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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1929
Page
4
The article discusses a proposed new U S government security called treasury bills. They would be sold at a discount for 30 60 or 90 days up to a year with no coupons and would help investors use surplus funds while giving the treasury flexibility in money markets.
The 1929 daylight saving season begins with clocks set forward one hour in about a quarter of homes. By Sept 29 clocks will return to standard time. New York state, New Jersey, Massachusetts and several cities adopt sun-saving plans. railroads adapt schedules to the change.
A Farm Journal article notes kelp feeding improves livestock health and yields sedation-rich effects. Indiana hogs won a grand championship while tests show kelp boosts iodine content in milk and even eye sedin. Chicago doctors may prescribe iodized milk to address regional sodin deficiency.
The piece recalls older undergraduate curricula with English, science, foreign language and electives, later augmented by physical training and military drill, plus freshman lectures, noting a shift in eastern institutions. It frames the evolving college program through a historical lens.
Reader letters bring a bold claim of a self-administered remedy for hypertension. Dr Brady cautions absence of a doctor’s endorsement yet promotes a simple physiological truth about breathing habits as a key factor. He explains readers may receive more details in forthcoming installments and invites letters for personal health questions.
The essay argues the press is one estate alongside spiritual and temporal lords, but a new Fifth Estate is formed by scientists. It cites Edmund Burke and Arthur C. Clarke, praising scientists as thinkers who spark progress. The piece warns even lords lack their simple questioning and applied insight.
Selected snippets blend playful verse with humorous asides and editorial quotes from Ed Howe to William Lyon Phelps. Witty lines on golf, fashion, prohibition and writing ideas mingle with regional musings from the Etoux City Tribune and references to Thornton Wilder.
A satirical Abe Martin note mocks crime reporting by describing a bold daytime hold up at Acme Mila station. The piece reframes the event as a cowardly act where a gun is used to seize money and escape, reflecting editorial voice and dialect.
A compact retrospective notes weather observer J P Evans recounting a 22 inch winter total with 25 below zero on January 2 and mentions city affairs from Waterloo including a saloon card playing ban, a Reform club, a calaboose bid, school principal re election, lost cow adverts, and a mix of local incidents and notices spanning 1859 to 1969 with names like G J Mack, J P Sherman, Prof J K Sweeney, Theodore Roberts, Fred Vandewalker, and city improvements on Second Street.
Washington insiders rely on Elmer Lewis, head of the House document room, as the memory expert for legislation status. He tracks about 22,000 pieces across channels from introduction to final action, and his quick recall helps lawmakers decide on bills, resolutions, and private measures.
A rich married patron bankrolls a rising actress in a romance that ends with his abrupt withdrawal after her debut. The tale unfolds amid theater gossip as hatless fashion and auctioned Napoleonic relics spark wider chatter about vanity, wealth, and backstage power.
In the University of Wisconsin system Lewis runs the document room with independent effort and modernized services. He compiles laws, aids debaters with study material, and handles about 50 daily requests for congress speeches. Donald Meiklejohn, son of a faculty head, declined a memorial board seat to protect scholastic time despite athletic involvement.
A 1940s test page describes removing incorrect words in sentences and solving spelling and logic items. It features a sample about harmony versus homeostasis, a misspelled name Rigat, and notes about where answers appear on the society page.
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