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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1928
Page
4
AMD WATAALWO DAILY SB REPORTER VOL 10 NO 289 published as a local newspaper item. The brief item presents the issue title and page note without significant readable content from the OCR fragment.
The notice outlines publication details for the Waterloo Daily Record including ownership Hartman Co and executives, subscription rates, postal classifications, and advertising policies. It lists Associated Press and United Press International wires, billing terms, and references to New York Philadelphia Chicago offices for representation.
President Coolidge’s message to Congress praises national prosperity and peaceful foreign relations. He highlights tax relief, warns against new deficits, favors farm relief via states, and urges Navy modernization while stressing private initiative over government subsidies. Strong on disarmament yet watchful on defense.
Marshalltown leaders confronted a proposed two story building by a chain store at the town’s busiest Main Street corner. They acted quickly to stop the project, preserving the streetscape and local control over development.
A city ordinance bans structures under five stories in the downtown business district. The measure faces legal challenge, leaving final rulings to courts. It notes builders will rise taller if downtown frontage proves profitable, and councils cannot force a metropolis’s skyline without economic demand.
The author discusses chemical obliteration as a treatment for varicose veins and ulcers, noting readers seek physicians. Dr. H. O. McPheeters of Minneapolis reports hundreds of cases and advises obliterating varicose veins first, then healing ulcers with bandages and grafts, cautioning against resting ulcers alone.
Readers submit questions on health and cosmetic topics. Answers caution on neuritis as a fad, discuss concealing scars with a cosmetic paint recipe using zinc oxide calamine and ichthyol, and explain meningitis as brain or spinal cord membrane inflammation with epidemic forms caused by a diplococcus. Dr Brady will respond to stamped letters.
Glenn Frank argues that dealing with trouble through facing it directly and employing psychological tools yields calm and effective action. He explains the distinction between imagined and real troubles, urging courage to seek thorough examinations and to remove or adjust to the cause, fostering rational response and resilience.
In Bowery missions New York’s down and out gather for bread coffee and shelter then hear sermons that aim to salvage them toward renewal The scene shows worn facades burned out bodies and hope among preachers who shepherd ruined lives with patience and quiet faith while a few patrons drift back to old habits.
A winter scene describes an old dead tree with a stout climbing vine. Green leaves turn brown in cold months while boys imagine climbing the vine as a ladder during Scout and Indian games.
A Vine laments winter's hold while the Old Tree consoles it. Boys leave to shop for Christmas, leaving twining loops empty. The Vine fears uselessness but the Old Tree hints future play and shared memories with the Scout and Indian games.
In Council Bluffs the court upheld a defense that a senate committee lacked a legal quorum when Col. Stewart testified on alleged falsification. The decision bars inquiry on merit, citing improper committee form, while noting the oil magnates’ record is now public and the public seeks only the facts.
The Newcastle Times reports a Pulaski county lawsuit to collect a $90 account. The case has been tried four times with jury disagreements each time. Costs already exceed $900, about ten times the disputed debt.
Fifty years ago on December 4 1878 Waterloo residents report replacing plank walks with brick along Commercial Washington and Jefferson streets. Horace Boies sues William Norris for $100 after a dusty obstruction on the road beside a Waterloo Grundy county farm. Norris countersues for $100 for dust in his eyes, jury awards Boies five cents. Farmers’ wagons flood streets while merchants report strong sales. Waterloo east enrollment reaches 490 with J K Sweeney as principal. Grace M E Union Thanksgiving service at Grace Church with Rev Rockwood Mackusten delivering the sermon on a bright warm day.
Wednesday's meeting of the Waterloo Ministers Association elected Rev M E Cross as president for the eleventh time and Rev W F Barclay as secretary. Tea at Grace church hosted ministers and wives, with festive décor including evergreens oats and corn, flowers and fruit.
News from Waterloo and surroundings includes Maud Popp recovering from neuralgia and able to go out, a waterwall debate on the river west bank, and David Bailie leaving for Washington to join the civil service with a $950 yearly starting salary. Local clergy and teachers visit relatives, trips to Honolulu are planned, and Waterloo’s growth projections place a 50,000 population by 1930 amid factory and farm expansion.
In Sterling's office Aunt Dorothy and Helen meet the estate owner who explains Helen's inheritance. Sterling verifies Helen's birth certificate and reads a will receipt showing five heirs divide the estate, leaving $134 after costs. Dorothy protests the small amount.
Aunt Dorothy objects to signing a legal paper as the old man’s estate money becomes a point of contention. A tense scene unfolds with talk of delivering money in new bills once the paper is signed.
A historical note on umbrellas recovering popularity after automotives and porte cochères. Examples include a princess in Europe avoiding injury from shattered glass, a Chicago incident where a woman poked an umbrella at her ex-husband prompting police action, and a Houston officer directing traffic with an umbrella during a fire apparatus passage.
Notes from the Burroughs Nature Club inviting readers to send questions on nature topics to the Nature Notes Department of the paper for answers to be published in this column. Copyright 1928 by Houghton Mifflin co.
The excerpt poses questions on kerosene odor reduction, animal sight in varying lighting, and avian migration timing. It also presents reader questions about insect references in biblical texts and how frost and light influence autumn leaf color, with brief answers noting insect mentions, water birds, and frost color change dynamics.
Abe Martin reports Ike Sole’s brother was knocked down and killed today as he pondered other matters. The tale notes a farmer’s belief that debt relief can come from borrowing money, reflecting local views on debt and risk in rural life.
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