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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1928

Page

3

Waterloo Evening Courier masthead and policy notes

Waterloo Evening Courier announces publication details with pricing, mailing rules, and policy on advertising. The notice lists offices in major cities and states the paper’s authority on ad content, crediting Associated Press dispatches and the Audit Bureau of Circulations while outlining payment terms and to omit misleading ads.

Unday W. S. Hartman Co Courier Corner Park Ave Commercial Bt Hartman Jackson McCoy Eressere Edo Waterloo Iowa United Press International News Associated Press Aleo Paverved Audit Bureau of Circulations New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angees San Francisco Btory Hrouxs & Finley Representatives

Costs of U S Nicaragua Intervention Revealed

Senate debate over President Wilson’s Nicaragua policy yields Secretary Wilbur figures on cost and casualties. Twenty one Marines killed, 45 wounded. total campaign expense about 1.5 million dollars to date, with 2.006 million of 3.5 million to marines counted as preexisting spending. Widespread property damage cited as military measure. 202 Nicaraguan bandits killed, two civilians wounded.

Senate Blaine Wisconsin Wilbur Nicaragua Bandino Wilkin

Chamber Prods Tax Cuts Despite Coolidge Rebuke

The Chamber of Commerce continues circulating literature arguing for reducing the corporate income tax to 14 percent, repealing lingering war excises for certain businesses, and repealing the federal inheritance tax. It cites a projected 1929 surplus around 69 million to 229 million dollars, depending on whether 166 million in interest on transfers to foreign governments funds current expenses or debt retirement.

Chamber of Commerce of United States Coolidge Treasury Department Chamber Coolidy Chamber of Commerce

Fiend Fourself Promises Hidden Powers As Purveyor of Pseudo Psychology

A local notice lampoons a European Madam offering psycho analytic styled readings for one dollar. The column mocks the seer reader medium and foretells either hollow encouragement or fear, concluding readers should avoid parting with money to learn what they already doubt.

Madam Purina Spaghetta Samuel South Africa

New York and the Circus In McIntyre’s Midwestern Image

In his daily column Ross of Manhattan, Odd McIntyre argues New Yorkers’ circuses fail to engage the metropolis. He contends a typical Gotham crowd longs for a metropolitan business mindset, not grand haystacks, and the big top’s appeal fades as the big city attitude dominates.

New York Sinen Fie Manhattan de Mcintyre

Red Cheeks and Tuberculosis Warning for Teens

A Health Service warning links rising teen TB rates to rouge lipstick and fashionable dress. It urges annual health exams, especially for girls 13 to 19, and stresses the role of the family doctor over advertising campaigns. The piece calls for mothers, teachers, and employers to promote sound health and reject vanity trends.

New York City New York State Baltimore Advertising Health Stretching Corporation Altho

Questions and Answers on Testimonials and Home Remedies

Readers query a dubious course claiming stature increase with anonymous testimonials and a $1,000 prize for refuting them. Also notes praise for felt pads for callouses and a doctor’s reply about catnip. Dr Brady will answer letters with a self‑addressed envelope.

Qutsual Wisewell W. Mlow Brady Willam Brady

Friends of the Forest by Glenn Frank leaves readers hopeful on reform

Glenn Frank, former UW president, argues for a broad conservation program to restore denuded midwestern woodlands. He cites public education, private land regulation, and equitable taxation as keys, urging action beyond talk. He notes Europe's success with forest economies and warns political cycles may hinder progress.

Friends of the Forest Glenn Frank Aniversity of Wisconsin Century Mapazing McGlure Agndleata Chamber of Commerce of the United States Babus Peter Pan Perini Europe Amberlands Investic Acropas Touth Lateraies Fate Lands Peth

Fifth Avenue Vision and Broadway Tales in April

A rambling April column by O. O. McIntyre reflects on New York’s Fifth Avenue life from Fifth Avenue mansions to Plaza scenes. It mixes observations of celebrities, social codes on Broadway, and a whimsy Uncle Wiggily cartoon interlude with Mrs Fox’s sly trap and a playful forest vignette.

