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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1918
Page
2
The Watertown Evening Courier page shows Associated Press notice language about republication rights and publisher disclaimers. It includes standard copyright and rate information, dates, and filing notes for the newspaper.
Citizens of Waterloo approved creating a municipal court to replace the old justice of the peace system but the result raised questions. Contestability over who could vote and how the court would be established linger, with uncertainty about the first judge and scheduling, though residents favor the reform and expect swift clarification.
The announcement boosts bond sales totaling millions as the government sets a 3.906 billion loan with full oversubscriptions anticipated. Treasury notes lower wartime anxieties while urging continued recreation to stave fatigue amid looming financial burdens and global upheaval.
A fragmented feature discusses Mrs. E Seshit Bland Tucker known for The Magic City and other children books. It notes her influence in England's child world, cites her wartime critique of Kaiser militarism, and reflects on democratic imagination versus autocratic control.
The document discusses a supposed secretariat figure in France and a claim about nasal surgery during a camp action. It references medical details, political opinions, and local editor notes while mentioning Kenyon and Democrats with fragmented context. The piece mixes conjecture and partial facts about individuals and events in a dated newsroom voice.
Health columnist John B Huber discusses dry prevention, sanitation, and public health measures. The piece highlights dust as a disease carrier, calls for better street cleaning and encasing foodstuffs, and shares a Q A on cold feet linking symptoms to nervousness, anemia, and circulatory issues.
The piece defines impersonality as a refined breeding quality. It contrasts public quarrels with a grieving family displaying self restraint, smooth speech, and gracious, unintrusive behavior. True tact requires self mastery and consideration for others.
Little Reddy Fox overhears plans for a moonlight chicken picnic and devises a ruse using a lifelike bear fur to scare the diners. He hides the fur, then plans a bold display to disrupt the gathering, aiming to turn the prank on his would be captors. The tale continues tomorrow with Reddy Fox’s next maneuver.
Fifty years ago the Waterloo scene shows 20 buildings under construction and plans for a substantial east side business block with a hall, offices, and shop spaces. Fires destroy Cedar Falls properties of Mublarky and Grosh. A visitor calls Waterloo a thriving town, with many strangers and rising real estate, while Harmon Engle marries Martha A Brown and Frank Palmer seeks Congress in Iowa's Fifth District.
A gray wolf pelt measuring five and a half feet was delivered after being shot near the city. Jesup school board hires J. R. Wells as principal with Mrs. H. H. Smith and Miss Flora Moyer as teachers. Iron horse heads become hitching posts on Raymond block sidewalk. Fishing season opens with two wall eyed pike weighing 11 pounds each. New potatoes from E. A. Raymond arrive, planted in February. A saloon keeper in Aid en sells for a newspaper venture.
A local Waterloo chronicle recalls events from March 20 1898 including the Maine sinking theory and a theft at Mrs Perris watch, a Dowie confrontation at Brown's Opera House, harsh back talk about Masons O O F Baptists and tobacco, C R C Wangler’s appendicitis operation in Chicago, Waterloo losing a whist contest to Cedar Falls, O Woodmansee selling 1022 Fifth Street West for 1050, and a proposed direct road between Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a harmless, simple method to slim down without dieting or exercise. It claims four daily tablets will reduce weight to normal and invites readers to send for Marmola at 864 Woodward Ave, Detroit.
Minneapolis Journal reports Texas favoring nationwide prohibition as the country faces a shifting press landscape with the New York World near suspension of publication. The era's mood and policy push weigh on state and national media.
An old advertisement promises rapid neuralgia relief by rubbing a soothing liniment into affected nerves. It claims St Jacobs Oil is harmless, non burning, and non staining, offering instant, universal relief from facial, head, or body pain with a small trial bottle from any drug store.
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