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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
1
Excerpt from a critique by BEER COLVER of the Federal Trade Commission asserting the excess profits tax raises living costs. He argues cost plus incentives fuel waste and higher prices as the tax is passed to consumers, causing a spiral of higher living costs across labor and capital.
Rev C J Wilcox of Brooklyn warned in Council Bluffs that the world would end within 80 years. He spoke en route to a Denver convention of a utopian sect, which believes history splits into three epochs ending by 2000. adherents claim only they will be saved. others annihilated. The car carried seven Iowa delegates to the gathering.
Des Moines Iowa November 27 seven million five hundred twenty thousand dollars will become available for state highways through payment of automobile and motor vehicle tax for 1920 Officials of the secretary of state's office estimate about eight million nine thousand dollars will be paid as motor vehicle tax for 1919 1910 94 per cent of this amount must be devoted to state highways and road work The money will be expended under the direction and supervision of the state highway engineer About four hundred thousand motor licenses will be issued for 1920 For 1918 there were three hundred fifty nine thousand license tags issued
On an early 4:22 train Helen Wagner helps Dorothy Thomas with a cold. Dorothy fears calomel mercury in older remedies. Helen promotes Weeks Break-Up-A Cold Tablets, claiming safe, non calomel formula and quick relief.
An advertisement claims nicotine causes fatal diseases and promotes Nicotol tablets sold at drug stores to “rid” the habit. It promises doctor Connor from Johns Hopkins involvement and urges reading a forthcoming announcement about Chamberlain's Tablets, warning of poisoning risks and indigestion from Nicotol.
Public health note promotes nasal moisture using Men-Tho-Eze to help block Spanish influenza by easing nasal infection with oily antiseptic and fumes. Urges consult a physician for real cases and claims the remedy prevents colds and la grippe, with sales through Thodyre druggists in opal jars.
The passage gathers quotes from Emerson Pench and Ruskin praising thrift, self-reliance, and diligent work. It links industry to health, happiness, and prosperity, arguing that saving educates virtue and that rewarding labor will rise with productivity. It contrasts debt with independence and highlights opportunities for workers to earn more through efficiency.
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