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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1927
Page
4
Waterloo Evening Courier volume 69 number 164 lists publication details, staff, and advertising policies. The page reproduces subscription prices, office locations, telephones, and notices about advertising standards and wire services.
The passage describes the rapid development of air transportation with many airports and beacons forming a coast to coast network. It notes landing fields of about 1,500 feet square, green and red border lights, wind indicators, automated beacon switches, dual radio beams guiding pilots, and height-measuring capacity altimeters improving safety. Waterloo by virtue of its prospective airport is to become part of this expanding air navigation system.
The article applauds American competitors at Wimbledon. Helen Wills wins the women's singles, the first American to do so in 20 years, while Elizabeth Ryan and Francis T. Hunter claim doubles titles. William Tilden loses a singles final but accepts defeat with grace. The piece highlights sportsmanship as a bridge between the English and Americans.
Fear of a paper shortage grows as five types of paper are produced from cornstalks and cotton hull fiber of rice straw. Science limits waste by making bricks without straw, while textbooks echo Nature abhors a vacuum. Political broadcasters hope 6,500 radio owners heed the call.
Medical speaker discusses epilepsy treatment, arguing medical care includes diet and nonmedical methods. The ketogenic diet plus bromide medicines show strong results, especially in children, with careful medical supervision to avoid nutritional harm.
A reader argues that surgical removal of exuberant granulations is the cleanest, least painful method for treating proud flesh in burns, wounds, and sores. He notes older folk rely on sugar poultices or cow horn shavings but dismisses such methods as antiquated and painful. The letter also touches on measles notes and requests health letters, signed by Mrs. P. Wo Wa and Dr. Brady.
A column extols scientific views on marriage from Glenn Frank and Albert Wiggam. It summarizes Wiggam’s four conditions for a successful marriage, stressing heredity, environment, health, and the need for future children, and argues against eugenics alarmism.
DAWN. Mason City Globe-Gazette describes the film subheading Came the Dawn and the sunrise imagery. The piece contrasts cinema dawn with real life dawns where people face bills, chores, and labor, noting dawn’s different meanings for humans versus nature.
An editorial in a mid western paper argues Canada and the United States never signed any treaty not to make war. It notes the two nations have simple neighborly relations and do not keep guns by the garden wall, suggesting other nations could save time by following their example.
Diary of a modern Pepys recounts a July New York evening with Gene Tunney chatting from Vermont. It covers authors turning actors, backstage legends, a 6 am end to revelry, and a panorama of Broadway life from Whiteman to Belasco legends with a playful jab at personalities and pageantry.
Mrs Pullen opens a mysterious parcel at Carlile's revealing a platinum wristwatch with diamonds and a card reading Hisse Pullen. More gifts follow for Julia and Mrs Pullen, including a ring, beads, and a bell. The family discusses theater plans and a possible mortgage sale as strange events unfold.
In a hot yard Uncle Wiggily plans a shower bath using a hose set in a tree to cool off with Nurse Jane and Mrs. Longears. A playful moment with Mrs. Twistytail leads to a surprise rain from the hose, soaking all. Baby Bunty’s faucet mischief triggers the splash, then laughter and cooling relief follow as the Bunny family enjoys the refreshing shower.
Hundreds of acres of fertile land are covered by a sand layer left by the Mississippi flood. The heavier rock sediment remains after the flood, making soil infertile for years. It will take a decade or more for farmers to recover fertility and replant effectively.
Uncle Rays Corner recalls camp life at Lake Chetek Wisconsin with cottage meals. The narrator jokes about stove types from open bonfires to gas and electric stoves and shares simple recipes and sandwiches. He notes tomato soup with peas, canned meals, and evolving cooking methods from Old Stone Age bonfires to modern electric stoves.
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