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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1928
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR note describes a boastful line about a “grand and glorious feeling” and “the other fellow” after a fight. It mentions a dentist fitting the whole front works and an emphatic exclamation. The text is garbled with stretched letters and stray punctuation. The source is unclear beyond these fragments.
A compact imprint from the Waterloo Evening Courier outlines advertising rules and rate practices. It details payment timing, eligibility criteria, and the paper's right to omit or modify copy to comply with policy while noting Associated Press and other bureau affiliations.
The piece analyzes Uncle Andy Mellon’s Pennsylvania speech signaling Hoover’s likely securing a majority of the Keystone State delegates at Kansas City on June 12. It notes the allied opposition’s losses, bitter fighting over Hoover’s religion and background, and forecasts a rapid bandwagon swing as only a political miracle can halt Hoover now.
Walter Hagen, an American pro, claimed the British Open title at Sandwich with a 72 hole score of 292. Jose Jurado of Argentina led at halfway with 144 for 36 holes but finished tied for fifth at 301 as Hagen kept steady, delivering par and birdies to secure the championship.
In a brisk business column a calm executive plans a new line of hand decorated mottoes for office walls with the message If you want to whistle go date vaudeville. The idea aims to capture springtime spirit and boost sales for the firm.
A bathing girl revue preliminary for Miss America selection will be held in Chicago this summer. Atlantic City’s withdrawal leaves room for a new host city with hotel and restaurant profits seen as likely. Sponsors include movies, magazines, fashion houses, beauticians, and advertisers aiming to glorify the American girl.
The column rails against Sir Arbuthnot Lane for claiming colon removal cures many ailments. It argues surgery is an art, not a science, and warns against miracle claims about constipation causing cancer. Readers’ letters touch on iron weight gain and scalp wen prevention with practical, cautious advice.
The article recalls early impressions of Manhattan and cites colorful scenes from Pennsylvania Station Fifth Avenue and Columbus Circle. It notes a bustling New York culture including magazine editors actors and musicians, plus social spots like the Little Church Around the County and Dewey's reflecting a lively era. It mentions Ray Long Ben Hampton Grantland Rice and Chauncey Depew, with references to Lillian Russell and Roger Wolfe Kahn, and ends with a humorous cafe moment about a Broadway birthday hangover encounter.
Glenn Frank argues three basic tools of education the alphabet pencil and multiplication table have sterilized learning. He says true education blends knowledge with wisdom and urges colleges to foster homes of wisdom not mere information. He warns of future descendants laughing at our approach.
Uncle Wiggily plans an outing when he meets Uncle Butter the goat. Butter declines adventuring and suggests visiting the duck pond to investigate a matter before Wiggy hops off.
Uncle Wiggily consoles crying ducklings and asks if any Wibblewobble ducks have fallen in the water. Uncle Butter laughs at the idea, saying a duck in water is harmless while a larger worry looms as Lean hesitates to check further.
Uncle Wiggily departs with Uncle Butter to guard grass while Nurse Funzy notes signs to keep dogs off. At the duck pond Lulu and siblings lose a candy, and Uncle Wiggily helps recover the wooden handle and cheers Lulu with a sand picture. The scene blends playful animal antics with a puzzle quest as kids head to school.
A collage of local items from Waterloo and Iowa towns reports plans for H A Lane’s Hudson general store in 1878, electric light experiments in Chicago, farm-market activity, frost damage in May, post office money orders totaling nearly 49 thousand dollars, a Sabbath School convention in Cedar Falls, Mississippi River flooding near Quincy and Dubuque, a park residence robbery, a marriage, city salary rises for fire chief, school staffing, a boy injured in Dry Run, scarlet fever in two children, and city enforcement of a street play ban with two youths summoned but dismissed for insufficient evidence.
May 16 1908 marks a church dedication in the city. The New Evangelical church at Park avenue and Lafayette street will have cornerstone laying and sermons by Rev C C Plund of Des Moines and greetings from Rev Frank Cote. Also The People’s Store at 910 Fourth Street opens with A L Alexander as proprietor and J Timmerman becoming manager at the Read clerk post, with Supl F D Merritt noted in administration.
Years ago in charge of the schools of Water Iso east the last two years has resigned. A. W. Chamberlin, superintendent of schools at Waukesha Wisconsin, is recommended by the board of directors as his successor. Miss Florence Burt has resigned as superintendent of Presbyterian hospital since it opened. Miss Aurilla Perry of Hartford has been elected in her stead. Waterloo Woman's club closes a successful year and delegates are named for the General Federation meeting in Boston. Walter French leaves Palace clothing for Central Savings to begin a law course next year at Iowa State University.
A 1838 nature column invites reader questions on birds fishes life spans and alligator feeding. It reports prior inquiries about a marsh bird likely a bobolink, how snakes move using scutes, and which creatures prey on Colorado potato beetles including birds and ducks.
Abe Martin reflects on a deputy sheriff jailed yesterday evening near the farm he lived on before daylight. He mentions the Lark’s brother and a man who sent a stamp for a dandruff cure, calling it a valuable experience for him.
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