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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1927
Page
3
A scanned newspaper page presents the Watars Daily News masthead with publication details, pricing, and advertising policies. It lists editors and managers, circulation terms, and notices on advertising standards, with Associated Press and United Press International affiliations and fielding offices in major cities.
Iowa lawmakers emphasize safety as primary roads become arterial highways with Stop and Caution signs plus supplementary distance signs. Signs, manufactured by the Iowa Highway Commission, will be posted September or later to reduce accidents, though officials note many crashes stem from violations and drunken driving. The piece urges drivers to observe traffic laws and stresses that even with measures, some accidents will occur.
Data from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics show a 5 percent drop in gross farm income for July 1926 to June 1927 versus the prior year, with 14 475 farm owners reporting lower incomes. The report cites cotton price declines and notes diminished income across most regions except the south central, while farm operators’ average income fell from 92 to 853, and total gross income for the last crop year is estimated at 12 The figures are broad estimates but indicate widespread financial strain for farmers.
A satirical look at how the titles professor and doctor have degraded in American society. The author argues that any pretender can call themselves a doctor, cites statutes allowing trade members to use the title with qualifiers, and compares medicine, law, theology as remaining true professions while barbering and nursing drift, ending with a barber facing malpractice risk if a customer dies from a cosmetic procedure.
A reader asks for syphilis and blood disease symptoms and a blood-building diet, plus a blood-purifying remedy. The reply denies known cures or diets, warns against quack literature, and urges study of health. Additional items discuss dietary purins, gym vs nutrition advice, and guidance on footwear and foot care from Dr Brady via published letters.
Glenn Prank argues long term farm relief depends on three non political forces: the factory, the market place, and the school. He envisions decentralizing factories, new industries using farm wastes, and rural adult education to empower cooperative marketing and farm management aimed at durable prosperity.
Correctionville News reports Cowboys from Montana plan a birthday visit to the president. They display the slogan Cal's Our Pal which could become a future campaign slogan. The phrase is catchy, concise, and suggests a winning tone.
Toledo Chronicle argues vacations broaden the self and reveal how narrow lives can be when one escapes daily surroundings. The piece urges every person to take more than a day or two away to gain perspective.
A 1927 New York piece notes bootblack workers in midtown earning 25 000 to 100 000 dollars yearly, often owning shops or investing in real estate while serving as shop espionage and cash handlers. It also recalls curious idiosyncratic names in the city and light social scenes around theatres and speakies.
Uncle Wiggily uses a playful prank on Bunty and Jennie Chipmunk by stealing their ice cream and re filling with cotton from last year’s milkweed pods. The girls retaliate with a return prank, then the bunny buys more cones and ends with a friendly note of future tales.
An aunt in Detroit writes Abe Martin that rumors say the new Ford is not popping out of side roads. Miss Tawney Apple laments today that you cannot go anywhere without getting pickled.
Austin Tims discusses Hoppin s balloon device that lifts a wearer to fly with a balloon strapped to the body allowing leaps over obstacles and even street crossing safety. The piece envisions a future dance craze balloon hops in meadows or city streets, likening the idea to Gulliver in Laputa and noting its playful, almost Gulliverian flavor.
Uncle Rays Corner shares a reader letter about pitching curves and a memory of summer baseball. He explains a basic grip and a drop curve, notes need for swift motion, and recalls forming a Blooming Grove team that lost 21 to 7 to Fair Oaks while stressing good spirit in winning or losing.
The column answers reader questions on nature topics. It explains that the common earthworm has about 140 segments with tiny ventral setae acting as footholds. Setae help grip the ground as the worm progresses by thrusting or pulling subsequent segments along.
Questions about ridding a spruce grove cottage of wasps, whether birds have air chambers in bones, and how salmon are kippered. The column corrects myths about turkey vultures and describes cud-chewing ruminants with horns and digestion.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that making punishments for criminals more certain and severe has been tried in New York with the Baumes acts. It questions whether life sentences on fourth felonies deter crime or push offenders to relocate, while crime reportedly declines in New York and criminals may flee to other states.
Two new courses in the American Library Association Reading with a Purpose series explore The Stars by Harlow Shapley and Appreciation of Sculpture by Lorado Taft. Shapley cautions that the readings expand knowledge of heavenly things rather than reveal occult arts, recommending several astronomy titles. Taft argues art should be part of religion, praising works on Greek, Italian, and American sculpture plus notable biographies and histories. The Harper’s guide to new books lists titles available at Waterloo libraries, including Lost Ecstasy and Next Age of Man, among others. Also quoted is a verse from Marjorie Allen Seiffert’s Ballads of the Singing Bowl.
Muscatine Journal argues lawyers bear much blame for the decline of the jury system. It says jurors were once knowledgeable, now they are required to know little and are easily challenged if seen as capable. The piece asserts lawyers could reform procedure but choose not to.
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