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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1928
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier editorial page lists advertising policies and rates and warns about fake cinema schools exploiting immigrant women. It notes widespread fraud in acting courses, screen tests, and stock schemes, urging warnings in foreign language papers to curb crooks.
A discussion on copyright profits from serial book stage and film rights and how a pending congressional bill would allow holders to dispose of these rights separately. Critics warn that prepublication registration of sale contracts could handicap authors if publication is delayed and enable partial assignees to gain unduly.
An ambitious young wife and mother of two wins the ten thousand dollar AISE prize in a national letter writing contest. She says the money will help, while her civil engineer husband chases their first million. The piece muses on luck, ambition, and future wealth.
Dr Brady letters answer reader questions on infant colic myths diet and care. Topics include hunger as actual cause of colic, warnings against treating gas or indigestion, safe eye antiseptics, canning pears advice, and protecting workers from iron dust. Includes guidance on when to seek physician input and how to submit letters.
Glenn Frank argues that defining religion is dangerous and limiting. He urges listening to inner feeling and shows religion uses institutions, intellect, and ceremonies but is not reducible to them. He warns against institutionalism, intellectualism, and ceremonialism as distortions while stressing discovery over rigid definition.
A quoted long‑winded piece argues a crew member claims the Monitor gained an advantage by turning the enemy fire base, but notes no historical evidence or mention of a fire hose. It also suggests the crew struggled with turret operation, casting doubt on such sensational accounts.
A World-Journal report argues cement interests will gain increased business volume due to state bond issuance. The analysis contends most firms secure similar levels of demand under current bond schemes, noting Iowa’s present approach remains influential and stable.
A New York columnist laments modern newspaper columnists as entertainment rather than serious reformers. The piece notes readers favor sharp quips over sermons, cartoonists once spurred reforms, and columns blend vaudeville flair with personal liberty. It also touches on Absinthe use in speakeasies, and ends with a reader’s complaint about the lack of seating in the metropolis.
Uncle Wiggily, Baby Bunty and Vailie emerge from a sagging airship onto a vast ice world. The landscape is white with rolling hummocks and distant animal motion suggesting the North Pole. The scene sets up a meeting with polar wildlife as the trio navigates the icy terrain.
A fragment from a North Pole adventure follows Bunny Valie and Uncle Wigaily as they shiver in the cold after locating a large animal. They seek warmth and recall a volcano heat, hoping Eski the Eskine rabbit can point to a warm refuge.
UNCLE RAY explores early writing by sounds in Egypt. He explains rebus-like picture alphabets, examples for a, I, t, and aft, and shows why picture writing was laborious for many words such as belief. Tomorrow the Phoenicians tease more on writing.
In a Christmas North Pole scene Uncle Wiggily and Bunty learn poles are imaginary and warm sunlit days exist near the equator. Eski the Eskimo rabbit helps with igloos while a sea lion appears, causing playful fear before the tale shifts to the next adventure.
Burroughs Nature Club offers reader questions on orioles fruit flies and insects. Answers discuss Baltimore orioles nesting, a dusky white butterfly with spots, cotton fibre plants, porcupines diet, and other natural history queries. The column provides brief explanations and notes on animal feeding and anatomy.
A fragment from the Chin State Journal discusses marital strains over perceived flaws on a man's vest. The piece notes wives trying to alter appearances with benzine after dinner, hinting at grounds for divorce if the spouse objects or the partner cannot tolerate the flaw.
Edith Brown assists a distraught man connected to XYO and a secret service saga. He confesses love for Miss Frances Austin, asks Miss Brown to mediate contact, and hints at danger from a communist clique. She offers caution, kindness, and a path to safety while he vows to confront his foes.
Abe Martin laments crowded spring up of walled in schools and argues women endure as much as men while shedding little clothing, able to attend concerts and sit a circus.
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