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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1929
Page
3
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President Hoover presents a measured, reforming program focusing on civil refinement, resource development, law enforcement, education, and public health. He avoids bold reforms in his opening message, commends Coolidge, and promises action on relief and tariffs after congress convenes. He stresses peace, pan American ties, and a practical, plainspoken approach.
The piece surveys changing tastes in literature from Queen Victoria’s era to modern times. It notes the rise and fall of sentimental and romantic novels, praises Thomas Hardy as a bridge to realism, and hints at a backlash against contemporary depictions of crime and filth.
A discussion on the elevated status of mystery or detective yarns once dismissed as low literature now seen as contenders for best sellers. The piece notes New Orleans faces climatic irritations with a weather bulletin urging drain pipes and radiators as mercury may fall to 26 degrees.
Dr Brady argues that deep breathing is not a true exercise and cannot alter metabolism or oxygen exchange. He criticizes faddish health trends, urges ordinary activity and medical guidance, and invites readers to request a health Q A and book recommendations.
Glen Frank discusses the cornstalk pulp project with Danville based Cornstalks Plant. Hungarian Dorner process adapted for U.S. use. Potential output up to forty tons daily, supply from surrounding farms within ten miles. Pulp properties favor transparent or semi transparent papers. experts doubt more than 20 percent cornstalk content in printing paper. Farmers may earn up to five dollars per acre for cornstalks.
A fragmented column blends jokes and social notes about Prohibition poisoning in Peoria, political jabs at Calvin Coolidge, odd depictions of Uncle Charlie guiding children, and quips on trains and spring humor, with scattered mentions of Arabella and boxers.
Waterloo lodge No. 105 A F and A M began work under a dispensation granted May 2 1857 with first officers Timoty Rowell J M E Mears and WS Brainard among charter members. Jennie Bedford died February 27 at age 20. funeral services were held February 28. A literary entertainment for the city library was held at the opera house. a novel movers procession passed West on Lash Wednesday. Ann Eliza Young will lecture March 20. A city election elected Matt Parrott mayor and others to city offices. Indians were seen begging in business districts. Louisa M wife of Dr. Peabody died of pneumonia aged 36. Major William Haddock publisher of Waterloo’s first paper died aged 55. Willam H. Hartman began as printer in 1853.
The Evening Post describes an intelligence color test numbered 371, asking participants to classify color names by resemblance to red orange yellow green blue or violet. It lists items like ultramarine carmine lavender ochre lilac turquoise and emerald with blanks for responses.
Verse stresses unity in Christ with Romans passages. Meditation urges church as one body, interwoven lives, shared faults and strengths, and personal accountability for church harmony.
Antebellum notes report fugitive slaves passing through Grinnell Missouri on their way to Canada. Local liquor law protests in Muscatine. Cedar Falls schools enroll 240 with four teachers and salaries listed. Lectures and travel to Pike's Peak noted along with church relief fundraiser. Towns discuss a free Cedar River bridge and Cedar Valley railroad progress. Market prices and steamer Black Hawk updates included.
AL Leusen and Hanry Fellheimer traveled to Waverly with Al Halt and Joan Taake to contest a cinch tournament. The Waterloo duo won nine of sixteen games as the event highlighted local skill. References note flag displays for President Harrison’s inauguration and local personnel moves in business and sales.
The De Forest Radio Wireless Telephone company plans towers from Maine to Florida to enable wireless communication with the outside world within a few years. Water rise in the river last Friday. ice breakup occurred March 2 last year. Gere 8 S. J. Hoota was elected mayor of Waterlon with 555 votes to 4399 for H.T. Cowin. Hoota, previously obscure, learned of victory after a church serenade. Northey & Sweltzere acquire Lotus Survey grocery stock and will move it to their store on Commercial Street. Town State university dental grads include E. E. Colton K. M. Fullerton J. B. Denney and E. E. Peek of Waterloo.
A large procession of about one thousand people led by the Salvation Army band paraded through streets after revival meetings at Walnut Street Baptist led by Dr W B Riley. They moved to First Baptist for another service as a Taft inauguration crowd watched in Washington meanwhile a severe blizzard disrupted Pennsylvania Avenue, halting streetcars and trains.
The excerpt blends a religious prayer from the Book of Hours with notes on social change and turmoil. It mentions oil discovery, golf course development, and farming shifts, alongside snatches of local humor and commentary from Fort Madison Democrat and Clinton Herald, reflecting broad concerns of progress and unease.
Captain George Fried details his rise from landsman to officer in the U.S. Navy. He recalls working in the coal bunkers, loading coal under heat, and then moving to the deck, with reinforces from officers who mentored him. He describes training, shipboard duties, and early commands before World War I.
In New York a steady stream of about 60 000 missing persons gathers in the shadows of Broadway and Times Square. They drift from railway terminals into the crowded urban maze, hiding from failed livelihoods in restaurants and lodging houses, while police searches chase elusive identities.
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