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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1928
Page
3
A column discusses bootlegger hijacking as police ineffective under dry laws, then mocks a Indiana court ruling that ownership transfers negate theft. It also covers a British copyright case on a slogan, questioning truth in advertising and the reach of legal protection over misstatements.
A Cleveland girl Sylvia Motoc admits sneaking into cinemas by slipping behind patrons, avoiding the doormen who overlook her small stature. She claims to have stolen about 3000 per performance across neighborhood and downtown venues. The piece notes curiosity about youth reflexes and behavior for psychological study.
Secretary of Labor Davis calls unemployment figures serious but not catastrophic and suggests public works as a solution. He notes 1,874,000 out of work with a 7,443 percent decline since 1924, and observes downward hiring through February, urging construction to provide jobs and lower costs before a broader boom.
Dr William Brady criticizes claims that diets cure arthritis and mocks the uric acid theory. He coinages arthritism, notes doctors cling to old terms, and warns against diet fads while addressing reader questions about cold flu terms and a Kansas aviator’s death story.
Glenn Frank argues that war era radicalism would erase calendars and replace steady progress with constant movement. He contrasts change with improvement and warns against blind pursuit of novelty, urging careful balance between tradition and progress.
A March column wanders New York scenes and personalities from Liberty and Gallipolis to Beatrice Lillie and Oscar Hammerstein II. It notes nostalgic boarding houses returning to vogue, quirky street observations, and fashionable diets, with playful jabs at taxis, statues, and vanity.
In a Arctic shoreline scene Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty meet Eski and Wallie as they observe a narwhal. Longears asks about a kayak while Eski explains a kayak is a small seal skin boat and the narwhal is an animal with a long ivory tusk.
A brief, fragmented note on ancient Greek writing and migration. Mentions Greeks as active people, colonies abroad, and settlements on sea islands and in Asia with a stray reference to Italy. The text is incomplete and lacks a cohesive narrative or date.
A compact history of early writing tracing Greek influence in Italy and Etruria, the evolution of word separation from dots to spaces, Roman adaptations of letters, the use of vowels and I versus J sounds, and the erasing stylus. It notes right-to-left scripts in Egypt and early Greek practice shifting to left-to-right.
In a frozen sea tale, Baby Bunty and Eskimo rabbit Eski encounter a narwhal and a seal near a kayak. The group rescues travelers, rides the kayak, and helps build a white igloo as Uncle Wigglily and the rabbits settle in for a warm, cozy stay with fur clothes.
A jumble of quotes and snippets from various papers includes a young man proposing on bended knee and regional commentary about appeals and quarrels. It cites Shenandoah Sentinel Ames Tribune Clinton Herald Fort Madison Democrat and Omaha World Herald remarks about Hoover and a fighting Quaker.
Edith Brown a stenographer becomes entangled in a spy plot involving XYO a British secret service unit while a dangerous encounter unfolds at the secluded Nook residence. Lady Hanerton aides a risky defection as Thornton defies orders amid a masked threat and approaching arrest.
Questions on pigeons amber sharks bed bugs and poultry disease answered in Morrows Nature Notes column. Poultry disease fowl typhoid and fowl plague cause dark combs. infected birds should be destroyed to prevent spread. Bed bugs multiply by batches, eggs hatch in 7 to 10 days, moulting and feeding continue through life stages.
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