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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
8
Washington reports 10 245 nurses enlisted for overseas service from May 8, 1917 to May 1918. Three were wounded in action and 260 died while on duty. Miss Julia A Stimson notes nurses often worked 14 to 18 hours daily and cared for large patient loads.
Two inmates Albert Conrad and T E Rook escaped Marion county jail by climbing a ventilator shaft and dropping to the ground with a blanket rope. Authorities suspect outside help aided the jailbreak, tying the rope from the chimney. Conrad, already sentenced to five years, and Rook, held on theft charges, were left at large following the bold break.
Two ill children Sherely Luikhart and Edna Luikhart, poisoned by their mother Mrs Roy Luikhart, are treated at Fobbins hospital Chicago by Dr Thomas W Carter. After Detroit doctors deemed them doomed, they were allowed a small amount of ice cream as they recover, Edna nearing discharge while Sherley remains recovering.
The Rev. Walter H. Armstrong begins his ministry at John Wesley’s Pulpit as pastor after being named by church officials. Authorities note Armstrong’s arrival marks a new era for the congregation in London with regional implications.
La Harpe farmer Bradshaw flew a barnyard takeoff to reach Ashburn field near Chicago about 200 miles away. He ordered farm goods from Montgomery Ward and planned a swift return to his 10 milk cows and cider press. His brother Q C Brad helps with the farm equipment as Pegasus the plane was tucked in the barn.
Veterinarians in Denver investigate a new disease spreading through Arkansas Valley Colorado with about 200 horse deaths. It is described as resembling the Kansas horse disease that previously killed hundreds across eastern Colorado Kansas and Nebraska. The U S Bureau of Animal Industry was urged to respond by ranchers in recent days.
Waterloo women report quick relief from stomach and bowel distress using Adler-i-ka with glycerine and buckthorn bark. The product purportedly eases sour stomach and constipation and may prevent appendicitis. Wangler Bros. Co. advertise the remedy.
C Price Green of Toronto says newsprint could be made from wheat and grain straw within years due to rapid depletion of Canadian pulpwood forests. He notes straw is largely wasted and that the United States consumes half of the world’s paper from a population of one-fifteenth. He cites Chicago’s largest edition needing spruce from 30 acres of forest.
Belgrade reports the end of smallpox in Serbia after a five year struggle. Only three cases were recorded in the kingdom as medical staff at the American Red Cross headquarters in Belgrade announce the victory.
720 acre Southern Kansas farm 5 miles from shipping point includes 120 cultivated acres 65 alfalfa, 150 more alfalfa land 50 acres mow land pasture nearly all may be cultivated Two houses three large barns silo water system three natural gas wells fuel and Kansas Natural Gas Co near Bordens condensary plant price 72.50 per acre owner offers carry back half on farm at 6 percent interest no trades.
A week ago Serbia marked the eradication of typhus after five years of struggle. Relief workers from about six nations aided Serbia's distress call during the 1915 winter, with the American Red Cross leading a chain of eight hospital facilities.
A district court stipulation states a $600 compromise settlement was reached in the personal injury case of Mrs. Raymond Smith versus James T. Nicol. The incident involved a four door Nicol vehicle colliding with a car at the curb in front of W L Garvin residence on Rich Street last winter. Mrs. Smith and friends were boarding the Bunyan owned car when the crash occurred. Defendant pays plaintiff costs totaling $4.63 in addition to the compromise.
A semi official statement from Berlin on Wednesday states the Entente prohibits German ships on the Baltic. The dispatch notes this restriction as a response to wartime actions, reflecting ongoing diplomatic tensions and broader naval policy developments.
Fragmentary clipping reports temperature readings with a sharp rise to 100.8 degrees and a fall to 98.4 degrees. It mentions Mr Gompers and remarks on reprisals provoking responses while noting German slips and territorial water fishing boats.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is reported to be improving after suffering a nervous breakdown. He was under treatment in Washington and his condition was described as somewhat better by his physicians.
Beets arrive in Mason City Iowa at the Northern Sugar plant confirming the start of slicing operations as planned. Beet supply now sufficient to sustain continual processing.
Advert says Cascarets cleanse stomach and bowels gently removing sour food and poisons. It claims to lessen biliousness headaches and constipation by morning with no griping and low cost.
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