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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
4
The Waterloo Courier details pricing for subscriptions and ads, lists staff positions, and notes disaster policies and offices. It lists weekly and yearly rates, internal mail options, and regional coverage rules with mentions of Associated Press and United Press International as news sources.
Wall Street shows near total betting absence on the coming election. Historically, odds were printed daily by unofficial commissioners, with 1888 and 1916 serving as forecasts. This year, the stock exchange discourages wagering and avoids publicity, a development Republicans may welcome. The piece notes long-standing accusations that Republicans aligned with “the interests” to steer odds, a charge not easily leveled against the Hoover-Smith campaign.
Stone Mountain Georgia faces a shift in control as the Stone Mountain Monumental Association risks forfeiture after failing to complete the central group of seven figures by the April deadline. United Daughters of the Confederacy will direct a new monument project, amid a debt nearing 225 thousand dollars and a long dispute with sculptor Gutzon Borglum.
Bradstreet reports fair to good business conditions with gains over a year ago in retail trade and jobbing. Steel mills expand capacity and September stock market sales hit a monthly record, indicating 1928 improving versus 1927 despite election jitters. The article argues business should not halt due to the presidential vote.
The helmwehr and social democrats face simultaneous demonstrations in Wiener Neustadt, a socialist stronghold of 50 000. Eight teen thousand helmwehr supporters claim a show of strength and hint at a march on Vienna, while conservatives urge general disarmament and authorities seek peace amid parliamentary turmoil.
Ray Johnson state treasurer reports August in town gasoline tax receipts totaling 985132.36 dollars, up 142211.50 from August 1927, marking a notable year over year gain.
The report shows about 14 percent of gasoline consumption by Iowa motorcar owners. at 3 cents per gallon the tax totals $985,132.36 for 32,837,745 gallons in August. Daily use exceeds one million gallons, with a $142,211.50 increase and 4,740,383 additional gallons versus last year. Proceeds will fund a bond issue project to build an all weather highway system connecting all counties.
A reader shares a letter from Dr Thomas Addis Emmet praising a coffee preparation method that preserves aroma by avoiding excessive heat. The article notes Emmet drank coffee late in life and attributes longevity to coffee while detailing his simple brewing steps and cautions against boiling.
Glenn Frank discusses St Francis of Assisi as a symbol of human spirit over institutions. He traces Francis roots from poverty to itinerant preaching and confronts the tension between ideal liberty and organizational growth, noting Sabatier’s view on institutional encroachment.
In New York 3000 blind citizens find support at the Lighthouse on East Fifty-ninth Street where they learn trades and Braille, while venues like the Blind Men's club on First Avenue offer social space. Stories follow Blind George, Dua mon and Pythias, and a blind cafe pianist in the Ghetto, illustrating Broadway’s diverse, generous responses and the city’s reception committees.
Uncle Wiggily is captured by the Fox and Bob Cat and held in the fox den as they prepare for supper. The scene shows the cunning Fox, the looming Bob Cat, and Uncle Wiggily plotting a getaway while plans for a trap dinner unfold.
In a comic tale Uncle Wiggily escapes a den with the Fox and Bob Cat planning a party turn, but mumps from lemon drops and pickles thwart the bad trio. The rabbit’s quick pills deliver puckered faces and a hasty exit, promising more adventures next time. The Boston Transcript notes on the anti war pact follow.
Alan Dighton, a war veteran and secret service operative, becomes entangled in a web of intrigue across London Paris and Italy as the pursuit of a new chemical weapon escalates. He faces threats from Ahlborg Daudot and Corlitt’s killer while flirting with Signorina Pasquali and Greta Haye, amid peril and pursuit in a roving thriller.
Five days after leaving the Canary Islands, Columbus and his crew spot a drifting mast larger than their ships, sparking gloom about their voyage. The Santa Maria’s compass then behaves strangely, prompting fears of unseen dangers as the crew awaits land. Birds and seaweed sightings offer little comfort before the promised land may appear.
The Webster City Freeman Journal defends Herbert Hoover as war food administrator. It states his duty was to secure supplies at necessary prices to win the war, and that his actions aimed to obtain goods rather than raise prices for farmers or others.
A reader questions grasshopper molasses, whip-poor-will versus bullbat, and woodchuck climbing behavior. The column notes bird banding, bat hearing, and pond willes seed pods maturing underwater with seeds drifting to mud beds.
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