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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1929
Page
3
Waterloo Iowa daily notes subscription rates and policy text. The paper lists offices in Waterloo and distinguishes two delivery areas with weekly and monthly mail rates. It notes advertising rules, payment terms, and that the Associated Press and other services provide news.
Bradstreet's reports wholesale and retail trade dipped to 1928 levels due to heat drought and vacation recession, while overall production remains above last year. August business failures are the lowest since 1925, with clothing, shoe, and radio firms expanding for fall and winter demand as cotton goods pick up, cattle and hog prices slide, and bond sales lag most years since 1918.
An airman, cruising seaplane over Jamaica Bay, rammed a motorboat, killing one and wounding another before fleeing at high speed. Authorities warn of rising air traffic crime and urge timely regulation to prevent more hit and run incidents in the skies.
A motorist recalls dangers from blinding headlights on weekend trips. A local campaign urged inspection of auto lighting to meet state requirements, with many windshields bearing stickers. Newer cars use dual lighting and drivers must switch to avoid glare. enforcement remains challenging but could deter risky behavior.
In a pointed look at a country weekly, Qld Ed Howe notes an eight page issue heavy with village personals. He describes lists of church attendees and neighbor visits as the paper’s main content, with around 3000 names printed, and questions whether any real news exists beyond social notes. He suggests the paper’s appeal lies in local correspondence and concludes much of the content may be mere filler.
A critical note on newspaper practices, laments over excessive publicity for social calls, and commentary on lack of enterprise. The piece contrasts old fashioned thrills with modern speed and flight, condemning shallow coverage while hinting at changing public tastes.
Dr Brady warns readers about health hype in athletics and quick fix cures. He derides pills and tonics sold as secret nutrition and refutes the idea that athletic prowess equates to overall health. The column includes reader questions on hair tonics and peaches, with cautions about unsafe products and advice on safe uses.
Glenn Frank argues that modern society suffers from a shattered checks and balances between the individual and the group. He cautions that unchecked personal freedom and vague group standards fuel crime delinquency and social decay while urging meditation and renewed moral standards to restore balance and guide society forward.
A collage of brief notes recalls the 1859 Town Editorial Association convention set for September 28 in Oskalooga and Horace Mann’s reported cause of death. Other items include Joshua Bird selling fresh meat, a Courier printing capability boast, a 1879 Crystal wedding of G F Brandhorst, Fowler elder mill start date, Mrs V S Van Duyn visiting Mendota, and a buggy accident involving Rev Richard Garton’s two bays, a boy, a hog, and a dog with only the buggy top damaged.
Dell Smith, a painter, fell from a scaffold while painting the Dr Crippen residence. He landed on his back but is not dangerously injured. Rev Peter Hallowell preached at the Methodist church in Raymond with several baptized and ten received as new members. Lineain White and Miss Carrie Clase married at the Presbyterian church last Wednesday. The cornerstone of the First Methodist church addition at Jefferson and Fifth was laid with Rev John Bowman delivering the address. The synod of Iowa meets Sept 22 in Vinton First Presbyterian. Transportation arrangements are made to return home those who paid full fare. A note on 18 acres near Maquoketa yielded 1,472 bushels at 82 bushels to the acre. The London circus comes to Waterloo Sept 19 with its own electric light plant. The Democrats nominate county ticket with Martin Bum, S Wilson, and others. W. S. Dietrick elected treasurer, Levi Strayer sheriff, and J W Young coroner. John G C Scott plans to open a Cedar Falls law office.
Twenty years ago the Waterloo area reports petitions circulating for a new union depot serving the Chicago Great Western and other railways. Several local residents travel, recover from travel, and pursue changes as era signals shifting rail layouts and community plans.
Washington Daybook notes Keith's theatre on Fifteenth Street opposite the Treasury plans to remove bars and show Radio-Keith-Orpheum talkies weekly. It recalls WWII era crowds and figures like Woodrow Wilson visiting, Rollin Robbins as manager, and a Lincoln family neighborhood remark about a Georgetown grocery-store dispute near Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln's mansion.
O O McIntyre portrays New York’s haunted metropolis with figures dubbed The Army of Living Dead. A financier shunned after a red headline scandal roams dawn streets, a veiled theater patron buys entire boxes, and a disfigured concertgoer with green lumps recalls a past beauty mishap. A cultured woman widowed at a theater departure recalls her lost brother, and a grieving woman with white hair wanders Central Park as a fatal wedding night tale closes.
A skeptical observer describes New York lodging houses and Mills hotels where drifters, ex-prisoners, and well dressed yet idle patrons mingle. He notes valets as social gatekeepers, paid high wages by elites, often preferring last names and resisting familiarity. The piece paints a dim portrait of urban life and class tension.
A humorous Abe Martin quip discusses trends from inexpensive two dollar paper salta for men to expectant dresses for women, contrasting with daily concerns like calories at supper and managing a household as a bachelor.
Readers are treated to a mixed collage of verse notes and fashion commentary. The piece opens with a September poem about the passing of summer and the fading of fruit and leaves, then shifts to social critique on postwar dress etiquette and the rôle of couture in modern manners, featuring remarks from a leading fashion designer about chic, practicality, and expensive yet necessary attire.
Paris, Sept. 11. High priests of dressmaking cling to the idea that liberty and freedom from convention harms women. Only a few designers resist luring women back into restrictive styles that bind them.
Brain Tests present a list of transposed word pairs from a NY Evening Post page. Each item swaps two words in common phrases, prompting readers to identify the correct word order and fix the errors. The exercise includes lines about time units, pronouns, numbers, and measurements.
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