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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1924

Page

3

Wateroo Evening Couriers Aged Volume Ad Pages and Stories

In a dated clipping the Waterloo Evening Couriers publish a long mixed page with circulation details, editorial notes, and local feature fiction The piece includes a bedtime fable about two boys Hopping Hi and Cal the Duke a spoof on prohibition era culture and a satirical take on light opera and drinking songs referencing John Philip Sousa and a humorous social vignette

Hopping Hi Cal Duke Cai North Dakota Cat South Dakota Michigan Nebraska Illinois New Jersey Ohio Massachusetts Aell California Tva Althe Senate Altho Hejt John Philip Sousa

Mystery of Major Martin in the far north

The piece laments the disappearance of Major Martin and his machinist in Alaska and Aleutian regions. It questions their fate, praises American adventurers, and urges hopeful rescue while urging Waterloo to welcome top talent like Ethel Barrymore next week.

Major Martin Northland Martin Alaskan Peninsula Aleutian Islands Iowa New York Waterloo Waterloo 18 Ethel Barrymore London

Plain cod liver oil touted as vitamin rich remedy

Dr Brady discusses cod liver oil as a rich source of fat soluble vitamins and its historical medical uses for rickets tuberculosis and growth delays. He recommends unaltered oil and provides infant feeding guidance while answering reader health questions on basement dampness scarlet fever and duck eggs.

FRIEND WIFE

Rob Fulkeron presents a satirical dialogue between Imogene and Andrew on postwar prosperity. They discuss debt, mortgages, and the hollow glamour of newly acquired wealth as they quip about cars, furniture, and the looming burden of expenses. The piece ends with a renewed resolve to curb spending.

Imogene Andrew Tieng and Trusts jDotes

Brain Tests By Sam Loud

A playful puzzle asks solvers to form the name of a "King of the Swan" hero from clues. The published challenge notes the hole depth finishing at 405 inches as part of yesterday's answer.

Sam

Iowa Editors Critique Eugenics Legislation Debate

The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune questions the Iowa legislature's eugenics law, noting noble aims against disease and fit marriage yet doubts enforcement. It contrasts with laws for animals and suggests the human race faces more resistance to such controls. Also praises Calvin Coolidge as honest.

Storm Lake

Sandman Story Ends With Quest For Hidden Gold

In a tale by Mrs. F. A. Walker, Jack convinces the princess to seek her father’s hidden gold, guiding them to a forest cave said to hold heaps of treasure. The king agrees to join, insisting the gold vanished as if by magic, and they begin digging near a tree twisted by a storm to reach the fabled hoard.

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Jack and Princess Discover Hidden Gold in Forest Cave

The king, Jack, and the princess find gold in a forest cave after a cave-in. They cart the treasure to the palace while the king distrusts others. Jack marries the princess and they discuss the dream like tale of the gold and forest magic.

Belfast Dock Labour to Move Through Panama Route

Vancouver reports Ireland has ordered 1,250,000 feet of British Columbia timber for Belfast wharves and docks. The timber will be shipped through the Panama Canal as announced by the provincial department of mines and forests.

Vancouver B. C Ireland Belfast Department of Mines and Forests Panama Catal

Fashionable nuisance girl follows residents

Abe Martin notes a fashionably dressed girl who formerly caused a scene by bursting into doors and gasping for breath. Mrs. Tiptar Rud reports a postal card from her sister saying everyone is well except the Fern, which is turning yellow.

Dierome

A Day's Work on the Yacht Set Ends in Tense Scene

The cast and crew film aboard a yacht as Winston and Maud Lanson confront a dangerous near-shipwreck. Eddie presses to stay aboard, Stratton plays a tense hero, and the crew plans a perilous single take with doubles switched midscene.

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Burroughs Nature Club Notes Recap and Questions

Questions on pigeons rabbits book pests and book mites are posed with answers teased for tomorrow's Nature Notes. The column also revisits past inquiries on birds guiding ships to land and insect pests including the kissing bug and squash bug with sketches of color and habitat.

Nature Notes Golambus America Atlantic Bermuda Bahamas Peninsula Cumberland Opisicictus

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