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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1920
Page
2
The Waterloo paper mounts a critique of stock promoters and banker commissions, arguing against high fees and misleading claims. It attacks Brookhart in Iowa politics, contrasts government railroad guarantees with farm equity, and questions honesty in campaigns and policy.
An odd reflection on a Black Hawk County citizen who arrived after thirty years, raising questions about birth records and civic fate. The piece muses on unintended consequences of delayed official notices and imagines imagined scenarios involving county clerks, politics, Champ Clark, and prospects around San Francisco in June. The tone mirrors a fluid, speculative newspaper aside.
In this newspaper column Dr John B Huber answers readers on medical concerns. He discusses a would be doctor with a spinal curvature and notes doctors’ health and longevity. He also responds to a reader with side pain thirst and vision issues linking possible colic kidney spleen malaria and diabetes and urges urine tests and a general examination.
A brief verse notes a wife who rings her husband to quit when she wants to buy something. It suggests a waiting, indecisive husband and hints at a book’s fascination. The tone is playful yet pointed about domestic dynamic.
A humorous verse pair satirizes a bill collector and weather delays plus a poor brother admiring rich car owners. The jingle imagines life as a shifted timetable with a heavenly train late and a changing fate after death, while the Envious Brother quips about rubber tires melting in the afterlife.
Imogene confronts Andrew over a late return while he extols truth as a dauntless force. He claims truth underpins poetry, progress, and politics, praising liars as shapers of society before delivering a sweeping meditation on honesty and deception with a closing hint of singing praise to the liar.
A blunt exchange reveals Imogene demanding the truth about a partygoer’s whereabouts after leaving a banquet, challenging an apparent alibi and hinting at romantic tensions during a social outing.
A fragment shows questions about queen bee distinguishing features blue jay silence season and cuckoo differences. The lines ask Is the queen bee easily distinguished from other bees At what season is the blue jay silent How does the European cuckoo differ from our species The piece promises answers in tomorrow's Nature Notes.
The text discusses whether birds sing to attract mates and notes on birds mimicking honey bees. It also describes how grazing sheep on Idaho hills follow horizontal terraces, creating level paths as they move up and down the slope.
In a woodland tale, Mr Bear schemes after his pantry is raided by others. He cleverly fills jars to threaten his rivals, the Fox and Reddy, with planned jelly and preserves. He smiles as he contemplates a long winter nap and a pantry full of cunningly prepared stores.
Reddy Fox sneaks into Mr. Bear's pantry while the bear snores, fills a basket with jars and preserved foods, and returns home to feast. He later samples jelly and glue grape mixtures, grows sick from the effects, and plans to return for more before a cliffhanger leads to the next tale.
Davenport Democrat reports Brookhart conducts aggressive state-wide campaign appealing to labor in cities and discontent in rural areas. The piece warns Cummins supporters to contest a broad open primary, citing Brookhart’s Plumb plan stance and anti-strike rail bill positions as rallying points. The Sioux City Journal adds a bleak forecast on future bread costs.
A reading puzzle explains a patent fire escape device using paired buckets and counterweights. It presents a scenario with the night watchman family totaling 330 pounds and asks for the quickest method to lower them in steps of thirty pounds. The prior answer references brides weights and pairing to reach a total of 1000 pounds.
In a conversational piece Uncle Harry credits John Wanamaker with starting widespread price cuts that reduce the cost of living. He explains rising living costs compelled shoppers to cut back and merchants to refill stock at lower prices, while noting time will tell if the trend becomes permanent. Mosquitoes in Greenland are larger and more ferocious in summer.
Advertisement touts Zemo as a skin remedy for eczema pimples blackheads blotches ringworm and other conditions. Priced 35c single bottle and 1.00 for extra large, it claims fast, clean absorption with no grease and no stains. E. W. Rose Co. Cleveland Ohio markets the product.
Balmwort Tablets use corn silk extract to ease kidney and bladder inflammation and congestion. They claim rapid relief from back pain rheumatic twinges nervousness severe headaches and frequent urgent urination with burning sensation. Omaha reader Alice Trobough praises its effectiveness and the ad invites purchase from druggists for $1.00.
An advisory notes skin ailments such as eczema tetter erysipelas ringworms pimples acne and boils respond to internal treatment. It warns against local applications and urges using S. S. S. 8 to penetrate beneath the surface for real relief and recovery.
The advertisement asserts skin diseases originate deep below the surface and dismisses topical salves as ineffective. It promotes S S 5 as a direct cure by cleansing the blood of impurities and disease germs to restore healthy skin. Readers are urged to write to the Chief Medical Adviser at 605 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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