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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1928
Page
3
The article reviews a speech by Herbert Hoover urging that economic progress align with moral and spiritual growth. It emphasizes responsibilities of citizens and leaders to maintain honesty and generosity as the nation faces global turmoil. The piece urges careful reading of the address for informed voting in November.
Herbert Hoover crafts a crusader tone in his Stanford acceptance speech stressing moral government, personal wellbeing, and social uplift. He elevates farm relief as paramount, outlines tariff and transport reforms, defends constitutional method, denounces corruption, and endorses peaceful foreign policy with strong defense readiness.
Dr William Brady warns that carbon monoxide from fuel burning in poorly vented spaces is an odorless killer. The piece explains how stoves, heaters, and gasoline engines produce CO, the symptoms of exposure, and the need for proper venting and safety measures. It urges stricter stove and heater regulations and notes incorrect resuscitation methods taught by some groups.
The piece argues pioneers face mob opposition despite noble aims, citing Socrates Jesus Galileo Gutenberg Jenner Harvey Spinoza Huss and Descartes as examples. It stresses pioneers must endure lack of applause and often clash with vested interests, requiring tact yet readiness for crucifixion if ideas threaten powerful sectors.
A scrambled diary in Aug notes Ted Cook the California humorist visiting with his wife in Manhattan and visits to Sleepy Hollow. It sketches Ghetto life around Delancey Street and Rivington Chrystie area with markets banks and street vendors, ending with vivid street scenes and fashion notes.
Howard R. Garis narrates a story where Allie the little squirrel succumbs to tail fever, losing fur. Dr. Possum prescribes a week of bed rest while sibling Sallie’s overplay caused tail damage, and Billie proposes a plan to cheer her up.
In a rural tale Uncle Wiggily and two young squirrels craft six dancing dolls for Sister Sallie. They assemble bodies from long pine cones and heads from short rounds, using gum from nearby trees to bind them as the little squirrels watch and chitter.
In a woods scene Uncle Wiggily, Ollie, and Johnnie craft grape vine dancing dolls to amuse Sister Sallie while she stays in bed. Sallie laughs as the dolls dance, unknown to her that the rabbits made them. A hospital patient in a roller chair later enjoys the spectacle, lifting her spirits and aiding her recovery.
A 1928 Burroughs Nature Club Notes item from Houghton Mifflin offers Q and A on wildlife and plants. It discusses remedies for pests like the Meloline clister beetle Epicanta cinerea with spraying and straw row methods, fruit maturation timelines for prickly palm and Monterey pine, and notes questions about animal strength and bird injury cures.
In Paris the traffic hums with thousands of taxis and sparse police presence. Horns blare at every corner as drivers dart through openings, many deaths reported daily, yet fares remain low with initial meter charges around four cents.
The excerpt blends quirky rural chatter about dogs and autos with a hint of political discussion. Names and clear facts are scarce, but the tone suggests humorous observation of everyday life and a fleeting reference to a vote.
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