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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1925
Page
3
A battered clipping from the Waterloo Evening Courier includes subscription rates, misc advertising policy notes, and a discussion of travel letters sent home. It also features a humorous aside about long traveler correspondence and the myth of portable typewriters.
Senators Borah and Norris urge abolition, accusing the agency of radicalism and bias toward business, while critics say the commission has drifted from its nonpartisan, fact seeking aim. The piece notes longstanding political entanglement and argues it has not had a fair trial.
William Beebe and the expedition bring back strange marine life and a tale of the Hudson River diving beneath the sea for miles, then plunging a thousand feet. They debunk romantic myths of ghosts and wrecked ships, noting the Galapagos voyage and the legitimate scientific aims behind the Sargasso Sea legend.
Iowa editors report a bold protest against capital punishment as twelve aged men offer to die in the electric chair to substitute for condemned criminals. The piece argues the law targets specific individuals, not just any life, and calls this a dramatic, dangerous stunt.
Dr. William Brady criticizes health quackery and gimmicky violet ray promoters in popular magazines. He laments decline in humor and public discernment, cites moron stereotypes, and urges readers to seek legitimate medical guidance over sensational cures.
The speaker notes that more families have vanished in one day in the middle West than in a century by earthquakes in California yet a man can blame his kin for a rebuilt house. He suggests girls may feel guilty as they removed paint in the scene.
Uncle Wiggily, in a playful tale with his new wife, sets off for molasses. Grasshoppers nibble at the jug and tickle his ears, then hop to protect him from a sly fox. Elsewhere, a Veterans of Foreign Wars note honors a 20-year service criterion in San Francisco.
A violent murder at a rich Cottonwood Gulch claim strands Hank Simnson and partner Jim Hawkins in a clash that sparks a lawless flare. Jim, badly wounded, hides at the B B ranch as foreman Dave Saunders and cowhands shelter him while Red Shea's dalliance with danger stirs town tensions and Alice Shea presses Saunders to keep Red away from Dangerfield and his faction. Jim plots to face the coming showdown as Alice aims to leverage Red into labor and away from trouble.
Questions on nature by the Burroughs Nature Club notes invite readers to send queries to the Nature Notes Dept for answers in a future column. Topics include cultivating cyclamens, origin of setter dogs, and distinguishing mockingbirds from thrushes.
Answers cover bee foot structures for crawling on glass, distinguishing winter and house wrens by size plumage and motion, and the role of protecting bears for ecological, tourism, and economic benefits. Also notes a new air cooled engine for small aircraft.
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