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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1927

Page

3

Daily Reporter Volume Nine Number Five Advertisements Notice

Daily Reporter prints publication details including ownership, editors, and rates. It lists subscription prices, advertising policies, and rights related to republication and rejection of offensive copy. The notice cites offices in major cities and notes the paper’s policies.

Wateriog Iowa Associated Press United Press Internewer Associated New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco Story Brooks & Finley Representatives

Gardening Costs For A Family Of Five In Spring

Readers plan a full spring garden with Giant Mammoth Gigantic brand seeds and a careful budget. The guide lists quantities for beans limas beets carrots corn lettuce onions parsley peas spinach squash tomatoes and turnips to keep a family of five stocked through summer.

Nature Magazine

The Tron Hat Returns to Disturb the Male World

A nineteenth century discussion notes a renewed push to revive the iron derby in American life. Hats weighing about a half pound cost twenty five dollars and are deemed a social burden by some while others hope for change. The piece weighs social norms against fashion and economic cost.

The Public Printer and the Government Printing Office

A historic look at the U S government printing office reveals a vast operation. The office employs about 4,100 people with annual payroll around 7.66 million dollars. It handles the Congressional Record and a flood of bulletins pamphlets reports messages speeches letters bills and booklets. Core processes include 2 million gallons of galley proofs costing over a million dollars with 300 staff. The plant runs 30 web presses 104 cylinders and 180 total presses plus two new units for the Record at over 100 thousand dollars. 377 composing machines 326 bindery units and 30 motor trucks support output. Last year the office spent about 12 million dollars.

Government Printing Office

A New Source Of Power From Ocean Temperature Difference

The article profiles Georges Claude who claims to extract power from the ocean by pumping warm surface water to depth to create steam. Cold deep water then condenses the steam, driving a turbine. He estimates output comparable to a waterfall, suggesting possible dramatic new power sources.

Georges Claude Edison France M. Claude Forbes Magazine

The Rise of Medical Specialism in the Clinic

The article argues that medical science is vast and exact but no single doctor can know all. It explains why specialization grows, how general practitioners become specialists, and why young physicians seek collaborative networks to guide them. It notes the tension between general practice and focused fields.

Heay

One Sided Nasal Discharge and Glasses Advice

A letter asks about persistent left nasal discharge with odor and occasional bleeding. The response notes foreign body obstruction or nasal diphtheria as possibilities and urges medical examination. The second query on yellow tinted glasses is answered with a caution against nonmedical eyewear unless directed by a physician.

Jailed for Thinking and the Gift of Free Thought

A 1927 reflection contrasts Genoa’s 19th century arrest of Joseph Mazzini for thinking with modern America’s same habit of excluding thinkers. The piece argues young talent is sidelined when thoughts diverge from prevailing views, urging society to welcome genuine thinking and not jail or bar it.

Joseph K. Hart Mazzini Mussolini Joseph‘ Mazzini Genoa Italy Joseph Hart The Carbonari America

Ships of Time Desert

Farmers in western Canada propose importing camels from northern Russia with Soviet permission to use on Canadian farms. They cite usefulness in harsh conditions and compare camel strength to Canada’s draft horses. If successful, camel imports may spread to replace or supplement native tractors.

Charles City Press Canada Russia Volga Asia

President Coolidge to take favorite chair to new mansion

The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes President Coolidge may move his favorite chair to the temporary executive mansion. The writer jokes whether the chair will endure a house move, suggesting it represents his authority at home and pondering if the chair is a Morris model.

Jay OT. Wease Philadelphia — Public Ledger President Coolidge

Chorus girls and police in New York hotels and dawns

A 1927 New York piece surveys Forties hotel life linked to chorus girls and patrons, noting late morning dormancy, drinking, and nightly gaiety, with glimpses of danger, police respect, and societal view. It also mentions Max Bodenheim, Roy McCardell, and a whimsical children's interlude about Uncle Wiggily and a nickel.

New York

Uncle Wiggily and Neddie's Nickel

Neddie asks Sister Beckie for nickels or pennies to buy a honey cake, offering half to Beckie, but Beckie has none. Neddie suspects he lost his nickel saved by his father, while Uncle Wiggily is spotted hopping along the street nearby.

Neddie Virgily Beckie Bunny Butter Goat Uncle Wiggily Neddie Stubtail Hollow Stump Sister Beckie Bear

Have you a nickel in your pocket

A dialogue scene shows Neddia and Neddie urging Uncle Virgily to lend a nickel as a boy and his sister anxiously press for spare change, amid hurried speech and mispronounced words.

