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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1928

Page

3

ARIORTER VOL. 248 DAILY EDITION NOTICE AND RATES

Page shows newspaper masthead with publisher Hartman Co. and editors Donn Hartman Jackson McCoy with treasurer. Subscription prices listed for mail within 50 miles and beyond, plus weekly rates. Copyright and Associated Press notices indicate standard press rights and advertising policies. Offices in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and San Francisco listed with representatives Brooks & Finley.

Waterloo Associates Press Press International News Associated Press Associated Tha Nat New War Philadulphis Glicana Los Angeles San Francisco Story Mrooks & Finley, Representatives

County Wide Celebration Marks 75 Years in Marshal County

Communities in Marshal County held a multi day observance of the seventy fifth anniversary with a historical pageant showing events in Iowa and the region. About 6000 attended the pageant with 1000 participants as a parade and new hotel opening highlighted the jubilee. A queen of beauty contest and an anniversary edition from a local newspaper complemented the festivities. The event fostered cooperation between towns urban and rural and drew broad advertising and goodwill.

Marshal Iowa Marshall County Marshalltown

The Law of the Air and Sky Regulation Emergence

A 1930s reflection on aviation law noting the need for federal rules for air traffic. It argues that cross border and urban flight require uniform standards, cites Department of Commerce steps to curb risky airspace. It warns enforcement gaps and slow progress while planes evolve.

Chapman Field Department of Commerce Pioneer Patrolmant

The Intelligent Voter Portrait Omission Sparks Comment

In Michigan the ballots drop the Lincoln and Wilson portraits from the top of the party columns, sparking curiosity and criticism. Democratic secretary Giles Kavanaugh cites confusion over voters thinking they were choosing Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson, while commentators laments the era’s political education efforts.

Michigan Abraham Lincoln Woodrow Wilson Giles Kavanaugh Democratic State Committee Woodrow Willson Lincoln Tempora Grove Washington

Concerted effort to make air safe for breathing during disease fight

Scientists urge a broad campaign to improve air quality in workplaces and streets to reduce respiratory diseases. They note that success requires public cooperation, likening it to the shift in sanitation and safe food and water laws that extended life.

Public Health Push Toward Pure Air and Water

Detroit News notes that efforts to keep food and water clean reduced typhoid and other epidemics. Officials now stress air quality and ventilation, with laws advancing for proper building construction, predicting lower respiratory disease mortality as public attitude improves.

Detroit News

Dusty post offices blamed on shoddy twine economy

A health column by Dr. William Brady criticizes wartime postal twine costing dust. Readers from Cheyenne Ogden and a postmaster report dusty offices, frequent coughing and colds, due to dry sweeping and fuzz from twine. Letters discuss knots and packing methods while medical Q A clarifies inner ear anatomy and salt consumption questions.

Alec Rily Postalica Cheyenne Ogden Ulah Antii Pstoffice Force Wit Durhness Serge LeeoNs Tony P. P Tom Tegrudge

Nine Kinds of People by Glenn Prank av 1928

An article by Glenn Prank av outlines nine customer types from Beran Baenn Blake ott She, noting the wary and uncertain buyers. It describes the anxious, dictating, suspicious, pleasant, and silent customers and explains how each challenges sales with unique mindsets and demands precise handling.

Glenn Prank Av University of Wisconsin Century Magazine McClure Newspaper Syndicate Beran Baenn Blake Bhoke Telsana Benerables Ft. Sigkhy Wulhoriica

New York Idolizes Gangsters in Absurd Proportions

Oct 17 New York journalism lampoons racketeers as idols, detailing their terror tactics and protection rackets. It notes police knowledge of gangsters as rats, cites Greenwhich Village and Walker’s home, Broadway tipping services, and a fire hazard era with stray matches. The piece blends reporter anecdotes with vivid city portraits and social critique.

Mayor Walker St. Luke's Place New York Greenwich Village Walker’ Oes

Uncle Wregily and Tangle's Tears

A fragment from a children's tale describes a bunny named Tangle whose fur forms tangles. Nurse June Fuzzy Wuzzy reassures and predicts the child will learn to comb her fur smoothly as she grows. The dialogue conveys tenderness and fear of tangling fur.

