Waterloo Daily Courier notice and policies excerpt
An archival Waterloo Iowa newspaper front matter outlines publication data, pricing, and advertising rules. It lists editors and managers, carrier and mail rates, and claims Associated Press and United Press dispatch rights. It notes offices in major cities and standard advertising standards and deadlines.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Ae Pe
Pricea
Etter
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley
Representatives
Geniuses Dumbbells and College in Whittlesey Essay
Princeton professor Walter L. Whittlesey challenges the idea that college benefits geniuses or the truly gifted. He notes some famed minds would not thrive in modern classrooms while arguing a large group of youth would gain lasting advantage from higher education. The piece endorses expanding access to real training for this receptive majority.
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Walter L. Whittlesey
Princeton
Abraham Lincoln
Poe
Whistler
O'Neill
Editor letters call for writer identification in public opinion pieces
Readers press editors and legislators to require names identifying writers of letters to the editor and opinion pieces, arguing transparency in press and public discourse. The note cites Detroit examples and urges clear author attribution.
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Ithe
Decoy Quarter War Sparks Ban on Countertip Trick
A coalition of 104 associations denounces the decoy quarter, urging abolition of the fake two cent tip used to boost waiter and cloakroom tips. They urge patrons to pay exactly what they believe service deserves, criticizing the social pressure to tip more.
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New York
America
Jess
New York City
New Tax Bill Aims For House Debut This Summer
Congressmen William R. Green of Iowa chairs the house wars and means committee with an advisory board of Yale professor T. Adams A. Vallantine former internal revenue solicitor Thomas W. Page and George C. May a New York public accountant. Work on the bill has started and will continue through the summer as taxpayers are invited to submit ideas on rates or collection procedures.
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William R. Green
Iowa
House
Congress
Prof. T. &§. Adams
Yale
A. A. Vallantine
Internal Revenue Bureau
Thomas W. Page
The
Institute of Economics
George C. May
New York Public
Questions On The Common Cold Challenge Experts
The writer prompts physicians and health officials to define the common cold and explain links to cold exposure, drafts, or wet feet. He cites lay input and cites examples like tetanus and diphtheria as definitions, noting no authority has defined the common cold similarly. He invites printed answers and warns against long theoretical essays.
Letters on health advice and foot sweating remedy
Readers seek help for blood acid condition and foot sweating. The columnist advises seeing a physician and notes the letter writer’s self doubt. A remedy for excessive foot sweating suggests formalin solution applied to soles and between toes nightly, with caution for irritation.
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T. F.C
The Midwifery of Pain by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues pain sharpens character and creates beauty, citing examples from history and art. He compares suffering to the forging of steel, marble, and diamond, and notes that major achievements often arise from enduring hardship over comfort.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper
Plate
Milo
Bunyan
Homer
Dante
Milton
Moses
Tropics
Oberlin Alumni Honor and China’s Future Leader
Oberlin College memorial arch honors graduates killed in the Boxer uprising in China. Hsiang Visi Kung, a former Oberlin student, receives the Lit D degree decades after graduation and is named minister of finance and industry for China. Americans abroad view him as a potential strongman who could bring order and prosperity to the region.
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Ottumwa Courier
Destiny
Oberlin College
Ohio
Oberlin
China
Hsiang Hsi Kung
Confucius
Hsiang Visi K'ung
Far East
Orient
Cberlin
Census shows shrinking American family size on decline
State health officials report a study across factories yielding 2268 employee names and random home visits. The average number of children per household is under three, with several homes showing one or none and a few extremes with nine or eight children. The trend indicates the era of the small American family is established.
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Onto State Journal
Mincrs
State Board of Health
Americ
Chicago Woman Linked to Train Shooting in France
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the woman who shot a man on a French railway train is from Chicago. Her lawyer may argue the act was caused by hereditary influence and the environment.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Chicago
Carly
The understudy in theatre and a shifting world of stage life
New York reports on understudies fighting for chances amid aging players and temperamental stars. Anecdotes feature Al Jolson, a belligerent editor, and Broadway figures like Raymond Hitchcock and Charles M Schwab, plus a comic Coney Island tale and Uncle Wiggily scenes.
