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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1928
Page
2
The piece recounts the New York telephone company’s Meridian 1212 time station charging 5 cents for time calls. It notes about 12,000 daily calls and $600 in daily revenue, funding operators and clock upkeep while hinting at future shifts if watches or radio time become common.
The article surveys audiences adjusting to synchronized sound in films and predicts a future shift in film making. It notes voices suddenly filling screen drama, the evolving tech, new actor and writer roles, and the potential salary impact on subtitle writers, describing a major industry upheaval unfolding before our eyes.
A Spanish engineer J de la Cierva invented an autogyro capable of vertical takeoff and landing. It crossed the English Channel with a three stop London to Paris trip reaching about 100 mph. The craft landed within 200 feet of its stopping point, suggesting future roofs as airports and elimination of long runways.
A dispatch from New York reports a major Paris dressmaker has opened a bar to retail spirits. The move targets husbands accompanying their wives as the bar offers a pleasant way to pass the hours while wives browse.
The passage satirizes couple dynamics and prices, noting wives shop while husbands hesitate over cost. It mentions French tact, restive husbands, and a playful forecast of bar decay. It also references Josephus Daniels explaining a past letter about Gov. Smith and a quip about hamburger cheese in airtight jars.
A personal health service column clarifies it offers individualized psychology guidance not medical diagnosis. The writer rejects pamphlets and insists advice targets the reader's personal trouble, focusing on two habits constipation and bed wetting while stressing habits are mere behavior.
Questions discuss gargling with salted water and drinking salted water nightly, with a doctor’s reply noting no harm from throat care solutions but cautioning against drinking salted water. Separate sleeping arrangements advised for children and elders to avoid disruption and transmission of illness. A reader asks about white dermatological spots. advice given on cosmetic painting and limited treatment options.
Glenn Frank argues that a budding form of business liberalism signals a forthcoming religious revival. He defines liberalism as openness to new problems, public welfare, and workable industrial governance, contrasting it with reactionary approaches. The liberal businessman seeks freedom for enterprise and social progress through prudent policy and humane stewardship.
The San Franciscan visits San Francisco and Oakland noting verdant gardens, sea views, and a leisurely civic rhythm. He contrasts outdoor culture with New York, describes lighthouses, the harbor, and arching palm-lined roads, then shifts to a playful Uncle Wiggily tale of squirrels and monkey friends in a wooded scene.
Uncle Wiggily agrees to join Johnnie and Billie Bushytail on a morning outing. The trio heads off with the promise of fun and a tasty reward. A shy football mishap makes Uncle Wiggily curious about what lies ahead and why the wind complicates their quest.
A nature column invites questions on topics from ocean salinity to eye placement and robin brood patterns. It includes reader Q and A on using cameras in nature study, box turtle claws, and hummingbirds aiding insect control and pollination.
The Babe Ruth plans to learn cricket in England and then play there, claiming baseball is dull to English fans while cricket is a national pastime. He contrasts Babe Ruth with Jack Hobbs, noting Ruth could perform a unique feat in cricket that Hobbs cannot match in baseball.
An old essay muses on Venus as the evening star and its changing role from Lucifer, noting its inferior-planet status yet thrilling reappearances. It likens the sight to Wordsworth and the first boy’s lesson in astronomy, and reflects seasonal ties to autumn and spring skies.
Adventurer Alan Dighton is summoned as Sir Ian Tavverner’s London secret service circle reels from a new chemical weapon, a hlghly dangerous toxin. In Daudot’s Paris milieu he investigates Daudot’s mistress and a hidden room, uncovering a perilous web tied to Greta Haye and Marney while a killer’s report echoes in the corridor.
In Uncle Rays Corner a note recalls a visit to Stratford-on-Avon with a children’s party featuring a spread and games. A 10 year old girl letters about school work, a seaside visit, autumn colors, and the sparkling jewel path Queen Autumn will pass. The piece muses that autumn feels like fairyland with crisp air and vivid leaves.
Crop and weather report from Washington details mixed conditions: central northern states see moderate rains hindering threshing while Minnesota spring wheat deteriorates from sprouting and Montana wheat remains green to cut. West regions report good progress with harvest, fall sowing rising, and rain needed for winter wheat belts. Corn ripening and silage harvest active in many areas. frost damage minimal though southeastern Montana and some corn belts face risk. Canada and border commentary discuss prohibition effects and liquor control outcomes. Farmers favor Hoover in November due to party alignment and past free trade farm policy under Underwood.
A fragment from Abe Martin recalls a camp scene where many claim religious principles yet reveal themselves through odd acts. People snatch food, defend scent, or admire filigree work, but the narrator suggests all are mistaken about true virtue.
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