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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1926
Page
3
Local editor urges Waterloo voters to support the city ticket in next Monday's mayor and council election. The piece argues for continued prudent spending, responsive policing, clean streets, and efficient services, praising current administration while stressing tax safeguards and civic duty.
Fragmented OCR text discusses American patriots and senatorial watchers opposing Mussolini linked policies in a wider United States debate. It cites a commission view on a best possible plan, concerns about repayment of funds, and references to Daly Mallan resources and Porta Wee Mapwatini albeit in garbled form.
The Dubuque County gravel on the Hawkeye road shows impractical wear on a heavily traveled route. Poor upkeep costs a large yearly amount from the primary road fund. Weather worsens dirt road conditions, causing motorists to avoid the Hawkeye highway and signaling broader issues for future roads.
Readers submit questions on nature topics to the Nature Notes Dept. The column promises answers from experts. It references questions about plant life and growth forms and invites further inquiries.
The article surveys belief in fairies across Ireland, noting tales from Monushan to the Blackwater region. It cites figures like Lady Gregory and Yeats, highlighting a Gaelic revival fueled by myths, literature, and a belief in elfin folk amid a modern, skeptical era.
A child’s ingestion of chocolate coated tablets laced with substances like strychnine is examined. The piece condemns household access to dangerous drugs, urges punishment for those who supply poison, and critiques the law and society for enabling such risks. It also includes a medical Q and A on constipation and duodenal procedures.
A tense scene unfolds with Kathryn Leanar Lile in a doorway as a threatening man tries to force entry. A struggle ends when the assailant collapses and falls, followed by a sudden blast of thunder and street noises as the scene erupts in darkness and fear.
Uncle Ray guides readers through the difference between shooting stars and meteors, describing how meteors travel 20 to 30 miles per second, burn in the air blanket, and vary in size from oranges to large rooms. It notes that many meteor fragments reach museums and mentions a meteor crater found by Admiral Peary.
The piece blends a pupil letter about composing and a children story excerpt featuring Uncle Wiggily and various animals. It includes a distressed SOS, lunch preparations, a night journey in the woods, characters like Kathryn Leonard Rodney Evans and a police officer, and a stormy arrest sequence with gun and hidden details.
Uncle Wiggily rests on a milkweed bed after a sneeze soaked night. A mountain lion prowls the woods but the bunny escapes as the hero hurries home. The tale ends with a promise to reveal Uncle Wiggley and his violet in the next installment.
A Greenfield Massachusetts nurse declares Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her strength for heavy daily work and full nursing duties. She also praises Sanative Wash. Similar letters from other grateful women describe improved health since taking the remedy.
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