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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1925
Page
3
An analysis contrasts American hurry with slower, deliberate living. It cites industrialist Anderson advocating a mixed approach for public funding to curb depressions, suggesting short term bonds and phased improvements. The piece also notes Shrine convention weather in Los Angeles and light items on public culture.
An economist outlines a view that public works spending can smooth the business cycle by offsetting unemployment during downturns. He cites a BR study noting about 900 million dollars spent annually on public works in the Union and suggests reallocating funds from food programs during severe downturns.
A Reinbeck Courier item urges signers of a pheasant curbing petition to know what they want and what the law can deliver. It weighs extermination versus statewide game status and notes any action depends on the state game warden’s office funds and policy.
Dr Williams Brady warns strychnine in medicines endangers children and calls for physician prescription only sales. He cites 1924 insurer data showing 78 accidental deaths among insured children with 24 linked to strychnine in tablets or tonics and urges accountability for doctors, pharmacists, and merchants. He condemns easy access and urges stricter laws to curb procurement and careless dispensing across homes.
Andrew resists Imogene's demand for a new dress while she argues money is tight. She recounts a dog rescue tale to justify spending, then admits she will not be scrubbed and prepared for a ribboned dress. A note mentions special paint to protect night flying postal planes.
A torn OCR style brain teaser fills column with words matching definitions Prohibit, To deprive of life, The President's official family, Aserol, A metallic element, A sailing vessel, A public vehicle, An open fabric, A musical instrument. Remaining letters spell a magnolia family evergreen shrub or tree name. Answer to No 83.
A garbled OCR fragment shows the unreadable sequence WIPPOCAMPUS with odd insertions like Hip- Popotamis and Incrate while Pot, j Jam using, rate are struck out, leaving a puzzling remainder on campus.
Uncle Wiggily wheels through a woodland pool encounter with a friendly Doodle Bug while guiding playful rabbit children. The tale shows the bug mistreated by stones and bark, and the gentle moral of asking others to stop teasing.
Fifty years ago in the Courier dated Wednesday June 9 notes H A Lane’s berry gift to the paper, Spetcher enlarges ice cream parlors, county debt at par with past advances for bridges, churches promoting strawberry festivals, postmaster Brick Pomeroy’s east trip, infant death of the Rickers, Minneapolis weather hints, general good health, Grundy county cornfields, and a light frost with minor damage.
Forty years ago on June 10 1885 residents of Waterloo Iowa laid and contracted cement walks for homes and businesses. Notable names include I G C Munger J B and J Q Myers and Speicher Ham Philadelphia Clothing House Park House and Parrotts among others. The piece notes 1400 square feet of cement at I G Munger’s and mentions city editor duties and a frost observed on sidewalks. The Rainsbargers mob case and a birth of two boys to W F Parrott are referenced as contemporaneous items.
A party including Mr and Mrs Wy Chapman and Dr Waterbury left for Colorado to visit various sections. D M Dierdarr was injured when thrown from his rig while bringing a cow to market. Mrs Burkitt becomes Waterloo’s first woman artesian well officer as the city deepens its water project. Peter S Dorian, Civil War veteran and early Waterloo resident, died last Saturday night. An ad promotes Cadillac cars and a “doctor’s delight runabout” with prices around $750-$950, noting a faster travel time from one area to another.
Questions on bird nesting, lice on humans, and sage conk are posed for Nature Notes readers. The column provides partial answers about Baltimore orioles color, toads after rain, and coyotes, noting their size, behavior, and rising human impact in the countryside.
Uncle Wiggily praises the Doodle Bug for warning of the Otter while the bunny naps. The Doodle Bug boasts a cleverness that keeps him from growing up, content with small, playful feats. The tale ends with the two continuing adventures by the brook.
The column delivers a humorous riff on politics and public opinion with local flavor. It references President Coolidge and a broad satire about national politics, as the speaker muses on hats, bills, and party loyalty in a playful tone.
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