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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1919
Page
2
A wartime column notes Miss Harriet MacEachron of Waterloo and a group of Y.M.C.A. dancers who toured American camps overseas, lifting spirits for two million U S soldiers. It discusses morale efforts, public sentiment on postwar reforms, and cautions against radicalism while highlighting U K and U S perspectives on work and society.
A London report describes a new vaccine detoxification method claimed to detoxify vaccines and enhance immunity. Capt. Cinson and Capt. David Es. Gorters of the Swedish army medical service are cited, with Dr Thomson asserting the method can detoxify vaccines for longer injection intervals and greater protection against infection.
A National Tuberculosis Association guide stresses disease prevention through clean habits. A professor warns against careless spitting, noting sputum spreads tuberculosis and can kill, urging responsibility to protect others and infants from infection.
Andrew and Imogene discuss the value of newspapers and local society pages in a 1919 vignette. He defends his subscription citing birthplace links and youth ideals, while they compare local gossip to distant news and the paper’s advertising pages. The scene blends humor with reflections on media and memory.
Mr Fox schemes easy income by boarding animals in the woods promising meals and comfort. He serves a lavish feast then taunts lemonade and milk laced with a trap, making the guests sick. Bear suspects danger, but Fox flees as the sick animals stagger outside. Bear’s caution foils the plot.
John Jorgensen, 63, walked over a hundred miles from Clinton Wisconsin to Elgin to locate his wife. Hospital staff found Mrs Jorgensen in an inmate room. reunion followed. She had been committed in 1918 from Rockford where the couple lived. After the commitment he joined his son in Clinton, then set out seeking his wife. Officials arranged for him to stay near her at the asylum.
Tipton Bud of Th Little Gem restaurant laments high living costs while buttering his niece and noting the state fair return of Miss Fawn Tippincutt. He says the exhibit impressed but relatives were not as well off as in prior years.
Iowa editors report a national health drive promoting habit formation among schoolchildren. The program rewards daily chores such as brushing teeth and washing, with titles like page squire knight and knightbanneret as weeks of progress accrue. Local editorials urge parental and teacher cooperation to reduce disease and improve health.
Four of the students at the American YWCA social service training school in Prague will become the first policewomen in the new republic. The Prague police commissioner asked YWCA secretaries to select four qualified women to serve with delinquent women and children after the October term. Twenty five women are training at the Gothic palace site, many teachers, to work in social welfare and health, physical culture, and outdoor activities. Ruth Crawford heads the mission, which operates in response to Dr Alice Masaryk, daughter of the republic’s president.
William Tinsley died after a gauze sponge used to swab his throat became lodged in his airway at St Francis hospital. An autopsy will determine if death was from natural causes after prior kidney trouble. Doctor F J Gardner and hospital staff attended him. sponge obstruction proved fatal.
In a dated conversation Uncle Harry praises Jimmy for thinking through world events. They discuss the great war’s wake up call, Wilson’s view of global revolt, and labor awakenings. The Britain Labour movement, the Triple Alliance, and Glasgow Trades Union Congress push for nationalization of coal, German entry to the League of Nations, and a revision of harsh terms.
Uncle Harry discusses a spreading labor revolt tied to treaty provisions and political pressure. He notes nationwide strikes, clashes with authorities, and a Boston police walkout with riots and troop deployments. He urges a temporary working arrangement between owners and workers to avert industrial disaster.
A brain teaser from 1913 by Sam Loyd. The puzzle asks how to partition a water-shaped figure into four identical sections. The teaser notes a solution method via wordplay: COWL minus OWL and RABBIT minus BIT leave CRAB, illustrating the playful puzzle ethos.
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