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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1918
Page
2
A Waterloo Evening Courier fragment discusses extensive wartime advertising and Democratic critique of Major Clark’s campaign. It contrasts military service with political leadership, questions sincerity of party strategies, and notes concerns about using soldiers in electoral messaging.
The unofficial report of Germany’s response to President Wilson’s note argues the government has shifted toward democracy yet warns the Kaiser may seek to remain hereditary president. It suggests autocracy persists despite promises and analyzes the terms likely demanded for armistice and punishment of the ruling elite.
Cedar Rapids critics question party unity urging Rep Champ Clark as speaker despite a soldier’s complaint about the draft. The Des Moines capital recalls a wounded serviceman who resisted saying he was not badly hurt, yet left due to age limits and halted ammunition.
On October 29 across years 1914 to 1917 critics note calls to voters. Articles reference Romanian and Belgian relief concerns alongside American political mobilization for war support and leaders like Champ Clark. The text mixes war events with suffrage and electoral sentiment.
A former president urges a Republican Congress to steer U S war policy and finance. He attacks Democratic leaders, credits Republicans with wartime efficiency, and warns that Southern influence in tax bills must end. He argues a GOP majority would accelerate war measures, pressure German surrender, and reform war revenue.
An advisory letter explains infantile scurvy signs in infants 7 to 14 months, and how adult scurvy mirrors the illness. It covers detection in early stages, causes, relation to nutrition, and treatment focusing on diet, fresh fruits and vegetables, and proper milk. It notes auto intoxication, the role of digestion, and non drug remedies with good ventilation and baths.
An odd day with a queer feeling as a train service loss caused a missing paper. A friend in another town read crucial war news by phone, but the writer misses reading headlines in hand. They reflect on women’s right to read privately and praise newspapers as a vital link to the world. The piece ends hoping for tomorrow’s paper and noting the value of daily journalism.
Mr Fox plans to fool farmer and Ben Dog by making the dog look like the thief. He carries off poultry for four nights but is finally trapped when Madam Hen alarms the coop. A hunter shoots him, and Mrs Fox ends up caged while Mr Fox reflects on failed schemes and future escapes.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to prevent grip by avoiding fatigue and illness. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as strengthening, disease-fighting tonic with laxative effects and no narcotics, claiming over 80 years of proven value and warning that the worst danger is at the onset of recovery.
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