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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1921
Page
2
Imogene and Andrew clash in a heat drenched scene as he vents sarcasm and leaves for a club, while she demands calm and reads his note promising ice cream, ending with a playful exchange about strawberry flavors.
Edna Kent Forbes advises developing the legs through home exercises and dancing. She notes short skirts reveal calf lines, promotes toe-walking as a target exercise, and suggests brisk walking or running for leg tone, stressing that busy readers can do these at home.
Ruth Cameron discusses a neighbor’s marital discord sparked by differing views on conversation and interest. She argues many want outcomes without paying the price, using a wife and husband as examples, and ties the idea to self-awareness and commitment.
A young frog named Tony leaves his muddy pool for a larger pond in search of food. Madam Duck nearly swallows him, but Mr. Fox intervenes to warn and protect him. Tony hides, then escapes back to shore as ducks retreat, while the fox laments his lost chance.
Our Lady of Victory academy juniors will honor the upcoming graduates at a banquet in Black's tea room this evening. Very Rev. E. J. Slattery and Rev. Michael Toomey attend as guests. The room will feature old rose and silver décor and sweetpeas as the class flowers. Father Slattery serves as toastmaster with toasts and music planned.
The Tisdale Industrial Film company crew came back to Waterloo to film final scenes for the Greater Waterloo motion picture to be shown at the Plaza Theatre next month. Filming continues tomorrow and Friday with business subjects, a large cafe kitchen, an undertaker’s establishment, an artificial ice plant, dairy, laundry and bakery scenes. Lions Club lunch and Sacred Heart school children are also on the schedule before a Saturday trip to Minneapolis for additional filming.
Sheriff H. T. Wagner and two detectives raided a house at 1520 Black Hawk Street near midnight. They recovered a large quantity of moonshine and found a complete still in a backroom, with over 200 gallons of liquor.
Sheriff and police recovered seven gallons of mash in an attic and located a second still on a river road farm near Elk Run. Joe Rosenthal, the house occupant, was jailed after denying involvement. A Wilson family farm near a small lake yielded another hidden still. Two days of raids produced four stills and hundreds of gallons of mash.
Glenwood Iowa May 25 George Stotts 32 was run over by a hay wagon at Fay Wrights farm five miles south of Glenwood, dying after three hours. He and Richard Hamilton were at the farm watching hay when a wide tired wagon with 13 bales pulled by unmanageable colts broke loose and dragged Stotts under the wheels, injuring his side and back. He lived with his parents in town.
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