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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1919
Page
2
Polly keeps guard over her seed dish at night while Brown Mouse, the thief, confesses and asks forgiveness. Polly clutches the intruder and teaches him the meaning of a warning cry. They conclude with a playful misinterpretation caused by language differences and a trapped mouse fleeing into the night.
The Polk county attorney informs promoters that prize fighting violates Iowa law, praising enforcement while noting promoters misrepresented the activity as a mercantile venture. Davenport readers urge improving automobile license service, with the senate moving the department to the state treasurer. Carroll Herald laments Bill Alten’s four terms and calls for quitting after three. Glidden Graphic quashes Allen’s governor bid as legislature punctures the boomlet. Sioux City Journal comments on a spring tease about a woman’s escort and powder bag.
A Waterloo Gazette item recalls the Rathbun pardon affair with Attorney Clark and a $5,000 payment, then shifts to praise for Orange township in Black Hawk County and a critique of socialist currents. It laments pardons, mocks political theater, and highlights Iowa rural virtue versus urban schemes.
Article discusses pellagra symptoms caused by unripe grain and corn, its uncertain infectious theory, and visible skin eruptions. It notes varying severities, possible recovery or fatal decline, child effects, and mentions future Pellagra prevention. Also includes a Q&A on hydrocephalic tinnitus and varicose vein care with suggested remedies.
A 1915 Thompson Feature Service column advises husbands to view their wives mothers with tact and humor. It suggests complimenting the mother-in-law’s life work, understanding her motives, and using diplomacy to ease conflicts for mutual happiness.
The author notes personal shifts toward economy after the war, saving string, paper, envelopes, and tin foil. A salvage program grows to charity, turning $800 monthly profit, as businesses reuse materials to free labor for valuable production, urging national acceptance of such savings.
Brown Mouse explorations lead to Polly Parrot’s cage in the kitchen. Brown Mouse slips along the dining room and spots a perched parrot asleep, deciding the wires could not be a trap.
A short mock headline notes rising costs, with a playful line about a bill not exceeding forty five cents and plans for rooms being papered, reflecting a humorous local themed item from a newspaper page.
The puzzle asks how five odd figures make 14, then four identical digits make 100, then invert the nine digits to total a sum. Pa and Willie discuss sending questions to the puzzle class. The answer to No 22 shows SPAN plus SEA plus TI minus SEAT plus LINK minus INK equals SPANIEL.
A quick at home cough remedy claims to stop a throat cold within 24 hours. Mix 4 ounce Pinex with sugar syrup to make a pint, then use as directed. The ad promises fast relief, notes bronchitis and whooping cough, and urges asking the druggist for Pinex with directions.
An advertisement urges readers to try Pyramid Pile Treatments claiming dramatic results. It offers a free trial by mail coupon and a box from druggists, asserting superior deliverers and urging readers to act now without substitutes.
White Diarrhea is caused by a bacillus Bacillus Puillorum infecting newly hatched chicks. The disease spreads rapidly, so prevention must start at hatch. Intestinal antiseptics should be given to inhibit the germ, with Me curie Chloride listed as a strong remedy but warned against due to safer market options.
Dear Sir, last spring my fin incubator chicks died by the dozen from White Diarrhea when they were a few days old. I tried remedies, felt discouraged, then used Waiko White Diarrhea Remedy. It saved every chick after dosing. We raised 700 healthy chicks this year, whereas previous years yielded only about 100. Ethel Rhoades Shenandoah Iowa shares this remarkable cure.
An old newspaper ad pitches a dubious remedy for diarrhea claiming a money back guarantee. The copy pressures urgency with phrases about preventing illness and urges readers to buy a “Walko” product, noting it is sold by druggists and offers a satisfaction guarantee.
Thin People of Waterlog promotes Bitro-Phosphate as a daily aid to gain flesh, support brain and nerves, and replace nerve waste. Marketed as a guaranteed remedy by druggists, with money-back assurances.
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