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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1927

Page

3

Iloo Evening Courier front page notices and ads

The paper page lists publication details for the Iloo Evening Courier with staff names John C. Hartman Jackson McCoy and editors. It includes subscription prices, postal matter note, Associated Press affiliation, and advertising policies. It mentions offices in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco through Story Brooks & Finley representatives in Waterlec.

Postoffice Iowa Associated Press Audit Bureau of Circulations New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco Story, Brooks & Finley

Old Story Sparks Criticism Of Williams College

An eastern writer condemns Williams College for hosting “able and intellectual foreigners” who discuss international affairs. The critic urges closing the school and escorting outsiders from the country, while defenders warn against narrow nationalism and insist on open dialogue about tariffs debts and naval policy.

School of Politics Williams College Williamstown Mass Oine America Spread-Eagle Congo Siberia Bakhzlin

Changing Turkey Shifts Dress and Language Customs

Travelers report Turkey has altered its streets with signs in several European tongues and Turkish legends replacing older scripts. Veils fade and knee-length pastel outfits appear as women reveal faces once hidden, aided by cosmetic enhancements, reflecting a shift akin to America.

Constantinople Turkey

Wealthy Sioux City Man Ties Legacy To His Employees

A prominent Sioux City businessman, nearing death, wills a portion of his fortune to his employer based on length of service. The largest gift runs into thousands of dollars, rewarding those who helped him build the enterprise. He notes riches cannot be taken, only distributed. His act aims to share rewards beyond direct labor or talent, reflecting a belief in equitable recognition.

Sioux City Lfe

Choice Of Words Reflections On Language In Public Debate

A House of Commons discussion on reproof of a general over the term native highlights how word choice can offend. The piece notes adjectives vs nouns carry different connotations and urges avoiding slang terms, as synonyms offer more accurate and tasteful description. Words can wound as sharply as a whip and provoke resentment.

House of Commons

Skeeter Time In The Backwoods Health Note

This piece urges readers to combat mosquitoes by inspecting a 200 foot radius around their property for standing water and draining all reservoirs. It explains mosquito reproduction, naming Mrs Mosquito as the bloodsucking first parent, and offers repellents and home remedies like essential oil mixtures and soothing treatments for bites.

Skeeter Mosquito

Fat Folks and Health Qs in a Pint Sized Letter Column

Readers pry why plump folks are favored in this column noting they are usually short winded. Answers emphasize direct responses with name home town, height and weight, and signature, avoiding lengthy preludes.

Personal health letters to Dr Brady invited

Signed letters about personal health and health care will be answered by Dr Brady if a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. Address Dr William Brady, in care of this newspaper. Name your city on your return envelope.

Brady William Brady

He Was Born Too Late and Other Notes

Glenn Frank, former UW president, reflects on a friend born seven centuries too late who advocates medieval living. He contrasts middle ages and machine age, praising craft, durability, and human-centered production while critiquing mass, cheap goods and factory sameness. The piece ends with a second column noting Stanley Baldwin’s public shirt-sleeve gesture in Montreal.

Glenn Frank University of Wisconsin The Century Magazina Babbitt IR. Baldwin Ottumwa Courier Montreal Stanley Baldwin Great Britain Echo Little Isle Conoes

Walton league teaches many to spell Tzaak

The Davenport Democrat notes the Walton league achieved a notable result by helping many people learn how to spell Tzaak, highlighting the education impact and community value of the effort.

Davenport Walton League Tzaak

New York Scenes Spark Thoughts In Strolling Reflections

A vivid 1927 column tours Manhattan vistas from upper floor shops to Broadway bustle. It paints Rivoli’s doorman, San Juan Hill dice halls, self photographs, gas smells, and weary night wanderers, noting polite New Yorkers and a strange, cold crowd in daylight holdups. It ends with quiet, sleepless midnight wanderers and city woes.

New York Wtek Rivoli Theatre Merle Crowell Winter Garden West Fifty-third Street E. F. Albee Rai San Juan Hill Broadway Louise Groody

Fate Guides Mutual Deceptions In Mexican Mystery

John Moore, a New York businessman, travels to Tucson on business and becomes entangled in a case of mistaken identity with Philip Morton. After meeting Ruth Henshaw and Ramon the ambassador, Moore and Ruth confront fate as they plan to expose Roderiguez while dragging Clench, Morton, and others into a escalating sequence of misdirections. The chapter ends with Moore and Ruth deciding to press ahead together.

John Moore New York Tucson Ariz Philip Morton Mexico Moore Morton Ramon Tubutama Ruth Henshaw Clench Ruth Sasabe Pedro John Ed. John Miss Henshaw Mr. Morton de Senorita Ty Uncle Roderiguez Ariess Mr. Moore Manuel

Uncle Wiggily and the Jolly Lobster Comes to Shore

Uncle Wiggily rests on seaweed by the ocean when a mysterious voice tugs his coat tails. He tells the intruder to go away, hoping to keep dry toes, while puzzled by the caller’s playful reply and identity.

Bud New York Ole Bloom Center Binkley Wiggily Mr. Longears Baby Bunty Jingle Jangle Tumble Bumble Scooter Tooter Uncle Uncle Wiggily

Uncle Wiggily and the Jolly Lobster Tale

Uncle Wiggily befriends a jolly lobster with pinch claws on a beach. The lobster laughs at the idea of turning red by boiling, while Uncle Wiggily fears a lobster friend will be boiled. They rush to save Bill before he ends up in a pot, promising further tale to come.

Uncle Wigelly Dale Uncle Wiggily Lobster Rabbit Flip Tail Uncle Wiggil Bill Uncle

Toledo Blade Unavailable Poetry Idea

The Toledo Blade quips that its concept of unavailable poetry is prose that is neither clearly worthy nor clearly unworthy for print, reflecting a tongue in cheek stance on literary quality and publication standards.

Toledo Blade

Conservatives Likely To Pick A Progressive Conservative

The Chicago Evening Post argues it is too early to name Coolidge substitutes. It predicts the Republican nomination will go to a conservative or progressive conservative who can stand on a Coolidge platform, with Norris or Borah unlikely to be the winner.

Chicago Evening Post Calvin Coolidge Norris Borah Coolidge

Candy House Reappears as Kids Rush to Valley

In Uncle Rays Corner Peg the Second veers toward treetops while the children near the candy palace from their Forest of Fancy quest. Douglas and Lenora return exhausted after eating 80 560 pieces of candy, delaying their dash to the Wonderful Valley.

Harold Bobby Pes Lenora Douglas Dorothy Uncle Ray

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