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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1927
Page
2
Advertising rates and policies for Waterloo Daily Aer, including subscription prices and payment terms. Details cover domestic and out of town rates, classification ad rules, and staffing credits. Note on authorizations and rights, with Associated Press and membership disclosures.
Ogden Mills and Comptroller General McCarl clash over a 5 000 radio campaign to announce Second Liberty bond call for redemption on November 15. Mills argues secretary may spend to sell government obligations. McCarl questions the ruling and prudence of such advertising. The piece also contemplates film heroes shifting to collegiate types and reflects on movie era changes.
The United States, now the world’s greatest creditor nation, holds ample money to back double or triple its current credit. Rates as low as 4 percent favor borrowers in low risk corporate operations. Samuel Crowther, after interviews with bankers including Gov. Strong, argues in the Magazine of Business that unless major changes occur, easy money will persist. The federal reserve system’s history and policy shifts support a continued era of low rates, with no return to the two to three percent gaps seen a few years ago.
A Cleveland jury awards 3675 damages to a young married couple jailed by a police sergeant after he found them kissing in their car. The sergeant refused to believe they were man and wife, declaring he had never heard of life mates being loving. The piece urges caution toward cynicism and mocks the flawed wisdom of the officer.
A health columnist defends public trust in medical advice and warns readers against quack literature. He stresses honesty, reader confidence, and reliance on independent experts like William Brady, M D, to judge health claims. He argues against promoting unfounded or sensational health theories and urges caution with pamphlets from mail order doctors.
Reader asks if goat's milk offers benefits for infants weak stomachs and tuberculosis, and if it is superior to cow's milk. Answer: goat's milk has about the same nutrition as cow's milk and can be fed raw to babies to avoid tuberculosis risk, as goats are tuberculosis immune. Milk should be certified if using cow's milk. Goat milk price is high, but if affordable it is preferred for feeding. Heating milk to kill germs may destroy vitamins and ferments.
The piece recalls Jenkin Lloyd Jones on Americans becoming a nation of godders and nomads. It contrasts old New England homesteads with modern mobility, citing ancient nomads’ traits—emergency exertion, leadership, followership, self-reliance, hospitality—and asks if modern nomads can gain those virtues under plenty.
The University of Iowa inaugurates a co operative school of religion the first of its kind in the United States. Twenty one denominational bodies join Jews Catholics and Protestants in a program where religion supports all study rather than serving as a separate subject.
In Tia Juana, gambling thrives with slot machines, poker, and roulette run by seasoned gamblers. The Foreign club dominates as the largest gambling hall with thousands of patrons and extensive games. Dog racing and curb photography flourish while authorities enforce limits and keep order. The scene contrasts with New York returns promised next week.
A 1927 note from the Burroughs Nature Club inviting readers to send questions on nature subjects to the Nature Notes Dept. for answers in this paper. It advertises the column and credits Houghton Mifflin Co. as copyright holder.
Answers cover hummingbirds feeding, deer antler shedding and regrowth timing, and care for a pet chinchilla. Also explains plant disease on peach trees, bird nesting and foraging behavior, and starfish stranded on timber with tide loss.
The piece reflects on George Bernard Shaw's London encounter with a former clerk, contrasting steadfast daily toil with Shaw's fame. It argues success comes from sticking to work through routine and recommends pursuing long neglected personal projects when opportunity arises. It cites Burns, Poe, Bryant, Hawthorne, Dickens, and Elia as examples.
A Chicago Evening Post report recalls a Ohio river city tobacco manufacturer and a preacher who both affirm Prohibition is coming and winning. They note liquor abstinence raises factory wages, home ownership, and car use, while the loud outcry masks America drying up in smaller towns and the law’s triumph over prohibition opposition.
On the first day of October, Mrs. Longears asks Uncle Wiggle to gather sour grass for Nurse Jane to use with pickled carrots. Wiggle eagerly promises a big pocketful as he sets off to the woods for adventures.
Uncle Wiggily heads to a toy shop for glue and sours grass to flavor pickled greens. He pockets a Jumping Jack toy and plans to collect sour grass in a dell while a mysterious voice hints at an impending adventure.
UNCLE RAY reflects on 1927 aviation attempts, noting numerous ocean crossings by Zeppelins and planes. He laments high fatalities, cites Lindbergh and Byrd, and urges patience for safer, better aircraft as progress slows the rush to be first. He warns the world is poorer when airmen die at sea.
Out of the bushes stalked the Bear who traps Uncle Wiggily with sour grass. Jumping Jack pours glue under the Bear, making him stuck to the ground while the bunny heads home. Bear’s wife later frees him, and the tale promises more adventures with Uncle Wiggily and the sweet peas.
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