Waterless Evening Courier front matter and policies
Waterless Evening Courier presents subscription rates, staff roles, and office rules. It lists prices by carrier and mail, notes second class entry, and outlines advertising policies and trucked news terms. The piece includes Associated Press affiliations and distant city bureaus.
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W. H. Hartman Co
Courier
Corner Park Ave
Commercial
St. Telephone Branch Exchange
John GC. Hartman
Jackson McCoy
Asieround General Stanager
Vimetech Caterst Coors
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Breaks & Finky, Representallss
Marion Talley Retires From Opera And Concert Stage
The American coloratura Marion Talley announces she is quitting both opera and concert work, citing homesickness for the Midwest and dissatisfaction with life in New York and the East. Observers note possible temperamental contrasts and strained relations with Metropolitan authorities as contributing factors.
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Sticks
Marion Talley
Marion
Opera Aas
Middle West
New York
Kansas City
Miss Talley
Manhattan
Hudson River
Luxury car hire ad touts 65 new Packards for hourly use
An advertisement promotes a fleet of 65 new 1928 Packard Custom Eights with hired chauffeurs. Rates are $4 to $5 per hour, varying by hours and holidays, with a New York Times reprint praising the luxury. It contrasts Iowa renters who still must drive themselves.
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New York Times
O. O. McIntyre
New York
Ioway
Fifth Avenue
Witwer Sues Harold Lloyd Corp for 2.3 Million Plagiarism
H C G Witwer, a humorist and writer of the Ring Lardner school, files a $2,300,000 plagiarism suit against the Harold Lloyd Corporation. He alleges his 1915 story The Emancipation of Rodney was published and later used as the basis for The Freshman, a claim the company denies as it prepares to defend in court.
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Almmaking
Harold Lloyd Corporation
H. CG. Witwer
Ring Lardner
Rodney
Witwer
Lloyd Corporation
Dial Twisters Facts and figures in radio expansion
Reader on radio growth notes 20,000,000 receiving sets worldwide with nearly 9,000,000 in the United States. Last year the U S invested about 350 million dollars in radio sets and accessories. Britain and Germany each have about 2,500,000 homes with radios, France 1,250,000.
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Spies Management
British Isles
France
Rural Electric Growth and Eskimo Film Adventure
The article notes Sweden Austria and Argentina behind electric reach with millions lacking power in the US 9 million homes still unlit 2 million unwired farm homes. It lauds radio’s reach and foresees rural electrical expansion. A Canadian plane films Eskimos and a striking movie shows an Eskimo eating raw fish with whale oil.
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United States
Beware the sickly bunny tularemia warning
Public health notice warns that tularemia from rabbits has caused fatalities and can spread via bites from animals or contaminated meat. Safe handling includes wearing gloves, proper cooking, and using disinfectant. signs in rabbits include liver specks, and human symptoms start with headache and fever.
How Good Is Your Mind by GUBNN FRANK
The piece outlines twelve traits of a well trained mind. It explains how effective thinking uses information, analyzes texts, separates significant facts, records observations, forms clear ideas, distinguishes facts from opinions, thinks abstractly, remains patient, stays open to new impressions, sees relationships, combines imagination with facts, and stays focused on the job despite obstacles.
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Gubnn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Tdjtor
Century
McChire Newspaper Syndicate
Verbal Scrapbook Notes Dappled With Springtime Snippets
A fragmented column mixes verse about spring chores with satirical jabs at prices and advertising. It cites little details like whale oil unloads, Al Smith pay rates, plagiarism quips, and odd tidbits about Marion Talley and a Kansas chamber offer, all in a brisk, scattershot style.
Brain Tests Quiz From The New York Evening Post
A society page teaser notes a derivate words test from the New York Evening Post offering 12 items. It explains roots such as mono and gives example gaps for numbers, shapes, and ages to be filled in as a mental rating exercise. Answers appear on the Society Page.
Abe Martin on a Mexican general and bootlegger woes
The piece humorously notes Abe Martin’s view of a Mexican general as ordinary, warns that ignorance leads to trouble, and quotes a leading hostess Mrs Leghorn Tharp urging dry officers to focus on bootleggers since customers suffer the most.
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Leghorn Tharp
Typewriters Now Available in Most All Languages
Robert McKean Jones revolutionizes typewriters by enabling use in many languages and symbols. He adapts keyboards for Oriental alphabets and teknical scripts, with Sanskrit keyboards on portable models. The Hebrew and Japanese adaptations highlight wide linguistic reach and innovation in typing systems.
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Robert McKean Jones
Gang Men
Jones
New York
Employee stock ownership grows at Procter & Gamble plant
The Journal of Business notes employees in the United States and Canada with profit sharing stock holdings valued around 16 million dollars, up more than 5 million from a year earlier. Dividends in 1928 reached 183 thousand dollars as part of broader profit sharing plans that foster thrift, loyalty, and a superior workforce. CORNSTALKS World.
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Journal of Business
Procter & Gamble Company
United States
Canada
F. A. Brown
Staten Island
Aged Actors Consider Homes For Indigo Years
New York voices reflect on life after stage, noting two famed homes for aged players the Actor's Fund Home on Staten Island and the Percy Williams Home at Islip. About 30 guests apiece, with visitors and benefactors easing loneliness, and a visible class system honors achievements among stars past and present.
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Actor's Fund
Staten Island
Percy Williams
Islip
Booth
Indy
Salvini
Mrs. Whiffen
Lew Fields
Joe Webber
America
Europe
Hogg Pushes $25,000 for Uncle Sam Memorial Site
Indiana representative David Hogg urges Congress to fund a $25,000 memorial at Samuel Wilson’s grave in Merriam Kansas to honor the man linked to the Uncle Sam nickname. He cites Wilson’s wartime service and a widely told river tale as the basis for the commemoration. A second memorial bid seeks $100,000 for a Mad Anthony Wayne monument at Fort Wayne Indiana, reflecting Hoosier admiration for Revolutionary War heroes.
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Mr. Hogg
Sam
United States of America
Hogg
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United States
Troy
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Congress
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Counties Debate Bond Funding For Paved Roads
Algona Republican notes counties split on paying bonds for road work. Supports a pay-as-you-go approach where counties approving bonds may join to fund paved roads while others lag behind. The piece implies widespread adoption could occur across counties under this plan.
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Algona Republican
Man skips work to golf cited by truancy officer
In a Riverside district note the truancy officer questions a pupil’s afternoon riverfolk stroll while his father argues the boy’s misbehavior stems from schooling gaps. The piece frames sympathy for the student’s situation and critiques the adult role in education.
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Lesson on God’s Comfort and the coming Messiah
The lesson centers Isaiah 40 and the theme of God’s love and comfort for His people in exile. It covers preparation for salvation, the glory of the Lord revealed in the Messiah, the frailty of man versus God’s enduring word, and the Lord’s coming to Zion as shepherd and sustainer. California redwoods are noted as a comparison to New Zealand trees.
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Jesus Christ
Zion
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