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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1928
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier page lists publication details, pricing by carrier and mail, and notices on advertising policies. It includes scattered editorial remarks on public policy, shortages, and constraints faced by authorities and merchants, along with unrelated commentary on wartime efforts and economic concerns.
The article reports Senator Fess arguing New York state will back Hoover in a large nationwide Republican turnout. He cites past gubernatorial results, noting Smith never carried many upstate counties and often lagged 365000 votes outside NYC. Fess claims New York is Republican in national affairs and will aid Hoover’s margin.
Paris observers describe the signing as a filmed event with dramatic lighting and back-stage chaos. The Quai d Orsay hall split between dignified decor and tangled wires and projectors, as cameras frame theNotables for a global audience.
At Cedar Rapids last week the Iowa American Legion voted 2 to 1 down a resolution seeking pensions for World War I veterans. The debate highlighted a clash between Sen. Brookhart and Col. Stanford MacNider over aid for able bodied veterans, with the Legion sticking to aid for disabled vets only and favoring prudent funding through existing taxes.
The padlock method shutting premises suspected of liquor violations without trials faced a halt by Judge Thomas D Thacher in New York. The ruling threatens enforcement tactics and could reach the U S Supreme Court. It marks a setback for Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt and her wholesale subpoena campaign.
A rural letter to Dr. Brady discusses a family at a relative’s anniversary, noting a 24 year old mother with two mentally impaired children and a 11 month old baby, blaming alcoholism and heredity. The piece argues for honest sex instruction and condemns stigma from public education and neighbors.
Readers ask about nervous breakdowns goiter and skin pores. Dr Brady answers with general guidance urging medical advice from a personal physician and offers to respond to health letters if a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed.
The essay argues Western civilization faces a potential collapse from racialism as a modern color line becomes the battle line. It rejects single-factor determinism and questions whether economics religion or business can reduce race tensions while urging readers to consider leadership and global collaboration in unifying humanity.
The piece surveys San Francisco dining from Lecure cafes to table d hote French and Italian spots and notes seafood abundance from the Pacific coast. It recalls Paul Whiteman and Art Hickman, praises Barbary Coast ambience, and contrasts then and now pockets of nightlife.
An old tale about an Oak Tree and a Pine Tree discussing acorns. Acorns begin green in spring, turn brown in summer and fall, and wonder if they will ever drop. The dialogue includes playful mis spellings and animal references as the acorns ponder their fate.
Young Acorn dreams of adventures and finally bounces from the Oak onto springy moss. Uncle Wiggily the rabbit and a hungry Fox cross paths as the Acorn, delighted with freedom, saves the rabbit’s ears and enjoys a grand romp before resting under leaves.
In a smoky late night club Greta, niece of a donor, flirts with Dighton the war veteran pilot as Marney and Taverner plot. An uneasy alliance forms amid risk of exposure and a looming departure leaves Greta in tears.
Uncle Ray describes the Mound Builders in the Mississippi valley forming animal shaped mounds and large lookout and ceremonial mounds. He cites Marietta region remains in Ohio with a 33 foot cone mound for lookout and another mound 128 by 132 by nine feet used by priests. The circles likely reflect sun worship. Tomorrow The Oldest Known Clock.
Readers sent questions on topics from canaries and vermin to green turtles and rabies in dogs. Answers reference cedar waxwings, British carnivores, and honey from century plant, with notes on migration and feeding behavior.
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