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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1919
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier reprints a biting sugar controversy with Cuba over supply and prices. It mocks U S coverups, laments monopolies, and urges discipline and universal military training to enforce law while criticizing political posturing on prohibition and war urgency.
A health column discusses Thomsen's disease or myotonia gravis, noting its hereditary patterns and nervous origin. It also addresses a tuberculosis patient asking for guidance, advises against climate change, emphasizes care regimes, the need to wean the baby, and urges readers to send stamped envelopes for more inquiries to Dr. Join B Huber at the newspaper.
Andrew and Imogene exchange quirks in a domestic scene about shaving his neck and a new barber shop. He frets over a blonde barber, she teases him, and their banter spins toward humor as she practices shaving.
A poor couple’s children Greta and Olaf aid a wounded gnome who grants a golden goblet. The uncle steals it, but a test ends with the goblet rising to the sky, becoming the moon, leaving the thief foiled and the family wiser.
A Waterloo reader from Bremer County complains about the Logan avenue road north of Waterloo, known as the L route, describing it in poor condition and urging attention from local authorities. The letter reflects ongoing concern over road quality and maintenance in the area.
A fragment reports that Emmy Moot’s father has not regained consciousness since he priced an overcoat more than a week ago. The brief notes uncertainty and a rough, colloquial tone reflecting unsettled conditions.
A reader from Waterloo, after driving 2100 miles through Minnesota and North Dakota, laments the persistent rut-filled stretch near the Marquis farm. He notes road conditions, slough-bottom damage, and asserts nearby detours could be used at low cost, accusing poor roads of driving away trade. He signs as H. C. Bruns.
The piece argues for a labor court to resolve labor capital disputes beyond strikes. It notes women should be allowed to ask questions in censuses. A Keokuk paper jokes about a synthetic substitute for common sense in response to coal shortages. Sioux City recalls Andover’s homecoming parade honors returned soldiers.
Des Moines Capital notes Marguerite L. Smith, 26, elected from the nineteenth assembly district, as a wartime voter and campaign fund worker who drew praise from Miss Mary Garratt Hay for education, poise, and community welfare. Her win marks a gain for women and youth in New York politics.
A short note references Sam Loyd brain tests and a timing cue about answering. The fragment mentions a numeric answer of 222 and a challenge to read the clue within four minutes.
Combing won’t rid hair of dandruff the ad claims a liquid argon treatment will dissolve and destroy all signs of dandruff by morning with several applications. The column then shifts to playful farm banter about drovers and a political puzzle referencing a national candidate boom and demand for action and law enforcement.
An advertisement claims thin, nervous people suffer from nerve starvation and can regain energy and warmth by taking Bitro-Phosphate, five grain tablets with meals. It touts improved sleep, mood, and appetite, noting weight gains for those who eat fats but warns those seeking no weight gain to avoid fatty foods.
Where there are women and young children and elderly people it is always well to have a mild gentle acting laxative like Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin handy. This combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin does all that is required in constipation and does it safely and comfortably. It is free from narcotics and may be given to babies. Half 9 million mothers have it in many good American homes and these families are healthier for it. Every drug store sells Syrup Pepsin at 50c and $1 a large bottle.
A tiny bottle of Freezone costs 80 cents at any drug store. Apply a few drops to a corn or callus and it stops hurting instantly, then the corn lifts right off with your fingers. Truly no humbug.
A health ad touts Hyomei as fast relief for catarrh cold in the head and cough. It claims two minute nose opening, one day cold end, and easy breathing with an inhaler and bottle. Sold at Wangler Bros and druggists everywhere with optional extra bottle for owners of inhalers.
An ad touts Gets It as the sole quick corn remover, promising 2 to 3 drops for hard to soft corns on toes. It claims no tape or blades needed and offers a money back guarantee, sold by E Lawrence & Co in Chicago and endorsed by multiple drugstores.
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