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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1927
Page
7
Los Angeles August 16 The Los Angeles Times reports a new economy plan in motion picture production could replace famous stars with lower paid newcomers. Secret meetings discussed broad salary cuts. if contracts endure, top stars will be replaced after their deals end and unknown players will be promoted to take their places.
London reports a new veteran group named the Memorable Order of Tin Hats with thousands already wearing mini tin hats. Members are called moths and locals form shells or lodges. districts are supervised by dug-out leaders. The group grows through wartime camaraderie and offers entertainments with rum provision. Patron saint is Mademoiselle of Armentieres and their hymn is Old Soldiers Never Die.
Atlantic City hotel managers report surged maintenance costs from lipstick and cosmetics used by women. Towels tablecloths and bath towels suffer stains requiring bleaching. some bath houses plan switching to paper towels to cut losses.
In Royersford Pennsylvania a nurse who served during a smallpox outbreak paid $10 for two cotton blankets she took as souvenirs 26 years ago. Frank Pennypacker, secretary of the Royersford board of health, received the check and will hand it to the council. A note with the payment said her conscience troubled her since leaving after the outbreak. She now resides in Trenton.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Pills as regulating liver and kidney secretions, cleaning body poisons, preventing bilious attacks and colds, aiding various ailments linked to poor digestion. It claims suitability for all ages, mild in action, and sold in watch-shaped bottles by druggists for 25 cents with a Red Cross insignia on the box.
Kansas national guard officer Brig. Gen. Milton R. McLean awards brevet commissions to the sons of officers, with Gov. Ben S. Paulen signing. Every boy enters as major or lower, earning ranks through merit, while the infantry guard notes its unique status in the United States.
Paris reports a priest who served as an artillery officer in the war and earned multiple dispatches and decorations has been consecrated Bishop of Ajaccio at Toulon. Jean Roche, who left the priesthood in 1912, later led a battery on the western front and rose to colonel before the pope recalled him to the cassock for the Ajaccio see in Corsica. He is said to be the youngest bishop in France.
Stroudsburg Pa Aug 16 William Lacey a colored laborer on a state road job near Bushkill was caught by a concrete mixer and whirled for three minutes. He escaped with bruises and lacerations after a co worker heard his screams and shut off the machine.
A brief report notes that escaping a dangerous incident occurred when he was pulled away just in time, preventing serious harm. The account emphasizes the narrow margin of safety and credits quick action to avert injury.
A cache of Abraham Lincoln Civil War autograph letters was purchased in England by Harry Marks, dealer in old books, for $30,000 and sold to an American collector who agreed to keep them private for two years. The letters praise Lincoln and reveal devout gratitude and advice from supporters, alongside other rare Americana and fore edge paintings.
Berkeley August 16 The famous campanile of the University of California becomes a wedding site as Calvin Lane Stewart a medical student from Chula Vista Texas and Miss Dorothy Brooks are married on the 250 foot landing of the tower Their romance began three years ago while students at the university with C B Weikel serving as master of the campanile event.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a name Lohengrin and a wedding march reference without readable context or identifiable actions, participants, dates, or places. No verifiable entities or events beyond the musical work title appear, making a concise card challenging.
The Corn Belt Business College announces a new dictaphone course starting with the term on Tuesday September 6 led by principal C H Benson. Additional lectures by prominent Waterloo business and professional figures will share experiences on the road to success. Night school begins October 3 with strong enrollment expected and graduates noting high demand for office workers.
Mrs Leora Hines 139 Barclay street North files suit for divorce claiming Buster Hines beat her, left she bedridden for days under a physician care. They married February 27 1918 in Akron Mississippi and separated August 13 the day of the attack. She seeks a division of household goods.
In district court Judge H B Boles heard National Surety Co and tied personal sureties to a Waterloo Bank & Trust bond. The case centers on whether three individuals tied to the bond should share liability pro rata with the surety company, with a ruling postponed for later hearing. Bananas ripened by electricity noted in passing.
A reader recalls a moment when a young woman watched a missionary with eager curiosity and sighed that she wished to undertake work that would truly matter. The memory highlights a drive to make meaningful contributions.
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