Evening Courier Notes and Advertisements Include Prohibition Commentary
The Waterloo Iowa Evening Courier prints advertising policies and carrier rates, with editorial excerpts on prohibition enforcement. It discusses the difficulty of enforcing laws, comments on political campaigns, and contains a note about movie subtitles and a British election comparison. The piece blends notices, opinions, and local business details in a single page fragment.
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W. I. Hariman Co
Capuder Hidg
Corner Park Ave
Commercial St
John C Martina
Jackson McCoy
Treas
Mgr
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News
Associat. Press
All News Dispatchea
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story, Brooks & Finley, Representaties
Legislative Class Work and a Wealthy Laborer
A dated discussion argues for legislature members to earn academic credit for service and imposes attendance rules with medical proof for absences. It envisions governor controlled degree conferral and even coed program tweaks. Separate notes praise Fowler McCormick for working a wage job at International Harvester, praising industry over leisure and urging work as a social duty.
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Iowa
Senate
General Assembly
House
Pew Institution of Higher Learning
Tor
Capitol
New University
Fowler McCormick
Harvester King
Milwaukee
International Harvester Company
McCormick
Thoreau
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers from 1923
A nature column from 1923 answers readers questions on aquatic respiration, calico bush identification, human uniqueness, swift nesting, insect blood, and road runner egg color. It explains that some creatures breathe with water, clarifies insect blood concepts, and notes white, elliptical California road runner eggs laid in spaced clutches.
Friend Wife by Roe Fulkerson
Imogene protests hosting friends and a cattle rancher known for cow punchers and turkey shoots. Andrew resists but hints at a vacation invitation while the couple debates hospitality, money, and the rancher’s lifestyle and gifts.
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Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Tie
Imogene
Andrew
Jess Tonny
Crdeery
Afterthoughts on Peter Pan and timeless child characters
Austin Tims contemplates why beloved juvenile figures such as Peter Pan Buster Brown Skeezix and other early icons remain forever young. He argues parents want children to mature while enjoying the nostalgia of perpetual boyhood in literature and art.
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Austin Tims
Pandora
Peter Pan
James M. Barrie
Wendy
Peter Pans
Alice of Wonderland
Lord Fauntleroy
Little Neil
Maggie Twliver
Marjorie Fleming
Life
Buster Brown
Bate
Skeezix
Chester Gump
Uncle Bim
Buttercup
Perry Winkle
Smitty
Charles Lamb
Junior
Phosphorus myths and reader Q A health column
William Brady debunks phosphorus as a nerve tonic, cites body phosphorus distribution, and warns doctors against relying on nostrum claims. The column answers reader questions about blood pressure units, summer travel bids, teethed diets, and copper water safety, encouraging stamp‑enclosed letters for replies.
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Mr. J
P.c. Sy
Uncle Wiggily's Up and Down Adventure
Uncle Wiggily, a rabbit, loses his hat to a March wind and uses Mrs. Kinky Tail's clothes line to improvise a rope. He creates an up and down swing for Jacko and Jumpo, playing with the monkey boys until Bob Cat gets flung by the springing branch. The tale ends with plans for Bunty's cake and future mischief.
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Uncle Wiggily
Bunny
Mr. Longears
Jumipo
An¢ls
Jack
Jacko
Jumpo
Uncle Wigerly
Rabbit
Bunty
Census Not Taken to Satisfy Curiosity in Iowa
Iowa editors urge understanding of the decennial census value for representation and taxation. They note counting flaws, citizen cooperation, and the broad public importance of the census beyond growth data. The Muscatine Journal comments on perceived legislative incompetence and an excess of unenforceable laws.
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James €. Espey
Lery Stern
United States
South
Des Molines
Iowa
Muscatine Journal
Senate
Pappis
Abe Martin investigation outcome recalls a troubling clue
In Abe Martin style a husband and wife drink together and the man who waits faces the result of an investigation. The column hints at a mystery resolved by inquiry suggesting consequences for the involved couple.
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Evyer
Brain Tests by Sam Loyd
A puzzle column invites readers to fill a vertical word column from top to bottom. Each clue defines a word for the sequence: a fowl a sign a procession you turn pale if filled correctly. The puzzle promises removable letters and a final hidden name of an American author.
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Weelerleg Evening Courier
West Virginia
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
Bill
Tatagene
Inlogene
Jook
Andy
William Brady
Nat'l Wetyspaper
Santa Claus
Nostrum
Almanac Bank
Wisenheimer
Nospheris
G. G. EL
Dr. Brady
Wiliam Brady
Doc
Uncle Wiggily’s
Howard R. Garis
Abe Martin
Sam Loyd
Talloyd X—Woord
Hall - Ekfelt Co
Axminster
Hall-Ekfelt Co
Bridge Street
Vulaat
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