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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1929
Page
3
The text outlines rejected advertising types and policy rules for the newspaper. It lists offices in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco and names Story Brooks and Finley as representatives.
At the twenty fifth annual National Audubon Societies convention in New York City Dr T Gilbert Pearson its president announced the association now has under its care five sanctuaries and wildlife reservations. It is establishing two great antelope sanctuaries in Nevada. Over the past year the association maintained a force of nine traveling lecturers for an educational campaign across Audubon clubs and supplied material for bird study. The treasury showed growing receipts and the organization cooperates with federal conservation bureaus game commissions and wild life societies to protect insect eating birds and the depleted fauna of both states and nations.
The article notes the Federation of Labor resisting partisan aims while Labour governs. It cites Premier MacDonald and party gains, yet stresses observers anticipate a shift from foreign to domestic policy. Coal field conditions and unemployment prompt calls for legislation, with worldwide scrutiny of English workers versus Americans.
A commentary notes that public attention ignores professional critics who guide tastes in drama and music. It cites Frankenstein as a critic who says the public pays little heed, using Abie's Irish Rose as an example of a sensational yet profitable play. Time reveals only lasting quality endures.
A partially readable item reports on George Bernard Shaw and American students in London discussing perceptions of Americans. Shaw reportedly called Americans barbarous and compared them to squaws, sparking a debate over cultural superiority and potential cross Atlantic learning.
A garbled OCR passage recalls theatrical melodrama lines and quotes about violence pride and power. It mentions a king in Sweden and a Berlin loan of 335 million dollars, with musings on youth smoking habits and judging wealth by car size.
Column presents reader questions on home health care, child care, and mild medical guidance from Dr. William Brady. Includes cost notes for visits, opinions on baby clothing, vitamin tips, diphtheria risk discussions, and at-home exercises for flat feet, with instructions for sending questions via self addressed envelopes.
Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin and former Century Magazine editor, argues that social order shapes religion, education, politics, and literature more than these institutions shape society. He notes literature mirrors its age, and the machine era will influence the next generation’s cultural heritage, summarized after Edward J. O’Brien’s study of machine age stories.
Seventy years ago in The Courier dated November 1 1888 notes John H Leavitt as general land agent banker William Hammond and local physicians including P J Barber J M Harper A Middieditich and others. A new millinery stock opens over Ayers store. Robert Warren of Chicago buys wheat to grind into flour for eastern markets contracting with Tocai mill and plans 200 to 300 barrels weekly. Dispatch from Dunleth Illinois details a cream wagon capable of eight to ten mules. Wheat oats buyers Raymond Brothers and Henry Sherman offer top prices. Cleveland railroad convention reports 45 roads represented and winter timetable from November 15. Waverly bridge center pier completed. center locals boast progress. Black Hawk County Agricultural Society elects A O Bratnaber president with officers and directors named. Dr L B Hathaway relocates from Raymond to Reinbeck. Odd Fellows banquet features 300 flower bouquets. Fowler company to raise milk price to 0 cents per hundredweight on November 1. retailers pay 2.25 to 3.75 per 100 pounds butterfat content. Edmund D King suffers a broken collar bone after wagon mishap. Paul Cress and Tunawey injured. J P King seeks city council OK to place his photograph wagon at Lafayette and Fourth streets. King remains active locally.
Forty years ago Oct 30 1889 Waterloo items report E Grant Miller elected superintendent of First M E Sunday School Col W H Brett auctioneer says cattle sales strong with prices good C E Hell and Miss Belle Messinger wed Rev Brush officiating Rev Holt attends Des Moines Baptist Convention William Marshall rents farm moves to city J D Ferris plans retirement Horace Boles to speak in several towns Weather and water shortages noted Albert Whitney returns from Maine Mabel Ettinger and sister-in-law Victor Ettinger to return from England Funeral of Rev Mark Cooney draws thousands and long procession Calgary cemetery Bishop Cooney’s death hospital plans updates include Dairy Train Burlington R R staff changes saloon warnings and 50th anniversary of M W Taylor Grace M E church members celebrate hospital fund progress and local committee chair R C Wangler
A New York Day By Day feature traces Fifty-seventh Street's rise from decaying blocks to a premier shopping and social hub in two decades. Real estate speculation, urban reform, and the emergence of upscale millinery, jewelry, and fashion mark the district's transformation. The piece also touches on early New York printing, prominent figures in utilities, boxing, and Broadway circles, and odd cultural notes about Manhattan life.
A Washington Daybook profile on Senator Clarence Dill of Washington, detailing his career from early campaign work with Tom Johnson, rise to Congress, and 1922 historic rise as the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Washington. It notes his radio expertise, Apple state ties, Scottish descent, height and build, and frugal, steady character.
The piece contrasts hopes for a triumphant return of the ex-kaiser with the reality of Republican Germany. It mentions Bonn modernizing with a democratic government and ponders President Hoover’s engineering record, while Philadelphia Inquirer quips about former Gov. Smith finding solace in Hoover’s lack of empire building.
The piece alludes to Abe Martin pondering why a nineteen year old would risk robbery for 13.85 dollars and why educated men think murder against young girls is possible, suggesting a broad inquiry into who is responsible for the flood of questionable books. It critiques requests for "Silver Threads" amid moral concern.
A fragment from the Atchison Globe notes that women will be deemed immoral if they expose themselves, suggesting social judgment tied to appearance and modesty. The terse line hints at ongoing debates over propriety and gender norms in public discourse.
Reverend John R. Gunn discusses spiritual hunger using the image of eating ashes. He warns that chasing worldly sensual pleasures dries the mouth and spirit, likening such clay-eaters to tribes who consume clay. The sermon urges readers to seek the bread of God and invites submission and correspondence to the paper.
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