The First Year at Waterloo Theatre Next Week
Waterloo Players bring The First Year by Frank Craven to the Waterloo Theatre for a week starting Sunday matinee. The comedy, praised by Heywood Broun and Alexander Woollcott, follows newlyweds with relatable humor and turns of married life from Illinois to Japan and back.
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Waterloo Theatre
Waterloo Players
Frank Craven
John Golden
Little Theatre
New York
Craven
Waterloo Players Organization
Heywood Broun
New York Tribune
Alexander Woolcott
New York Times
Mildred Jeranio
Grace Livingston
Mr. Byron
Tommy ‘Turker
Illinois
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Women Endure Pain More Than Men in Dentist Chairs
Berlin reports from A H Zeiz citing Berlin dentists that eighty percent of women sit calmly in the chair while men show fear. Dentists say women's endurance stems from physiology and wartime experiences, with examples from surgeons aviators and a flying ace.
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Berlin
A. H. Zeiz
Berliner Tageblatt
Seath
Te Lint
Froma
O ™En
Librarian Answers Questions From Waterloo Readers
Mrs. C. W. Gillilan, reference librarian at the Waterloo public library, fields hundreds of inquiries daily. In March 1,279 questions were answered, ranging from Alcibiades to jumping beans, with technical data from Washington and Ames, plus travel planning and literary fragments.
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Waterloo Public School
C. W. Gillilan
Waterloo Public Library
Waterloo
Tan
Science Research Bureau
Washington, D. C
Iowa State College
Ames
Gillan
Prench
Hallowe'en
Cotton Dann
From Quakertown to Timbuctu Oh Prod That Camel
A Courier readers travel section reviews books set in Pennsylvania China Mexico and Africa. Wallace Nutting's Pennsylvania Beautiful features 300 illustrations and praise for landscape harmony. Blue Tiger by Harry R Caldwell explores Fukien province with mission and history context. Vernon Quinn’s Mexico portrait blends romance and tradition with indigenous stories. The Road to Timbuktu reflects a traveler’s curiosity about what stories authors omit and the romance of the Sahara quest.
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Courier Nook
Pennsylvania
China
Mexico
Africa
Waterloo
Wallace Nutting
Nutting
Harry R. Caldwell
Fukien
South China
Mr. Caldwell
Roy Chapman Andrews
Vernon Quinn
Vernon’ Quinan
Quinn
Timbuktu
Sahara
Lady Mills
Sahaca
Iowa farmers face low corn prices and shifting crops
Des Moines reports show Iowa business refrains from conservatism due to corn prices around 54 to 55 cents for No 4. Oats at 31 and 22. Cold weather disrupts harvest while onion and dairy sectors grow. Dairy and poultry persist as steady income sources with expanding farm specializations. Navy plane unit Wielsbers teaches radio messaging.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Abc
National Corn Grow Era Association
Bilingualism Slows Welsh Children in Tests
University of Wales researchers report that one language children in both rural and urban Wales outperform bilingual peers on intelligence and dexterity measures. The study finds monolinguals show clearer left brain language linkage and fewer right handedness confusions, with rural children more affected.
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Aberswith
Wales
Qet
Univesity Vallage
D. R. Saer
Rank Snubui
John Hughes
Saet
Aged Susan Snell’s Macon Cottage Gains From Paved Road
In Macon Missouri a centenarian woman known as Aunt Susan Snell sees her cottage and land rise in value after the state highway department paves Missouri Avenue. The project ties her home to a main thoroughfare once a quagmire, promising a new prominence for the neighborhood.
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Macon
Susan Snell
Engineering Department
State Highway Commission
Missouri Avenue
Highway Department
Laop
Susan
Vine Boulevard
Avenne N Ouagmire
Hudson
High Department
No. 7
Macoi
Ireland’s war veterans seek aid and recognition in Free State era
Irish soldiers face unemployment and housing shortages after World War I. Many veterans, promised rewards and home government support, struggle as they lobby to join senatorial races and urge British recognition. Housing and work remain key crises for demobilized Irish volunteers.
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Ireland
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Politica
Sane
Neyer
Trishman
Wickle
Can
Werre Harrison
Hickle
Harrison
Senate
Free State
Purawanca
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the Road FC Timbuktu
Tady Dorothy Mie
AM Wielsbers
Polar
United States Navy
Negress
Missouri
Enristan Va
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N. Y
Kathryn Ray
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Lolth
FHE Tritz
West
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Wm. Deerfoot
Iowa City, Ia
Hallowe’en Carnival
Armory
Wells and His Orchestra
Bulte
Black Wewk
Carl Bickley
Givn
Leavitt and Johnson
Crystal
Cay
Indorse
Waterloo Pictur
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