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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
2
A chaotic mix of 1879 era notices and editorials discusses senate committee chairmanship, party strategy, and the threat of future war. It questions seniority rules, advocates public persuasion, and weighs the Paris conference transfers in China while citing Gen. Wood and Pershing as figures shaping public sentiment.
The piece reflects on public memory after a figure associated with Gandy completes a handshake tradition and contemplates the fading glow of prominence after death or near election to office in a National Newspaper Service context.
Health expert John B Hube explains meningitis causes symptoms and transmission including epidemic forms and contagion through nose throat discharges. He stresses urgent medical care and notes carriers exist. He also answers a question about a six month old bottle fed baby and recommends formulas for infants up to one year and proper weight expectations.
A husband advises couples to balance income and home life, noting wives may work for money but home duties and appreciation matter. He suggests discussing potential gains, boosting household finances together, and avoiding blunt rejection of a wife's office ambitions. The piece emphasizes mutual happiness and cooperative planning.
A letter discusses popularity and social exclusion, suggesting there is a gift for being popular similar to artistic talent. It also argues a social talent can be cultivated via etiquette, small talk, and genuine interest in others, noting rules and hints from the era and proposing a correspondence school for popularity.
In Catville the arrival of Black Dandy stirs trouble among the cats. Three Little Kittens deride him as a nuisance, citing his pairing with Miss Tabby and Brother Tom's claimed status, and plot to drive him out of town.
In a playful tale, Black Dandy leads a rat as the Three Little Kittens plot to unseen mischief. They drop cheese to lure him, a terrier chases, and Black Dandy tumbles into mud. The kittens triumph, banishing old nonsense and crowning Tom Gatmar’s wedding plans.
Puzzle laid out by Sam Loud presents a chain of beheadings and word transformations leading to a final answer for number 64. The diagram shows a quilt dissected into eleven squares as the minimal division preserving the checkered pattern.
The Des Moines Capital argues against distorted price comparisons from a 1902 versus today list noting potatoes at 1.50 a bushel and beans dropping to eight or ten cents, urging honesty to avoid distress and suggesting practical support for struggling families. Davenport Times notes Republicans’ slim senate margin limits differences and hints that progressives seek influence over chairmanships.
Advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap remedy to lift corns and calluses from the feet. It claims only a few drops remove hard skin from toes and bottom of feet, leaving pink healthy skin without tenderness.
Consumers urged to buy Tiz for tired puffed up feet with aching burn and corns. Ad promises foot freshness and comfort, claims Tiz relieves pain and helps fit shoes, available in 25 cent boxes at drugstores. Also promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and indigestion in a separate ad.
A vintage health ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel tonic. It claims most sickness stems from inactivity of bowels and liver and presents the tablets as a gentle, effective calomel substitute. It advertises olive colored tablets priced 0c and 2c per box and notes availability at all druggists.
In 1909 William B Wisler of Douglassville Pennsylvania recalls an indigestion attack after which he received a free sample of Chamberlains Tablets by mail. He tried them and bought two packages noting no similar attack since, claiming lasting relief.
Waterloo ad claims Bitro-Phosphate supplies essential nerve and uric substances in active cellular form. It supposedly replaces nerve waste and builds strength and energy, sold by druggists under a guaranteed results guarantee.
An old advert touts Gold Medal Bearler Oil Capsules as a cure for kidney trouble and toxin buildup. It claims quick relief, direct import from Haarlem laboratories, and money back if not helped, urging buyers to avoid substitutes. The copy warns against neglecting kidneys and promises purification of blood and strengthened kidneys.
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