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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1929
Page
2
An Iowa born judge, William N. Gemmill of Chicago, declares marriage a blessed institution with 85 percent of unions succeeding. He notes divorce rises in recent decades but argues most couples stay married, urging home tolerance and give and take to avoid court actions.
Dawes explains the exclamation Hel'n Maria arose from two schoolgirls Helen and Maria Jones, not as a swear word. He says he never used profanity, using the phrase as light embroidery in conversation and comparing his wartime cost remarks to Roosevelt.
Chicago Health Commissioner A H Kegel testified before a legislative committee about the dangers of smoke. He described carbon particles lodging in lungs, permanent damage, chronic bronchitis, repeated infections, and increased risk of pneumonia and tuberculosis. He noted reduced violet ray exposure from smoke pall thus harming overall health.
Fragments discuss a commissioner's testimony likely quoted at length. The text argues for smoke control legislation in each sizable city, asserting sufficient material has been reprinted to justify action. Mentions Indiana sand dunes and a child needing violet rays, indicating a broader public health framing.
A farm hand near Washta Iowa John Erlanson killed himself with a butcher knife amid persistent cold spring weather. The piece notes others grew despondent but argues endurance through rough conditions brings eventual sun and renewal, with images of pleasant weather returning and nature’s rewards.
Dr William Brady argues high blood pressure is a signal to consult a physician and discards gout as extinct. He promotes breathing exercises to lower arterial pressure rather than bleeding, which he says is outdated yet still believed by some laypeople.
Readers ask for tonsil removal options beyond surgery. Replies note X ray treatment and radon seed implants as alternatives in selected cases, with desiccation by diathermy also mentioned as effective as removal. The page also includes health letters by Dr Brady and readers asking about ointment formulations and horse riding effects on legs.
A forum feature lists twenty potential future breakthroughs with nine items described. Central cooling systems and electric clocks, horizontal elevators, talking books, ready-made subways, and other ideas such as grass paper, plant care pills, flexible glass, synthetic foods, and mahogany via inoculation are discussed as possible discoveries that could change daily life.
Capitol reporters insist executive session details should be publishable while Senate factions debate gag rules. They argue secrecy is mythical and that newsmen rely on legislators for off the record insights, defending press freedom amid Lenroot session controversy.
The film star William Hart announces his autobiography My Life East and West. He traces a miller's son born in the east who forged a career through western impersonations on the plains and prairies. The narrative begins with his early days on the midwestern frontier.
The obituary extols Edward Payson Weston as a pioneering world famed walker who died in New York. It chronicles his feats from 1861 Rhode Island to Washington 445 miles in 208 hours, 1328 miles Chicago to Portland and back, and a New York to San Francisco trek at age 71. It lauds walking as an art, notes his long life to 90, and reflects on walking’s spiritual value and community of followers.
The article traces William Hart a New York actor who rode from ranch life to silent film fame in Hollywood. It notes his early lean years and rapid ascent with salaries rising from a weekly 125 dollars to over 10000, plus fan mail from around the world asking for more Western pictures.
Reader brain teaser asks to cross out numbers 1 to 100 that form a different number when inverted. The page notes five digits 0 1 6 8 9 flip to others and lists many garbled examples while urging two minutes for solution and promising correct answers in Society Page.
A reflective column contrasts New York’s wealthy with poorer residents, noting urban snobbery toward service workers and the underclass. It compares metropolitan attitudes to smaller towns, critiques show business pretensions, and hints at evolving theater ventures and fashion trends.
Washington Daybook profiles Pearl Peden Oldfield, congresswoman from Arkansas’s Second District who follows her late husband into the House. She admits she dislikes politics, serves out of duty, and plans retirement after her term, cherishing life as Mrs. Oldfield and a private citizen.
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