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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
2
A Farley Iowa merger unites Methodist and Presbyterian congregations into a single church with one minister and shared Sunday school. The move halves overhead, preserves individual doctrinal views on lesser matters, and aims to grow a stronger, more active community church.
Seismographic instruments in several areas record a new spasm in the earth underlining recent disturbances. In former days such tremors were local and scarcely noticed beyond nearby observers, but current measurements show nationwide activity.
Health Talks by John R. Huber outlines varying sleep needs by age from infancy to old age and notes more sleep in cold climates. It covers disturbances linked to fevers delirium tremens and other conditions as well as sleep-related symptoms tied to neurological and systemic illnesses.
Impatient little twig frets over its brown dress and longs for a new spring frock as Mr. Breeze passes by. The mother cautions patience while the twig argues for change and fashion, set in a tale told on a big apple tree.
A humorous squib notes Mrs. Safe Bud has waited two months to find a place to mount a pencil sharpener after buying it to improve her complexion. Her daughter reportedly fears sneezing could blow it off.
A twig seeks to debut a pink and white trim before other twigs and the wind warns against early dressing. Ignoring advice, it wears the new style and is chilled by Chilly Wind, losing its trimming and browning before summer ends. The next year it learns patience and waits.
A fragmented Brain Tests item presents Loyd style puzzles with a riddle about a Shylock and gold, hinting at a wordplay answer. The garbled text mentions a being wandering from home and unable to exist in its native land, with references to numbers and items like MITTENS.
The column explains why a dog's sense of lapel is keen, notes ideas about a wall being uniform nebnet, and asks if the Canadian white throat sea sparrow is musical while migrating, presenting the week’s questions and reflections.
Skunks raid hen roosts as experts at plunder. youngest birds suffer most. Light rays through clouds appear as wheel spokes with a central hub far beyond. Woodpeckers are songless yet drum in spring, making dry limbs eloquent of change.
Emma plans to invest a $5,000 inheritance in cars and plantations after receiving seductive schemes from a Florida man. He spins a tale of orange groves, pecan mines, oil wells yielding vast incomes, and a silver mine. The pressure to send money escalates as she debates shifting from vehicles to exotic ventures.
Poem by Frank L. Stanton critiquing money fever and social hypocrisy. It contrasts striving for wealth with spiritual doubt and communal relief, imagining the afterlife as a reckoning for the poor and coalless.
The tale follows Emma chasing wealth with jokes about oil, silver ore, and $4 000 for mushroom spawn. An adviser warns the long-gated project will fail near the oil well, while Andrew mocks Emma’s shifting wishes and warns against tying up the last $100.
Secretary Baker estimates a war department deficit of 60 million to 100 million dollars this year. Congress is blamed for allowing overspending as the army exceeds the intended strength. The department seeks 7106 million next year after 392 million received this year, while current plans may cut funding to 300 million.
In prewar Spain the army faces dispersal and consolidation to cheaper posts, while citizens endure shortages and anxiety. Des Moines Capital notes voices asking if they are downhearted as workers in the hand-made shoe trade persist amid turmoil.
A Chiropractic advertisement argues that human efficiency and wages hinge on health and spine alignment. It cites doctors Crenshaw and Schumply on spinal defects affecting disease, claims chiropractors identify causes, and promises weekly disease treatise ads for reader knowledge.
Directory snippet lists chiropractors and dentists with names, addresses, and phone numbers in Cedar Falls Greene Osage and nearby towns. Entries include Mary E Day D C 402 614 Washington St Prof O H Hoy 426 East 4th St R L Shores 213-14 Commercial Bk Bldg W J and Christine Vogel 203 Fisher Bldg Corner of Stn and Lafayette Cedar Falls Iowa Whi J Roth 315 Main St Greene Iowa W W Langenhagen B C Ras 216 Thomas Block Osage Iowa E Hislinger DB Co Lenthora Evans moodie B C Suite 7 Waverly Savings Bk Bldg.
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