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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1926
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier reprints a Fort Worth youth’s Charleston image labeled Flaming Youth and questions whether such modern prints mark a cultural zenith or nadir. The piece critiques public taste, photo services, and the impulse to broadcast youthful antics nationwide.
A proposal to issue bonds for a new jail building in Black Hawk county heads to voters in November. The plan seeks $50,000 total funding, with $25,000 already available for furnishings, to replace an inadequate structure failing to deter escapes and safeguard residents and detainees.
The article notes that fashion in cars mirrors clothing cycles. It observes a rise in roadsters with roofs down as an up town trend and the return of horn styles using land bulb switches. It comments on the evolving personal touch in auto fashion and how customs shift over time.
A New York reader describes misdiagnosed cold leading to sinus infection and drainage surgery. The piece contrasts expert examination with lingering beliefs in “fresh colds.” It explains sinus anatomy, sinusitis causes, and how chronic inflammation can mimic rheumatism and trigger recurrent cough or bronchitis.
A reader asks about two lite girls with exposure fears and sinus issues. An expert suggests simple chronic rhinitis may need a physician’s nose and throat treatment.
Glenn Frank discusses Joseph Conrad's wisdom and tolerance as a guide to modern life. He cites passages from Nostromo The Secret Agent Chance and Lord Jim to illustrate integrity and compassion. He notes revolutions planning philanthropies and the need for simple ideas to live and die by.
New York sketches reveal graft in nightclubs and cashiers adding to bloated checks, with a digression on Broadway as a street of paradoxes. The piece recalls Hamilton’s duel with Burr by Riverside Drive and notes Jersey grave markers. It ends with a portrait of Long Island estate players and street-cleaning fun for kids in summer heat.
Uncle Wiggily Longears, while hopping through the woods, spots a house like his own and suspects a trick. He moves cautiously, wary of potential mischief from the Fox or Wolf, as he passes the quaint cottage.
Uncle Wiegly overhears talking from a strange mini house. Voices complain about missing body parts as a wooden fat man rolls out, hinting at a curious, magical mix up and a mystery to solve.
In a quaint tale a wooden creature with pegs rests his round body while Uncle Wiggily meets the Wogglejigs a clan of wooden animals kept by Boppy the keeper. The Wogglejigs scramble their parts each night and regain their tails heads and legs with Uncle Wiggily’s help. Future tales promised about Uncle Wiggily and Boppy if the pussy willow stays quiet.
Nature Notes column from 1926 answers reader questions on bird beaks lamprey feeding, age of butternut bearers, and general guidance for amateur naturalists. It describes rose-breasted grosbeaks ranges, lamprey eel feeding behavior, and butternut bear fruit timing and cultivation notes, including typical first bearing ages and variable crops.
The piece reflects on the changing rural heartland where modern infrastructure blends with old fashioned habits. Saturday chats on the main street persist despite urbanization, cementing communal ties through casual exchanges, fish stories, crops, and local politics, while city life struggles to match these street gatherings.
Des Moines Capital urges balanced support for agriculture while warning against calamity talk. It cites Woodrow Wilson era reforms in New Jersey and notes seven humane laws were promissory but later repealed after cost and trouble, showing policies may not work as intended.
The piece examines dolmen tombs built by the Melwen or Dolmen Builders across Britain Ireland France Germany Russia and the Mediterranean. It notes rough rock weights up to 40 tons and suggests simple methods using logs and rollers to move stones from distant quarries. It ponders the builders strength and mindset while questioning the tombs’ value for the dead.
Secretary Mellon argued that lower tax rates increase revenue and Congress took time to accept the idea. The late Warding would be remembered for drafting Mellon as secretary of the treasury, and Coolidge’s restraint on government spending is praised as shaping the nation’s debt.
The New Albany Tribune explains that a lower tax rate can still yield higher tax payments if property valuations rise. It notes that rate alone doesn’t determine taxes and urges careful consideration of both valuations and rates when calculating the tax bill.
The column riffs on readers wanting more sports coverage while joking about values and novelty. It hints at editorial preferences and aligns with light, humorous local flavor. No specific events or people beyond the era’s style appear in readable form.
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