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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
2
A collection of war era dispatches discusses allied coordination in Europe and recalls earlier Ioan drives. It reflects on Canadian and American roles, calls for continued food conservation, and urges substantial Liberty Loan support as themes shift to home front morale.
The author urges calm about the Spanish influenza while noting its spread in the United States and army camps. Emphasizing prudence, it calls for isolating cases, avoiding unnecessary camp enrollments, and using handkerchiefs and home care. It stresses warmth, reasonable heat, and common sense to weather the fall and winter.
A compact review of Iowa newspaper items from Kossuth to Des Moines. Notes include the closure of the Courrier and sale of its assets, mentions of the Marshalltown Times Republican and Mason City Globe-Journal, plus quips from Sioux City Journal and Keokuk Gate City about war and politics.
Fragmentary wartime notes recount events around October 2 with German naval actions sinking Med 1a ships and Allied pressure along the western front. Mentions of human incursions and British defense lines appear in terse entries.
Explanation of squint or strabismus including causes such as refractive differences, muscle paralysis or spasm, and developmental factors. Notes on how misalignment leads to double vision, ways to correct or adapt, and that treatment may involve exercises, changes in muscles, or surgery. Also discusses facial paralysis and paralytic stroke briefly.
The piece argues pride can motivate success or corrupt action, criticizing those who flaunt evading wartime rules or hoarding scarce goods. It urges self reflection, urges people to aid the war effort, and questions the value of privilege over collective effort.
A whimsical tale in which baby witches plan a midnight April ball. a 4,000 year old witch objects to the hour. Weezy plots mischief with a transforming broth while a kind gnome named Goo resists the plan and weighs aiding the babies.
A country tale describes Goo poured from a bucket into a witch’s pail. Baby witches and nurses watch as the witch Weny spills a red syrup over nurses turning them to white fluffy dandelion balls. The witch herself becomes a lizard and flees.
Waterloo readers urged to raise Belgian hares for meat and fur profit as a small scale solution to beef and pork supply. Article explains cost, breeding rates, diet, and potential community clubs for raising rabbits, noting winter feeding and year round production. Also mentions textile efforts from wild silk grass in Honduras.
A Philadelphia woman describes years of weakness and nervous indigestion improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports restored appetite and energy after three months, stating the product helped her regain health despite daily stresses.
A 1868 column notes the first snow on Sept. 24 and preparations for winter. Crowds gather on Chapin's corner and Commercial Street as Pardee's brick block nears completion now housing T. and M. Bootery. The town ponders the crowded pound run by Mr Hoff amid heavy rain and city mud. Edmund Miller shifts workers to a new east side block under rapid erection.
Summary of a local weekly installment noting the Sept. 27 daily issue is final, editor J W Richards, editor assist Logan praised, citizens depart for Kansas to seek land, seven baptisms at Black Hawk creek, rapid brick block completion by Tom Cascaden, coal prices at 135 39 a ton, and local notable visits and improvements in Lincoln township.
Items from the area include travel plans to Teeth Lake Minnesota for hunting and fishing by Stolt Froelich LaBarre White Filkins and Casebeer. Updates report typhoid illness of Corporal Willier, a barber shop change, and a brakeman Fred Wheeler who lost an arm. Major Fisher telegram notes Captain Cotton improving. Local cyclists and companions ride from Cedar Falls. A sick youth J A Gary returns after typhoid. Mrs Eddy shows 105 fever. Italian salt workers supply national salt use and lemon production totals.
A reader recounts quick relief from long standing stomach trouble after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The testimonial notes improved digestion, restored appetite, and renewed strength with blood nourishment. The advertisement promotes a free diet book from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. and pink pill sales at 50 cents a box.
Thousands suffer stomach upset from clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets soothe the liver and bowels to restore digestion. A safe calendar substitute for calomel, these vegetable tablets with olive oil relieve bad taste, coated tongue, poor appetite, and low energy. Take one or two at bedtime. 15c and 25c per box.
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