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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1927
Page
3
The Waterina News announces subscription rates and post office filings while greeting readers. It reflects on Thanksgiving sentiments, praising gratitude and resilience amid hardship, urging humble reflection and acknowledgment of blessings across wealth and health.
Minnesota mothers debate baby costs and birth care with healthcare prices, suggesting many couples manage on modest incomes. Readers share experiences on delivery fees, hospital bills, and doctors, noting some can obtain confinement care for around 35 to 40 dollars weekly.
Trupert Hughes publishes a second book on George Washington covering 1762 to 1777. The essay argues biographers may truthfully expose private flaws if supported by evidence and insists that figures like Washington, Grant, and Lincoln had human faults.
The Waterloo editor laments a heavy fog and smoke burdening the city all day. He blames poor smokestack practices and delays, urging reforms to protect health and property as concerts fail to prove air quality improvements.
A country weekly reintroduces editorial content after a period without it. The column defends public discussion of laws events and issues as vital to civil discourse and warns that without such voice people risk being ruled by charlatans and quacks.
A reader asks for calamin lotion and the proper strength of a sugar water nasal spray for dry catarrh. The answer provides a zinc oxide calamine lotion mix and glycerin with water and rose water to 8 ounces, plus optional phenolocaro lic acid for itching. For the nasal spray, a warm weak sugar solution is used two to three times daily, with strength adjusted up to a tablespoon per pint if needed.
Glenn Frank argues Pestalozzi showed how a school can act like a family. He contrasts Burgdorf and Yverdun, noting big schools need balance between supervision and independence, with cooperation between homes and schools as the solution.
A 1927 New York reminiscence notes cafes creaking with silence and monotone talk as street chatter wanes. Observers describe bored couples, stiff escorts, and gray puffing women while Broadway glow and flitters orbit Europe and Hollywood. A new wave of business via air mail replaces late night travel salesmen amid fading Russian craze venues and two surviving eateries.
Uncle Wiggily hosts a festive icicle party at his hollow stump bungalow with Baby Bunty and many animal friends. Prize buzz centers on longest icicle, shortest icicle, and the funniest shape while Jackie Bow Wow and Peetie Bow Wow are missing. Tommie Kat warns of a possible Bob Cat disturbance above the lounge roof.
In a playful scene, WyniTm- shouts Zoopie while Waele Wiggily notes a loud thud-like sound not from Boh Cat. Baby Bunty and a rabbit gentleman guess thumps make no soap suds as Nurse Purzy Wurzy asks about the mysterious noise, planning the party games.
Uncle Rays column recalls Munich five years after armistice showing hyperinflation, bread cost, and wages needed for shoes. He hosts a charity party for six boys and six girls at a private hotel with a fairy tale, then notes a grateful girl gifting a photo. Thanksgiving tomorrow.
Uncle Wiggily hosts a cold night party as two puppies freeze into funny icicles after climbing the roof to win a toy balloon prize. Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow explain the thumps from water freezing, Baby Bunty wins a tiny story book, and Needin Stublail earns for the longest icicle.
A cozy exchange unfolds as Nurse Jane asks what they are thankful for and Uncle Wiggily the rabbit reflects on gratitude. The scene hints at a potential bedtime tale, mentioning a loaf of bread and a cake box as playful elements in the story.
Questions from readers about bird feeding rabbit hibernation and cold weather effects are answered in this nature notes column. It also includes discussion on what fur warms mammals and a brief literary lament referencing the Lizzie.
In 1877 The Courier calls all citizens to buy tickets for the opera house opening with a concert promised to please music lovers. Also notes Fort Dodge lawyer John F Duncombe visiting, Mrs Griswold of Boston visiting, and varied local items including liquor raids, street mud, honey harvest, and satirical pieces about Bill Nye and Wilhelmina.
A Bridgeport dispatch reports Barnum 4 Bailey’s largest show burned, causing about 700000 in losses. A famous “white elephant” perished, a lion killed a cow after escaping, and many elephants broke tethers to roam streets. The blaze wiped out all ring animals and birds. insurance stands at 100000. P. T. Barnum plans to rebuild. A severe early winter blizzard struck the area last Saturday morning.
In the county teachers are scarce with about a dozen more applicants needed for winter terms. Henry G. Koob of Fox township plans to move to Waterloo. W N Staley at Rocksland depot takes a month off to Canada. Julus Nelson, a mason’s helper for Lauritzen Brothers, was struck by an Illinois Central train and died en route to a hospital. A light snowstorm and a cold gale occurred as the thermometer fell to six above zero and the river froze above and below the dam. Joseph McChane of La Porte City married Miss Mary R Turner at her father George P Turner’s home. The Minnesota Central and Diagonal railroads announce reduced rain service for the quiet winter season. Mrs Jennie Powers, longtime clerk at Coolidge state, moves to Whittier California for a bank job. Miss Laura Meyers visits Chicago briefly. Ray Tiller sustained a left-hand injury while operating a corn shredder on the Brody farm in Mt Vernon township. Aetd for coy on Arthur Lichty’s arm signals a 75 push per acre yield No 1 quality. Thieves robbed the W B Carpenter clothing store, taking about $10. In G J Mack recovers from a monthlong inflammatory rheumatism.
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