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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1927
Page
3
Fragmented notice lists names and roles tied to Waterloo area finance, mentioning Hartman Jackson McCoy and a telephone exchange. Details are incomplete but imply a public or organizational treasurer listing with several individuals and local bodies.
The notice outlines subscription and advertising rates by carrier, mail options within 50 and 60 miles, and annual terms. It cites Associated Press copyright, policy on republication, and billing terms with payment due by the 10th each month. It lists office representations and general advertising rules.
The piece links cleanliness to health, arguing hygiene reduces disease risk. It notes sanitation as a key health measure for cities and cites contemporary papers urging stricter cleanliness to curb germ exposure.
A budgeting director named nH. M. Lord, described as ranking watchdog over the U S Treasury, faces questions over budget reductions and fiscal oversight. The report hints at tensions within budgetary control and executive scrutiny.
A fragment discusses transmitting fuel signals via radio waves across thousands of miles. It notes beams can reach 1 250 letters a minute in one direction, with daily averages half that speed, and signals about 100 times stronger than ordinary wireless. It hints at future improvements in direction control and reducing wave tapping.
The author argues that fortune levels over time in golf and life, citing Walter Hagen and Cassius, and contends success comes from action, planning, and accepting responsibility rather than blaming luck or fate for failures.
Data from over 3,000 reader responses recount first sex education across ages eight to sixteen. Reporters, scouts, brothers, mothers, and pamphlets shaped youths’ knowledge with mixed accuracy and guidance.
Reader asks about morning bad taste. Dr. Brady explains causes include saliva medicines kidney disease or reverse peristalsis from stomach to tongue. Advises health exam. humidifiers with radiator evaporation recommended. letters answered via stamped self addressed envelope.
Glenn Frank, former editor of the Century Magazine and president of the University of Wisconsin, urges Americans to adopt six principles for weighing evidence. He warns against assuming all men are truthful and notes biases, prejudices, and misuses of statistics. He illustrates how numbers can mislead and stresses context in judgment.
The Baltimore Sun reviews King George’s alleged distaste for women riding cross saddle and favors the older one-stirrup side saddle, noting that younger riders prefer the nag or horse’s back without the old style. The piece remarks the side saddle may become a museum relic after older riders fade away.
The Minneapolis Journal notes Marek as a tame trained circus lion born in captivity and performing docile tricks, a contrast to a feral image.
The piece describes Park Avenue's rise to wealth and status in New York, with 24 karat glamour, expensive rents, and lavish living. It contrasts Park Avenue with Washington Square and Sutton Place, noting social rituals, staff costs, and the shift of fashionable energy to other districts. It also hints at the social dynamics of debutantes, luxury, and the allure of new money.
Old Mr Poke the mud turtle emerges from his pond mud hole as spring arrives. He longs for warmer days and plans to visit Uncle Wiggily, inching toward the hollow stump bungalow to greet his hopping friend. The scene captures a gentle seasonal awakening.
Mr Poke, after a long crawl, peers through Uncle Wiggy s window and mishears Uncle Wig gy s music. He believes he is deaf until Longears explains the device is a noiseless coffee grinder. They laugh, buy a chocolate soda, and plan more tales of Uncle Wiggsily s party.
A survey of elephant behavior notes that herds of 25 to 100 travel with a dominant male while battles end with the winner leading and the loser wandering alone. Urban legends cite a female saving a man from a charging tusk. Jumbo the African elephant delighted children in a London circus. The piece shifts to U.S. politics, describing Gen. Dawes’s rising influence in the Senate and the ongoing farm-relief battles in Washington.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger note describes gradual Senate changes with log rolling and maneuvering behind the scenes as new senators influence outcomes through strategic deals and alliances. The piece underscores the subtle, ongoing reshaping of political power within the chamber.
A reader writes about the fear of trying to stop chewing tobacco and jokes about traveling between California and Florida to find the thing that would make him happiest, noting he currently lives in Indiana.
The New York World discusses Princeton students questioning religion. It argues no mandate requires public release of campus questionnaire results and praising doubt over blind faith. It notes philosophers’ ideas urge doubt and that reasoned conviction follows honest inquiry, not fear of uncertainty.
The Baltimore Sun discusses how the saying comparisons are odious misfits when applied to judgments of better and best. It notes Odions as a strong but weak adjective in such usage, highlighting prolific breeding of comparisons amid trouble.
The essay questions how adding suffixes to words reveals human nature and laments constant comparisons to others. It argues envy and malice arise from measuring ourselves by others and that many would be happier without such comparisons, though few pursue this ideal.
A nature notes column from 1927 answers reader questions about turtles, snakes, robins, holly prickliness, gorillas anatomy, and fish eating birds. It cites common holly varieties, differences in prickliness, and explains why gorillas look human but have smaller brains. It lists fish-eating birds including bald eagles and loons among others.
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