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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1918
Page
11
The piece extols chrysanthemums as November glory and compares breeding to ruthless selection, noting gardeners prune to favor one bloom. It reflects on beauty, sacrifice, and the notion that a single superb mum represents the surviving strongest bud among many culled blooms.
Jesup reports Miss Margaret Stoid and family near tragedy after her father’s illness. multiple births and local visits. church event planned at Presbyterian. community groups meet with reports from Pythian Sisters and Woman's Relief Corps. Hudson notes influenza spread, service league efforts, a cost surplus donated to Red Cross, deaths and visits by residents, and local civic activity.
Community notes from Orange Township to Tripoli and Greene highlight social events obituaries and illness. Reports mention Red Cross drives influenza cases and funerals including Mrs Potter and Mrs Sturtz with church services in Fairbank Dorchester and Barclay Center. Local residents travel for visits and celebrate birthdays amid wartime shortages and charity drives.
Rockford reports 11 year old Forest Memuel Yen dies at home from influenza. Arleigh Crowell dies of influenza-related complications last Sunday. Smallpox cases noted in Rudd and North Ulster townships. Roy Snyder reports promotion to captain. Mrs Rogers gravely ill. Dorothy, a nurse trainee, sent for. Mrs J S McNinch safely arrives in Hilo Hawai i. Influenza spreads with more cases than ever. Horton Morton notes Miss Lucille Boyd's influenza death, Nov 20. Second lecture course to be held Friday night. Nettie Potter visits Mrs George Shepard near Waverly. Cemetery meeting Thursday at Mrs Howard Zwanziger’s.
British front reports ceasefire heard by troops near Ath as 11 a.m. marks end of hostilities in World War I. French and Belgian civilians place flowers on graves. soldiers and refugees recount the withdrawal of German forces, widespread blessing, and the return of evacuees toward Lille and Brussels.
Frederika residents hosted a dinner for Mrs. Adams and family while reports mentioned home incidents. A hog transport accident near Tripoli injured Willie Ager. Leslie Faris was hospitalized for appendicitis. Jane McCammet, born 1848, died in Poplar Minnesota. burial near Aleeck cemetery. Memorials for Theamas Woods honored in Sumner. local deaths included Charles Voerrhees. Brandon Red Cross elected officers. Mrs. Stetelen named president. extended notices from Wolfs Ring, Miss Chiee Thompson’s visit, and family updates from Jamieson and neighbors.
Littleton notices birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Clyde Wilson born Saturday Nov 16 in the area. Mary Leobsack reports safe arrival of son Albert overseas. Duhart and son Howard ill with influenza, Howard with pneumonia, nurse Doran Moline attends. Frederick D listed visiting parents Swan and Mrs Moline. Dakota snow blocks travel. train trip taken. Ladies Aid at Richard Hughes home near Marlelan well attended. dinner served raising 68.7 dollars. Miss Manross still critically ill for a month with no improvement.
In November notes from St Ansgar Iowa Wilmer Rosel of the navy returns from Norfolk to spend a week with relatives. Herm Kachit changes jobs to a Rock Island railroad clerk. Funeral services were held for former resident Mr Hokken. A humorous tale follows about Cigars and a “Kiddie Tractor” built by Ted Campbell, now shown to friends before distribution.
Rev O M Van Swearingen preached in Orchard for Rev Mr Brenniman on Sunday. Influenza causes keep schools closed in the state. Miss Fuville departed for Chicago early in the week. Miss Laura Cordes plans to enter City Hospital St Paul in January to train as a nurse.
Clarksville entries report multiple property transfers and relocations including Frank Hroekman and Reitz buying homes on Superior Street east, Ellis Harvey Fassett purchasing in the southeast, and John Wood selling a farm two and one half miles west to Henry Weinders. Also listed are relatives visiting, influenza brief, and a 24 pound daughter home on furlough from Camp Tike Watinest.
Sergt Vincent Blandin visited his Orchard parents from Middle Town Pa for a few days with GM Mee din and friends. Ray McWaurne, formerly of Orchard now in northern Minnesota, dropped by. Mrs. Julia Strothman heads to Bloomington Pa and Rockford to see her two daughters. John Eldridge sold 40 acres north of town for 200 dollars an acre and bought the Sam Hatcher property on Alai n street. Hatcher plans to move to Osage.
A vintage ad urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs for biliousness or constipation in children. It describes tongue coating as a sign of stomach and liver issues and promises gentle relief within hours without griping. It warns to buy only the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product and to beware counterfeit copies.
Willard Buck ten, recently visiting Marble Rock, has left for California. Armour, once a patient at St. Francis hospital in Waterloo, has returned home. Mrs Burtheadley and two daughters are influenza cases. Mrs Wagner of Minneapolis has taken the high school post vacated by Superintendent Gyverett. Quality Shoes advertised by Wang & Miller.
Mrs Helen Wilt Kinoson traveled to Indiana for a short visit while rain impacted local events. Services resumed next Sunday with Sunday school and church at the usual hour. Mrs Vera Lockard recovered from an illness and rheumatic symptoms. flu was reported in the area. Petroleum Coke and Korn Coal Co advertise locally.
East Will public schools will have one week vacation at the holiday season. The board reduced vacation time and will dismiss Dec 20 and reconvene Dec 10 with New Year’s Day observed as a holiday. School remains open Thanksgiving day. A $2500 donation finances Waterloo dental clinic for the year. Arrangements for temporary heat in the new high school were made with five furnaces to dry walls. Vincla Dyer, a nearly ninety year old fisherman from Vinplhagen Mass, towed in a halibut weighing 232 pounds, astonishing locals.
The piece argues American patriotism is shown by generosity to welfare agencies that aided soldiers. It poses a moral challenge about whether affluent citizens have fulfilled their duty to support agencies seen as home and mother to returning troops and asks if they can answer the heroes without shame.
The notice urges readers to come to the Service League Office and fill a new pledge card. It warns against excuses about affordability and emphasizes a three month window to complete payments, urging immediate action to participate in the bargain and support.
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