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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1923
Page
3
A Washington correspondent notes editors as peers of Harding and discusses the balance between speed and accuracy in news. It quotes Harding urging reporters to verify facts, stressing reliability as a newspaper’s core asset and the public’s dependence on accurate information.
President Harding addressed the Associated Press luncheon in New York, urging publishers to cultivate less eagerness and more accuracy. He spoke as a newspaper man first, stressing professional pride and nonpartisan tone in his remarks to leading editors and executives.
Personal Health Service column by Dr William Brady discusses the value of germinated wheat, whole wheat, and cabbage for vitamins and iodine sources. It also covers infant feeding, fruit juices, and cautions on arsenic in cabbage. A Q&A segment answers reader questions on sore throats, whooping cough contagion, and stigmatism with practical guidance.
An editorial covers Noting a coal shortage causing grim moods in Waterloo with residents cutting purchases and fearing winter hardship while proposing sun energy ideas for heat conservation. It also critiques campus hazing after a fatal incident, endorses Dr Bradley on wildlife and urges June muzzling of city dogs to curb bites and peevish behavior. The piece ties in Payne’s Home Sweet Home centennial celebration as context.
A whimsical tale unfolds with Imogene and Andrew as they share a Monday banter about legends and perception. A legend from Borantifan worries over finding flowers or weeds, illustrating how expectations shape experience. The scene shifts to the Dolphin’s Bride, with a princess chosen by a Dolphin, entering an underwater hall for a crystal feast, ending with a teaser for tomorrow’s installment.
Incomplete note describes a Waterloo winter scene with rain stalled by snow. Children on skates revel on the Cedar as news from the town travels toward Los Angeles, conveying the odd seasonal mood and local longing for home.
The dolphin carries Princess Allox to a marble castle on a mountain where silent mermaids guide her to a midnight room. At the castle altar the dolphin awaits as the princess wonders what fate awaits her, the scene set among glowing coral walls and sea stone halls.
An elderly Dutch sportsman argues the modern ten pin game descends from Kuperspiel played on Holland greens for centuries. He describes 15 pins in three groups of 3 and 4, with turn about plays to force a final pin, then presents a specimen puzzle and asks for the opening shot to guarantee a final pin for the opponent.
A narrator recalls waiting for letters with false hope, hoping the loved one writes. On the third day desperation interferes with work, prompting a prideful call followed by a special delivery asking forgiveness. The scene ends with exultant emotion and renewed connection.
Malcolm Starmount a rich young man turns over a new leaf and invites poverty struck Mary Devlin to his country home. A wild party led by Nalda Courteney ends in a stabbing incident and a murder accusation. Ramon Graves and Mary navigate love, guardianship schemes, and plans for Tennant’s insanity cure amid jealousy and tangled loyalties.
Questions on Arctic birds winter color, hatchling alligators size, and tapping trees ask in burroughs nature club notes. Answers promised in tomorrow’s nature notes.
A reader's questions cover avian brood care, earwig myths, and garter snake abundance. Birds: male guards fledglings and roosts with other families, aiding later migration. Earwigs: unlikely to cause brain disease. rare ear entry treated with oil, Vaseline, or warm suds. Garter snakes: prolific breeders, hardy, long activity period, aiding maintenance of population.
The Sioux City Journal cites the Philadelphia Public Ledger noting the world shipping will not like liquor bans on foreign ships but will adapt. It argues New York would not abandon its port status and Halifax cannot surpass American ports, and that foreign ship owners will grumble yet comply. The piece urges a broader foreign policy vision and notes domestic Congress should focus on work, while mentioning planetary scale comparison with Neptune.
The speaker quips about television ads for a maid and her reluctance to stay home to answer the phone. Mrs Em Pash at a farm event dismisses the idea, while a farm tale about a president and taxes is mentioned in a rural anecdote.
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