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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1929
Page
2
The article reports on G. M. Urbain’s findings that many sewage disposal plants fail to improve water quality. It notes dissolved oxygen drops, high bacteria counts downstream, and health risks, urging Waterloo to build an advanced plant to curb pollution and protect local resources.
The piece notes big cities lag Memphis in homicide rates per capita highlighting how advertising affects towns. It cites a schoolgirl misreading Taft's oath to Hoover and warns that radio and the coming television era demand greater accuracy in public messaging.
A column of reader comments on hair dye Recipes using iron sulfate and black tea to cover gray hair. Letters praise harmless formulas and share personal results. The feature includes questions about health fears and a dermatologist’s printed salve recipe for toe skin and foot sweating.
A federal agriculture specialist reports a large return to farming from urban areas. Of 10 000 in a survey, 7 700 had farm roots before moving to the city and 10 000 ultimately returned to the soil citing higher living costs, tougher city work, independence, health, and better living conditions as motives. Chicago is noted as trailing behind a western city in a related statistic.
Glenn Prank analyzes Henry Haldeman-Julius’s book The First Hundred Million and its revelations about public taste in literature. He notes demand for sex topics self improvement free thought and entertainment while literary criticism poetry and plays sell slowly.
A collage of verse and prose bits features Leslie Spaulding poetry lines Singing Hands the lytic touch and notes of nostalgia about bittersweet memories. Cartoonish political quips mock a congressman returning from Havana and ask about excess golf while a Philadelphia Inquirer joke ponders too much golf. The page blends light verse social quips and satire.
A devotional meditation reflects on Easter as a day of comfort for the bereaved. It cites 1 Thessalonians and Luke to affirm that the sleeping in Jesus live in God's country, urging patience, faith, and the hope of reunion, ending with a prayer for strength and quiet trust.
A veteran recalls childhood Easter wonder giving way to cynicism yet finding lasting mysticism in the wartime sacraments. He remembers Easter sermons in New Orleans and a Spanish Pascua service, plus vivid memories of forthright church scenes in France and a girl’s gaze that felt like penance and reverence.
Former New Jersey governor E C Stokes argues in The New York Times that the federal reserve was not created to control speculation. He contends raising rediscount rates harms honest investors and broad the economy, urging intelligent study over laissez faire policy.
The column presents a rustic quip spree with Abe Martin like humor about family, homesickness, and celebrity life. A child’s question about celebrities and a punny aside about a musician named Lacy Drummond Hay appear in the read.
A reader puzzle from the Evening Post asks for 26 words each starting with a different letter of the alphabet. Clues cover continents fruits and more with four minutes to solve, answers on the Society Page.
The column paints a sensational portrait of Prohibition era New York including hat checking monopolies, upscale con men, club cash flow, and crime hotspots. It mentions Jewish brothers who built fortunes, entertainers like Sophie Tucker and Harry Richman, and various rackets from gambling to counterfeit schemes fueling urban lore. It closes with bold taunts toward critics.
Herbert notes cherry blossoms lining the Tidal Basin mark spring in Washington. He recalls the 1909 gift of trees from Dr Takamine and 1911 from Tokyo, describes blossom varieties and blooming cycle, and mentions past and current Japanese ambassadors and families pictured under the trees.
Paris dispatch describes Nancy Ann Miller, now maharanee of Indore and mother of Princess Sharada Radie, living at Chateau de Ver Nemont near St Germain en Laye. Local Seattle friends fear to visit amid rumors of 70 servants and Oriental ceremony, while few Americans are in her circle and old ties fade.
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