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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
2
A wartime editorial laments bomber acts and calls for decisive action against anarchist violence. It also critiques Burleson and government ownership schemes, noting rail and telecom failures and urging firm measures to curb subversive activity. A Jefferson juvenile court session addresses school truancy and notes future reporting.
The Webster City Freeman Journal reports the governor will not be in a mood to grant pardons for some time. The article notes a tough path for anyone seeking executive clemency from Gov. Harding.
The New York health department favors sunlight and clean air as the best disinfectants. Disinfection by fumigation has limits as germs often survive. transmission occurs mainly via nasal and throat discharges in early stages. Prevention centers on ventilation, fresh air, and avoiding post‑illness cleaning that misses ongoing risks.
A teacher explains how a child’s homesick letter to a mother misstates daily events. The child’s mood colors memory, and youngsters confuse essential and non essential details. Teachers should judge statements with patience, recognizing the developing historical sense.
Readers share letters on thrift and budgeting including endowment policies, keeping expense books, and living within an allowance. Contributors cite saving one tenth of income, early habit formation, and the balance between luxuries and necessities amid rising costs and large families.
The Playroom Army tells of wooden soldiers on a table who march each midnight to reach the edge before dawn breaks the spell. Brave, curious, and unafraid, the tiny troops press onward as time and light threaten to end their tale.
A tale recalls little wooden soldiers marching toward the table edge each night. Their captain leads a doomed advance and they fall, yet the mistress mends the wounded and a Red Cross nurse watches over them. The toys then guard the table top each night asking All is well captain.
Sam Loyd presents a brain teaser with an eight by eight square pattern of 64 units. The puzzle asks how to cut the design into the fewest pieces to form a larger eight by eight square while preserving the pattern. The note mentions an envelope addressed to Elsie Dix Winchester Tennessee and a cipher 508 equals DIX.
Iowa editors report Lyon county residents bought stock in a fraudulent scheme aided by a salesman. Some buyers seek legal relief as notes are returned or sued, with several large losses noted including sixty five thousand dollars and thirty thousand dollars. The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Des Moines papers discuss broader national sentiment and several book and music listings accompany the column.
The library lists books to go into circulation Saturday at 10 a.m. including Barker Wanted a Young Women to provide a note about the event and timing.
An advertisement touts Peptiron as a superior blood builder and tonic. It claims the larger bottle provides a month of treatment with rapid, lasting effects and urges taking two pills after each meal for better blood and appetite.
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and achieve clear soft rosy skin. Grocers or drugstores supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. harmless and non irritating.
A fragment mentions a celebration at the University of Chicago with references to Sidgwick Jamesle Thurston Garden of Resurrection and names Vaizey Unknown Rover Wilmot Buxton Jeanne D Arc, suggesting a scholarly or ceremonial context with several individuals and affiliations.
A Belleville coal miner credits Vinol with stopping his chronic bronchitis cough and restoring strength after months of illness. The ad claims Vinol’s tissue building properties and tonic iron aid healing, promoting Vinol as a remedy for chronic cough cold and bronchitis.
An advertisement extols Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a safe antiseptic for wounds, sprains, burns, and infections. It claims quick relief from pain and inflammation and offers money-back satisfaction if not helped, alongside Whips pink pills for constipated headaches. The copy urges buying from druggists for 10 cents and 30 cents respectively.
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