Local newspaper masthead and staff credits excerpt
The excerpt shows a daily newspaper notice with publication details for a W. H. Hartman Co. publication. It lists the issue number 98, no. 100, the address at Corner Park Ave and Commercial, and contact line Branch Exchange 5100. Names John C. Hartman and Jackson McCoy appear as President Editor and Treasurer Manager respectively.
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W. H. Hartman Co
Courier Bidg
Corner Park Ave
John C. Hartman
Jackson McCoy
Subscription prices and notices in Waterloo Iowa paper
Subscription rates listed by carrier and mail, including 15 cent scene charge, annual and six month options, with out-of-town rates. Notices indicate second class matter at Waterloo post office, associations, and advertising policy remarks.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press United Press
International News
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Judge limits trial by newspaper in mis trial ruling
In ruling for a mistrial in the Sapiro Ford libel case the judge blamed a Detroit newspaper and ordered the US attorney to consider contempt. The paper published an interview with a juror, showing she discussed the case outside the jury, risking biased proceedings. The decision underscores concern over press interference with justice. The reporter and editor acted inappropriately in seeking the juror interview.
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Sapiro-Ford
Detroit
United States
The Old Warhorse Grover Cleveland Alexander Defies Time
In St Louis fans reminisce about Grover Cleveland Alexander known as Alex the last nineteenth century Democrat. A vivid portrait notes his stubborn grit and pitching prowess. Sunday’s mound duel saw Alex best Vic Aldridge as the Cardinals won 2 to 1 on six hits.
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Grover Cleveland
Alexander
Alex
St. Louis
Cardinals
Plymouth fifth graders whipped for failing to learn The Village Blacksmith
Plymouth Ind remembers a case where a young male teacher punished twenty fifth grade pupils for not learning The Village Blacksmith. He was arraigned on assault and battery charges and fined five dollars plus costs. The episode highlights that Longfellow's poem remained a required part of a fifth grader’s curriculum.
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Plymouth
Ind
Longfellow
Nellie Ross urges end to intolerance in national talk
Nellie Tayloe Ross, former governor of Wyoming, tells New Yorks National Democratic club that intolerance is the greatest sin of the age and urges united opposition to prejudice. She hopes for a Catholic president to prove the republics vitality, but fears only a small intelligent minority will follow that path.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
United States
National Women’s Democratic Club
New York City
Mrs. Ross
Front Yard Travel in Nebraska Shows Lake Regions
Heavy rainfall spared floods but transformed the Platte valley. Surface water created numerous lakes, large and small, unlikely to vanish for weeks. Nebraskans, staying home, witnessed from their doorsteps glimpses of Minnesota’s famed lake districts.
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Platte Valley
Nebraska
Minnesota
A Dirty Deal topeka Dairy Capital Prince's Winner
The Prince of Wales wins a sweepstakes but receives no credit as the dairy capital tale notes he praises a horse that will stay under him. The commentary portrays skepticism about royal credit and loyalty in a betting context.
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Topeka
State of coma contrasted with natural sleep and shock
The article explains coma as complete loss of consciousness while natural sleep leaves responsiveness to stimuli. It covers coma from head injury, shock, hemorrhage, poisons, and conditions like opium poisoning, sunstroke, uremia, and apoplexy, detailing symptoms and the dangers of mislabeling injuries as concussion. It warns that proper diagnosis hinges on response to stimuli, pupil size, breathing, and circulation changes.
Questions and Answers on Sinus Trouble and Carbuncles
Hygeia magazine cautions about cold wind exposure worsening sinus inflammation. A reader questions car travel risk versus open air. Dr Brady replies carbuncle is a skin infection needing early drainage. cauterization is not the remedy. Readers are invited to mail questions with a stamped return envelope.
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Wyxein
Hygeia
Prisoners of Baggage by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues modern life is cluttered and we should shed possessions to gain time, health, and mental richness. He cites Thoreau and Stevenson to illustrate avoiding material encumbrances and embracing a simpler, more focused life.
