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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1928

Page

2

Newspaper masthead and advertising policy note

Daily newspaper masthead from Walering Iowa with Associated Press affiliation, listing staff roles, subscription prices, and policy statements. Also mentions advertising rules, payment timing, and offices in major cities.

W. H. Marimanoo Courier Corser Park Ave Poswisie Walering Towa United Press International News Associated Press Associated Menor Audit Bureau of Circulations New York Philadelphia Chicago Yeies and Son Fratcisco Story Brogks Mes

Marvel of engineering Holland tunnel linked Manhattan and Jersey shore

Describes the Holland tunnel as the longest vehicular tunnel, connecting Manhattan to the Jersey shore with twin tubes and 20 foot roadways. Details ventilation, emergency exits, flood and salvage precautions, and high traffic projections for motorists nationwide.

America Brooklyn Bridge Hudson Holland Tunnel Manhattan Jersey Shore New York

Convention Ballots Show Democratic Delays Across Histories

A historical review notes that since 1856 the Democratic Party has needed many ballots to nominate a candidate on five occasions, while Republicans did so only once in 1880 with Garfield. The piece lists key examples including Buchanan, Douglas, Seymour, Wilson, Cox, Davis, and mentions Grant and McKinley as first ballot achievements.

Garfield Buchanan Douglas Seymonur Wilson Cox Davis Grant McAinley Tal Wea Bain

Legalized raids and fears of bootleggers in tax enforcement

The article discusses raids on home brewers and bootleggers under internal revenue laws. It notes authorities may raid without warrants only in specific cases and stresses that evidence must be properly sworn and issued by a warrant. It contrasts past political spending with current Senate investigations.

Seymour Internal Revenue Blues Treaisuyg

Earache Dangers and Mastoiditis Warned by Brady

Personal Health Service warns that acute otitis media can threaten hearing and, more seriously, mastoiditis with risk of brain involvement. Prompt drum puncture or incision may relieve pain and drain infection, while mastoid involvement can lead to meningitis or brain abscess if untreated.

Eamache Otis Brady Wiliam Brady

New York City Frauds and Fables in a Bustling Era

A lively column critiques New York social pretensions and scams in 1910s style. It catalogs fronting for art and luxuries, mothers staging weddings, mail pests at hotels, and the rise of speakeasy culture, concluding with Broadway clocks and city time myths.

New York Manhattan India Bermuda New York Four-Flushing Joe Circle 1 Herald Square

Horse Sense from Shaw by Glenn Frank

A 1923 syndicated column reviews Bernard Shaw and his ideas, selecting sharp lines about progress, happiness, democracy, and genius. It contrasts genius with credulity and cites Shaw on democracy and revolution, then discusses a lawyer’s duty and public behavior, ending with a remark from a Boston Transcript note on American industriousness.

Shaw Glenn Frank University of Wisconsin McClure Gymcicate Bernard Shaw

Uncle Wreggily's Electric Light

Uncle Wreggily nods off in front of a radio as two of his foes, the Fox and the Bob Cat, lurk outside his window awaiting a chance to break in, after a night of peril and trickery.

Uncle Wiggily Fox Bob Cat Bob Gat

Fox and Bob Cat Plot in Uncle Wiggily's Dark Room

The Fox and Bob Cat spy Uncle Wiggily through a lit window as they plan to catch him. The electric light goes out revealing his movements and foiling their attempt for the night.

Fox Uncle Wiggily Bob Cat Uncle Wiggly

The Story of Man's Weapons From War to Sling

A retrospective look traces war origins from prehistoric hunting grounds to ancient Egypt and Babylonia. It notes early weapons like metal tipped spears arrows and slings and cites David and Goliath. The piece also previews a future segment on the crossbow.

China Egypt David Goliath Babylonia

Burrough Nature Club Notes Answers for Readers

Questions on pheasants cats goldfish and young deer answered in nature column. Partridge mating baffling to ornithologists. goldfish surface gulping from low oxygen corrected by more plants. young animals have proportionally long legs at birth for early mobility.

Cracks and Contrasts in Early Iowa Opinion

A reader’s collage of quotes from Cedar Rapids Gazette Ames Tribune Fort Madison Democrat and others lampooning laws race politics farming and social views. The snippets reflect early 20th century sectional attitudes about race religion education farming and urban policies.

Miss Brown Encounters Mystery at a London Restaurant

Miss Edith Brown, a demure stenographer, becomes entangled after meeting Col. Dessiter’s mysterious notes and a tense shadow of danger. A Russian refugee and a restaurant family figure into her path as she navigates a perilous theft plot and a furtive lunch in Soho.

Edith Brown Miss Brown Col. Dessiter Mergen Ruffilans Frances Frankland Paul Mx. Paul Mr. Frankland Janly Edith Piccadilly Miss ‘Brown Hampstead

Abe Martin quotes inlocal column clash with child relief

A quirky Abe Martin line features Mrs Pop Angel declaring she prefers a fern or a quiet goldfish to children. The fragment hints at a humorous local column voice with rustic witticisms and playful wordplay.

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