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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
13
Paris dispatch explores why barbers chat, arguing talk is an art aiding the barber to uncover a client’s personality. The piece blends mental science with craft, noting shaving and styling as mere tools for a master coiffeur to draw out a client’s true thoughts.
A kapok filled mattress system proposed by Captain Warneck to form buoyant rafts if life-preservers fail. Kapok, a silky down from tropical trees, is used in France for mattresses and pillows. The idea notes panics on ships and swamping of boats led to the raft concept.
Berlin reports show Germany sustained a high rate of deaths by own action amid ongoing financial distress despite currency stabilization. In 1925, 15,273 such deaths occurred vs 13,149 in 1923, placing Germany third behind Hungary and Czechoslovakia in per capita rates.
The report compares suicide and self harm rates across European nations. Germany shows 2.4 personal crisis reports per 10,000, while Greece leads with about two per 100,000. Ireland 3 per 100,000. Spain 4. Lithuania 5. Italy 9. Northern Ireland 6 per 100,000. Sweden 14. Norway 6. Southern Europe generally lower than the north, except Ireland. France reports a record patent applications total last year.
An ad extols Father John’s Medicine as a safe cold remedy free of nerve-deadening drugs or alcohol. It promises soothing and healing effects, tissue strengthening, increased resistance to illness, and claims 70 years of success with rich vitamins guiding recovery.
Toledo Blade notes that whatever future work he pursues, President Coolidge will face easy backing from his former employer, who holds him in high regard and would readily recommend him.
A clipped reminiscence notes a scientist’s quip about the clinging vine type of woman and a hypothetical longer stay, with a nod to Kansas City Star as a publication reference.
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