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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1928
Page
3
An advertising and masthead page fragment from a Waterloo newspaper shows names and roles, subscription details, and notices about Associated Press use. The text includes editor, treasurer, and manager credits, circulation figures, and advertising policies with scattered editorial commentary on signatures and summer heat.
The piece weighs George Bernard Shaw’s new book and its witty but flawed take on socialism arguing that equality of incomes is impossible and happiness would vanish under such a system. It contrasts Shaw with Mencken and uses an extended metaphor of an architect shaping fate to discuss human variation, effort, and accountability in building one’s life.
The growth of artificial silk businesses and cartel alliances, led by American Viscose, follows Captain Alfred Lowenstein’s investments across Britain, America, Holland, Belgium, France, and Italy. World output rose from 1.24 million pounds in 1896 to 29 million in 1915, with 1919 expectations surpassing 300 million pounds, despite real silkworm output remaining far smaller.
The article explains handwriting and signatures as indicators of character. It suggests studying bank endorsements and cancelled checks to gauge habits and tempo, noting that a hurried scrawl reveals the author’s state, whether calm or anxious.
Dr Braby attacks autointoxication as a fake condition and warns readers about mail order healers and drugless quacks. He explains that toxins from the intestinal canal do not enter the blood unless the gut lining is breached and urges against relying on pills or diets to cure non existent self poisoning.
A reader asks which cooking fats offer better value and health for frying while noting cost. The reply ranks lard and fats as less healthy than olive oil or other fats, advising caution about cosmetic abuses and pointing to a government bulletin on cosmetics as drugs. The page also discusses mosquito control via oil films on water and invites letters to Dr. Willan Brody for health questions.
A compact historical reflection tracing ten pivotal steps from savagery to science. From speech and fire to agriculture and social organization, the piece outlines how humanity progressed through domestication, education, and writing. It emphasizes that progress requires wise use of inherited tools by individuals and societies.
A humorous column from 1928 criticizing New York journalism and literary snobbery. It touches on editors, periodic quarrels over grammar, and the fame of writers like Mencken and Lewis, then wanders through vivid New York scenes of changing storefronts and a chic restaurant interior.
Uncle Wiggily plans jam tarts but finds none in the pantry. He lacks a thimble to punch crust holes, until a woodpecker offers to drill them with his beak. The scene closes with jam tarts baked and a riddle for tomorrow. Also notes Iowa's oldest newspaper claim and a university thesis backing Burlington Gazette's seniority.
Mally, wrongly accused of stealing Mrs Craddock’s diamond, escapes in London and hides in a loft. She discovers a warm hay-filled hideout and meets a large, cheerful young carpenter with a curious kitten, giving her cautious hope. She plans next steps while night turns to day.
In Stratford-on-Avon I stay near the church housing Shakespeare remains and his family homes. Visitors from around the world sign walls and windows in famed streets and shops named after the bard while pondering what the poet might write about modern life.
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