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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1921
Page
3
The piece argues converting naval plant capacity to road equipment production to boost national assets. It notes wartime factories could shift to making scrapers plows and graders, with large job gains expected if ships stay idle for years. It also discusses costs of shipyards and potential political objections.
A reflection on Armistice day honors for the unknown soldier, noting he sacrificed for liberty and democracy. The piece condemns postwar inaction and rhetoric, urging real peace efforts and warning against repeating costly cycles of future wars. It contrasts heroic sacrifice with wasted money and time on mere ceremony.
Health Talks by John Huber AM discusses hair care, why hair grays, and factors affecting thinning in women. It notes scalp diseases, dandruff as a major cause, and invites stamped self-addressed envelopes for hair preservation information. It includes reader questions about unanswered inquiries and explains how to obtain personal replies.
Imogene blames a failing furnace on neglect while Andrew questions the problem with humor. They spar over who should fix it, leading to bluster, excuses, and a plan to eat dinner before the appliance is repaired. The scene turns on domestic friction and mistaken assumptions about a mechanical problem.
A bellicose census note compares gender balances in the United States and England. It claims 31,009,000 males to 22,000,000 females in America and 2,006,000 more women than men in England, urging English women to consider American suitors while hinting at social strains and migration poetry of the era.
Commentary notes the unknown soldier inspiring poets, urges a successful Washington conference on armament limits, and reflects on paper wealth in Russia. It recalls past childlike notions of billions, mentions a 70 year old Iowa student woman, and questions St Louis keys, Paris theatre comedy, and an unknown fallen soldier buried at Arlington.
The Nature Notes column invites questions on nature topics and provides answers in the next issue. Readers ask about bathing rabbits, meanings of kaiy-did, bird color variation, oyster gathering methods, ibex versus bighorn sheep, and domestication of cedar waxwings. It also notes Dutch women organizing to discourage immodest fashion.
The issue notes a ready pipe organ at the Presbyterian church after summer installation and a delightful Congregational church concert with listed participants. It mentions A Laird of Jesup visiting the Courier and reports on wheat selling around $12 a bushel after competitive bidding. It also records an incident where Owen Fee of Lincoln township was knocked down in his yard in broad daylight.
Forty years ago on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1881, Harriet Grout, 32, died of consumption in East Waterloo township, noted for her mathematical gifts, with a history of multiple family deaths. Council actions authorize stove purchase for Water Witch Engine house, order occupant to remove dangerous stovepipe, halt cutting a tree at Lafayette and Eighth streets, and appoint a committee to investigate and buy a hard.
Twenty years ago on Saturday November 16 1901 the northeastern Iowa editors closed their Water loo meeting with a banquet. The William White livery barn on Sycamore street was sold to J W Patterson of Hudson and J W Klinefelter Jr of Waterloo who plan to enlarge by adding horses and carriages. Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army will visit Waterloo and Bee and deliver a lecture. Nana H B Cropper candidate for county treasurer received the highest vote total in the state district and county races with corn 52 oats 25 rye 45 barley 35 wheat 657 potatoes 80 in markets.
George Morton, expelled from his hometown for confessing love to Sylvia Planter, seeks status by joining a college football team aided by Bailly. He vies for influence among the wealthy Planter circle, contemplates elite clubs, and plots financial self advancement while balancing loyalties to friends and rivals.
A mixed fragment shows a poem by Frank L. Stanton followed by a long prose sequence about George Mundy a Princeton student in New York. The tale traces his entry into Blodgett and Sinclair with finance dreams ambition and a looming clash between study and speculation while longing for Sylvia and a return to college life.
The fragment hints at a puzzles column by Sam Lod with references to beaming tests, taxes, and local trades in Dubuque. It mentions enigma culture among soldiers and thieves, and an answer to yesterday's puzzle tied to gingham costs and a purchase by Mrs. Smith.
A Pella man was held up recently by bandits wearing painted clown faces. The scene carries a cautionary note as De Pierrefeu, the columnist, remarks on the joke’s poor taste while praising a donated dollar to the Red Cross as a worthy use of funds.
Des Moines Capital notes that no Iowa county ranks among the fifty leading agricultural counties by farm product value. The piece argues intensive farming in Iowa has not been needed yet and suggests any Iowa county could outpace champion counties elsewhere if intensification becomes necessary. Sioux City Journal discusses Tumulty's memoirs and his role with President Wilson.
The text presents a set of English usage corrections and examples. It contrasts informal forms with formal corrected versions such as formerly lived, was formally introduced, you and I, and older than I. It notes tense and pronoun agreement, including I versus me and this versus these, with guidance on standard grammar choices.
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