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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1919
Page
2
A Chicago attorney blasts a revenue law tax on corsets, arguing it unfairly targets plus size women. The piece contends youth should learn thrift, work, and responsibility early to become capable citizens and parents later.
The Waterloo city paper urges adopting a city manager plan to replace politics with a trained professional run administration. It argues a manager would bring businesslike efficiency, remove partisan influence, and improve services at lower cost, citing other cities like Dayton as precedent. The piece ends urging public support for the reform.
A reader letter from a 28 year old woman seeking comfort over long standing acne and mental stress. Dr Huber advises hygienic living, possible overwork effects, and cautions against unnecessary tonics while suggesting professional evaluation for alarming symptoms. Also notes broken tissue discharge risk from ear infection and emphasizes general health and sanitation guidance.
Andrew and Imogene discuss midday lunches with friends. He resents being forced to provide for others at home, declaring that a real man earns his coin and prefers his privacy. Imogene defends social hosting as part of married life, while Andrew warns that inviting guests risks marital strain.
The Sandman Story recounts Tim Rabbit planning a grand dinner for woodland friends near a hill. Guests include Mr Fox, Mr Bear, Mr Possum, and Mr Coon, but an uninvited Mr Dog spoils the feast, prompting a nighttime dash and a narrow escape for Tim. The tale closes with reflections on the party and a hint of a next dinner.
Fragmentary note describes senators assembling an apparatus with forty buttons at the White House. A dummy figure is to rise in the senate chamber, controlled by pressing one button. Previously prepared appeal or plan may be involved, with reference to Phonographie and delivery apparatus.
Fifty years ago on November 18 1869 the Fowler Howe Cour ier block received its last brick and work on the roof advanced. Hannibal Dorman a Maine visitor vanished from Black Hawk township amid suspicions of mental distress after leaving $75 earned and about $200 in bank funds. neighbors searched in vain. Town council discussed fire equipment and fire buckets while church activities and local services were announced. A holiday tip promoted Raymond Bros cranberries at $1 a peck and A H Frank urged customers to settle accounts. A wedding united Alonzo A Allen and Lizzie Carpenter in Orange township. The senatorial race centered on Judge Wright and W B Allison with preliminary moves by hopeful locals. Hiram Law of Humboldt county reported milking 30 cows the summer, producing butter and cheese for the city, with cows yielding $40 per head in a city communication.
Fortunes in butter trade rise in England tied to Grant reception in Chicago drawing crowds to the tanner of Galena. Rev Richard Garton resigns after five and a half years as pastor prompting church plans for a brick building on Main Street. Vague street name complaints spark civic chatter about West Fourth and Mulllan avenues. Diphtheria claims five year old Willie Calkins. Will Carleton to lecture at the opera house. N X C Tardy repairs the Fourth Street block for a harness shop.
Waterloo residents should settle two tasks before year end 1899 choosing locations for a new post office and a courthouse. Nine local commercial bodies could resolve these in an hour if they act. Col D B Henderson departed for Washington with wife daughter and secretary Lee Me Neely. Consul Phil Hanna accepts Monterey appointment. Meg te Wy C Dotson employed.
A. M. Welch & Co. leases the Fourth street big store long held by J. T. Coolidge & Co. Merry Schrom’s dry goods house closes with liabilities totaling 8600. J. T. Easton named receiver. Harvey J. Hess ships 75 fat steers to Chicago. W. W. Marsh makes first street appearance in two months, slowly recovering.
Iowa editors cite Cedar Rapids Republican and U.K. New Hampton Tribune on grain dealers pressing for damages from wheat regulation. They claim prices would have risen above two and a quarter, possibly to double, if the government had not intervened, and urge readers to view such demands with caution amid broader postwar sentiment. The piece contrasts Sixteen Points and wartime sacrifice with current avarice, warning against complacent acceptance of profits at the public expense. It also notes local certainty about land settlements, debunking talk of failed farm purchases and urging confidence in farmers’ ability to settle.
Pocahontas Democrat notes the coal strike spurred widespread wood cutting, a trend that is likely to persist and reduce coal demand by thousands of tons as the strike ends and cutting continues.
In No 226 Farmer Sykes claims to compare squash and pumpkin yields in a square field. He notes six bills of pumpkins and five hills of squashes, and posits equal counts of squashes and pumpkins per hill. A separate note in No 225 sketches a family puzzle with three generations across two families, yielding three childless couples after marriages.
A Gary strike case reports Private Safe Bud sustaining a minor wound Saturday night when a bare wine bottle roll caused harm during duty. The incident underscores labor tensions as workers seek relief and fair wages.
An old ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless reliable remedy for indigestion and heartburn. It claims quick relief from acidity belching and stomach discomfort with a low cost and wide consumer trust.
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