Neddia Mr. Longears Neddie

Burroughs Nature Club Notes Guidance for Readers

Readers are invited to send general interest questions about nature to the Nature Notes Department for answers in this column. The item is compiled under the Burroughs Nature Club notes and carries copyright from 1927.

Burroughs Nature Club Houghton Mifflin Co Nature Notes

Answers in tomorrows nature notes

Answers reveal quails polygamy, cedar wood use in pencils, and slime factors of snakes. The note promises explanations to these questions, plus updates from prior Q and A on moles, phalaropes feeding, and sick fish behavior.

Fifty Years Ago Notes and Local Incidents

A winter recap from 1877 covers reduced Illinois Central shop hours to eight per day five days a week with wages to drop before normal scheduling returns. A wagon accident in Fox township kills 14 year old Henry Sage as wheels run over him twice. A baby cow nurses an orphaned pig, and Miss Lizzie C Adams, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. E D Adams, dies at 28 after teaching in 1874. services held in Decorah. The Waterloo district faces a $6,000 budget need for next year’s school support, with $4,080 paid for teachers’ salaries last year and T A Jenney as board secretary.

Tlinois Central Henry M. C. Sage Fox Township Dihd Lizzie C E. D. Adams Congregational Church H. S. DeForrest M. K. Cross Decorah Waterloo West T. A. Jenney

Forty Years Ago March 2 1887 in Hudson News

The George B Rowell Glove and Mitten Co is incorporated with 60000 capital. Directors are George B Rowell D C Kellogg and W T Williams. J H Washburn and L A Brooks run a Hudson general store. Mrs R Russell and daughter Lillian recover from illnesses. Mrs W W Strayer injured yesterday. Dr P I Barber dies aged over 80 after Christmas illness. Barber a Cedar Valley Medical Society member and Early Settlers' Association founder. Survivors include two sons and a daughter. Old soldiers honor Charles D Becker with glass water set. William Bryant buys Beekly barber shop. Cable Engle dies at 79. John W Cook named M C A secretary in Springfield, Mass.

George B. Rowell

Local business shifts in 1907 ink and early spring notes

Twenty years ago on March 2 1907 C C Lindner and J E Brag don form a life insurance partnership planning an office in the Syndicate building Lindner resigns as Penn Mutual district manager and aims Northwestern of Milwaukee expansion New subscribers added to the Courier list A A Eisenhart buys Maple Street residence from Dr Dunkelberg for April move Judge Ransier opposes easy divorces Dr Heverly installs new dental equipment March arrives blustery West School Board president C O Tamson visits schools Galloway Company moves to second story for space displays Louis Waittel residence contract let to Shippey Burke Miss Genevieve Edwards to represent East High at upcoming district oratorical contest

C. C. Lindner J. E. Bragdon Syndicate Lindner Penn. Mutual Northwestern Milwaukee

Porcelain of China and its ancient craft

UNCLE RAY'S CORNER explains how China got its name from Buddhists and why porcelain is called china. It traces porcelain origins to glazing 1700 years ago, notes Kingte-Chin as a main center, and describes clay preparation and shaping by barefoot workers before forming plates and bowls.

JHE Porcelain China India Chin Europe United States Kingte-Chin Tes

Kiln Fire Shapes Dragon Porcelain in Creations

A description of vase making detailing clay shaping painting glazing and firing in a sprawling kiln. The 50 by 12 foot furnace reaches 3000 degrees and works on the ware for a day and a night with dragon lion and deer motifs common in the designs. Tomorrow The Creeds of China is noted.

Uncle Ray China

Favors Smoke Abatement In Waterloo Letter

William C. Eickelberg of 100 Fifth Street casts a strong plea for a heating code and furnace inspections in Waterloo citing 70 percent of furnaces failing to abate smoke. He argues efficiency losses, fire risks, and calls for stricter city ordinances guided by a formal code.

Waterloo Williston Avenue William CC Eickelberg Fifth Street

Abe Martin Kimer Mains Promotes Knit Mittens Fashion

A readable fragment notes Abe Martin Kimer Mains wearing a pair of mittens knit by his mother during the Lester Jet murder case. The fashion forecaster is described as more influential than the Weather man, with the forecaster hitting a tt twice as often.

Kimer Mains Lester

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