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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1922
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier surveys yesterday’s municipal vote as a mandate for a tougher, open administration under Maynor Gragg and the Waterloo Lickel. It urges citizens to back a decisive, businesslike city government and crack down on graft and vice.
Health Talks by John B S Huber discusses evaluating a physician by character and professional reputation. It urges readers to consider a doctor's hospital ties, medical society involvement, books read, and patient outcomes, and to seek doctors with conscience and sympathy. Readers are invited to send inquiries with self addressed stamps for responses.
Imogene recalls a funeral prank where Nellie Mock arranged two rival women to ride together in a car to the cemetery. The tale centers on Mrs Stone and Bella Stone, their spouses, and a string of social slights. Andrew laughs at the messy affair and the idea of a dictagraph in the carriage.
A 1921 Burroughs Nature Club Notes column invites readers to send questions on nature topics. It covers hunting ethics and methods, minnows, tree varieties, and whether wild geese migrate south remain unclear, with answers promised in tomorrow's Nature Notes.
A fragmentary reader Q A set discusses crow egg coloration moth and butterfly feeding behavior and a missing advisory prompt. It notes crow eggs may be greenish brown or whitish with spots and mentions several species and their nectar feeding habits.
Iowa editors note President Harding plans a peaceful rest and a potential Alaska railroad spike ceremony this summer. He will not engage in the current campaign, trusting others to run, while facing Missouri fights over arms treaty opposition. Analysts funneled by Marshalltown Times-Republican and Sioux City Journal weigh opinions on political dynamics and voter awareness.
Thornton Lyne, wealthy London store owner, is found murdered after rejecting Odette Rider. Sam Stay, a hardened thief who adored Lyne, leads detectives to Rider’s suspected involvement. Tarling and Whiteside press Stay for truth while a dangerous feud over the crime unfolds.
Postal clerks become expert readers of eccentric chirography and ready solvers of cryptographic inscriptions that are sometimes deliberately prepared to confuse them. For example, here is an envelope addressed in a way to confound the ordinary reader, but which a post office expert would decipher in a jiffy.
Abe Martin reports a niece of Mrs Hm Moots seeking a split and using her husband’s car. A heated confrontation erupts when lies are alleged, ending with a man collapsing from what doctors call epilepsy or a worse condition. Paramedics are summoned as tension abates only slowly.
A poetic fragment describes dreamlike visions and a warning to guard steps and reputation. It references misty hills, summer gardens, a loved one, and a longing gaze as a desolate dark yields to stars and dreams.
Diamond Dyes claim to dye or tint rough dresses, skirts, coats, and fabrics at home with simple directions. The ad assures no spots, rafts, streaks, or running and warns to tell the druggist material type.
An advertisement claims Freezone instantly stops corn pain and lets you lift it off with fingers. A small bottle sold by druggists costs a few cents and removes hard or soft corns and toe corn without irritation or soreness.
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