Waterloo Evening Conviet Yok 62-No. 209
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1920
Page
2
Nation considers constitutional divorce ban amid moral debate
The public mood shifts toward anti divorce amendments while critics warn against constitutional meddling. Editors argue the issue stems from lax nuptial rules and social causes, urging reform within state laws rather than sweeping constitutional changes.
A Backward Glance on a Prosperity Edition
Twenty three years ago this week a central town weekly newspaper ran a prosperity edition. The issue celebrated improvements in prices and general economic conditions that had come to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ediion
New York Post backs Cox for president amid treaty debate
Des Moines Capital and Iowa editors note the New York Evening Post favors Cox and covenants while criticizing Harding's stance on America’s honor and duty. Chicago Tribune links banking interests to treaty support, and frames Cox against American interests amid free trade.
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New York Post
Cox
Des Moines
New York Wreiting Post
Harding
The
Evening Post
America
Chicago Tribune
West
New York Evening Post
Thomas Lamont
J. P. Morgan
Covanant
A Song of Providence War Time Verse Echoes Hope
A fragmented wartime poem recalls Providence amid hardship. Romantic lines praise love as heavenly music and urge perseverance, noting Providence guiding through trials and a world that sighs. The piece reads like lyric verse centered on faith, resilience, and divine support.
The Kitchen Quarrel and the Silver Teapot
In a stormy kitchen Ada unearths a tarnished silver teapot. The pots and clock gossip about value until Aunt Sarah polishes it to a brilliant, antique heirloom. The mistress, astonished, recognizes the teapot as ancestral silver from her family wedding.
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Ada
Bot
Sarah
Jin
Ian
Questions for Nature Notes in John Burroughs column
Nature Notes by John Burroughs poses three questions on animal life. I asks if kingfishers can live on grasshoppers, II asks how hornets build their nests, III asks whether fear is contagious among animals. Answers appear in Monday's issue.
Answers to Previous Questions About Play and Plant Bloom
A compilation of musings on why animals play to develop future abilities, robins locating food by instinct, and how flowering blooms advance from the base upward. It discusses juvenile behavior, natural training, and plant growth patterns across several species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animals Springs
Val Jin
Ebony table scene with silent kitchenware
General Washington contemplates placing a solitary item on an ebony table in a quiet hall. The sugar bowl coffee urn vase teapot and clock remain silent as Joy smiles, and the clock adds a mischievous tick tock.
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General Washington
Hall
Brain Tests Puzzle by Sam Loud and Letter to No. 362
A humorous brain teaser riffs on weights of fish and scales with a playful puzzle about the fisherboy and his weight. The item credits James O. Seavey of East Boothbay Mass and mentions a Civil War veteran recounting a late entertainment after fishing in the harbor.
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Clymer
Heyward
James O. Seavey
East Boothbay
Mass
A. Romenny
Daughters of Vetarins
Where Tears and Temper Meet in a Magazine Dialogue
Imogene and Andrew discuss tears and sorrow while reading a magazine story. Andrew admits he rarely cries unless provoked by anger or a personal jab, recalling a hospital incident with Dr Hamby and a humorous memory of a message about someone being fine. He contrasts theatrical sadness with his own suppressed emotions and explains his profanity tends to erupt when furious, not when grieving.
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Andrew
Imopene
Hamby
Itianeperes
John
Huber
Sam
St. Vitus
al Adres
Circuit of four bases and a sly street memory
A fragmentary dialogue follows a Boston van incident and a baseball scene. The narrator recalls watching a player complete a circuit of the bases with affectionate, exuberant emotion while pondering life, love, and shared storytelling with Imogene and Andrew.
Health Talks and Tuberculin Tests for Children
Health talks by John R Uber M D outline tuberculin testing for tuberculosis detection in children and infants, noting the procedure with Koch’s old tuberculin on forearm skin, scarification, and the halo reaction within 24 hours. Includes a reader Q&A on aphasia, brain fatigue, and a teen asking about height, with advice on rest, exercise, posture, and YMCA gymnastics.
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Koch
Worgets
Read more newspapers and books, Yale professor urges minds
The Fourth Estate reports Professor William Lyon Phelps of Yale advised readers to favor newspapers and books over magazines to maintain an educated public. He spoke at a recent librarians’ event, emphasizing diverse reading and critical use of periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
New York
Butte editorial defends newspapers over magazines
A dinner in Butte presents Meat It's text urging readers to favor newspapers over magazines. It cites Col Theodore Roosevelt calling sensational periodicals muckrakers and argues reputable papers deliver news without coloring, allowing readers to form informed judgments while editors resist censoring events.
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Butte
Altho
Theodore Roosevelt
No-To-Bac Advertises Tobacco Habit Cure
An advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a simple way to break tobacco usage. It claims the tablet stops cravings, ends the habit, and improves mental and physical well being, with a money back guarantee through the druggist. The product is said to be made by Cascarets.
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Minnesota
Towa
Hawkeye
Lonsands
Bimple
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