The Evening Courier and Reporter Item on Warmer News
A 1921 Waterloo Iowa page column discusses broad themes from individual achievement to collective effort, warning that reward drives progress and warning against complete social pooling. The piece notes Field Marshal Foch’s potential Des Moines visit, and includes a Q&A about sound propagation and hail effects. It also references immigration rules, fashion tidbits, and Billy Sunday reports, ending with a light forecast on ice harvests.
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Foch
Des Moines
United States
Price
Privi Peres
Health Talks on Influenza Immunity and Public Measures
Health Talks explains influenza immunity is limited and repeats that second infections are common. It warns carriers help spread the disease and urges avoiding crowds, maintaining warmth, and public health actions such as hygiene measures and proper drinking practices. Readers may send questions to Dr Huber via the Health Talks column.
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Health Department
Atm Matlin
Edlver
Friends and Frustrations of a Worldly Household
Andrew vents at the newspaper and mocks modern life while Imogene listens and reveals her long marriage. He rants about bills, happiness, and the ironies of neighbors from the Henry family to the Fagely boy, while Imogene hums Poor Butterfly and notes her decades of marriage and its quiet truths.
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Andrew
Imogene
Jimmy Simpson
Elixir
Hell
Johnny Fagely
Bil Mullin
Henry
Carrol
Emily Jones
Reno
Afterthoughts and Blocs Echo Postwar Discourse
A fragmented column discusses postwar wisdom and fears of new war weapons. Mentions Venizelos marrying and political rivalries. Notes various ideological blocs in Congress, including agricultural, bankers, industrial, and labor factions, with sharp characterizations of some members.
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Congress
Burroughs Nature Club notes and Q A column
A fragment from a 1921 nature notes column asks readers about common natural history topics. It includes questions on whether skunks climb trees, the hero of the world series, and other curiosities, with partial jokes and references to public figures and current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Notes
Ots
Hughes Hyves
Christy Matthewson
Waterion
Specis
The Fur Bring ers 4 Story of the Canadian Nortacht
Ambrose Doane, free trader, faces arrest after an ambush attempt and Indian leader Watusk blames him. Nesis, Watusk’s fourth wife, is missing, leaving Doane’s innocence in doubt. Colina Gaviller, the al tors daughter, visits in prison. the verdict looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Doane
Fort Enterprise
A2 Fur Company
Watusk
Doane
Nesis
mLeft
Colina Gaviller
Altors
Tsat
Lona
Jomes Tasnector Egerton
Tran
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Mississippi
Abe Martin Reflects On Hospitals And Fathers Failing
The piece jokes about recognizing birthplace hospitals for great men in future years and notes how quickly a father sets a child down after bringing him somewhere for nothing, in a humorous regional voice.
Lincoln highway paving advances in Clinton county
Clinton county completed paying the Lincoln highway from Clinton west to Unity Corners beyond Calamus a distance of 18 miles. The road will open for Armistice day on November 11. Supervisors let contracts for the remainder of the county highway and a paved route now connects Unity Corners to Chicago. The Lincoln highway from Chicago to Clinton spans about 138 miles. A Davenport Times note adds the Grant highway from Chicago to Dubuque is longer and will eventually be paved the entire distance. The article also mentions the farm bureau in Scott county questioning the need for another farm organization with a $30 membership and unclear aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Hirap Maxim
Mr. Maxim
Ames
Maxini
Cnton
Dubuque
Chicago
Davenport
Scott County Farm Bureau
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd puzzle tease
One minute to answer this rebus sketch asks what kind of steam vessel is shown. Puzzle leads to DARBY AND JOAN through a chain of wordplay with DARLING, Kestenlay, Pilus, Poe, and Poem transformations.
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Sam Loyd
Kestenlay
Darling
Ling
Owl Pilus Poe
Moan
Darby
Joan
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