Waterloo High School today and forty years past
A reader column recalls Waterloo high school's evolution from the one-room, wood-fired schools to the modern building with gymnasium, laboratories, and varied departments. It contrasts past funding, staffing, and facilities with present educational and entertainment opportunities and discusses federal-aid highway construction procedures and oversight.
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Magniifeant
Waterloo High School
Bea
Eople
Waterloo
Fouth
Dr Grant Attacks Church Practices In Heresy Debate
The article reports Dr Percy Stickney Grant in New York criticizing church methods after facing a possible but shelved heresy charge. He cites Rockefeller Institute hookworm cure as more pleasing to God than drowsy church attendance, prompting debate on genuine faith versus ritual. Also notes Arctic explorer Amundsen’s pole expedition as a side mention and compares zeal for discovery with faithfulness.
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Percy Stickney Grant
New York
Allegers
Grant
Rockefeller Institute
New York D. C
Lelse
Dr. Amundsen
North Pole
Pole
Peary
Cook
Nursing mother diet and habits advice by Dr William Brady
Dr Brady urges a nursing mother to eat a full varied diet with fruits vegetables milk eggs fish poultry cereals greens and water plus daily outdoor exercise. He warns against alcohol and laxatives overuse and favors natural laxatives and moderate activity. The column includes reader Q A on health topics and instructions for sending questions to Dr Brady.
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Opan
Beaza
Dr. Brady
William Brady
Friend Wife by Rob Fulkerson
Imogene sighs over Bessie visiting and envy sparks talk with Andrew who claims love and quarrels are tied. He explains love tempers conflict and, amid playful jabs, warns Imogene about dancing with Mayme Thompson. Their banter reveals union tensions and lingering affection.
Do not some of these eager adventurers go after the center of the earth
A curious column muses on fashion trends boots heat and the oddities of the era. Uncle Frank West of Nashua and an Iowa editor comment on thrift work and the lure of wealth. A fisher noted for a lamp like glow and a preacher urging liberality round out the item with reflections on necessity and inheritance shaping effort.
Character Grown by Toil and Sacrifice Not Inherited Rewards
A preacher and bond broker discuss how character forms through toil and sacrifice rather than inheriting rewards from others. They argue personal effort drives growth and achievement, while relying on others erodes private reward and motivation, reflecting a long observed rule of human life.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Aife
Havin
The Sandman Story a Snowbound Snow Home
Mr Fox, his friends Possum and Coon explore a hidden Badger passage beneath a snowbound hut. They enter a snug living room, judge Badger’s neat house and stove, fear the many doors, then rouse Badger from his winter nap as the party's intrusion becomes clear. The scene ends with a clatter of a pail and a greeting.
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Mr. Fox
Badger
Mr. Possum
Foxey
Dog
Mr. Badger
Mr. Coon
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions and Answers
Q and A from Burroughs Nature Club in 1923 offer readers guidance on moths robin diets captive snakes and beginner birding tips. Answers discuss death s head moths feeding traits and humane advice for observing birds with stealthy dress and a bird bath nearby.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
The Regeneration of Malcolm Starmount
Malcolm Starmount, a rich young man, quits his wild lifestyle and helps Mary Devlin, a poverty-stricken girl, finding purpose. A wild party leads to a staged car theft and a possible murder accusation by Nalda Courteney. Starmount drafts a will to leave his fortune to Mary, hoping to secure her future while facing a looming scandal.
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Malcolm Starmount
Mary Devlin
Nalda Courteney
Dick Tennant
Naida Courteney
Starmount
Parker
Sluleahy
Tennant
Ten
Nantot
Wildie
Muleany
Nalda
Courteney
Pat
Dick Teninant
Ted
Marty Devlin
Mal
Fou
Mr. Starmount
Mulcahy
Jby
Europe
Shubsh
Mr. Parker
Mary
Malcolm
Temarke Eodore Parker
Brain Tests by Sam Loud
A brain teaser asks to determine sugar and flour prices from two purchases. One customer buys eight pounds of sugar and three of flour for 90 cents, another buys five pounds of each for 75 cents.
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Sam
Abe Martin Quote on Love and Jazz Style Derby Hat
Abe Martin suggests it is better to have loved and lost than never loved at all. He humorously adds that a trombone from a jazz orchestra looks better in a derby hat than any other seen.
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Mr. Shean
Doctor Brady
Doctor
GcAnswen
Graham
Karrell
Bat
Tom
Harry
Imogene
Mayme Thompson
Andrew
Nobuddy
The Mill Wheel's Endless Grind Recalled in Verse
A fragmented old verse laments perpetual storms and seasons, noting the miller's calm resignation as the wheel turns against a harsh cycle. The fragment hints at hardship, repetition, and a weary march through time.
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Iowa
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Lawa
Medway
National Newspaper Service
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H. MM
Friend Wife
Rob Fulkerson
Bessie
Jim
Frank West
Nashua
M. D's
Uncle Frank
Sandman
Mrs. FL A. Walker
Nature Notes
New World
Idah McGlone Gibson
John F. Dille Co
Abe Martin
Frank L. Stanton
Hades
Haileluia
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