, tying matrimony to military service.
The article explains I W W and Bolshevism as syndicalist movements. It contrasts syndicalism with socialism and trade unions, noting its hostility to politics and capital, its goal of class unity, and its call for general strikes to seize control of industry. It warns that unorganized workers could be rallied into a government-managed force to confront capitalism.
Marshalltown readers are told the master horseshoers want a law allowing them to hold a horse until shoes are paid for. The joke notes high horsefeed costs and warns owners may retaliate if not careful. An aside from Steas City Tribune mentions war department lists of French marriage licenses since Americans arrived, hinting at shell shock themes.
Health column discusses disease prevention personal hygiene sanitation and public health topics. Readers may send questions with stamped self addressed envelopes for general interest inquiries addressed to Dr John B Huber care of the newspaper.
The article describes stomach ulcer risks including hemorrhage, perforation, and peritonitis, noting a protracted course and possible death from shock or starvation. It prescribes rest, a milk and egg white diet, beef juice, bi s muth subcarbonate, and symptomatic remedies, while urging immediate medical care for bleeding. It also discusses gastralgia, tonsil infection, and cautions against ignoring medical science in favor of self treatment.
Pete Dog lives with three kittens Blackie Hitty and Nimble. Blackie bosses the others and mocks Pete. Pete hides a mouse to lure Blackie into a fall causing a comic chase and the kittens win revenge. Blackie hides after the tumble while Pete plans further mischief.
A reflective piece argues that well made garments gain character with wear and shabby wear can reflect personality. It extols old comfort over new luxury, noting shoes, stockings, lingerie, and home furnishings gain distinction when they bear life and use.
In a tale of mischief and forgiveness Blackie fled but later shows kindness to Pete. Nimble the mouse is outwitted as Blackie uses gentleness to ease the rift and restore friendship, proving kindness can mend a past mistake.
A composite summary notes Burlington Hawk-Eye likening the farmer Croesus with gluod seed corn, and Cedar Rapids Republican reflects on public perception. It also discusses post office use to aid farming labor and stabilizing conditions while praising French character and heroism amid war.
Under a JFK agreement the postoffice department and labor department will convert 55000 third and fourth class postoffices into farm employment agencies. Postmasters and rural carriers become farm labor agents for the United States Employment Service to collect and distribute agricultural job information.
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