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Prisoners of
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
the Century Magazine
McAdoo’s Prospects in Democratic Fight
William G. McAdoo remains determined to seek the Democratic presidential nomination and dismisses burial of his hopes. He reportedly considers backing Senator Jim Reed to block Gov. Smith, while dry Democrats search for a fresh leader to rally behind until a more promising candidate emerges.
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Tee
McAdoo
New York City Pet Hospital Expands Care Facilities
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announces updates to its pet hospital in New York City. The facility adds a bird ward, rat ward, dog ward, aquarium area, observation ward, diet kitchens, and enhanced care features to improve treatment for sick animals in the metropolis.
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New York Times
New York
Phes New Wirs
American Society For the Prevention of
New York Living Here and There Amid City Snippets
Readable scraps from a West Fortieth Street chop house reveal lively chatter about Josephine Baker, Paul Whiteman, social mores, and New York culture. The column notes quirks in journalism, high-society habits, and a parade of urban vignettes from a bustling postwar press.
Uncle Wiggily and the Tapper Adventure
Uncle Wiggily hears tapping in the woods while en route to the eight and nine cent store for his forty seven bunny boys. A muffled voice cries for help as the tapping stops and wings flutter, signaling an imminent adventure for the bunny gentleman.
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Mr. Longears
Uncle Wiggily
Rumple Wogglejig
Bungleump
Bumple
Woodpecker
Brimple
Joose
Bunny Rabbit
Fractured Fable Exchange With misread Woodpecker Help Call
A curious exchange unfolds as a woodpecker and Uncle Wig give a wary response to a tapping sound. A voice pleads for help claiming distress, while a rabbit questions the caller and suspects a trick by a fox or Boh Cat, ending in garbled phrases.
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Uncle
Rabbit
Boh
Police Dar
Chan
Wan
Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feeling
Fragmentary exclamations describe a lively scene as a crowd reacts to a decision or event. The text references a party, a coach, and a dramatic, celebratory mood with misheard phrases and emphatic reactions. Names and clear details are largely obscured by the damaged OCR.
Confessional series stirs notes on women and husbands
In Liberty, Billy Burke claims women chase after her husband provoking laughs in public ledger commentary. Old Ed Howe disputes the idea calling it a depressing observation. The gag suggests women’s belief in rivals and what remains when that belief fades.
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Jay KE
House
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Liberty
Billy Burke
Ed Howe
Boohs
Kin Zierfeld
Prohibition Debate in Republican Ranks
A. MYSTIFIED KANSAN notes that newspapers accuse Republicans of not taking a stand on prohibition while GOP platforms, Congress, and the administration consistently favor it. The piece questions editorials asking what constitutes “taking a stand” amid heavy enforcement spending and asks readers to interpret the editors’ meaning.
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E.W. Howe
Repubiicans
Congress
Fifty Years Ago April 25 1877 Congregational sociable
The Congregationalists plan a sociable at Mrs A Cobb’s home Friday evening with all invited. John A Kasson of Iowa named minister to Spain affecting his U.S. Senate race. W B Allison likely to succeed himself. Q O Barber, nephew of Dr P J Barber, heads Pacific coast prospects. Raymond Bros start ice delivery for season. Of 121 teacher exam applicants, 37 rejected, 35 third grade, 42 second grade, seven first grade certificates. Street cleaner urges cleanup to avoid malaria heat. Dubuque bakers raise bread price. twenty loaves for $1. Des Moines gas works to be sold May 19 at sheriff’s sale for $123000 to Charter Oak Insurance. Glidden patent steel barbed wire carload received by Cutler & Parker.
