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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
3
The piece discusses the push to revise the primary system, opposing a uniform primary. It notes critics cite voter knowledge issues and favors informed popular choice over convention methods. It analyzes implications for major and minor offices and the influence of delegates and patronage.
A historical discussion argues efficiency in Tasalfon tax policy. It notes revenue needs and fair burden distribution while using property, excise, income, and inheritance taxes. Critics claim existing rules let high earners dodge taxes via exceptions and loopholes. inheritance taxes remain harder to evade.
In Waterloo a consortium of relief and social agencies unites to form a city council of social agencies. The move aims to reduce duplication and cut waste by pooling efforts across charities, a model the piece calls a milestone of civic progress.
Dr Brady discusses serum myths and dangers, distinguishing true antidotes from sensationalized false cures. He explains scopolamine risks in twilight sleep and cautions against equating serums with vaccines. Readers’ letters touch lemons and cat myths and oatmeal notes.
Imogene and Andrew discuss a cosmetician who claims to improve skin through beauty treatments. The chat touches on gin abstinence, male clients, and the appeal of cosmetics, concluding with Andrew reconsidering the idea after a humorous argument about facades and allure.
The narrative follows Binny Clay who uncovers papers linking her unknown father to money lender Benjamin Clay. She contemplates a possible reunion with the past as she and allies manage debts, loyalties, and a perilous secret that could reshape her life.
A playful arithmetical study in a Mother Goose style describes three boys labeled 3 who try to form a number divisible by 7. One boy cleverly rearranges the digits to create such a number, solving the puzzle and answering yesterday's riddle about the letters REMEMBER MH.
Yayus a lazy village youth faces magical punishment when goblins shrink him to their world after a confrontation at a tavern. The tale follows his descent into a tiny realm where his size becomes a challenge as the goblins enforce labor and lessons for his neglect of his mother and goats.
Answers to readers questions about nature topics appear in this paper column. The notes discuss common fish keeping, leaf chlorophyll, bear predation, toads skin secretions, and the mythical unicorn as referenced in the British coat of arms.
A local line reads Abe Martin narrates a scene where a man named Moot dies while trying to collect his car repair, noting a quip that bootlegging is the easiest job.
Bayer Cross on package signals the semine ayer product prescribed by physicians for colds headaches rheumatism and pain. Unbroken packages list directions. twelve tablets cost cents. Druggists offer bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is a trademark of Bayer Manufacture: acetylsalicylic ester.
Iowa editorials warn that a Republican state convention may not override primary results by nominating candidates not endorsed by voters. They stress adherence to law, fear a GOP version of self-selected ticket power, and defend voter will against elite manipulation.
The Des Moines Register and Humboldt Republican weigh Iowa's economic stakes in corn marketing and national confidence. Analysts warn that corn belt must stabilize or capitalize aggressively to keep Iowa meaningful in U S industry and markets. A Cabot Kabotehnik name case adds a light aside on name changes.
An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple, harmless method to reduce weight. It claims four daily tablets with no dieting or exercise required and urges purchases from a druggist or direct from Marmela Company in Detroit.
An old advertisement claims Adler-i-ka cleanses both upper and lower bowels to prevent appendicitis by removing accumulated waste. It touts relief for gas and chronic constipation and cites Mike Gans, a pharmacist, and J. C. Colvin as sellers in New Hartford.
Muskegon Michigan Mrs Nellie Quinet recounts years of medical trials and failed relief before Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After four bottles her pain weakened and she regained strength enabling factory and home work. She urges other women to heed bearing down and weakness signs and try the remedy.
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