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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1924

Page

3

Waterloo Evening Convier Vou 6 6 No 9 Daily Paper

Waterloo Evening Convier Vou a daily Waterloo, Iowa paper published by W J Hartman Co. includes Associated Press news and local ads. Subscription rates, publication terms, and advertising policies are listed, with price details and notices about legal post office status.

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Milk Pails and the Psychology Test Delusion

In a playful critique the author recalls intelligence tests like Army Alpha and a milk pail puzzle. The milk pails become symbols of misread measurements and flawed perceptions, showing how tests shape pride and doubt. The piece ends noting the tricky blend of mentality and training in intelligence.

Army Alpha

Public sentiment on crossword courses and price scales

Iowa editors argue against university crossword courses until professors solve a price elasticity puzzle. They compare costs of football in Iowa City and Madison, discuss population effects, road quality, and regional price pressures, and echo the Sioux City Journal on Coolidge’s frugal travel as a model of dignified simplicity.

Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa City Madison Ann Arbor Urbana S&s. GO Towa City Wisconsin Minois Michigan Poljcenan Eimai Eley Luwie Sioux City Journal Coolidge Washington Chicago Enier Lesting Calvin Coolidge

Brain Tests by Sam Loud

Puzzle text presents a convoluted word problem mixing fruit and furniture to yield an inventor's name, then a chess color probability calculation. It references Yesconlaiy's and a three-piece board placement with color odds, concluding with a numeric fraction expression.

Exercise and health education for varicose veins

Dr William Brady discusses posture, general exercise, and education as preventive care for varicose veins. He urges teaching human anatomy and physiology in schools, critiques current health instruction, and answers reader questions on hair care and tobacco effects, urging readers to send self addressed envelopes for further queries.

Onj Birtur Miuy Hull Brady William Brady

The Flower of the Family scenes at The Little Club

Lene Jtaisten and Kate Battery attend a gay ren dezvous at The Little Club where an unexpected sister appears on the dance floor. Marta confronts family tensions as phone scandal and a fatherly warning ripple through the household and a planned opera evening hangs in the balance.

Lene Jtaisten Kate Battery Srhoul Martin Lenore Marie Motive Mes Kent Sunn Marta Joan Fon Flesher Histon

The Mysterious Meeting Between Joan Ralston and Her Child

A peculiar scene unfolds as Joan Ralston speaks of urgency before a time in the afternoon. She gazes into her daughter's eyes, then kisses her lips softly after a whispered compliment. The moment ends with a note that the chapter continues.

Joan Ralston Lottly

Lily of the valley bulbs go in a bowl in dining room

Imogene berates Andrew for buying lily of the valley bulbs and plans to grow them in a pebble bowl. Andrew argues it is a novel challenge and recalls past flower ventures, insisting they might succeed where others failed.

Imogene Andrew Thogene Aurel Fis Cynthia Searles Cynthia

Nature Notes Answers From Aged Wildlife Lore

Tomorrow's nature notes answer reader questions about baleen structure in whalebone whales, goose behavior, and oyster eating. The text cites Magnus as author and mentions wolverines, beak birds, and a control movement, with discussion of hunting and shellfish.

Fifty Years Ago In Thy Courter Item Highlights Local News

A Jacobson era recap from December 1874 covers Rev. William J. Wriple's social call from Nashua on his way back from the Davenport Episcopal convention, a Lincoln township teachers association, weather notes, Orange township aid to grasshopper sufferers, Conductor Peabody’s injury at the depot, editor McM. Ham’s Dubuque wedding to Miss Rebecca M. Wells, a crochet needle incident involving Solon Seevers’ daughter, Red Jacket Wire & Hose Co dancing assemblies, and fur price quotes for beaver skunk muskrat raccoon and musk hides.

William J. Wriple St. Mark’s Nashua Davenport

Forty Years Ago: 1884 Waterloo Youths Readings and Gifts

Fort Worth era notes describe new YMCA quarters in Cascaden building with a free reading room and assembly space for 200. Services were led by Windsor Van Ness and Barrett. The YMCA organized April 5 1882 now has 119 members. Other items include school enrollment, a surprise gift to Mr and Mrs Anibal, Widred named railway mail clerk, upcoming school entertainment, Kiddwards to publish Waterloo Tribune, completion of the new poor house, a 1855 Pierce commission postmaster appointment, and local weddings and pew rentals at Presbyterian church.

Y. MG Young Men's Christian Association Cascaden Spektors J. H. Windsor

Twentieth Century News Roundup from Dec 16 20904

A farm in Eagle township sold all new corn at 30 cents a bushel amid warm weather. In Jesup, a tuberculosis case left a husband and four children. Paul Strayer reports 22 charges at the county home. Col. Alva Page, a Fox township pioneer fisher, died at 77 after a long era since 1855. A widow and children mourn Hervight, who sank after a chair collapse. Burglars stole $5 from the Georges Yenney grocery on Fourth Street West. Mrs. Clarence Burrell dies at home. Waterloo Business College reports 100 students, with A F Gates as principal and Misss Slorner Ortner and Haffnagle as staff. Glaude Jarnagin of Gedar Balls Daily Record joins the Des Moines News editorial staff.

Eagle Township A . Chris Schildtmier Col Alva Page Fox Township Irving MM. J. O'Keefe

Traveled Roads Under Stress in Minnesota Journal

The state reports a 25 percent rise in travel over gravel roads in the last year. Many routes carry over a thousand vehicles daily, raising questions on dust, durability, and possibly switch to hard surfaces. Experiments in Long Island and here indicate well-treated gravel roads can stay dust-free, gain waterproofing, and improve with proper asphaltic oil usage.

Minneapolis Journal Highway Department Long Island

Musterole ad cautions against colds turning serious

An old musterole advertisement warns that a simple cold can develop into flu or pneumonia if unchecked. It promotes rubbing Musterole on congested areas to relieve symptoms, claiming it is a counter irritant that stimulates circulation without blistering. It notes versions for children and small babies and lists price as 25 and 65 cents.

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