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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1921
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier column mixes local notes on advertising rates and editorial stances with weather discussion and public policy quips. It cites Gov Small, a Blairsburg arrest case, and humorous commentary on heat waves, dogs, and genealogists while highlighting local business details and printer's charges.
Health Talks by JOHN B. HUBER discuss summer diet to ease digestion and energy use. Recommends three meals, cool milk between, air light meals, and blood cooling fruits and vegetables. Advice warns against overeating and heat effects, plus reader questions on circumcision timing and nervousness.
The piece criticizes reckless driving and warns of costly, dangerous behavior on the Rainbow Drive. It questions disarmament talk, noting free British commonwealths would likely support disarmament if given a vote, and reflects on moments of driver inattention costing lives. It frames public attitude toward optimism, pessimism, and policy debates in Washington and international affairs.
A reader asks about skunk cabbage and calla lily relationships, goldfish egg hatching time, bluebird housing, and related care. The column cites locust thorn protection, silkworm history in America, and lists books and bulletins on attracting wild birds and building bird houses.
A clipped regional note describes rising hardship and a rash of scam artists preying on vulnerable locals. The piece notes how deceitful sellers adapt under pressure, with a wary tone toward brokers and impostors exploiting fear and instability.
Fragmented verse evokes woods and blossoms with surreal phrases about the heart of the wild and violets at your feet. It references Sara and Dickey and a line about not wanting high seat in glory, hinting at personal musings and dreams.
A jumbled OCR snippet includes a title Orange-Yellow Diamond by J S Fletcher with copyright lines from 1931 and reprint notes in 1921 1922. It also records the death of Zzther M Woods age 24 at the residence of Charles Frederick with infant son of Mr and Mrs T J Murphy dated July 25.
A July 29 1871 note describes a bugle sport event to be held midweek near the R A Babbace stock farm north of Aplington station Butler County. The rest is a fragmented narrative from a serial tale set in London with characters Purdie Melky Rubinstein Zillah and Levendale amid a hotel scene and a street into Sussex Square.
A collage of small items details a pastor’s vacation and a September first worship note at First Baptist. A sea lion rumor spawns a playful chase among sportsmen who conquer pond lilies instead. Obituary notes Nathaniel Alingworth, 73, died July 20 after a life born in England. The opening drama Merry Wives of Windsor features electric lighting and a cast led by Morgan Gibney and D. Harris. Local telephony readers get early subscriber lists and operating rules. A tense fiction excerpt follows with Levendale and Purdis plotting a diamond theft and a murder mystery, amid shifting identities and a looming police reveal. A weather blurb records record heat and river conditions for July.
Government thermometer readings show 110 degrees as Dr. Russe H. Conwell spoke on Acres of Diamonds at the Chantaigua platform last Wednesday. The heat overwhelmed audience and laborer John Storm, a Conrad Paul farm worker, collapsed Monday night. Bathers seek relief downtown and along the river to sleep cooler.
A Roumanian prince who recently visited the country asked, When does prohibition start, a query we deem unfair. The broader point: distraction of thought may prove fatal and invites caution in public debate.
Worries over Japan's possible acceptance of a disarmament conference invite run deep among pacifist and nationalist factions who feud over chances of renewed conflict. A sun returning to normalcy is seen as a welcome sign, while observers urge cautious tax policy amid deflation. Pajama fashion in Paris reflects a shift in men's evening wear during a heat wave. A recovering moonshine user recalls many details except the location of his drink. Humanity should aid famine victims amid rising Bolshevik and Soviet threat, as the world faces possible hunger.
A set of corrected phrases fixes common errors in tense mood and agreement. It shows proper forms like would have, shall be, and have been, replacing doubled negatives and misplaced adverbs to reflect standard English.
Five minutes to answer a word puzzle with clues to form the name of a grand old French man. Solve by manipulating letters from terms such as resolution, friction, grain, group, existence, month, wind, and craft a final name. A playful array of wordplay and related fragments follows.
Imogene tends a suddenly ailing Andrew who claims a bad head and back pain. She insists he is seriously ill, calls a doctor, and describes his symptoms as lumbago or grip while managing his care with anxious urgency.
Nineteen men appointed to the consular service received instructions from Secretary Hughes stressing that the United States seeks facts not opinions. He warned that many young men mistake fancy for fact and urged clear discernment to see plain truth beyond comment.
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