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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1928

Page

3

Evening Courier Classified and Notices Summary

Waterford Evening Courier details subscription rates and delivery terms for mail within various distances. It lists price structures, advertising policies, and section notes including Associated Press and United Press International branding, with notes on compliance and regional office representation.

W. H. Hartman Co. Courier Park Ave Telephone Branch Exchange John G. Hartman Sackson McCoy Berrder Eta R.sseseens Manoths Waterloo Town Associated Press United Press International News Focal News Avdit Surana Morris Publc New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles San Fran Story Brooks & Finley Representatives Edieor

Debated Marathon Dance Contests Draw Mixed Reactions

A Des Moines report by a sob sister critic depicts marathon dance contests as indecent and immoral, yet spectators ignore calls to stay away and crowd the coliseum. The piece argues free expression clashes with concerns about public influence and viewer harm, noting denunciations rarely deter interest.

Des Moines Philippic

New York World Improves Dramatic Criticism Timing

The New York World introduces a new drama critique routine.Printed reviews will appear the second morning after opening, allowing critics a full day to crystallize impressions. This shift aims to distinguish criticism from straight news and provide more valuable judgments.

New York World Clty

A Mammoth Country

Art Goebel set a new cross country record requiring 19 hours of nonstop flying at about 150 mph. The voyage burned 360 gallons of fuel and 20 gallons of oil, costing roughly 106 dollars, highlighting speed’s humbling effect on vast geography and regional contrasts between New England and the old south.

Art Goebel United States New York San Francisco New England

The Canadian Plan and Borah on Prohibition

The article discusses Gov. Smith's equor plan and Borah's critique comparing U S prohibition to Canadian enforcement. It notes liquor abundance and corruption in Canada, arguing enforcement flaws and cross-border traffic as a reality beyond moral debate.

Smith United States Boral Canada Borah

Prohibition an Uneven Path and Winter Food Safety Tips

A memo notes mixed liquor regulation before national prohibition, with wet states easy to flood and dry states hard to keep dry, creating crossborder trouble and shady settlements. Also New Jersey issues icebox cleanliness guidance, urging family care and practical steps for food safety.

New Jersey

Orris root allergy and other protein sensitivities

Dr Brady explains hay fever and asthma can stem from various proteins beyond pollen such as horse and cat dander, house dust, egg white, and even orris root used in cosmetics and perfumes. Skin testing guides diagnosis and desensitization with graded injections may reduce winter colds for orris root sensitive patients.

Ray M. Baleat Oklahoma City Balab

The Protestant Spirit by Glenn Frank ends the unfinished Reformation

Wisconsin president Glenn Frank argues the Protestant spirit should not merely finish its religious work but also refine politics. He contends private judgment misfires in democracy, noting politics as emotional and religion as rationalized, urging a shift to rationalized politics and spiritualized religion.

Glenn Frank University of Wisconsin Century Magazine McClure Newspaper Martin Luther Herbert Parish Creative Wales Creative Mints

Kansas City Then and Now in a Boy Reporter’s Eye

A nostalgic, tongue in cheek reminiscence from Kansas City, recalling the post hoop-de-doo era, a transformed Union Station, and local color. The narrator, once a farm boy aspiring to be a Star reporter, sketches city life, including hotels, stockyards, streetcars with dogs, and a fond note on a local Ajax hamburger sandwich.

Kansas City Hoover Billie Burke The Star County Weekly Bay

Uncle Wiggily's Queer Flowers Hat Swap

Uncle Wiggily stops before the Twistytails house as Mrs. Twistytail and Mr. Longears discuss a discarded hat Uncle Wiggily eyes a bright hat in the path. He offers to take it, sparking surprised chatter about the bargain and the pig couple whether to keep or throw away the old hat.

Uncle Wigelly Indy Mrs. Tevidytail Uncle Wigerily Mie Lndy

Hat with Cloth Flowers Sparks Gentleshop Talk

In a whimsical exchange, Uncle Wiggily notes the stitches and cloth flowers on a hat owned by Mrs Twistytall. The hat is worn and out of style, yet the flowers are praised for usefulness and potential scent, as the characters joke about repurposing the accessory.

Magical Garden Prank Delights Old Toad in Woodland Tale

Uncle Wiggily helps Old Toad by disguising cloth flowers as a magical garden sprayed with perfume from an eight and nine cent store bottle. Old Toad, unable to hop, smiles at the scent and colors as the fake blooms become a real moment of joy. The ruse amuses Mrs. Toad while revealing a playful, heartwarming scene.

Bily Indy Pig Toad Mrs. Twistytail Uncle Uncle Welly Mr. Longears Mrs. Toad Old Toad

Mally and Ethan Bond Amidst Espionage Drama

In a tangled tale Mally, engaged to Roger Mooring, enters Sir George Peterson’s household as governess to Barbara. Craddock frames her with a diamond and a missing code, while Ethan Messenger hides and helps her escape. Mally’s awakening affection for Ethan reshapes loyalties as a country-house intrigue unfolds.

Mally Roger Sir George Peterson Barbara Bat Craddock Sir George Craddock Gaight Bartere Maily Lawrence Marington Ethan Messenger Marlon Brown Lady’s Candida Long Paul Craddock

First newspapers through the ages and early printing

Uncle Rays Corner recalls ancient news readers from a Greek runner with laurel to Roman Forum postings. It traces early newspapers from Caesar’s daily notices to Gutenberg’s movable type and England’s London Journal of 1729, noting small page sizes and one sided sheets.

Julius Caesar Europe Gutenberg Coster London Journal Uncle Ray

A Brews In Every Home Sparks Prohibition Debate

Gilbertville Indiana August 25 To the editor a reader praised the article A Brewers In Every Home and expressed respect for the unknown author the letter lauds prohibition as a blasphemy to God the Ten Commandments and liberty noting that current methods fail and hoping to meet the author George Schilling

Gilbertville Thi Uberty Ar Won George Schilling

Burroughs Nature Club Questions and Answers

A reader notes column from the Burroughs Nature Club asks about preserving dried flowers and a flying albatross mystery. It also answers questions on porcupine litters and plant identifications including paulownia tomentosa and trifoliate orange, with observations on naturalized species.

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