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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1928
Page
3
A Waterloo Evening Courier column discusses common hotel and club schemes aimed at swindling patrons. It recounts checks tendered for outrageous bills, repeatedly presented for payment, and a jewel thief who hides gems in a shaving kit to steal valuables. The piece warns readers to guard wallets and beware clever cons.
A clipmedley shows British papers leaning toward reduced naval spending and parity with the United States, dismissing war scare talk and favoring an armament cut. Viscount Rothermere backs curtailment while Britain and the CN navy are described as unaffected by threats of conflict.
A winter editorial laments vandalism at Brynes park in Waterloo noting marked ruts and disfigurement from motorists using drives and turf for parking and driving. It urges city to hire a custodian to watch over and protect the civic asset and its beauty year round.
A critique argues that loud showmanship exposes vanity rather than value. It cautions audiences to distrust grandstanding as a distraction from genuine goods and warns that many spectacles feed ignorance and amusement rather than real insight.
A humorous, discursive piece on crafting a concise life story for Doctor Foster. It weighs biographers against bulk and padding, argues for a slim, readable life, and imagines a short biography framed around Foster’s late career move to Gloucestershire and a few personal touches. It also includes reader questions on immunity, exposure, nursing training, caffeine, and whooping cough vaccines.
A vivid travel sketch from St Moritz on a March morning describes ice sports on Lake St Moritz and Olympia Leap, bobsleds, ski jumping, curling, and luxury hotels. The author notes Swiss hospitality, clean routines, and the contrast with American factory life, plus a humorous exchange with a porter over francs.
Howard R Garis muses on Uncle Wiggily and the comic whimsy as the piece shifts to a political meditation in Washington. The essay weighs the clash of old pastoral ideals with modern technical civilization and the idea of expert representation through a proposed third house. It argues for elevating specialized interests into formal government channels to reflect complex economic and industrial forces.
A wind powered contraption with cloth sails on wooden arms lifts a rabbit figure, knocking over a rabbit gentleman and sparking a chaotic scene. The bizarre event unfolds with wind arms wrapping around the scene as Vallie and Bunty react, while Uncle Wee and others observe.
A clipped OCR fragment warns that tax return fraud is criminal and urges belief in the duty of citizens. The text is incomplete but conveys a general accusation about false income tax filings and wrongdoing.
This note explains the origin of the dormouse name as dormant or sleeping mouse. It details its winter sleep, distribution in Europe, habits, size, diet, nest construction, and how its family keeps warm. A German and French relative is called the garden dormouse or garden sleeper.
Uncle Wiggily and companions Bunty and Vallie tour Holland, watching windmill sails lift a jailbound Uncle Wiggi ly, then lowering him safely. They marvel at wind power, note fewer storks, and spot toy cannons and red cannon balls before planning more travels.
In Macon Georgia an air display ending in a plane crash into a city street is condemned as no accident. The aviators perished in a bomb explosion and critics blame authorities for permitting such stunts over populated areas, citing disaster risk and accountability.
The Kansas City Star ponders the fate of Lenin and Trotsky, noting Lenin is dead and his tomb revered while Trotsky remains in exile. The speaker jokes about whether Lenin would have chosen a different fate had he lived, and hints at a possible shift in alignment among early Bolshevik leaders.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes invites questions on nature subjects to the paper’s Nature Notes Dept. Readers ask if birds taste food, why fish coats differ, and about hock worms. answers promised in tomorrow’s column. Previous Qs discuss passenger pigeons and mourning doves, cat bone fragility, tropical forests and climbing vines with details on grapevines and tree strangulation.
Miss Brown and Col Dessiter discuss a web of rival factions and personal motives as Greatson acts with zeal and danger. She agrees to become his secretary, accepting risk for access to his work and travel, while hints about banners of trust and danger emerge.
Abe Martin promotes new kitchen equipment claiming it makes cooking simple for homemakers. The article notes readers react with little opinion, with most nearby residents near the story remaining undecided or silent.
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