Daily Iowa Watkalug Ad Rates And Policies
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Waterles
United Press Intenational News Co
Associated Press
Perein
Audit Bureau of Circulations
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story, Brooks , Finley, Representatives
Editorial and Feature Writers and Publisher Independence
A discussion of editorial freedom at newspapers notes editors often guide what writers can publish and outlines a case at the New York World. Heywood Broun faced limits after opposing Sacco and Vanzetti, with editors removing his columns and reporting the change to readers.
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Heywood Broun
New York
World
Broun
Altho Broun
Sacco
Vanzetti
Eastern editor broadcasts primary poll but questions linger
Ralph B. Strassburger of the Times Herald compiles editor opinions on the direct primary with 247 favoring it, 142 opposed, and 84 noncommittal. The piece notes overall press support for keeping the primary, while questioning the poll’s validity amid ongoing corruption scandals tied to Senator elect Ware.
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Ralph B. Strassburger
Times- ~Herald
Harding
Elect Ware
Congress
Our Little World
At Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton California astronomers estimate the sidereal universe at about 190 quadrillion miles in diameter. The Milky Way forms the rim and the solar system lies near the center, making the sun and Earth tiny by comparison. This humbling view offers consolation to those who feel overlooked by the world.
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Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
California
Earth
Wising Up New York on a Roxy Theatre Grooming Machine
Burton Rascoe hails a multimillion-dollar Roxy theatre device in Manhattan that replaces towels with blasts of hot air to dry the face or head. He calls the invention pleasant, efficient, and sanitary and notes its familiarity to moviegoers beyond New York.
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Burton Rascoe
New York
New Yorkers
Provinces
Roxy Theatre
Manhattan
Ruscoe
Democrats Seek Preservative to Save Party
The Mason City Globe-Gazette notes that Democrats aim to preserve their party but debate whether preservation is possible without alcohol as a factor.
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Mason
City Globe-Gazette
Why seborrhea appears in adolescence and remedies
A vintage medical column explains seborrhea or blackheads arising in puberty due to increased skin oil and clogged ducts. It notes sebum function, slang terms, and advises soap scrubbing, witch hazel or bay rum to remove surface oil, plus resorcin in witch hazel for controlled oil, while cautioning against heavy creams.
Untitled Advice Column Excerpt on Health and Habits
A reader asks about managing a tall six foot seven year old boy and clues about forgetfulness and potty habits. The exchange jokes about bran and lime water with satirical replies and notes that health letters require stamped self addressed envelopes to Dr Brady for personal replies.
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Brady
William
Slaves That Serve Us by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank discusses machine power vs human labor citing Robert E Martin figures. He notes automobiles and steam locomotives surpass human power, waterpower is largely undeveloped, and windmills could exceed all humans in Europe. He weighs future civilization where hands may not be needed and ponders civilization built on machines.
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America
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Martin
United States
North America
South America
Africa
England
Ireland
Wales
Turkey
Europe
Martin
The Cake Of Savings And Investment Magic
An Ottumwa Courier explains the paradox of eating the cake and still having it. A savings or investment preserves principal while producing income. It notes that $1 at 6 percent compounded semiannually yields $2 after 11 years and 265 days, while $1 at 4 percent compounded quarterly yields $2 after 17 years and 181 days.
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Ottumwn Courier
Strange Midtown Block Labeled Keystone of the Tenderloin
New York report describes a West Forty-seventh Street strip between Broadway and Sixth Avenue as a paradoxical hub. It mingles chapbooks of vice and virtue with churches and speak-easies, hotels and lodging houses, gamblers and tea drinking, featuring figures from stage to street and nightly pools where revelry and danger intertwine.
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New York
Manhattan
Jack Kennedy
West Forty-fifth Street
Wilson Mizner
Sidewalk Salvationists
Bowery
Hester Street
Uncle Wiggily Seeks New Hat Repeats Hat Pranks
Uncle Wiggily swaps his old silk top hat for a new one. The hat keeps returning in various comic misadventures as the rabbit and animal friends kick it away and the hat ends up full of eggs, splattering the porch. The tale ends with another wild kick and a messy reveal.
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Mr. Longears
Uncle Wiggily
Mr. Twistytail
Pig
Mrs. Whitewash
Polar Bear
Moving Pictures
Nurse Jane
England
Jackie
Peetie Bow Wow
Rabbit
Peetie
Dorvie
Curly
Pig Boys
Floppy
Piggie Boys
Mrs. Cl
Billie
Wigally
Peg the Second Carries Harold and Dorothy on Winged Horse
In Uncle Ray's Corner, Harold and Dorothy coax Peg the winged horse to lift them onto his head and ride. Peg lowers his head, lifts, and carries them aloft over the forest as they hope to find Bobby and Helen, a scene set for the next installment.
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Peg
Harold
Dorothy
Forest of Adventure
Bobby
Helen
Uncle Ray
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Q&A
Instructional column invites readers to submit nature questions to the Nature Notes Dept for general interest answers. Copyright 1927 by Houghton Miff lin Co. Burroughs Nature Club column encourages curiosity and readership engagement.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Answers in Tomorrow's Nature Notes
Questions on birds eyelashes and northern sugar maples lead to reader queries. The notes discuss nesting in horse chestnuts and ivy insect control, offering soap suds and kerosene emulsion methods and the benefit of ladybugs. A controversial note on race explains skin color as a pigment outcome with no universal explanation.
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America
American man pursues Mexican intrigue in Tucson tale
John Moore a New York businessman travels to Tucson on business and, after a tequila fueled identity mix up with Philip Morton, ends up in Mexico. He helps a mysterious American girl evade a determined rider and joins her in the church belfry seeking safety as events unfold in a tense rescue style.
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John Moore
New York
Tucson
Ariz
Philip Morton
Mexico
Moore
Senorita
Tubutama
Pedro
Roderiguez
John
Plaza Pepper
Caer
Mr. Morton
Ramon
Progressive Cities In Transit Safety Compare
Detroit Free Press notes that many U.S. cities lag in pedestrian safety, contrasting urban progress with sister cities that fail to protect walkers.
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Detroit Free Press
United States
Abe Martin on life's excess and thrift in old column
Abe Martin quips that many lives could be saved if people avoided delaying action for money to live easy. Dr Mopps comments on practical living and a humorous line about bread and potatoes as symbols of restraint.
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Dr. Mopps
Bat Pusey
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