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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1918
Page
13
President Wilson spoke at the Metropolitan Opera House to open the fourth Liberty loan campaign. Thousands crowded for tickets as 6,000 seats were reserved for Liberty loan committee members. He was expected to address Count von Hertling's recent German chancellor speech and urge bond sales.
Four hens with broods attempted to reach W F Parrott at Cedar Heights to offer their young poultry for exhibition at the Dairy Cattle Congress booth. Mrs Sn Barnes offered a hen and chick pair. no one has yet provided the weanling pig needed. Decorators work on a standout booth in the exhibition hall. War Work mass meeting in Independence features YWCA speakers Mrs C F Altstadt and Miss Purdy.
Fragmented wire service style items report wartime shortages and orders, air crew casualties, hurricane damage off Lower California, naval mail deadlines, and a Waterloo marriage. Names include Crowder Wilson Daniels Presbytery and local residents such as Edward Norther Lester Davis Paul Bodell Charles L Jeppesen Grave Henning and Mrs Jeppesen.
An advertisement urges men to learn proper birth methods and promotes Mother's Friend as a safe external preparation to ease childbirth. It claims the product reduces pain, tension, and nausea, preserves a cheerful disposition, and expands muscles for easier delivery, urging readers to buy at drug stores and request a motherhood guide.
Ben S. Naven named clerk of the municipal court by Mayor Thompson taking over from Joseph H. Snively. Naven, after education and early work, has been a Courier reporter and previously with Waterloo Cement Machinery. Snively serves at Columbus Barracks, attached to the Judge Advocates department.
A Waterloo meeting of the Chamber of Commerce state food administrator and local dairy marketing members debated standardizing retail milk prices. The group voted to adopt the Persian plan outlining exact costs of milk production and the measures distributors would implement to enforce price retailing.
An ad promotes a fuel saving stove backed by a sali mon dollar guarantee. It urges readers to visit Leath's on 4th Street to buy the Peninsular stove and promises savings as Wad WinterHorn sounds.
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