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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1923
Page
3
A column traces Cal Coolidge from Vermont roots to national leadership, noting his plain life on Beacon Hill, silent manner, and steady rise through Massachusetts politics to the presidency. It highlights his restraint, policy creed, and readiness to lead during wartime challenges.
The Des Moines Register ridicules a Connecticut editorial mocking Iowa roads while urging boost, noting Democratic and Republican splits over foreign policy and domestic issues. Senator Magnus Johnson vows a talking campaign after renting farms to his sons, with Prior’s quip echoing the sentiment.
Danish expert Hindhede argues milk is less essential for adult nutrition than some American authorities claim. He and his assistants test protein needs on humans, Sweden, and Denmark, noting potatoes bread and margarine can meet protein requirements, and that water from boiled potatoes carries minerals and vitamins.
In a lively restaurant scene Andrew and Imogene debate the price of a watermelon and the hidden costs of handling. An extended riff on transportation compares loading melons by hand to ship by truck, arguing national highways could slash prices and bring Georgia melons to their doorstep.
A sick young girl Nora longs for sleep and an escape from pain. A Moon fairy invites Nora to fly with her to a Moon garden behind the moon where she finds a world of happiness and wonder. They journey past oceans and forests to a golden doorway to the Moon man's home and a sunlit garden beyond.
A girl named Nora experiences a luminous moon garden where happy children invite her to stay. She recalls her mother calling from Earth and chooses to return, aided by a white bird and a moonjay. The tale ends noting there are thirteen times as many sheep as in the United States.
An excerpt presents a brainteaser style exercise with fill in the blanks and a weighted see-saw puzzle. It describes weighing children and objects to balance a seesaw and mentions correctness checks for end weights and balancing points.
Parker, attorney and manager for Malcolm Starmount, weighs a delicate mission to break a woman's heart as Starmount returns home. He plans to handle Mary, Eddie, and Pat Mulcahy while contending with Mulcahy's possible interference and a shore-house crisis. Tomorrow Love Is Many Sided.
Q&A column invites readers to submit inquiries about nature topics. Questions cover nests of the hermit thrush, the largest crocodile, and alligator respiration. Answers promised in tomorrow’s Nature Notes. previous Q asks identify the fern-owl as a nightjar, a goatsucker species resembling an owl.
Abe Martin Guridee notes a curious feller asks his girl if she still loves him as a new operating room is being added to the Hazelnut Country Club on the golf greens.
The text explains that fur seals belong to Otariidae and have thick under fur used for sealskin, while true seals Phocidae are hair seals with little underfur. It notes that fur seals form a distinct group within the eared seals and highlights the value of the hair seal leather. It also answers a cicada question, describing the male’s singing mechanism using vibrating membranes in the abdomen to produce sound.
In Waterloo Iowa on August 4 a citizen reflects on the夜, noting a young 30 year old president and the rise of Coolidge with his wife as first lady. The piece weighs the readiness of youth and women for national duties, urging each to occupy a worthy chair in shaping the nation. Helen TL. Byrnes signs off.
Stop Itching Eczema text pitches Zemo with a 35c drugstore bottle and a $1.90 big size, promising rapid relief from eczema, tetter, pimples, rash and similar skin troubles. It claims healing begins on application and that Zemo is a penetrating antiseptic liquid.
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