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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
2
A Iowa reader notes March automobile deaths and injuries far exceeded Iowa casualties in France that month. The column blames speeding and unsafe crossings, urges better road vigilance, and warns of ongoing tolls and public concern as summer traffic rises.
The president endorses a Congressional probe now led by Charles B. Hughes. Hughes, known for digging to the bottom of issues, will conduct the investigation in a thorough, fair, and expeditious manner without influence or bias guiding his duty.
Iowa editors call for full investigation into the aircraft affair. The Borglum letter to the president is debated as truth or falsehood, urging accountability for all guilty parties regardless of position. The piece cites public demand for transparency to restore trust and support for soldiers.
A reflective piece on the dandelion describing its beauty and persistence. It notes the plant’s resilience and ubiquity, comparing it to virtue and vice, admiring its vitality while acknowledging its stubbornness and the mixed feelings it provokes in people. It argues the flower is both a delight and a nuisance, yet essential in daily life.
The Quebec military hospitals commission summarizes Canadian forces fate in war. It states a front line man has 29 chances to return home for every one chance of death, 98 chances to recover from a wound for two chances of dying, and one in 500 to lose a limb. It notes longer life expectancy due to training and better front line care, compares disease and bullet death rates to earlier wars, and cites only 1 percent of disabled Canadians unable for further service.
A humorous guide for men on picnic etiquette and mishaps. It lampoons chaotic prep, misadventures with weather, missing tires, tomato soup as social glue, buggy picnic spots, and risky setups, ending with post picnic antics and a wife’s relief. The piece plays with dated gender humor and rural American scenery.
The author argues against a peace settlement with Germany that would allow German dominance in Europe and the world. A premature peace would create a vast, brutal empire under German rule, threaten the Monroe Doctrine, and force the United States into mass militarization. Preservation of free nations requires exhausting the war to defeat Germany rather than yielding to such terms.
In a bold wartime statement, the Kansas City Star argues that America must support President Wilson’s stance to wage total war against Germany and its allies, including Turkey and Bulgaria, to free Western Asia and central Europe from tyranny. It insists on no premature peace and envisions a world order ruled by democracy and the defeat of German ambitions.
The Milwaukee Sentinel contrasts Lloyd George’s war zeal with a caustic critique of the Cadbury cocoa press family. It recalls the Limehouse speech by the “little Welsh attorney” and notes the shift in political fortunes from the Cadburys to today’s warfare zeal. A United States Department of Agriculture notice defends game birds as allies in pest control, citing Farmers Bulletin 497 and detailing hawks, owls, shorebirds, and other species as beneficial to farmers.
A Arkansas Gazette item reflects on gender roles in sports, noting a man who can escort a woman after a tennis defeat and a long golf round, framed as a critique of outdated chivalry in a modern context.
A medical column explains loco motor ataxia as a progressive coordination disorder with numbness pain and vision loss. It notes hereditary factors and wartime incidence, and outlines care including baths rest and a simple diet. Also defines amblyopia and invites reader questions to Dr Currier.
A reader muses on waste in energy and clothing spending. He recalls a factory heating system wasted coal and questions prudent use of funds for a wardrobe and house. The piece links thrift, haste, and learning from past mistakes in personal budgeting.
A tale in which Velvet Pussy and other toys inhabit a playroom nightly. Angela Jemima visits and makes the toys act like real animals, causing chaos with a dog, a cat, and wheeled dolls. Velvet Pussy struggles to adapt, while the other toys learn the risks of naughty behavior. The next night Angela Jemima disappears, leaving the room calmer but wiser.
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