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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1923
Page
3
The Oklahoma dispute intensifies as Governor Walton’s order and wartime style enforcement draw accusations of dictatorship. Critics warn the crackdown risks civil rights while supporters defend strong action against klan influence and lawlessness.
The essay surveys invisible exchange in U S trade, citing Hoover data that 1922 saw a $324 million net favorable balance after invisible factors. It argues the 1823 outlook worsens the balance and urges investing dollars abroad. It also reflects on the evolving chautauqua ideal from handkerchief salutes to universal education, championed by Bishop Vincent and the Lyceum movement.
Dr William Brady discusses dietary balance urging caution on excessive carbohydrates. He references McCollum at Johns Hopkins advocating more milk fruit and salads and less bread cereals and sugar. He notes fruit coffee as a practical breakfast and warns about overconsumption for weight management.
Andrew laments modern town life and longs for pedestrian past as Imogene taunts him. They discuss window shopping and recall vanished landmarks, leapfrogging posts, and former street curiosities, while debated by a bemused Imogene. The piece portrays nostalgia for a vanished urban landscape.
Binney Clay, raised in poverty, seizes a breakthrough stage opportunity amid family secrets and dangerous figures including Gustav De Mille. Her ally Farrance and friend Irma navigate debt and desire as Binny discovers a possible marriage with Farrance while De Mille asserts controlling rights, leading to a tense cliffhanger as身份 and loyalties collide.
Fifty years ago in The Courier on September 18, 1873 Elberling the street commissioner is praised for macadamizing Fourth street. The bridge is lit with three new lamps under city council order. A runaway incident injures Miss Allen and Miss Ward as a buggy is damaged. Burglaries occur with small loot. William D. Henry departs for Germany to study languages and pursue sightseeing.
Forty years ago in 1883 a train split and a wheat boxcar toppled onto a coal car but no wheat spilled. Union township leads sorghum production with Miller 6000 others 5000 7000 and 20000 gallons. Shaulis returns from Richmond and Washington with a buggy and harness. Whitmore pleads guilty in horse theft case. debate on court delays and wealth immunity persists.
Mayor P J Martin elected president of the Town League of Municipalities with FL G Pierce as secretary. Marriages include Prof Robert J Black and Miss May Hi vne of this city. W Stilson and Miss Mary Loveless of Osage. A sewer banquet for 450 guests featured a 300 foot table in Dry Run storm sewer, with Mayor Martin as toastmaster and extensive press coverage. Guests included members of the Iowa League of Municipalities visiting the city.
The passage presents a word puzzle about eight-letter words hidden in a test phrase and references a misquoted earth statement about scales. It includes an example where fish weights are given and the boy’s weight is described as ten times as much as 126 pounds.
Marshalltown Times-Republican notes Ben Salinger son of ex Iowa Supreme Court member, known as Young Ben, was rearrested in Chicago as a fugitive from justice and released on bond. He is accused in the Midland pecking house fraud and is sought in Sioux Falls. He has moved through Europe and U S cities without being brought to the Nakotas.
A 1828 Nature Notes column invites reader questions on nature topics. Readers ask about identifying a specimen found in a coon dog, whether moles eat vegetation, and if any animal has blue spots. Answers promised in tomorrow's Nature Notes.
A Q and A style snippet covers identifying a poisonous fungus, snakes drinking water, and nuthatches on hard wood trees with notes on behavior. It mentions a jelly-like fungus from Phalloideas and advises on field guides. The piece cites observations of a large bull moose seen with cattle near East Mountain Vermont.
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