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Des Moines
Charter Oak Insurance Company
Local items from Tama County Paris April 27 1887
Fortieth year notes from Tama County Iowa recount a purse of 62 dollars given to Rev J G Van Ness and wife at a Ferris home sociable. A Cedar Falls saloon fined 50 for selling excess liquid light. William Groves injured loading horses, later recovering. Sons of Veterans visit J N LaBarre on his birthday leaving an easy chair. A new juvenile drum corps forms with 15 boys aged 12 to 15 taught by J P Von Lackum and Ed Elliott. April 22 snowstorm and cold wave, 18 degrees, heavy northern Iowa fall. Mrs J E B Wiyant ill with pneumonia, extreme cold formed ice half an inch. Mr and Mrs B Kinstler and daughter Julia arrive safely in Hamburg Germany. Peter Wilson dies near Traer at 50, Civil War veteran. Franklin C Platt and Della M Phelps wed April 18. Platt is Commercial National Bank vice president and city council member. Martin Patterson seeks stake in Elinefelter livery firm.
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Franklin C. Platt
Della M. Phelps
C. S. Percival
Commercial National Bank
E. S. Phelps
Lauritzen Bros to Build New First Congregational Edifice
Twenty years ago on April 27 1907 Lauritzen Bros received the contract to build the First Congregational church at South and Fourth Streets for 32669 dollars John G Miller was a few hundred dollars higher Stone masons are active on the foundation of a new theatre on Lafayette Street between Fourth and Park Avenue The First Lutheran church bought a Maple and Flight streets site 65 by 160 feet for a future edifice Miss Nettie Vroom is recovering from an operation at Presbyterian hospital Police salaries were fixed by the city council with J N Sweitzer as chief and patrolmen and sergeant pay ranging from 720 to 1000 dollars annually Fred Widmann a patrolman was slain in the east business section The Galloway automobile company is being bought by B B Hunter and associates to form Wealerca Auto Supply Co for Waterloo’s early auto trade.
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New York
S Forty-eighth Street
Josephine Baker
Paria
Ella
Dovers Street Mission
Strand Theatre
George
Innes
Sargent
Columbus
Mencken
Nathan
Coney
Long Beach
Lulu
Bert Savoy
Edith
Edithra
Paul Whiteman
Lauritzen Bros
First Congregational Church
Fourth Streets
John G. Miller
First Lutheran Church
Maple and
Fligh Streets
Thomas Morris
G. W. Hazlett
Fred Widmann
B. B. Hunter and Associates
Willam Galloway ,Company
Wealerca Auto & Supply Co
Galloway
Waterloo
Museums in Central Park Highlight Ancient Temples and Fossils
The reader profiles the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The Parthenon model shows ancient Greek architecture and the Pantheon model reflects Roman temples. At the Natural History Museum, meteorite displays include Greenland specimens once carried by Peary and fossil horse skeletons revealing evolutionary changes.
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New York City
Central Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Art Museum
Fifth Avenue
Park
Parthenon
Athena
Athens
Greenland
Peary
North Pole
Ancient horse evolution and museum exhibits highlighted
In a travel note, UNCLE RAY urges visitors to the American Museum in New York to explore meteor cinders and horse skeletons, describing the long course of thousands of years that shaped the horse into its modern form and promising other intriguing displays for guests.
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New York
American Museum
Burroughs Nature Club Notes 1927 Queries
Nature column invites general interest questions to Burroughs Notes Dept of this paper. Readers are urged to send inquiries on nature subjects for publication with answers in this column. Copyright 1927 Houghton Miff lin Co.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Answers from Tomorrow's Nature Notes on wildlife and trees
The column answers five reader questions about wildlife and gardening. It explains how birds catch slippery prey, whether Asian lions exist, and how to control sow bugs in gardens. It also notes peach trees’ bearing span and water snakes breathing, plus myth versus fact about the phoenix.
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Asia
Two men charged in wildcat mining stock scheme
Gary Tribune reports two Chicago men arrested for selling nearly one million dollars of stock under a prospectus claiming land in South America yielded oil gold platinum and other treasures. The prospectus boasted natives used gold vessels and the scheme fed public appetite for fairy tales.
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Gary Tribune
Chicago
South America
Prominent Granman Pash Cday Reflects on Fashion Fears
In a colorful remark, Granman Pash Cday jokes about people who are popular for fear rather than respect. He recalls how, in the past, a girl might struggle to manage skirts and petticoats when jumping from a high powered buggy, risking a nose injury.
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Uncle Sam
Granman
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