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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1927

Page

3

Waterloo Daily Courier masthead and policy notes

Waterloo Evening Courier AM details edition information and advertising policy. The page lists staff roles, subscription prices, mailing areas, and rights, noting Associated Press affiliation and national ads guidelines. It cites offices in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco and representation by Story Brooks Finley.

Waterloo Iowe United Press International News Associated Press Audit Bureau of Circulations New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles Isco Story Brooks & Finley Representatives

Lindbergh completes 48 state aerial tour milestone

Sunday Col. Charles A. Lindbergh finished a 22,350 mile, 260 hour swing around the nation to promote aviation. The Spirit of St. Louis and the escort plane operated flawlessly from New York to the final stop, with no major overhauls or delays. Officials of the Guggenheim Fund celebrate the tour as a strong boost to air travel confidence and public interest.

Charles A. Lindbergh New York Spirit of St. Louis Department ‘of ‘Commerce Guggenheim ’Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics Lindy

Honor to Langley and Manley, Pioneers of Flight

The piece recalls the early struggle for mechanical flight and the ridicule faced by Samuel P. Langley and Charles M. Manly. Langley died before success, while Manly lived to see wide air travel. The Wright brothers gained fame, but Langley and Manly’s principles proved prescient as later aircraft used their ideas. Honor comes late, yet their trailblazing work merits recognition.

Wes Samuel P. Langley Charles M. Manley Atlantic Pacific Wright Brothers Ot Langley Manley Air

Europe faces trade barriers in Franco-American tariff clash

In a discussion on the Franco-American tariff controversy Representative Burton suggests Europe would suffer if it lowers postwar trade restrictions. He notes the United States might not follow, and that Europe’s commerce would gain little from freer exchange. He compares Europe’s fragmented markets to the U S and warns against a broad United States of Europe.

Burton Europe United States Gia Union United States of Europe B. F California

Flying Without Power Sets Glider Height Record

German aeronaut Ferdinand Schulz stays aloft over four hours at 2500 feet in a power free craft. The winged glider technique could influence early aviation guidance. Fuel and weight concerns suggest possible future gasless flight demonstrations by inventors.

Ferdinand Schulz

National Rivers and Harbors congress meets to discuss Mississippi flood control

The twenty third annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors congress opens in Washington on December 7 and 8 with focus on Mississippi flood control. Maj Gen Jadwin will outline a plan from engineers after studies by over 150 government experts. The agenda also covers limiting bridges over navigable waterways amid rising permit issuance from the War Department. Last year river traffic reached 549,500,000 tons valued at 26,722,000,000 dollars.

National Rivers and Harbors Congress Washington Congress Jadwin Engi Neer War Department

The Riddle of Cain’s First Wife and Ann’s Age

A column riffs on science, evolution, and crime policy touching Cain’s first wife, the age of Ann, and the Chicago police drift. It recalls M A Abernathy and a former Central school principal, while debating how to treat criminals and the role of mental tests.

Cain Ann Doctor B M. A. Abernathy Sioux City Journal Mr. Abernathy Central School Abernathy Chicago William O’connor Psychopathic Hospital

Health questions on violet ray orange juice liver and migraine

Readers submit queries on alternative health claims including violet ray devices, orange juice for duodenal ulcers, liver as anemia treatment, and calcium lactate thyroid mixes for migraines. Dr Brady notes letters seek brief replies and to include city in return envelopes.

Brady William Brady

Fifteen Best Stories by Glenn Frank

Glenn Frank surveys The Forum September issue list of 15 finest short stories and their authors. The piece ponders value and asks readers how many of the stories read as enduring folk tales across humanity.

Glenn Frank the Forum John Cournos Boule de Suif Guy de Maupassant Honore de Balzac Judea Anatole ‘Ance Nikolai’ Gogol Isaac Perez Edgar Allen Hope Villiers de Isle-Adam Maxim Gorky Leonid Andreyev Rudyard Kipling Ivan Turgenef Vsyevolod Garshin Sherwood Anderson A. E. Coppard Anthon Chekhov Hans Christian Andersen Forum

Yale professor finds hundred foot worm in Honolulu

Yale professor in Honolulu reports discovering a remarkable hundred foot worm. The find is noted as extraordinary by local readers and science enthusiasts seek further details and verification.

