Waterloo Evening Courier front matter and notices trimmed
The Waterloo Evening Courier shows subscription and advertising policies, rates, and editorial notes. It mentions carriers, mail rates within 50 miles, classifies as second class matter, Associated Press and International News, plus a note on left-turn signaling and Texas Oklahoma Democratic shifts.
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New Pyramid Idea Promotes Eternal Records Shelter
A Kentucky man, William H Harvey, seeks funding by popular subscription for a giant pyramid to house all present civilization records. Histories, encyclopedias, books, and artifacts would fill its interior before the air is withdrawn and entrances sealed. Experts claim it could resist erosion for a million years. The piece rejects fatalism, urging confidence in science and future progress.
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Herculaneum
William H. Harvey
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Eye care squeeze warned by Times on faulty spectacles
The New York Times editorializes against eye exercise fads and untested glasses sold by unqualified sellers. The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness notes such rackets risk harm, urging safeguards to prevent worse vision and fraudulent eyewear sales.
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Help for the Disabled Expands in Waterloo
State and federal cooperation extend rehabilitation aid to physically handicapped residents over age 16 in Waterloo. The program mirrors wartime rehabilitation for service members and includes workers covered by the workmen compensation act. Both men and women are eligible for free vocational guidance and aid to become self supporting.
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Waterloo
State Board of Education
Yowa
Keep to the Left Rules and Driver Delays in Waterloo
A local note outlines when to keep left or right on roads. It emphasizes passing in the same direction and pedestrians on undivided highways, and mentions drivers ignoring left turn yield rules, causing delays as they linger in lanes.
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Waterloo
Tree fever myth and pollen facts from Dr Brady
Tree pollen causes pollinosis during late winter to spring. Pollinosis affects 1 to 2 percent of people and is not tied to fever. Pollen comes from trees such as cottonwood oak ash elm red maple willow walnut and others. Rain reduces pollen and closing windows helps sufferers.
Goals and Governments by Glenn Frank
An essay warning against dictatorship as democracy faces the machine age. Frank argues leadership must be strong yet checked, or democracy risks collapse. He cites Russia Italy and Spain and references Ireland and philosophical views on democracy.
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Italy
Spain
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Ireland
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Jests and Jabs in a Crowded Page of Notes
A collage of quips, cartoons, and brief items from local columns. Notes on Alabama women organizing, box scores with familiar players, jokes about brain power and cherry seeds, and social quips about poets and editors. An eclectic, humorous snapshot from a small-town press.
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Ruger
Jablonowski
Kansas
Brain Tests From Evening Pass Inc See Associated Word Quiz
A column presents a word association quiz with examples and ten pairs. Readers are instructed to choose the most directly related word for each key word, time limited, and to consult the Society Page for the solutions.
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Abe Martin Reports Mexican Rebels Install Escobar President
The column notes Gen. Escobar has been made president by Mexican rebels, but crowds were exhausted and speeches were scarce. It asks what will happen to Mr. Gann amid the erupting political shift.
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Going Blind After Drinking With Boys In Chicago
The Chicago Daily News reports two young women in the city who were blinded after a drunken party and a third who was paralyzed by moonshine. Testimony at the coroner's inquest described drinking as a condition for acceptance among companions, with girls feeling pressure to drink or be ostracized. The piece argues such “fun” is dangerous and not worth the risk, noting the grim outcomes of intoxication among youths and the social coercion behind it.
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Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Good Fellowship
Sun
Go Ito
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Shakespeare
Smoky Cities and the Smoke Nuisance War
Portland journalists warn the smoky city of tomorrow will deter aviators as smoke over cities like Pittsburgh leads to rescues and abatement efforts gain momentum in New York. A conference of engineers and building owners cites health and property damage, urging rapid action to end the nuisance.
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Birds use numbered bands to trace avian airways
The American Forestry association notes that about 45 000 birds from 437 North American species have been marked with bands under the US Bureau of Biological Survey. Some birds share long routes from Canada to the southern states. an Arctic tern recorded a 10 000 mile straight line flight from Labrador to Natal South Africa. A banded robin traveled from Crystal Bay Minnesota to Pachuca Mexico in 18 months.
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New York World
American Forestry Association
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Mackenzie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Red Island
Labrador
Natal
South Africa
Crystal Bay
Minn
Pachuch
Mexico
Disty of a modern Pepys in New York notes
A dated diary fragment from New York on April 29 recalls Victor Shertzinger in a purple shirt playing his tune Marchita on violin, visits to shops, ambergris article, and a lively night with Joseph Urban Helen Morgan Gilda Gray F Ziegfeld and Paul Whiteman. The entry also describes Yorkville bohemian life, Germanic eateries and a tempest of cultural shifts in the city.
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New York
Victor Shertzinger
California
Ambergris
Norway
Joseph Urban
Helen Morgan
Gilda Gray
F. Ziegfeld
Paul Whiteman
Longworth's remarkable House speakership record
Washington observers note Nick Longworth's near record-breaking run as speaker. He would tie or surpass several former leaders in consecutive terms, while maintaining two guiding principles: defend the house’s dignity and resist partisan chair favoritism. His stance blends party loyalty with respect for House rights, earning broad support across factions.
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Washington, D. C
Nick Longworth
House of Representatives
Andrew Stevenson
Virginia
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Champ Clark
Missouri
Henry Clay
Wathaniel Macon
North Carolina
Schuyter Colfax
Indiana
James G. Blaine
Maine
John G. Carisle
Kentucky
Frederick J. Gillett
Massachusetts
Longworth
House
Views of the People on Farm Bureau Fees in Jefferson County
A letter from Waterloo Iowa criticizes a April 24 article on Farm Bureau funding. It recounts a Jefferson County case Jefferson County Farm Bureau v Board of Supervisors and A G Turner, notes a 1928 decision by Judge Smith, and argues against public subsidies for farm organizations. The writer urges legal limits and broader civic funding reforms while questioning information sources and motives.
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Bollster
Farm Bureau Corporation
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Rroun
Burrin
Board of Supervisors
Farm Bureau
Jefferson County Farm Bureau
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