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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1925
Page
8
A humorous critique of repetitive rainy day phrases and overworked expressions. The piece mocks monotony in everyday speech and offers a litany of fussy synonyms and florid alternatives, urging sharper, clearer writing and richer imagery. It ribbingly notes how journalists and the public slip into lazy weather patter and invites smarter phrasing.
Michael Kahr a Smith Lichty Willman teamster and his son with another boy are stranded on a Cedar River island north of Gilbertville as flood waters rise. Eight companions in four autos reach Ralph Hoxte collage area for a weekend but six wake Sunday to rising water. Kahr and the two boys await rescue while Stevenson brings food. two men left in a car Saturday. Marriage licenses listed Forrest Burns and Hester Spear. Alvah Griffith and Anna Marie Munson. Des Moines reports M D Orr a US Marine deserter arrested from a federal detention camp with Eagle Grove roots.
Late reports from the flooded district in Delaware County indicate bridge damage on the Illinois Central railway may be repaired for train operation by tonight or tomorrow. A bridge east of Manchester is most seriously damaged as crow crews work night and day to repair it. Eastbound passengers are routed via Dubuque by bus and auto, with detours on local services. Trains run delayed, detours extend from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids, Manchester, Waterloo, and Cedar Falls.
Waterloo NAACP members announce William Pickens of New York City will speak at a dinner conference Friday June 19 at 6 p m in Black's Tearoom and again at 8 p m at African Methodist Church. Pickens, a Talladega College and Yale alumnus, is a noted national figure. Milton F Fields, president of the local NAACP, has been elected delegate to the national gathering.
The thirteenth annual national conference of the association meets in Denver from June 24 to 30. It is the first major western conference on race relations and will be attended by white and colored people from across the country.
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