Honolulu Star Bulletin Yale

New York in Autumn Glitter and Broadway Style

New York scenes describe the fall mood as theater and social life revive. Metropolis glitters with lights on Fifth Avenue and Broadway idols, while clubs and cafes welcome post summer crowds. Details note suspenders fashion, celebrity dish names, and cantaloupe Lillian Russell ice cream at the Waldorf.

New York Metropolitan Palm’ Beach Miami Fifth Avenue Joe Sachet Central Park Broadway the Waldorf Oscar

Uncle Wiggily and the Bear

Uncle Wiggily and Baby Bunty hide from a Bushy Bear by using a Scare Crow as a clever refuge. The bear, sniffing around the cornfield, is outmaneuvered when the scarecrow opens a coat lining pocket for them to slip inside, then safely reemerges after the danger passes.

Uncle Wiggily Baby Bunty Bunty Bear Uncle Scarecrow Hollow Stump Mouse Uncle Wigelly Wiggily Rabbit Mr. Scare Crow Scare Crow Mr. Bear

Abe Martin President Coolidge Lindbergh and Tunney Rally

The write up offers a satirical take on public figures Abe Martin President Coolidge Col Lindbergh and Champion Tunney. It comments on a perceived quiet crop of successes and the public urge to grab at opportunities while noting collective resentment toward solicitations.

Coolidge Col. Lindbergh Tunney

White Fire Synopsis of a Philadelphia life in New York

Tabor Wynne battles personal upheaval amid a fashionable New York scene. His wife Jenny pursues modern gaiety while Wynne aids Lance Fairless’s escape from a compromising entanglement with stage star Jennifer Challis. A pneumonia crisis brings Challis into Wynne’s apartment, sparking tensions over divorce, marriage, and career paths for Mona Desmond and others in a turbulent mix of love, pride, and ambition.

Tabor Wynne Jane Lance Fairless Wynne Jennifer Challis Jenny Lance June Read Tabor Miss Desmond Mr. Tormay Maison Benelli Jennifer Chance Benelli Nevada Reno Ben Thurlow Philadelphia William Penn New York Park Avenue

Fragmentary Note on a Wistful Life to Ump Role

A damaged fragment hints at a transformation from a weakling to a deformity related to umpiring, marked as a continuing note. The text remains incomplete and lacks clear events or identifiable names.

Maine keeps direct primary amid election law clash

The Maine decision to retain the direct primary tied to broader issues including continuing statutory limits on campaign expenditures. Voters weighed repealing a 36 section law, noting repeal would remove the brake on candidate outlays and provoke major changes in current election law.

Philadelphia Public Ledger Maine

Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column Inquiry

Burroughs Nature Club column invites reader questions on nature topics. Questions for the Nature Notes Dept. are welcomed for general interest answers to appear in the paper’s next offerings.

Burroughs Nature Club Nature Notes

How Birds Learned to Fly and Other Nature Questions

Tomorrow's Nature Notes answers questions about flight origins, bird respiration, winter bear food, shellac gum source, goldfish lifespans, and egg counts in eagles. It notes cold blooded ancestors preceded warm blooded animals, with evolution yielding hairs and warmth, boosting activity and dominance in later species. Eagles typically lay two eggs, occasionally three, with bald eagles producing white eggs and about a month needed to incubate.

Air Has Weight Says Uncle Ray Corner

UNCLE RAY S CORNER WEIGHING THE AIR explains that air weighs something using a Yale scale experiment with a vacuum jar. It notes air is denser at sea level, thinner higher up, and that meteors burn due to encountering air about 200 miles up, implying a tiny amount of air exists far above the Earth.

Yale Ray Tomorow Mars

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