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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1926
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier reviews Philadelphia's 150th anniversary exposition noting unfinished exhibits and poor weather limit crowds. It argues novelty has faded since Chicago's 1893 fair and blames motion pictures for drawing public attention away from grand displays, urging renewed patriotic appeal.
Kipling’s The Vineyard marks his return after 12 years as an unofficial poet laureate. The critic laments diminished craft while criticizing his anti US themes and the weak ifrical range of the collection. The piece contrasts Hardy and Anatole France with Kipling’s aging voice and legacy.
An old feature discusses how women keep cool in heat through exposed skin while men stay wrapped. Dutch researchers with a thermo scope found heat radiates more from skin near bones such as the spine, sternum, forehead, and shins, suggesting exposed areas aid cooling. The piece humorously advises men to uncover the forehead to stay cooler when safe from sunburn.
Readers ask about aspirin and bromo seltzer effects on the heart and habit formation. The discussion traces acetylsalicylic acid and predecessors, noting heart and nerve risks with early analgesics, and affirms aspirin’s safer profile while urging careful use.
Glenn Prank argues Henry Ford’s Wayside Inn restoration could redefine museums as living demonstrations of past life. He envisions Ford expanding the site into a working village with mills, a blacksmith shop, and other era activities to educate on revolutionary times and domestic history. The piece links broader reforms in museums and motherhood to this approach and cites eugenics debates shaping societal progress.
In New York on September 21 a writer describes Fifth Avenue encounters with boastful suitors and risky come-ons. Shady auto pickups lead to abductions and vanished “missing persons,” while plain clothes squads patrol to trap offenders. The piece contrasts Broadway loafers with small town behavior and notes Abie's Irish Rose may close soon.
Bobbie Ringtail is missing and his family searches across fields and woods. Uncle Wiggily, Bettie Ringtail, and Mrs Ringtail join the hunt calling to friends and animals as they roam hollow trees and logs in a race to locate the raccoon child Bobbie Ringtail.
Uncle Wiggily searches fields and woods for Bobbie Ringtail the raccoon. He asks the mice Jollie and Jiltie Longtail and enlists a quick quail to whistle Bob White. Bobbie is found sleeping near a hollow tree when the quail guides Uncle Wiggily to the scene and Bobbie returns home.
Fragmentary OCR reports Abe Martin Noa and Mrs Joe Kites involved in a stray political remark about independence and risk if a candidate is not killed, as lawyers weigh the threats and the party leaders respond before winter.
Katie O'Doone grows through hardship after her mother dies from overwork and her father’s drinking. A sequence of events with Lily Spencer and Billy Gordon leads to a showgirl path and a strained reconciliation with her father, aided by Father Burke and the return of Terry O'Doone.
Readers submit questions on plant parts and bird behavior. A bluebird attempts entry, then repeats later, prompting the paper to promise answers in tomorrow’s Nature Notes.
Questions discuss why birds use snake skin in nests and if torpedo fish can deliver shocks. Notes by Finley and Wheater cite theories on usefulness of snakeskin and ant behavior. Also mentions torpedo fish, ants cannibalism, and new searchlight attachments for lifeboats.
Uncle Ray recounts Pilgrim observations of Plymouth-area Indigenous beliefs. He describes the chief god Wietan, Hobamook, medicine men or Powsyows, and the Pow Wow gatherings. Women’s roles in farming and hair customs are noted, with references to language and cultural practices of the era.
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