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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
3
The Sandman Story follows Kitty White the house cat throwing a pantry party while Tommy Gray Cat stays home. Tom serves catnip tea to the invited neighborhood cats at his barn, exposing Kitty White’s snub and reshaping local feline social ties.
In October a correspondent recounts meeting a Hertfordshire farm worker and her fiancé, a flying man. The girl balances farm duties with hopes to fly to America after the war, while a shepherdess tends flocks nearby. The piece highlights rural wartime roles for women and social expectations.
Philip Tomin, 27, works at Davidson's furniture in Waterloo after arriving from Russia seven years ago. He left Moscow region for a chance at equal opportunity in America and now supports his destitute family, with four brothers in Russia and one in a German prison. The piece highlights his longing for peace and the upheaval tearing his homeland.
A German prison camp survivor in West Prussia appeals to a charity for help and receives weekly funds from his brother in the United States. He also sends money to his mother and sisters, cherishing their comfort while dreaming of freedom and a future when Russia and Germany are defeated. He praises the United States as a land of liberty and urges a grand cleanup in Russia and Germany’s reckoning.
Lexington Kentucky November 1 Hen number 707 a White Leghorn owned by Dr Lindsey Ireland of Louisville was announced as the year s winner in the national egg laying contest at the Kentucky experiment station. She laid 289 eggs. The world s record is 314. The lighter breeds outlayed the heavier through most of the year according to records.
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