Wateriso Opening Courier notes health nursing and a tragic elephant incident
The Wateriso opening Courier highlights preventive nursing and public health education with references to the Boston Health show and state efforts led by Iowa. It praises regular child health examinations, Red Cross findings on defects, and the role of nurses as “mother at the world.” The item ends with a bizarre note about a movie elephant named Charlie shot after turning vicious, aged 139.
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Boston Health Show
American Public Health Association
Boston Health Commissioner
Towa
Red Cross
Co operative Grain Marketing Plan Backed in Chicago
A Chicago conference of government officials bankers and experts launched a cooperative grain marketing plan to aid farmers. Attendees included Frank O. Lowden Judge Bingham Eugene Meyer Jr and Arthur Calper among others with support pledges from War Finance Corp officials and major farm groups. The report mixes public policy with sensational anecdotes and a public call for a stronger Y M C A role alongside warnings about revolvers and social issues.
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Chicago
Experia
Frank O. Lowden
IB Loss
Judge Bingham
Kentucky
W. TL. Settle
Indiana
George Jewett
Minneapolis
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
Dan Wallace
Arthur Caleper
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Frank W. Mondell
War Finance Corporation
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Wheat Growers Association
The
International Harvester Company
Gernard Baruch
Pe Ilies
Personal Health Service by Dr William Brady
A condensed column by Dr William Brady discusses nervous breakdown as a misnomer for medical fatigue, urges cautious diagnosis by specialists, and warns against lay ideas that nerves collapse. It also answers reader questions on water purification with tincture of sodium, damp basements, and water quality indicators.
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William Brady
M. D
National Newspaper Service
Jgasa
Meshanlelan
Army Medical Nehowl
Lam Ying Nm
N. HH
B. Call
Brady
Willian Brady
FRIEND WIFE BY ROE FULKERSON
Imogene and Andrew discuss Myra Mankin and her car expense book. They joke about depreciation and the husband’s system, noting the absurd costs of keeping a car and the irony of bills for umbrellas and hats as life with an auto evolves.
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Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Andrew
Imogene
Myra Mankin
Myra
Eher
The Sandman Story by Mrs F A Walker
In a playroom five Doll House dolls fear being sent away as the Little Mother contemplates new toys. Teddy Bear plans to hide but finds hope when Mr Clown-man urges patience. The mother ultimately resists sending them, choosing to keep Nina Doll and friends, while Tin Mouse remains hidden under a box.
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Stuits
Baldwin
Shenandoah
Bootlecger
Waterloo
Teddy Bear
Teldy Bear
Nina Doll
Tin Mouse
Mr. Clown-man
Nina
Nina Dell
Gal Thuc
Saaid
Wny New Dell
Net
Mr. Clown Mian
Five Doll House Dolls and the new toy house tale
A children story recalls Nina Doll and the clever Little Mother guiding five dolls to a new house. The scene shifts to a Clownman arrival at a magical hour, with reflections on happiness born from hardship and a side note about U S Soviet recognition politics fading amid labor opposition.
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd A Charade
A playful word riddle from Sam Loyd asks to solve a chain from an odd number, cutting head and tail as steps to reveal a final word. The arboreal list hints at tree names in a scrambled sequence: Beech, Weeping Willow, Pine, Elm, Birch, Palm, Yew, Pear, Plum, Poplar, Evergreen, Fir, Ash, Gum, Chestnut, Aspen, Locust, Spruce.
Abe Martin Reflects on Constitution Week and War Outlook
Abe Martin comments after Constitution Week, joking about an Ive Saw and Ive Seen Week. The piece uses playful, regional dialect to suggest one war to stop war might involve Red Cross passage and cultural satire.
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Jes
Red Cross
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier 1873 Events
A Courier retrospective notes remarks on Dr. H O Pratt and his health, a gift watch to manager W L Ilingworth, rail rates for wood shipments rising to 19 80 per car, and local notices on billiard tables fairs and church appointments. Apple and prune varieties win ribbons at county fair, plus a bustling market day in town with wheat sales resuming after a panic.
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Town State Register
H. O.pratt
Congress
Courier
Pratt
Washington
Ila
Nashua
Waterloo
Forty Years Ago Crowds and Political Upset Mark Iowa News
A 1883 survey notes Republicans won big in Iowa with Black Hawk County carrying about 890 and the state by 140,000 votes. It mentions sorghum, frost damages, Barnum’s circus, a ten year anniversary of a Railroad Sunday school mission, and local incidents including burglaries and dam tests. The column cites changes in stabling prices and local telegraph office news while highlighting community events and church activities.
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The
Courier
L. G. Kinne
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Twenty Years Ago in Waterloo and Surroundings
The item recalls events from October 16 1808 including W W Ferry turning to sausage making and praise for his product. Joseph Meany visits St Charles Ming after a cyclone. James Black buys Frank & Sons dry goods stock. Litchfield Manufacturing expands with new buildings and walls. Ella Parkhurst sails to Constantinople to teach at the American college. Rain floods Waterloo streets between noon and 1 pm. J W Logan a Waterloo pioneer and former Courier editor dies in Des Moines. Harry Muldoon dies after a fall in Black Hawk county. The column notes aging local business changes and a lingering sense of frontier progress.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers Questions
The column presents reader questions about nature from 19th century sources. It notes that tortoise shell coloration follows Mendelian patterns, with males or females varying. young snakes display brighter colors than adults and often have distinct markings. quails polymagus are generally monogamous, though some say otherwise, and roosters may appear to have multiple mates while the female typically helps rear the brood.
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Mendel
Morgan
Eaton
New York
H. K Job
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