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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1927
Page
3
The Waterloo Courier lists publication details with postal notes and pricing, notes Associated Press and other agencies, and outlines advertising policies including payment terms and content rules. It names staff and advertising representatives in multiple cities and states rules on integrity and policy.
A column argues about the rise of death by own action among students and the publicized push to reduce weight. It cautions that many talk about reduction yet few act without medical guidance, noting concerns over patent medicines and the role of doctors in shaping public attitude.
The piece argues that echoing a famous statesman while treating his farewell address as a literal guide to modern diplomacy is flawed. It traces shifts in Europe from 1797 to 1927, noting revolutions, empires, and the rise of democracy, and asserts careful interpretation over simplistic application in today’s international context.
A historical note argues air travel in Germany is 99.997 percent safe with Lufthansa tickets acting as life insurance. British Imperial Airways have flown 2,000,900 miles in 21 months with no fatal accidents. Expert John Goldstrom cites ground organization and aircraft maintenance as key safety factors.
A New Haven professor says the bee is not as busy as it pretends, warning that interference reveals one end of the need is all business. The remark underscores practical outcomes over show.
A reader questions goat milk pricing for infants while another asks about life guidance for youths and critiques Judge Ben Lindsey’s book The Revolt of Modern Youth. Responses advise goat ownership, note health letters answered by Dr Brady with a stamped envelope, and request city names on return envelopes.
An essay on how routine dulls the human impulse, illustrated by a hospital encounter where a nurse and a city woman each react to hungry crippled children. Frank argues routine dulls sympathy in business officials, statesmen, and public servants, despite their inherent goodness.
New York World reports a suit arising from a brawl in a moving picture theatre sparked by a patron reading subtitles aloud. The piece argues the court will skip the larger constitutional issue of in-theater muttering provoking violence, noting a likely acquittal or non conviction by a jury in the United States.
A man sleeps and eats at home and lives with his desk. Around it he thinks, plans, and schemes, talks his troubles and recalls successes. The desk hears his thoughts and complaints about society without contradiction, a steady confidant for changing loyalties. Desks, like dogs, keep man’s most private words and fears.
New York by Day observes snobbishness in Manhattan from luxury shops to supper clubs and a shift of beggars to more expert con games. It notes how wealth changes behavior, and recounts incidents of cuffs and a Sing Sing escape followed by begging and shifting social circles.
Dumple Wogglejig, a small red wooden boy, bursts in upset over a singing lesson with Uncle Wiggily. He belts out scale syllables off key and the Lady Mouse Teacher is mentioned, prompting advice to try another key.
In Hollow Stump School Uncle Wiggily guides Wogglejigs to sing in tune after missteps. Lessons from Robin, a song sparrow, and vesper sparrow improve their voices, even as a bobcat threat prompts quick action by the sparrow. The tale ends with a promise of more to come about Uncle Wiggily and Bunty.
The Gray Phantom leavs his refuge to clear his name of murder. He steals from Doctor Bimble in a drizzle battered streets and uses a tunnel exit, eluding a police dragnet as he crawls through Bowery, elevated stations, and shadowed alleys while a patrol box signals a citywide alert. The chase ends with him slipping into darkness as the pursuit tightens.
UNCLE RAY Meadowlarka presents a regional piece on the bobolink, noting migration timing toward the United States, breeding range from Kentucky to southern Canada, nest placement in meadows and fields, and the birds’ insect control benefits. It describes plumage changes, singing behavior, and regional perceptions from north to south, including rice crop impact and wintering south of the Amazon.
Questions of general interest about nature are invited by the Burroughs Nature Club Notes column. Readers are urged to submit inquiries to the Nature Notes Dept for answers printed in this paper.
Answers cover canaries origin false connections with Canary Islands or Germany, presence of giant lizards, and details on why black walnut is valued in furniture. Also includes notes on goldfish edibility, tree root suckers, and a field observation of a small white-tailed bird likely American pipit or tit lark in marshy areas.
Davenport readers note that Towa Republicans will back the party at the national convention despite pressure. Town delegates are described as meek wheel horses, loyal to the Republican cause and ready to back Gov. Lowden, even as the Coolidge machine looms.
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