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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1927
Page
2
The Waterloo Evening Courier lists pricing and subscription details, ad policies, and newsroom credits. It includes addresses, telephone exchange, and agencies like Associated Press and International News, plus general advertising rules and payment terms for classified ads.
The address argues against the idea of a collapsing rural America citing statistics on farm abandonment and depopulation. It highlights that 649,000 farmers left farming by 1926 and 3,000,000 since 1920, noting shifts in employment and the limited impact on farm numbers in some counties while farms under 100 acres alter dynamics.
The American Legion convention in Paris offers 0000 war veterans a glimpse of a world they might have missed. Wives mothers and sweethearts gain direct access to Gay Paree with its styles and cafes. Local Montmartre cafe owners note sober behavior while the international police court reports limited activity. Delegates are accompanied by their families aiding refined conduct while the legionnaires face the social challenge.
Memories recount Wheatland association's fiftieth annual plowing match in Wheatland Illinois last week. Contest judged on furrow depth uniformity straightness and neatness with both horse drawn and tractor plows used. Five veterans from the first match appeared with walking plows, while tractors with multiple bottoms threaten to replace single blade horse plows.
Marshalltown Times-Republican notes critics oppose Nick Longworth as the Republican standard bearer. The piece argues he has little chance, cites dynastic concerns, and says there is no rush to pull Nicholas from current duties as the party will avoid such a mistake.
A health article argues that a sedentary 150 pound adult requires 2800 calories, but a growing 14 year old boy at 106 pounds needs about 1000 extra calories daily for growth and energy. It urges high carbohydrate intake from starches and sugars as the key fuel, encouraging frequent meals and mid day snacks to sustain activity and rapid development. It warns against overemphasis on protein and notes carbs provide immediate energy for muscles and endurance.
Readers ask about a 13 month old with a rapidly growing pterygium on the left eye and potential causes. A physician notes thickening around the eye may be removed by local anesthesia and warns injury or irritation may trigger it. Also asked are early signs of tuberculosis in a 16 year old girl and the possibility of menstruation absence. A doctor outlines screening steps including TB tests and X rays, stressing age as a risk period and that amenorrhea is not a TB indicator. A query about white celluloid visors finds little circulatory impact. they may reduce glare but should not be worn constantly. Dr Brady offers to answer letters with stamped envelopes.
Glenn Frank argues happiness comes from productive work, not passive pleasure. He cites Dean Inge on boredom, quotes Lloyd George on stress and work, and distinguishes joy as a lasting state from fleeting pleasure. He urges meaningful effort over rest cures and emphasizes creative work as the source of true happiness.
Davenport Democrat notes that in Franklin County Maine 67 couples answered a roll call of those married at least 50 years. They were honored at a Farmington Chamber of Commerce dinner, all arrived by car, with one couple at 63 years and four over 60. The piece suggests enduring bliss contrasts with modern divorce ideas.
A July 1927 dispatch describes Catalina trips by glass bottom boat owned by William Wrigley. It visits famed Sequoia trees near Los Angeles and Will Rogers training farm, plus Venice amusements. Hollywood scandals, gin bootlegging, and car dog antics are recounted with wry humor and regional color.
A forest tale follows Uncle Wiggily as shouts echo and Mazie and Dazie search for their missing wooden heads. Mrs Robin Red Breast hints at eggs in her nest while guiding the rabbit to the old Robin nest for the future.
In a woodland tale Uncle Wiggily helps Jacko Kinkytail climb a tree to recover two wooden heads mistaken for eggs. Mazie and Dazie laugh and speak again as the heads are restored to the Woggle jig girls, ending with a promise of more adventures.
Ruth Henshaw dreams of luxury gowns and a lavish wedding arranged by John Moore. Reality intrudes as Beechy and Ramon reveal the scheme and Morton and Roderiguez confront John. Ruth learns her engagement is tangled with alibis, lies, and a planned escape, before the final reckoning.
In Uncle Ray’s Corner Now Men learned to fly vy Langley’s airplanes. A girls’ school principal named Langley claimed relation to Samuel Langley, a key figure who advanced aviation. Langley built model planes driven by rubber bands and a larger 1896 model with a steam engine flew over the Potomac for over half a mile. Congress funded $50,000 to build a man carrying machine. a 1903 attempt by C H Manly failed but later pilots like Glenn Curtiss proved Langley’s design capable with improvements. Tomorrow A Littl Saturday Talk.
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