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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
3
A historical newspaper masthead fragment from Waterloo Iowa outlining publication details, pricing, and advertising policies. Includes address, ownership, subscription rates, and notices about advertising standards and circulation, with references to Associated Press and currency.
A historical argument critiques capital punishment, noting a possible wrongful execution creates irreversible error. It cites President Green of the AFL, urging fair trials and innocence safeguards, implying deterrence hinges on ensuring guilt beyond doubt.
A long quarrel over postage stamp portraits in Germany split conservatives and Republicans. The postal board, opposed to Frederick the Great, chose Beethoven for the inland stamp after boycotts and protests. The dispute raised questions about memorials to living figures and the motives behind subject selection.
An eastern minister warns fundamentalists plan a nationwide campaign to legislate anti-evolution laws in every state, likening it to the prohibition movement that led to the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act. He argues separation of church and state would erode, noting prohibition rests on citizen protection while fundamentalism has no lawful justification.
Fifty years ago Samuel Clemens created Tom Sawyer, the American boy who remains immortal like Peter Pan. The character that made him a literary genius endures beyond time, with Tom and Huck Finn defining the spirit of boyhood and still winning readers a half century later.
Ray Page head of Lincoln aviation school recalls Lindbergh as absolutely without nerves in St. Nicholas magazine. Page mentions Lindbergh’s first jump and his insistence on attempting a parachute leap from 7,000 feet, foreshadowing the solo transatlantic flight.
A veteran column details ivy dermatitis experiences and the controversial use of hypo dermic injections of ivy poison rhus tox. It recalls a medical report in JAMA four years ago, exposes financial motives, and notes some doctors still report relief with this treatment while urging caution.
Readers discuss marriage, children, adoption, and happiness with advice to adopt or visit orphanages to find a baby. The column condemns bust developers and endorses immunization and medical advice for a traveler son studying in Paris, with letters to Dr Brady for replies.
A 1927 critique of Americanism and Europe’s reaction to it. Glenn Frank compares early Aztec resistance to modern culture and argues against reducing labor to mechanical routines. He praises small farms, family doctors, skilled artisans, and individual aptitudes over rigid testing and automation. The piece emphasizes preserving leisure, dignity, and opportunity.
A columnist muses on a bustling Manhattan scene with vivid vignettes from Aug. 12. Faces, ads, shops, and streets reveal a melting pot of characters from hucksters to Armenian traders, Broadway parlors, and a taxi ride past glittering windows.
Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty find a cricket in the woods. Bunty misidentifies it as a black grasshopper and teases its color. The rabbit gentleman explains that crickets are typically black, then the two continue their stroll together.
In a woodland tale Bunty frees a cricket whose cheerful song moves a Bear to reconsider a meal. Uncle Wiggily and the cricket escape danger as the bear recalls kinder days, learning the power of a simple tune to alter fate. The chapter ends with a promise of more adventures.
John Moore, a New York businessman, travels to Tucson on business and ends up in Mexico chasing a mistaken identity. A ranch foreman named Ramon confirms the Senorita needs help and Moore heads toward Tubutama to meet her, while Pedro the chauffeur may know more than he lets on.
Questions of general interest about nature subjects are invited by the Nature Notes Dept. of this paper. Readers may send inquiries to receive answers in this column, with the 1927 Houghton Miff lin Co. copyright notice appearing in the note.
Answers to questions about birds, rabies, and flower perfume. Birds perspire like mammals and fishes care for their young. A shooting star is not addressed in this excerpt.
Webster City Freeman Tribune notes a strong corn crop could lift land sales in the area with more tenants hoping to buy. If yields fail, many would be unable to purchase, dampening the market.
In UNCLE RAY'S CORNER Y THE FOREST OF ADVENTURE Helen and Bobby taste a "Magic Candy" from the Lady Impossible. She warns it does not change size but time is short as they race to return to the valley with only 12 minutes left. Continued Monday.
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