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New York
al Jolson
Raymond Hitchcock
Broadway
Charles M. Schwab
Uncle Wiggily's Farewell Party
Um tells the six Wogglejigs not to wander far as Uncle Wiggily plans a farewell party for his stay in the woods. Gazie asks why, while Boppy explains Um will be away and the party is for the beloved wooden uncle. The Wogglesh and friends eagerly pledge to attend.
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Uncle Wiggily
the Bunny
Boppy
Rumple
Dazie
Mazie
Vogeglesig
Arniele
Mr. Longears
Gazie
Dumple
Uncle Wiggily and the Wogglejigs Adventure
Uncle Wiggily and the Wogglejigs prepare for a journey as the girls plan to imitate their brothers. The rabbit gentleman returns to the scene as Tam notes she is heading home for the day and the group discusses their next move after a brief, playful exchange.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column Prompt
Readers are invited to submit general nature questions to the Nature Notes Dept. for this newspaper column published by Houghton Mifflin in 1927. Answers will be printed in the ongoing Burroughs Nature Club Notes series.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Questions From Tomorrow's Nature Notes
The piece poses three questions about nature topics including birds nesting, polar bears in captivity, and snakes scales in skin. It discusses substituting honey for sugar in baking and notes general views on animal usefulness, mentioning coyotes and crop pests as challenges to poultry and gardens.
Mother Goose as a real person and enduring myth
The piece recalls Mother Goose’s real identity Elizabeth Foster-Vergoose and her 1719 connection to Thomas Fleet. It notes the auction of her possessions in Boston, discusses the enduring popularity of the nursery rhymes, their French origins, and their place in culture and memory across generations.
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Mother Goose
Mother Hubard
Old King Cole
Jack Horner
Jack and
Jill
Bo Peep
Little Boy Blue
Boston
Mother
Goose
Thomas Fleet
Elizabeth Foster - Vergoose
Fleet
Flea Circus At Forty second Street Exhibition
In New York a man running a flea circus displayed trained fleas pulling miniature chariots and kicking a small ball, with notes on training methods by William Heckler from Switzerland. The trainer explained patience in conditioning fleas and used fine chains to curb jumping.
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New York
Forty-second Street
Mexico
Tle
William Heckler
Switzerland
Raising a bluebird under a canary in a shared home
The note describes feeding a hatched bluebird cared for by a canary. It advises an insect diet for young birds, offering flies, millers, cut worms, and angle worms crushed to swallowable sizes. As the chick grows, mashed hard boiled yolk is suggested for later stages.
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Wright
Henry Ford's Witness Stand Status in Tet'a Trial
Report notes uncertainty over Henry Ford taking the witness stand in Tet'a proceedings as the case moves through pretrial motions. The sparse text offers no firm confirmation of Ford's participation or timeline.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Henry Ford
Sacco and Vanzetti trial and execution ruling
The Guardian notes Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian socialists, were found guilty in 1921 of payroll clerk and guard murders in South Braintree Mass. After years of agitation for retrial, Massachusetts Supreme Court refused a rehearing on legal points, and on a Saturday the men were formally condemned to death.
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Massachusetts
United States
America
Sacco
Vanzetti
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
South Braintree
Mass
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Gospel of Work Advocates Youth Labor in America
Kansas City Star argues no able bodied youth should avoid useful work. It urges parents to balance comfort with opportunity, insisting work builds character and purpose, warning that idleness from privileged families harms peers and society.
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Kansas City Star
America
Abe Martin My Idee 0 Nerve A Loafer Drink In
Abe Martin comments on lazy workers his writerly voice paints a scene of parents planning for children then slowing down as they drift away and depart.
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