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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1928

Page

2

Waterlo o Evening Courier Advertising and circulation policy

Waterlow Evening Courier lists subscription rates by carrier and mail within 50 miles, pricing for various terms, and advertising rules. The paper notes Associated Press rights, circulation audit details, and representative offices in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and other cities. It waives ads considered fraudulent or contrary to public policy.

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Davis Belasco's The Big Fight flops in Manhattan run

Davis Belasco production The Big Fight co starring Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor fails on tour after upstate tryout. Critics call the play terrible though some praise Taylor, while Dempsey fans object to paying for stage acting. The venture is withdrawn from the road as public interest fades.

Jack Davis Belasco Jack Dempsey Estelle Taylor Manhattan Taylor St. John Ervine New York Brvyine

Surprise leaders swap tones in G O P rally clash

Vice President Dawes failed to ignite crowds in Madison Square Garden while Charles Evans Hughes electrified a Chicago audience by defending the Coolidge record and blasting Smith. The contrast highlighted Dawes as the tame speaker and Hughes as the sharp partisan orator.

Hoover Gov. Smith Dawes New York Madison Square Garden Charles Evans Hughes Coolidge Chicago Smith Warreth Come Hughes

Blue laws linger in Illinois through outdated statutes

A Galesburg reader notes that a 1837 blue law remains on the books despite modern attitudes toward Sunday theater. The piece argues many moral statutes outlived usefulness yet remain enforceable, while murder laws stay active, and calls for repeal of obsolete rules as legislatures focus on new statutes.

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Wonders of Surgery at Buffalo Hospital Demonstrations

Surgical experts at a Buffalo hospital perform a series of operations to show advances in the field. A man named Erhardt Deane from Tonawanda is described as having suffered a jaw injury from a gunshot years ago and faces major reconstructive work.

Buffalo Erhardt Deane Tonawanda

Plastic surgery advances offer hope for facial reconstruction

The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes progress in plastic surgery through rib grafts and leg bone used to reconstruct a damaged lower jaw and chin, enabling normal eating. It also mentions the era’s broader tech pride and a Moscow report linking kissing habits to high death rates, in a satirical tone.

Deane

The Bleeder and the Engagement Ring Tragedy

A health column warns against hasty marriages tied to a bleeding disorder. It explains hemophilia risks for future children, advises ending the engagement, and notes medical guidance on ear wax remedies and personal health letters to Dr. Bracy.

Institute of Marriage

Tomorrow Is Hallowe'en by Glenn Frant of Wisconsin

An essay on Hallowe'en as a strong folk festival linking modern customs to Roman and ancient European rites. It traces autumn fires, nut and apple games, apple bobbing, and the vigil's ties to harvest lore and beliefs in spirits.

Hallowe’en Glenn Frant Wisconsin Century Magazine Jure Newepiper Syndicate Pamona Saman Wight Highlands Gcotland Wales

Autemats and urban life in New York's Broadway glow

The piece surveys Broadway vending machines from Automat to Sodamat and Vendomat, noting crowded food slots and novelty shops near the Globe Theatre and Winter Garden. It contrasts self service amusements with lurid gossip about ambulance chasers, blackmail, and theatrical society, ending with city folk's amused cynicism.

New York Globe Theatre Winter Garden Metropolitan Cigaret Broadway Sixth Avenue Second Street

Uncle Wiggily and the cranberry popgun mischief

Uncle Wiggily hides from two Bad Chaps as Floppy and Curly Twistytail shoot cranberries with popguns. The pigs fire back, sparking a playful chase until they accidentally help gather berries for Nurse Jane. The trio ends happily with no harm.

Wiggily Mr. Longears Uncle Wigeguy Floppy Twistytall Floppy Uncle Wiggily Curly Twistytail Curly Uncle Wigeilys Uncle 'Ily Jane Gurly

BLUE MURDER Mixes secret service chase with romance

Amp Dighton a World War veteran is given a Secret Service post by Sir Ivan Taverner to track an eccentric inventor of a deadly ray gun. The plot follows the criminal Lizard and Mafilda Pasquall as gadgets, betrayals, and romantic entanglements unfold across Italy and London in a tense, melodramatic thriller tone.

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Uncle Wiggily and the Shooting Pigs

Uncle Wiggily scans a cranberry bog for the culprit firing red bullets at him. He collects cranberries to share with Mr. Stubtail and Nise Jane before returning to his hat, which has vanished.

Uncle Wiggily

Uncle Wiggily in Cranberry Bullets Firefight

A humorous scene shows Uncle Wiggily dodging large red cranberry bullets as he surveys the area. He ducks behind a stump and narrowly avoids another berry shot, puzzled by the unseen shooter.

Turtles of the Ocean in Uncle Ray’s Corner

Uncle Ray describes hawksbill and green sea turtles their habitats and behaviors. Hawksbills roam Atlantic and Indian Ocean waters lay eggs on islands and may return to the same coast. green turtles can reach 1000 pounds and are hunted for meat and soup. Tomorrow Halloween.

Atlantic Indian Ocean Uncle Ray Hallowe'en

Burroughs Nature Club Notes Q and A

Nature notes column offers reader questions on topics like frizzed chickens forest fires and hatching times. Answers cover pease fowl hatch duration saxitage naming myths and bear hunting advice with cautions on safe practice and ethics.

Pike Criticism Ignites Catholic Faith Debate

A Waterloo letter to the editor questions a George Pike speech report and rejects the idea that the Republican party bears blame for Alfred Smith being Catholic. The writer defends Smith's faith and accuses Pike of implying a Catholic fate, calling the campaign tactics suspicious and aimed at dividing voters.

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