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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1927

Page

30

Supreme Court Upholds Virginia Sterilization Law

Washington May 3 agencies report a predicted rise in a superior race as states with sterilization laws target imbeciles epileptics criminals. Dr Claude C Pierce calls the decision a step toward a super race and says the law imposes no hardship beyond preventing reproduction.

Washington, D. C INS Supreme Court Virginia America Claude C. Pierce United States Pierce

How To Improve Your Complexion

The ad claims a youthful fresh looking skin depends on facial care not age. It promotes Ice-Mint as a nightly treatment to rejuvenate and beautify the face neck hands or arms with a single application proving powerful effects. Tre-Mint is advertised as inexpensive and available at druggists.

Little East

Beardstown Flood Turns Town Into Riverfront Storefronts

Beardstown residents adapt as the Illinois River floods the town turning streets into waterways. Miss Lena Floyd, Beardstown High School teacher, notes grade schools closed though the high school stays open for now. Teachers wear hip boots. improvised walkways allow passage over water while shoppers paddle canoes to stores. Government forecasts warn the river will crest higher late next week.

Illinoia River Beardstown Lena Floy l Beardstown High School Floyd Soya

Boots Sold as Town Expands Floor Tour Fest

A fragmented report notes a plan to build a new floor tour festival above an existing one to keep selling boots. The text mentions the speaker staying in one of seventeen places in the town.

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Floodtime Life on the Riverbank

The report notes youths engaging in flood related sport with a radio boat and music on the water. Residents describe dodging water hazards from boats and six foot levees built around buildings to keep water out. Basements fill with several feet of floodwater while a nearby pontoon cafe sits by the river. A unique scene includes paddling a canoe into a dry goods store and climbing a ladder to shop, with a shoe store also mentioned.

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