War and flu sweep this nation emphasis in Indy
The piece surveys wartime supply shifts and impacts on allies, noting Germany's loss of key exports like potash and fertilizers. It cites fresh domestic sources of fertilizer in Britain and America, plus local potash finds in California and Greene County Iowa, while critiquing politicians and financiers in the postwar era. It also touches on influenza masks in Indianapolis and hints at political maneuvering around Roosevelt and Wilson.
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England
France
America
Germany
Great Britain
California
Greene County
Iowa
Kaiser
NEP COST NOT GREAT AND WAR FINANCE FALLACY
The piece argues the US war outlay is not wasted, projecting debt of roughly ten billion and debt service manageable by a population of 110 million. It notes tax shifts from alcohol and tariffs to income taxes, wartime spending, and expected salvage from aircraft, cantonments, and ships with emphasis on prudent postwar accounting.
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America Iin
America
Sam
Care
United ‘States
Unclé Sam
Time to Look Ahead for War's End in Logan and Woodbine
Iowa editor urges postwar renewal focusing on paving the Lincoln highway towns Logan and Woodbine in Iowa. After war, returning workers may ease public works, with Logan and Woodbine ready to start paving as soon as spring, replacing scarce labor and high material costs. Also notes welcome for soldiers and local holiday remarks.
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Logan
Ryoadbing
Lincoln
Woodbine
Iowa
Spanish influenza hits Guanajuato hardest in Mexico
Mexico City reports the Spanish influenza's severe impact in Guanajuato. In one city named Gonzalez eighty percent of residents were afflicted and for three days as many as one hundred deaths per day were recorded.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Guanahuato
Gonzalez
Hysterical conditions described by a noted neurologist
The article argues hysteria is not a disease of tissues but a psychic condition often seen in sensitive women and some men. It details symptoms across body parts, including skin sensitivity, false paralysis, tremors, abnormal sensations, and emotional volatility. Contagion via imitation, dependence on suggestion, and varied cures are discussed, with Dr. Currier offering general health guidance and non individual diagnoses.
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Currier
Dr. Currier
Side Talks on Pedestrians and Motorists in Public Highways
A writer defends walking on busy roads against motorists who crowd and nearly graze pedestrians. He argues for justice and decency on shared streets, warns of growing motorist rights, and predicts walking will become a dangerous outdoor sport if trends continue.
The Giant Grumblebones Threatens Fairyland Rescue by Dunk
In this fairy tale, Dunk the tiny page-turned-hero helps Queen May by freeing a frightened mouse. A giant named Grumblebones plans to dig up Fairyland and build a bridge overnight. The mouse and Dunk devise a plan to delay the giant and save their realm.
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Putey
Little Dunk
Queen May
Dunk
Fairy Palace
Demobilization Talk From Uncle Harry
Joe asks Uncle Harry about demobilizing the great armies as the war nears end. The living room dialogue centers on America and its troops in France, with expectations that soldiers will begin returning home soon amid wartime reflections.
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Uncle Harry
Joe
France
Mrs. Grey
Demobilization Challenges After World War I
Uncle Harry explains to Mrs Grey and family the daunting task of returning millions of troops and support staff home after the armistice. Transport, shipping, and global redeployments will slow the process as British and French forces also repatriate their personnel. Foreign trade and passenger travel await ship capacity to rebound.
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Donald
Uncle Harry
Sid Helen
Canada
China
Demobilization Pace and Plans For Returning Soldiers
Uncle Harry outlines the slow return of American troops from World War I, estimating 50 to 60 thousand per week and a 14 month span to bring home 3,090,000 soldiers and their families. He notes continued demobilization uncertainty, and proposes using troops abroad to aid postwar rebuilding in France and Belgium before homeward transport begins.
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Uncle Harry
Stramsport
Red Cross
France
United States
Joe
Wartorn
Europe
Jimmy
mice save fairy realm and king’s bridge falls
Two tales are told the kingly tale of a giant crossing a bridge guarded by mice who dig as dawn nears to collapse it. The queen praises a brave mouse for saving the land and promising courage to fairies. The Lee family lineage notes English origin with Gen. Robert E. Lee as a Civil War figure in Virginia.
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Germany
Rive
Lee
Gen
Robert FB
Virginia
Zemo antiseptic liquid promises eczema relief
The advertisement promotes Zemo from The E. W. Rose Co. Cleveland Ohio. It claims Zemo removes eczema, stops itching, heals skin troubles and wounds when used as directed. It markets 35 cent and one dollar large sizes as clean, dependable, inexpensive.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Health for Liver and Bowels
For 17 years Dr F M Edwards treated many women with a simple prescription of common vegetable ingredients in olive oil named Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The product is advertised as a liver and bowel regulator improving paleness, dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, and energy, sold 10c and 25c per box by all druggists.
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F. M. Edwards
Ecores
Dr. Edwards
Woman jailed for pro German letters in Freeport trial
The case centers on Joan D. Manus sentenced to three years in prison after being charged with sending pro German communications to a Freeport newspaper. The report notes other wartime actions including pastor Rev. David Gerdes of the Brethren Newspaper, and remarks on Iowa’s war effort and the Waterloo Courier’s publication.
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Joan D. Manus
Freeport
Disioy
Rockford
Ill
David Gerdes
Wilteside County
Waterloo
Red Cross
Philadelphia Bulletin
Iowa
Owa
Yowa
New England
New York
Ohio
Altho
Bulletin
Waterloo Courier
Bourne AdVice Yt Supt. Lents Laker Heavly Cough Cure
A medical advice column promotes Concentrated Essence Mentho-Laxene as a cure for severe coughs with hourly dosing and home made syrup, followed by a claim of dandruff remedy Plain Yellow Mingol and other treatments. It includes endorsements, contact details for Dr. Baker, and mentions of Balmwort, Three-Grain Sulphers Tablets, Cadomene Tablets, and Cadomene products as remedies.
Subscriptions urged as war rule risks blank issues
Mail subscribers urged to renew yearly or partial payments to avoid service interruption under War Industries Board rules. The notice explains courtesy toward the government, requests correction if last receipt date is unknown, and asks subscribers to watch their label dates.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
War Industries Board
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Sherman
Henry Ford
Davenport
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Maters
Bunk
Pairyland
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Belgium
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St Louis
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Pybaaad Drug ComPany
Marshall, Mich Ely
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Lents Laker
Lewis Baker
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Dayton
Lister
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