Memorial Day Reflections and Steel Market Concerns
The piece blends tribute to Memorial Day with commentary on economic issues. It notes that Memorial Day will pause business to honor soldiers who died for a free nation, cites President Harding on national reverence, and links the era to unity. It also discusses steel industry pressures from the Pittsburgh plus practice, rubber market shifts, and auto tire prices amid overproduction and supply changes impacting Waterloo manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Edwin Markham
United States
Harding
American Legion
Hay
Argonne
Ain
Poli Wall
Cercade
Polonius
Nat
Pittsburgh
Pittsburch
Tech
Pitingburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Trade Body
Gary
Duluth
Chicago
Birmingham
B. Pittsmmirzh
Garr
Health Talks by John R Huber on Fatigue and Dyspepsia
Health Talks by John R Huber discusses non medical remedies for fatigue and indigestion. It outlines diet changes and daily routines, plus questions and answers on tubercular peritonitis chest pain and eyelid spots with medical disclaimers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Huber
Nature Notes Q and A from Azure Dept column panel
The column presents questions on nature and answers. It asks where snowbirds go in summer, what a Hawaiian forest looks like, and whether the Rocky Mountain big horn is a sheep or a goat. It then explains cold blooded creatures, a Swiss village grove planting tale, and how birds protect wings during moulting to avoid crippling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azure Notes
Simmer
Nature
Bruge
Parit I
Mrs. Giant
South da
Ajs
Brain Tests Puzzle Refers to CEYLON and CUBA
A puzzle text by Sam Loud presents a rebus riddle with instructions to subtract elements and form words. The solution notes CEYLON and CUBA linked to a seal on a cache. Yesterday's answer is referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Loud
Ceylon
Cuba
Coming Consolation by Frank I Blanton
A short verse notes consolation amid wars as nations endure economic strain and coal shortages. The speaker imagines cold Arctic scenes and distant danger, then pivots to a practical cheer: even in hardship, progress comes from coal and resilience. The piece ends with a humorous attribution about wisdom and contentment.
Friend Wife By Roe Fulkerson
Andrew bursts in and accuses Imogene of jealousy over a lunch with Billy Sands and Sweetie Wells. She confronts him about rumors and public scandal, while he deflects with bravado and insists he plans to end any affair, leaving both spouses unsettled and defensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Imogene
Strangjer
Antarew
Trevier
Sweetie Wells
Billy Sands
Mesa
Sweetie
Amrew
Sands Tam
Pug
Imorené
Abyssinian Willow Tree Becomes Neighborhood Fable
Local tale follows a Safe Baw purchase of Abyssinian Willow, once described as a merry agent from last el, now noted as a Bromisn slippery elm in the area. Friends recall evenings spent on the veranda and callers reporting rounds past the house yesterday.
The Sandman Story and Other Local Tales
A fragmentary column recounts The Sandman Story by Mrs. F. A. Walker with scattered notes on vaudeville criticism and fairy-tale antics. It also includes brief items from Davenport Times and Des Moines Capital about disarmament talks and a senator’s ant tale, all conveyed in a brisk, period urban newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Davenport
Senate
Idaho
Harding
Great Britain
Japan
United States
America
Dees Moines
Heflin
Alabama
Lhne
Iowa editors to clean vaudeville amid self censorship
Morty H. Singer for a theater circuit says they will implement house cleaning through self censorship. He notes audience taste shifting away from fleshly displays and brazen shows. Orpheum managers plan to appeal to standards by removing performances relying on leg displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer
Cedar Rapids
Morty H. Singer
Orpheum
The Substitute Millionaire Hides In Anarchist Plot
Jack Norman inherits 80000900 from Silas Gyde after a blackmail killing. He imitates an anarchist secretary to track the gang’s leader, courts Miriam Cleaver, and confronts Mrs. Cleaver who aids the plot. A crowd, a frame up accusation, and a high speed chase through New York streets unfold as Jack pursues clues and a black limousine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Norman
Silas Gyde
Gyde
Jack
Bobo
Nor Tan
Bebo
Miriam Cleaver
The
Ther
Mr. B" Jie
Seventh Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Georgia
Thirty-Fourth Street
Heart Pines
Tack
Twenty-eighth Street
Teregraph
Atlanta
New York
Correct English Don’t Say: Rich Relations to Relatives
The passage contrasts archaic word usage with modern equivalents. It notes that rich RELATIONS should be RELATIVES and SEWERAGE should be SEWERAGE, while replacing RECEIPT with RECIPE for culinary use and RECIPE with RECEIPT for medical use. It clarifies preferred terms and usage notes.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Rtman CO
West Park Ave
John
Horton
Roterson
Memper
Associated Fress
Press
Audi Bureau of Sites
Nserticn
Bureau
Monsey
Washington, D
Uncle Sanz
London
Col. Harvey
Armammoth
Pulding
Detroit
Huber
Buxroughs
jen _s
Frank I. Blanton
Glaciera
Tate
Real Philosophy
Wife
Roe Fulkerson
Tribu Ina
We At
F. A. Walker
Himy
Iowa
Hulbert Footner
Jack Chanty
George E. Doran Company
Jet
Forty Second Street
Connolliy
Yovemite Valley
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