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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1929

Page

4

Opening the Air Base Route Sets New Transcontinental Flight Plan

The Universal Aviation corporation with New York Central and Santa Fe inaugurates daylight transcontinental passenger service by plane linking New York and Los Angeles in about three days. Travelers transfer from train to tri motor planes at Cleveland and Garden City with rail connections to Boston and other cities.

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Still Fair to Go On Headlines Trade Improvement

Trade and business in the United States shows strength for May with freight car loadings up nearly 5 percent from a year earlier, the best May on record. Wheat price fluctuations follow the grain slump affecting stocks, while construction slows and brick and lumber output fall despite higher cereal prices. Hoover farm relief prospects lift sentiment, with congressional action awaited. oil conference at Colorado Springs offers tentative hope for petroleum conservation plans.

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Graveyard Poetry in Old English Stones

The piece discusses graveyard poetry seen on seventeenth and eighteenth century grave markers. It notes debates over authenticity and cites examples in England and colonial America, including Trinity churchyard in Well Street and Concord’s Burial Hill as sites where epitaphs reflect the era’s verse style.

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Debates on Art, Reno Divorce Scams, and Prohibition Agents

The piece reflects on modern art with embellished stones and asks who is the greater genius. It then recounts a Reno divorce scam where a disguised prohibition agent caused 21 arrests and 17 indictments at night clubs. A wary view of trust in people follows, recalling old fashioned household prudence.

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Safe way to treat varicose veins discussed by Dr Brady

A survey of 4,507 surgical vein removals across 24 hospitals shows a mortality of 1 in 250, while injection obliteration reports about 1 in 4,000. Recurrence favors injection at roughly 6 percent versus 30 percent after surgery. Dr Brady notes conservative caution but sees injections as increasingly accepted and practical, done in office with minimal bed rest.

Seeing and Stating Problems by Glenn Frank

Glenn Frank argues that seeing studying and stating a problem precede solving. He notes modern training favors specialization over holistic insight and warns this risks losing the seer spirit essential to understanding and addressing complex factory and societal issues.

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Tulips Sleep, Bloom Again After Winter’s Cold

A reflection on tulips buried under snow waking in spring, with vibrant crimson gold and white blooms symbolizing renewal after harsh weather. Also notes a collage of varied clippings touching on professions and early radio industry growth.

Woman seeks disguise after car fender bend

A woman explains to a garage mechanic that she wants a fender fixed so her husband won’t know it was bent. The mechanic refuses to conceal the damage but offers to repair it so she can later ask him how her car fared.

Raskob Plan Aims to Broaden Wealth Access for Workers

The piece outlines John J. Raskob's concept of a large securities investment trust to sell small stock lots to millions of workers and small investors. It argues the plan would let wage earners share in rising stock values while protecting them from swindlers, expanding ownership without harming existing capital.

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Sunday School Helps Lepers With Box Office Drive

A Waterlon Sunday school class of fourteen from the Tri-M group at Church of the Firethrew Sumday school staged a drama One of the Nine to raise funds for leper aid. Free will offerings support missionary work and batched bandage drives for lep ers. The American Mission to the Lepers lists gifts from two to forty dollars for basic care and treatment in the leper effort.

Iowa Waterlon Tri- M Church of the Stars Lepers

Broadway My Pal tale fades as New York eyes entertainers

The article paints a bittersweet view of Broadway's "My Pal" sentiment, urging skepticism toward favors and charity as lights dim for fallen stars. It notes Hollywood successes from Broadway misfits, and surveys Chelsea’s fading boom, Basque game import, and Union League’s move sparked by noise. It also touches on shipboard details of a four-man crew, a Mayflower decommission, and a naval craft comparison.

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Presidential Yacht Launch on Potomac With Guests

Washington Daybook notes a 40 foot presidential launch aboard the Mayflower tied to Hoover era fleet, with Mrs Herbert Hoover and friends aboard. The craft No 10 096, used for recreation and inspections, features white cedar and mahogany paneling, and seats for 37. Built for Harding, used by Coolidge, carried aboard when not in use.

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Brain Tests ce New York Evening Fast

This puzzle presents descriptions with word choices. Each group asks to underline the correct word, testing vocabulary and general knowledge. The exercise includes items about devices, balls, fruits, and a U.S. city founded over a century and a half ago, offering options and an answer on the Society Page.

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Grape rollers and barley crops draw curious locals

Abe Martin notes locals chase grape rollers while barley fields are inspected. A quip about an insurance agent’s warning from years ago hints at regret as observers ponder future changes and a shift toward green carpet ambitions.

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