New York Clarence Mackay Fifth Avenue Fortysixth Mary Miles Minter Midtown Helen Gould Charlie Journal Montmartre St “Hailleur Mencken Plaza Fountain Ruth Raphael Harter’s Andrew Carnegie Otto Kahn Salvation Army Upper Fifth Avenue Chucko

Uncle Wiggily and Mrs Fox Adventure in Puzzle Lesson

Howard R. Orris describes a school scene with Uncle Wiggily and Miss Mouse guiding Samimie Littletail as he assembles a puzzle. The class shifts from mischief to order, Samimie earns a nickname change, and Uncle Wiggily embarks on a new adventure after the evening puzzle reveals his picture.

Samimie Littletail Lady Mouse Teachey Cnela Samimie Miss Mouse Sammie Susie Jay Te Evne Uncle Wigelly Uncle Wigeily Mita Mouse Samnne Milas Mouse Mgr

Savage marriage customs across tribes and islands

A compilation of historical notes on traditional marriage practices among various groups. It describes buying brides with goods, the chief walking over prostrate men in some cultures, and similar rites. It mentions the Santals in India, Santal girl choices, and Hervey Islands customs with a cannibal past.

Inidia Hervey Islands

Mistletoe lore and insect anatomy mixed in curious notes

The passage explains mistletoe’s diet in small animals, notes its traditional link to oak trees and Christmas kissing, then discusses why spiders are not insert-like creatures and contrasts their body parts with insects. It highlights Druids’ beliefs and the mistletoe’s ceremonial role.

Europe

Woon C Shovels Coa Incident Shrouded in Language

An OCR fragment mentions Woon C and a shovel related activity with unclear context. The readable bits suggest a local incident or note involving names and a weapon tool but no concrete details or outcomes. The text remains fragmentary and non-definitive.

Fox Lady and Rock Teases in Uncle Wiggly Tale

Mrs Fox and Mr Long cars discuss errors under four pictures guiding how to tell what the mistakes refer to. The Fox lady guesses, with tomorrow's note promising more about Uncle Wiggly and the Bear's beans if the toothbrush bites the wash rag during a bath time game.

Uncle Wiggly The

Burroughs Nature Club Notes Question Column

Nature Notes Dept answers reader questions about wildlife and plants. Topics include where pika and cany live, goose lifespans, poison ivy control, and how birds process prey bones like kingfishers. Answers appear in tomorrow's column.

Burroughs Nature Club Ughton AE Nature Notes Colorado

Sunday School Lesson on Marriage and Children Faith Teachings

The article outlines a Sunday School lesson by Rev. P. B. Pitzwater from Moody Bible Institute, analyzing Jesus love for children and the Christian family. It covers marriage as God’s primal law, divorce as prohibited except by death, and the role of children, noting Jesus’ blessing of children and the call to entrust children to him.

P. B. Pitzwater Schoals Moody Tbla Institute of Gnfeaga CopsMight Western Newsliper Union Lonarthy Jesus Gciildren Toplig Deshs Christ Moses Eve Jesus Christ

Good Old Times Echo in Political Figures

The piece mockingly notes that conversations about the "good old times" persist in politics. It argues that even famed statesmen like Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster failed to become president, and compares such rhetoric to popular but elusive favorites like "Willus Alwayr."

Toneka Capital Henry Clay John C. Calhoun Daniel Webster Willus Alwayr

Views of the People. Knipp backs Smith in Waterloo letter

A Waterloo letter to the editor criticizes Alabama Senator Bellator Berlin and defends Al Smith. It argues Iowa voters should choose their own preferred presidential candidate, condemns political manipulation, cites Teapot Dome, and questions prohibition politics. The writer praises farmer editor Meredith while urging self-reliance and government control of alcohol. Plant explorers report Africa seeds for forage.

Knipp Smith Waterloo Ill Bellator Berlin Alabama al Smith Heflin Iowa Towa Teapo Dome Farmers of Town Meredith Canada Fanner

Abe Martin Nobuddy and the easy money talk

Abe Martin narrates a humorous scene as Tell Binkley muses on riches and the temptation of easy wealth. The dialogue pokes fun at hardin and the notion of tapping wealth with little effort, reflecting steerage humor from a rural setting.

Tell Binkley

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