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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
2
Classified notice fragment from Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter referencing Associated Press bureau, cost and publication details. Contains no clear event, person, or location beyond generic newspaper metadata and advertising text.
A French military critic argues Germany had far more mobilizable manpower than allies believed, estimating 13.0 million at war start and about 11.0 million still available, with 6.7 million for the west after losses. He notes the allies outnumbered and outgunned but held today, while German reserves shrink to around forty divisions. The piece also touches on wartime moral concerns and home front conditions.
The council of national defense announces Christmas gifts for children will be on sale as usual. Toys and gifts are made from waste material, with no extra retail help needed. Manufacturers have completed supply for the holiday season, easing shipping, while elders should receive useful gifts and purchases spread across October to December.
A historical health column explains boric acid as a preservative and antiseptic with internal and external uses. It covers preparation forms, safe internal doses, potential poisoning signs, and cautions around use in foods for children. It also notes ophthalmic and wound care applications and includes reader questions about chin straps and cosmetic injections, with brief medical guidance from Dr Currier.
A tribute extols the national figure of the country doctor as a whole patient guardian. The piece praises his courage and devotion, recounting a New England physician who traveled by sleigh through heavy snow, tended families, and endured long, exhausting rounds to serve a remote community.
Granny Fox tells Reynard a tale of Madam Fox and her son Sonny Pox as she recalls a failed bird theft. Madam Fox jumps a fence with a duck but loses it to a toppled prize, teaching that bragging invites shame. Reynard thanks her, then recounts a near escape from Mr Dog and Jack Rabbit, ending with a boastful note.
Items from La Porte City Waterloo and surrounding areas report cholera infantum death of a three month old, impounded cattle and horses, a new Wa terloo office for Dr S B Williams, a Waterloo marriage, local watchmaker move, wholesale wheat flow and potato prices, Vermont election victory, Cork potato riot, and Courier support for Grant Colfax in the 1868 campaign.
Forty years ago on September 14 1878 a telegram notified George R. Pierce that his son Howard a New Orleans merchant had yellow fever an update said he improved. The county board funded 5000 to build a new jail on Court Square and several small items note church collections for yellow fever relief. Simon Shanks and Miss Hattie Weyand wed, James W. Millner and Miss Estella V. Allen also married in early September.
Itemizes furloughs for Lieut Geist and Private Fowler from Camp Cuba Libra. Board to place a $100000 tax for a new courthouse before voters. L B Smith and Anna M Adair wed in Faribault Sept 7 and will reside at 311 Highth St West. Prairie chicken hunt yields four, dog eats one. Typhoid cases rise in camp at Jacksonville. Densmore and Mears arrive from Jacksonville. Dentist Dr. Hough injured in bicycle collision on Fourth St West. Hope Martin operates cigar refrigerator at Logan House stand. Black Hawk county sends a delegate to the Marshalltown Democratic state convention. Waterloo boys named among attendees.
Dr. Thomas B. Green has been elected bishop of Iowa to succeed Bishop Perry. He has served as rector of the largest Episcopal church in Iowa, located in Cedar Rapids, with Casebeer J Van Metre J F Burns and S H Basher noted among associates.
A collage of World War I campaign dates and a quirky local story. Entries mention Soo’s march toward Petrograd, Bulgarian fronts, Austro German captures near Skidel, and a German retreat near Paris. Alton officials report music repelling snakes as berry picker Henry Atherton plays a mouth organ in Frankstown township.
It asserts women can grow old gracefully by guarding against organic weakness and using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore health. It claims three generations in America have depended on this remedy and found no equal, presenting a promotional tone and period style.
Cost of living rises, so waste must be halted. One rat can ruin a hundred dollars of food in a night, and annual losses run high. Exterminate with Stearns Electric Paste to protect food and property. a small box costs only cents and often clears rats mice cockroaches and waterbugs from the home.
A note describes snakes being rendered harmless for a time by vibrations while a berry picker continues work with security present.
Physicians tout bitro-phosphate as a safe organic phosphate tonic to boost weight and nerve energy in delicate, anemic individuals. Clinical notes claim weight gains of 23 and 27 pounds in two patients at St Catherine's Hospital, with improved health and brighter eyes, while warning it should be used only by those seeking to gain flesh.
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