June Fuzzy Wuzzy Jar

Tangle the Bunny Learns Her Name in Changeable Tale

A story fragment follows a muskrat housekeeper and a young rabbit named Tangle as she learns her name. The scene depicts Tangle growing older, with details about grooming and the protective bond with the caretaker. The text ends on a note of an unclear turn in Tangle’s life.

Tangle Learns Brush Lesson From Uncle Wiggily Tale

Abe Martin style aside, a playful tale follows Tangle the bunny who resists brushing her tangled fur for school. Uncle Wiggily appears, recognizes Tangle, and plans a gentle lesson with a barber shop visit to fix her untidy fur, promising a future care.

Waterloo Building & Loan grows, a jail article noted

Fifty years ago on October 16 1878 the Waterloo Building and Loan association earned a flourishing reputation with five buildings financed. a prison article described a new jail with steel cells and a warded corridor on the courthouse grounds at Water and Tenth streets. Ed Pardee left for Wichita to start mercantile business. City paid 65 cents for bridge lighting. Frank Bagge caught a 10 pound three ounce pickerel three feet long while river fishing. China wedding anniversaries celebrated for Mr and Mrs Miller and Mr and Mrs Reuben Lester with a surprise gathering. H O Pratt joined Miller in a ceremony. H B Fouke was district attorney in Waterloo yesterday. K Bueghney to California for the Dunkard church. Eldridge shot a 25 pound raccoon at timber bluffs between here and Cedar Falls.

Courier County Board Frank Bagge Bagg China G. B. Miller Reuben Lester H.O. Pratt E. Eldridge Here Cedar Falls Frank Knapp

Old Muscatine harvest yields giant sweet potatoes

Forty years ago in Muscatine Jo Bennett Jr sent a basket of monster sweet potatoes with six weighing 30 pounds. The note mentions May deaths in nearby families, local political plans by Robert G. Cousins, and community events including a new barn for Birdsall, a 128 pound pumpkin, plow factory plans, and church leadership changes. The Washington Post item discusses air traffic dangers, crashes, and lighting for ships of the air, with references to the Los Angeles dirigible and related safety orders.

Jo Bennett, Jr Muscatine Steward Hershiser Orange Township Hickelberg Bros. Annonce Water Street Washington Post Herr von Guererd Germany Los Angeles Herriott Guererd Berlin Detroit Mitchell Field Aeld Pitcairn Aircraft Company Navy Wilbur Department of Commerce

Twenty Years Ago Expansion and Tragedy Highlight October 1908

TWENTY YEARS AGO Saturday October 17 1908 reports James' Black Dry Goods to expand by purchasing the Holzer block at Water and Fourth Streets for 40000 dollars add floor space. Include notes on Rev Frank Cole returning to First M E and Rev E D Hull to Grace M E, Church assignments for G H Birney Cedar Falls and J W Bissell as district superintendent. Also announces Nathan B Barber named county surveyor to fill J B Kieffer vacancy and property sale at Fourth and Washington to a syndicate for 20000 dollars payable on annuity. Patrolman Fred P Widmann fatally shot on Fourth Street beat, assailant at large. Visit by Rev George B Shoemaker, weather notes of unusually warm last week.

James’ Black Dry Goods Company Holzer Water Fourth Streets F. L. Benedict Frank Cole First M. E E. D. Hull M. E. Church Upper Town G. H. Birney Cedar Falls J. W. Bissell Fred P. ‘Widmann Fourth Street Lafayette Mulberry Widmann George B. Shoemaker Shell Rock E. R Stoarge

Nature Hides Her Children In Color Matching Examples

Uncle Ray asks how animals blend with surroundings noting brown ants on earth and perch greens in weeds. Ptarmigan change plumage with seasons from brown to lighter winter coats. Scientists say long earth history allows continual color change for survival across species.

Rockies Science

Burroughs Nature Club Notes

The column invites reader questions on nature topics and promises answers in the next issue. It recounts previous Qs on parrots care from Bronx Zoo sources, differences between moose and elk, and origins of the gypsy moth, noting its status as a forest pest and global distribution.

Nature Notes Department of Birds Bronx Zoological Gardens Gresne North America Asia Japan Africa Alger France Germany Russia England

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