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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1925
Page
3
In a reflective essay, the piece notes how crowds trigger property booms from California to Rockaway Beach, spurring threefold land sales and huge profits for some. It warns that following the crowd risks unequal outcomes and perilous haste.
The University of Minnesota welcomed Clarence W. Spears as head football coach at a dinner with Minnesota lettermen. Spears cautioned that he cannot guarantee results while seasoned coaches like Stagg Rockne and Zuppke show restraint before bold predictions. The piece notes top coaches rarely boast and usually let results speak.
A humorous piece notes a New Jersey justice of the peace miswrites a case about a William K. Ireland, then attacks a Grand Rapids ordinance fining drivers for hugging partners. It questions the law's fairness and parries with jokes on public morality and theater criticism.
Readers submit curiosities about nature and agriculture with answers promised in the next issue. The column covers practical town activities, artificial snake growth queries, cranberry bog flooding purposes, plus reader inquiries about bird sightings frost patterns and mountain sheep predators.
Dr Brady explores sunlight and ultraviolet rays as curative for infections and as a factor in vitamin activation in foods. The column includes Q and A on dry skin remedies, altitude effects on health, hydration, and felon treatment, with reader letters to be answered by Brady.
Uncle Wiggily and his woodland friends endure heat in a hollow stump bungalow. Tooter and Scoot er seek activity while Jingle tires of heat and Nurse Jane Fuzzy answers with caution about ice cream.
In a sunny woodland, Uncle Wiggily and rabbit children play a bean bag game. A hungry fox watches tosses a bean bag, is chased away by beans falling, and the bunnies enjoy more ice cream and shade games with improvised birch bark bags.
The Marshaltown editorials criticize the need to improve local sports coverage and education. A Sow a kindergarten for 2 year olds in Los Angeles aims to spread the idea nationwide, alleviating anxious mothers and promoting focused care. Ambassador Bancroft’s Japan tenure is praised for steady leadership during a tense crisis.
In Cottonwood Gulch a bank murder sparks lawlessness and a deadly chase. Dave Saunders and his BRB foreman Billy thwart a planned assault on Red Shea, capturing Clem Lipscomb and forcing a tense standoff on a narrow trail. Red lies wounded as danger and pursuit push toward a climactic clash.
Advert reads McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets claiming to add 5 to 10 pounds in 30 days for thin men and women. It touts easy dosing four times daily, a 60 tablet box, and money back if a 30 day gain target isn’t met, with wholesalers listed for purchase nationwide.
A listed home treatment claims to cure internal piles by improving blood flow in the lower bowel. The ad asserts Hem-Roid, sold by Wan gler Bros and druggists, offers quick and lasting relief and can avoid surgery.
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