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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1920
Page
2
A Waterloo Waterloo Evening Courier page columns mix politics social views and local notes. It critiques suffrage strategy references Gov. Vermont and Rhode Island involvement and urges practical savings and road safety remarks alongside light observational humor about Cedar Heights and potato prices.
In a calm historical voice the author disputes the idea that wealth and success are due to luck. They argue luck plays no role, pointing to deliberate actions and steady choices during prosperous times as the real cause behind financial outcomes.
A report notes Mr. Bryan objects to letting a minor detail derail a presidential nomination. He argues against imposing numerous speaking dates at hundreds of simple venues per night to press the campaign forward amidst early contest scrutiny.
A reader describes a dramatic scene months later when a woman rushes to a door and declares a lifelong commitment. The muddled account hints at city lures and desires for a dramatic change or new start in a bold, impulsive moment.
A physician advises a young man with tuberculosis to seek a healthful country district and follow a strict regime with no alcohol dancing or late hours. He warns against travel, stresses the need to stay with a trusted doctor, and emphasizes will power and obedience as the path to recovery.
Mrs. Reddy Fox frets as Reddy returns to a door slammed by danger. Reddy narrates a chase with dogs and riders through woods to a thin icy pond where the ice breaks and the dogs and riders tumble into the cold water. Tomorrow continues the tale.
Imogene debates her imagined life after marriage while Andrew warns imagination can mislead a married woman. He cautions that dreaming of wealth and control leads to false happiness and snobbery, urging her to keep expectations grounded.
A disjointed passage shows someone named Binkley and Uday resisting laughter and criticism. The text hints at hesitating at price or cost and a general sentiment of being fed up with scrutiny.
Puzzle style item references Loyd and a numbered ballot box riddle asking for an animal name. It notes a previous question No 441 and hints at solving a pricing or work-day puzzle with figures like 89 23 and 20 23, typical Loyd brainteaser framing.
Poem fragment by Frank L. Stanton reflecting on life and time. It contrasts staying in this world with departing, urging persistence through toil and time. The piece references dawn, night, and the enduring call to keep moving forward.
In this segment Nature Notes discusses how animals use protective coloring to evade predators, citing the tree frog resembling bark and wood frogs matching leaves. It notes that some bird families stay together after fledging, listing species such as chickadees bluebird blue jay nuthatch kingbird phoebe and other true flycatchers as examples.
The ad promotes Zemo as a fast acting remedy for eczema blotches ringworm rashes and related skin troubles. Sold at drug stores for 35 cents with a larger bottle at 1.00. It claims the liquid cleanses soothes and heals quickly without greasing and urges readers to buy today from The E W Rove Co Cleveland Ohio.
Recount of a Republican congressional convention results with Capt Orr winning on the fourteenth ballot. Notes European War rumors from Napoleon interviews, Empress Eugenie arrivals and Prussian troop positions. Local sports report Stars of Waverly defeat Waterloo 74 to 5, plus miscellaneous items on a beehive sting incident, bricks for a depot, and county finances.
Worn items of local history show O'Brien's shop on Bridge street sold to A BThomas partner and new owner. Also note brief obituaries, land prospect trip to Sioux Falls, and market prices for oats, wheat, butter, eggs, pork and flour as of 1880.
Twenty years ago on Monday July 30 100 King Humbert I was shot through the heart and died almost instantly after a prize distribution at a monastery. The assassin was Angelo Breasi. A citywide note mentions local developments and civic plans including a larger courthouse and post office for Waterloo, and a driving association race lineup for Aug 7 and 9.
Iowa editorials extol picnics as a great national sport and urge appreciation of outdoor meals. Writers praise scenic settings, backyard venues, and the social joy of gathering, noting humorous data on ants snakes and weekend rambles and the “life” of picnickers.
Advertisement claims summer is ideal to start treatment for rheumatism to reach its bloodborne cause. It promotes a blood purifier sold as 5s. 5s. 3S. via Chief Medical Adviser at 611 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga, promising to remove germs from blood and prevent relapse with colder days.
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