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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1921
Page
2
The Waterloo Courier calls for a full official investigation into alleged lax law enforcement and city administration conduct. It questions police and mayoral accountability, urges transparency, and cites recent civic scandal as justification for renewed scrutiny.
A May night brings a baby girl left on a clergyman doorstep. Baptized Faith Willard, she dies in hospital from broncho pneumonia after the clergyman’s devoted care, raising questions about orthodoxy and charity in a vivid medical column.
Imogene laments male ignorance and a club dinner clash over a rival cousin. Mary schemes to outshine Spotswood girl by coordinating outfits and decorations, ending with the rival dazzling in a black gown and yellow accents while Mary’s plan backfires. Andrew mocks the setup and jokes about Mary’s actions.
A discussion on the Smoot plan of a sales turnover tax reveals Republican plurality but no Democratic support. The piece questions motives behind a senator’s charges and calls for full proof or expulsion if unfounded. A Waterloo reporter notes a probe into municipal conditions and figures in other political talk.
Fragmentary OCR presents a poem titled Goin Home to You by Frank L Stanton. It recalls returning to a loved one with refrains like Goin home to you and imagery of eyes, tears, and a springtime embracing memory. The text repeats phrases and shows incomplete lines across stanzas.
Readers submit nature questions to the Burroughs Nature Club Notes column. Answers cover feeding young swallows with insects, bed bug egg counts and maturation, and aquarium fish diets avoiding rice water and favoring chopped meats, cereals, bread, or prepared fish food.
A serialized novel segment follows George Morton son of a bankrupt owner as he allies with Old Planter’s estate, earns Sylvia’s ire, defeats Lambert in a fight, and moves toward college with tutor Squibs Bailey’s help. George meets Wandel known as Spike and Goodhue as they scheme in Blair Tower room, foreshadowing campus life and municipal politics satire.
A playful brain teaser from Mrs Brown’s kitchen asks to compute nutmegs bought after a grocer’s discount. The cook recalls paying twenty cents for a dozen plus five extra small nuts, making them four cents cheaper per dozen than the first price. The puzzle resolves to a coded answer: CINDER ELL pig ATSLM minus ISLE leaves CINDERELLA.
The fragment reflects on not acting as a Good Samaritan and suggests Salvation Army devotion amid a season of dark melancholy poems about November that fill anthologies. It contrasts habit and motivation with seasonal mood and literary tone.
A fragmented passage contrasts correct and incorrect forms such as TOOK AND sharpened his pencil and ATTENDS his father's busi ness. It also mentions H. G. Wells commenting on diagnosing world ills and a disturbing note on New Guinea practices regarding body modification as a notion of beauty.
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