Waterloo Daily News Advertising and Editorial Notes
Waterloo Evening Conviet traces advertising policies and staff roles in a local Waterloo, Iowa paper. It references circulation practices, subscription rates, Associated Press ties, and political commentary noting wives voting independently in the Hoover vs. Smith campaign era. It also mentions campaign songs and editorials shaping public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maertman
Waterloo
Ows
T Press
United Press International News
Associated Press
Recruits for the Fight Against Smoke in Waterloo
The heating plant of Wangler Realty near the Waterloo courthouse will be modernized with smokeless fireboxes and a higher brick stack to cut pollution. Other sites in the east district adopt smokeless boilers, including Model Laundry and waterworks pumping station, with James Black Dry Goods annex and Waterloo Savings Bank joins later. The Courier praises early adopters and urges more merchants and builders to join the anti smoke crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wangler Realty Company
Waterloo
James Black. Dry Goods Company
Waterloo Savings Bank
Courier
Optimists See 1928 Surpassing 1927 In Early Outlook
The National City Bank monthly letter says 1928 shows stronger activity than 1927 with the first two quarters recovering and a third quarter establishing belief the year will top 1927. It highlights rising agricultural implement sales, profits from mechanization, and favorable July weather boosting crops. May sales rose 25 percent vs May 1927 and June 18 percent, signaling a shift from horse to motor power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National City Bank of New York
Severty
Savidge Case Sparks UK Police Reform Debates
Scotland Yard faces intense scrutiny as a three member commission reports on alleged third degree methods. Debates in Parliament rise over police practices after Miss Savidge and Sir Leo Money were detained in Hyde Park, prompting calls for reform while a new chief of police takes the helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scotland Yard
Britain
Miss. Sayidge
Hyde Park
Leo Money
Keeping the Ladies On Line in Democratic Scramble
Mrs. Clem Shaver wife of the retiring Democratic national chairman created a sensation by criticizing Gov. Smith using blunt language and sharp styling. From Washington Charles H Sabin husband of a Republican committeewoman from New York backs Al and joins the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment as treasurer. A Fremont Nebraska dispatch notes Dr. Jonnie M Callas Democratic committeewoman from Nebraska speaking amid the party’s intra faction tensions.
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Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Gov. Smith
Washington
Charles H. Sabin
New York
Fremont
Neb
Jonnie M. Callas
Nebraska
Hand position in resuscitation from drowning proposed
A Nebraska attorney cites experiments and urges changing CPR practice. He argues the arm and head position should avoid placing the hand under the head to aid breathing, advocating prone pressure respiration as discovered by Schaefer. He criticizes Red Cross teaching and urges adoption of the new stance to improve revival chances.
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Schaefer
Nebraska
Red Cross
The
Marks of a Good Salesman. By GLENN FRANK
An extracted summary of Glenn Frank’s discussion on selling skills outlines fifteen steps. It stresses analysis and synthesis to understand client needs, leadership to inspire confidence, manners of the mind, integrity, faith in ideas, quick recovery after obstacles, genuine interest, sustained activity, imagination to connect facts to the audience, focused knowledge application, and the link between vitality and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Walter M. Lockenbeck
Advertising and Gelling
New York Society Embraces Work for Socially Prominent
Wealthy debutantes and social figures in New York are entering the workforce in fashion, interior design, theater, and allied trades. Marjorie Oelrichs and Elisabeth Marbury head ventures, while others like Rebecca Stickney and Basil Durant take roles in media and retail. The piece notes a social shift as elite residents relocate to clusters such as Little Porto Rico on One Hundred Sixteenth Street and blend into new urban life amid evolving nightlife and cultural scenes.
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New York
Marjorie Oelrichs
East Side
Richard R. Wilson
Elsa de Wolfe
Fifth Avenue
Elisabeth Marbury
Brock Pemberton
Dulla Hoyt
Peggy Hoyt
Haberdashery
East Forty-eighth Street
Rebecca Stickney
Harper's Bazar
Long Island
Basil Durant
Ted Trevor
Italy
Sixteenth Street
Porto Rico
Chinatown
Uncle Wiggily and the Funny Faces
Uncle Wiggily tends pansies near his hollow stump bungalow and enjoys their jolly faces. The bashful pansies never speak, prompting the rabbit to wonder why they do not talk back to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Wiggily
Howers
Wonsie Wolf
Uncle
Blue Bissons
Uncle Wigedly
Blue Pansy
Jane
Nwar
Abe Martin quotes on prohibition stance and character
Abe Martin quotes Windsor Kale discussing the 18th amendment and party attitudes. Kale says the prohibition party may affect his views and remarks a man’s character, noting he sees some as more ornery and less useful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party
Windsor Kale
Sunset Scenes Inspire the Desert Painter and Sky Shows
A long, dry August day yields a celestial display as the Far West sky outshines earth tones. In southwest Texas, sunset colors unfold in a kaleidoscope of golds, pinks, and emeralds, outdoing studio pigments and inviting comparisons to grand cathedrals and Oriental pageantry.
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Sahara
Far West
Texas
Phoebus
al' Tho
Arachne
Pallas Athene
Roos
Uncle Ray’s Corner from Brussels on a Continent Adventure
Uncle Ray sets out from England to Brussels Belgium after a London visit. He chats with a London girl named Daphne Dillon aboard ship to Dunkirk and notes Brussels busy and densely inhabited. He plans to share more adventures next week.
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Brussels
Belgium
England
Stratford
London
Thames
Frank
Ray
Loadgon. 5
Dunkirk
France
Daphne Dillon
Captain Dillon
Europe
Uncle Ray
Sauerkraut origins debated in Washington Post spoof
A satirical piece mocks claims that sauerkraut originated in Asia and traces the myth through a series of humorous notes about Dr. Edwin Lefevre and German influence in Pennsylvania. It parodies propaganda and political disharmony surrounding culinary origins.
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Washington Post
Germany
Department of Agriculture
Edwin Lefevre
Asia
Europe
New World
Pennsylvania
Happy Land
Turkey
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Answers to Questions
Historical note from Burroughs Nature Club column invites readers to send questions on nature topics. It previews Q and A on topics like crossbills beak similarity, moose, snake scales, pine transplanting, ants impact on crops, and related plant and insect interactions. Includes guidance on roots, tap roots, and gardening challenges.
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Nature Notes
Sean W
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Rentie
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story, Hrooks & Finley
Iais
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Smith
Optimists
William Brady, ML Db
T. A. Kj
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Carter of the Century Magazine
Measture Newspaper Syndicate
0.C. McEintyagightwd
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Frisco
Kate
Broad Way
Yic
Herald
Howard R. Garis
Paio
Abe Martin
Times
New York Times
Australia
Jefferson. Bee
lAwers
United States
Dobbin
Louisville
Uncle Ray’s
Burroughs
Nature Club
Houghton Hipflin Co
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