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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1915
Page
2
A Waterloo Evening Courier and Waterloo Reporter column argues trading stamps hurt both retailers and customers. It claims premiums mislead buyers, depress merchant prestige, and favor promoters while urging abandonment of the scheme for clearer pricing and trust in open profit pricing.
The Chicago association of commerce has launched a sanitary survey enlisting school children to promote cleanliness and fight disease. A poster titled Swat the Fly will reach over 1,000,000 readers, urging removal of fly breeding places and rigorous trash disposal as part of a city wide health drive. The piece underscores flies as disease carriers and calls for prompt action in homes, yards, and streets.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger report says Crown Trading Stamp Co. has voluntarily suspended amid extensive contracts with Acme Tea Co and about six thousand grocers nationwide. The move signals a likely end to the trading stamp era, with merchants and customers lamenting the loss of a familiar premium system. The piece argues stamps inflate prices and mislead customers about value.
George Matthew Adams argues that a true man remains undefeated within himself even in defeat. He says conquerable people are shaped by weak mental character, while the truly unconquerable view the universe as aiding them and daily fight battles in advance to ensure success.
A spirited piece argues the jitney bus democratizes transport by making autos affordable for all classes. It recalls ten years of auto growth, the rise of the four cent fare, and the social shift as jitneys proliferate, challenging streetcar magnates and changing urban life.
A reflective prose piece argues that true count in life comes from what we do, not what others do. It urges inner responsibility, cites humiliation as self caused, and recalls a child’s ache from hurting herself. It ends with a line about steering one’s own fate and soul.
Mamie Quack and cousin Johnnie try skating on a frozen pond after finding rim pieces to fashion makeshift skates. Johnnie defies his mother’s cautions, while Mamie hesitates but eventually slides, teaching him a first attempt at skating on the ice.
Mamie and Johnnie skate on a pond when Mamie slips and they tumble. Johnnie calls for help as both struggle to rise on the slippery ice. The scene ends with a cliffhanger promising the continuation tomorrow.
Des Moines Tribune notes a New York dinner with exotic wild animals and bizarre fare as a sign of excess and loosening restraint. Bronx City Tribune questions income versus saving after John Bunny’s large salary versus an modest estate. Des Moines Capital cites Iowa nonpartisan judiciary debates and Pennsylvania’s repeal as a predictor for Iowa. Sioux City Journal covers a Juxtaposed cartoon about Jess Willard and family and broader business sentiment. Pomeroy Herald remarks competition as life in trade and cemetery ads as a sign of revival for Storm Lake.
An advertisement promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer claiming it darkens gray or faded hair, adds softness and shine, and thickens hair while stopping dandruff and itching. It guarantees darkening or no charge and is sold by Hansen & Pletcher's Drug Store in Waterloo with mail order for out-of-town buyers.
A 1920s advisory urges the public to maintain sanitary stalls and yards, keep manure boxes tight, remove garbage frequently, seal foodstuffs, and use screened doors to curb flies. It emphasizes dairy and food commissioners' guidance to protect patrons and health.
Grain men forecast a wheat price slump if Atlantic shipping to Europe is blocked. Export demand boosted prices in recent months, and a domestic-only market would reduce consumption. The piece notes cereals mirror wheat trends and cites W F Schrag of the Corn Felt Telephone Co as a passenger on the Luastanza in 1910 with extensive information about the ship.
Agents handling transatlantic sailings report expected cancellations after the Lusitania disaster. The era’s war risk contracts, printed as stickers on tickets, say passengers waive damages while ships are insured against war risks, complicating delays and disasters.
Cedar Rapids Iowa testimonial from Mrs E J Rickets praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for alleviating symptoms of the change of life. The ad notes warning symptoms and claims the remedy strengthens the female system and nervous system, with a note to write to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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