Daily Waterloo Chronicle front matter and policy notes
Daily Waterloo Chronicle details its price structure and carrier rates, lists editors and managers, and states advertising rules and policy. Publisher information cites W. H. Hartman Co. Waterloo Iowa, with Associated Press and United Press International bureaus and reps in major cities.
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New York trials electric lights to deter pests
An eastern editor jokes that electric lights may harm kissing bugs, noting the incandescent bulb once discouraged courtship habits but now shows a new power. The report highlights state experimentation with lighting as pest control, reflecting a shift in public tone and technology.
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New York State
Times
Truth in Advertising and the Rose Made
A compressed note discusses the ideal of truthful advertising in New York. It asserts there should be no exceptions to the truth in advertising rules and emphasizes a strict standard for honesty in promotional materials.
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New York
Lame Ducks and the Coolidge Administration
The piece critiques posturing around patronage in the White House, noting diminished rewards for office holders and Coolidge's merit based appointments. It contrasts his approach with former presidents and mocks the idea of using jobs to win favors, portraying Coolidge as less beholden to political friends and more focused on ability.
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Coolidge
Washington
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City and Village — dangers of youth in unfamiliar cities
The piece argues that youths from villages face greater moral risk when moved to cities where they are unknown. It contrasts home towns with city anonymity, noting lack of greetings and support, which heightens temptation and potential misbehavior. It warns that strangers offer fewer checks on conduct.
The Best Age for Punishment in Child Rearing
This piece argues discipline varies by child, urging avoiding physical punishment before age two and after age eight for normal intelligence. It cites Dr. Smiley Blanton, favors quick, decisive punishment and forgiveness, and endorses psychological discipline for older children. It emphasizes punishment as a parent’s duty to guide and educate.
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Smiley Blanton
Dr. Blanton
Questions and Answers on Health Remedies and Cancer Signs
Reader questions cover sweating palms remedies using chromic acid and formalin solutions, boils treatment with Epsom salts and cream of tartar, and cancer breast early symptoms. Dr Brady offers cautions, recommends physician examination for suspicious breast changes, and asks for stamped self addressed envelopes for personal replies.
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William Brady
Shepherds of Arcady by Glenn Frank critique of Arcadian ideals
Glenn Frank argues that the Shepherds of Arcady misjudge machine civilization and urges a statesmanlike industry. He contends true progress comes from business that raises wages shortens hours cuts prices and increases profits through mass production and distribution rather than retreat to private paradise. He favors industrial leadership over romantic escapism and cautions against treating labor as mere machinery.
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Germany
Arcady
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Americanizing the army gum goes to Britain
Prince of Wales comments on chewing gum for British troops as London receives 5 million sticks annually. The piece notes growing gum consumption, hints at minor royal disapproval of jawing, and argues chewing gum is better than constant smoking for Tommy Atkins.
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Charles City Press
Tommy Atkins
The Football Problem in College Scheduling Debate
The New York World column argues about two college football teams playing two games in a day. It attributes the idea to President Little of Michigan, questions feasibility, and warns it would not reduce football problems and could increase them.
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Hopkins
Dartmouth
Little
Michigan
Waste baskets emptied to guard state secrets
The Baltimore Sun notes a new procedure to empty department waste during office hours to deter snoopers from rifling trash. The piece laments that if the output is so valuable in a system designed to protect ideas, the actual worth of the stored knowledge for future use remains incalculably high.
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New York life and style through a visiting lens
A writer describes Manhattan’s display world and contrasts Broadway’s flash with quieter streets. He laments the tourist’s skewed view, praises Riverside Drive and Central Park, notes high prices on Fifth Avenue, and quips about social fashions and cultural curiosities.
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Manhattan
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Uncle Wiggily's Mud Pies
Wumple and Dumple, two Wogzglejig siblings, dream of earning money while playing outside their house. They discuss buying lollypops if they had cash, then consider selling mud pies as a plan. Dumple suggests selling something, and a muddy splash triggers the idea of Mud Pies to sell.
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Mud pie scheme ends in muddy rescue tale
Wumple and Dumple attempt a mud pie business to raise money for lollypops. They plan to sell pies to Uncle Wiggily, travel to the Woggle jig bungalow, and back to the muddy pit where Dumple gets stuck. Uncle Wiggily helps free him. the plan ends happily with a penny for lollypops.
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Afterthoughts On Garden Dreams And Civic Values
A prescriptive essay blends garden fantasy with practical effort. It follows a gardener planning a color rich, old fashioned beds with hollyhocks roses lilacs and hydrangeas, while acknowledging year to year setbacks from pests frost and weather. It shifts to reflections on public virtue, principles and historic figures like Horace Boies Benedict Arnold and Daniel Webster to argue character over rhetoric.
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Arnold
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Massachusetts
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Mississippi
Missouri
America
Daniel Webster
Iowa
Lona
UNCLE RAY S CORNER ON WRITING TO BOYS AND GIRLS
Uncle Rays Corner explains his busy schedule writing letters and preparing American history books while asking readers to send complete addresses. He emphasizes family feel, timely replies, and sharing nature stories, noting children are the best with their eagerness to learn. Mondas Favorite American Birds.
Views of the people critique on reform and the federal reserve
A Grundy Center reader argues that progress faces opposition from those clinging to old ways. The letter recalls slavery and prohibition debates, praises suffrage for women, and notes a shift from Civil War era banking fears to the federal reserve system under Wilson. It questions why Wilson did not veto the bill despite banker opposition.
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Marely
Pno
Seth
Wilson
Federal Reserve
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Senate
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Query Column
Readers are invited to submit questions on nature subjects to the Nature Notes column in this newspaper. Questions of general interest will be answered in a future column by the sponsor HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO as copyright 1927. Look for answers in this feature.
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Nature Club
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Nature Notes
Pet friendly snakes for study and care notes
Tomorrow's Nature Notes explores suitable snake species for a classroom or home study, emphasizing temperament, enclosure needs, feeding, handling, and safety considerations to support gentle interaction and accurate observation.
Naked heads for vultures and water purification seeds
A reader asks why some birds like vultures have bare heads and necks, suggesting a health measure to avoid gore. Another question notes a seed used in India that may clear muddy water by causing particles to settle, yet its purifying ability on pathogens is unclear.
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Tam
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