Waterloo Evening Courier Revenue Notice and Masthead Details
A historical newspaper fragment shows the Waterloo Evening Courier masthead with publication details, pricing lines for carriers and mail, and credit to Associated Press and other agencies. It lists addresses, fee structures, advertising rules, and representative offices in major cities.
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Rae Tite Erate
W. H. Martman Co
Courier Bldg
Corner Park Ave
Commercial
Ballmen
Jackson McCoy
Dakrvkens
Associated Press
United Press International News
Buresu
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story, Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Editorial critique of Iowa boxing laws and enforcement
The Burlington Gazette protests Iowa prize fights as felonies under state law, noting widespread evasion in Des Moines. It argues the public supports enforcement or repeal, condemning lax attitudes toward boxing, cigarette licensing, and other unenforced statutes as eroding respect for law.
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Burlington Gazette
Iowa
Des Moines
Commonwealth
Acton
Thy Brother's Keeper and the Illinois Court Ruling
A Chicago judge, Edmund K. Jarecki, reinterprets public care law for indigent kin. Grandfather must pay ten pounds weekly for three grandchildren and a brother the same for a dependent sister. He outlines a kin based support hierarchy ending with Cook County aid if all relatives are unable.
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Chicago
Edmund K. Jarecki
Cook County
Publicity and privacy in Chaplin divorce case
On the eve of Chaplin divorce proceedings rumors swirled of a 1 090 000 out of court settlement and custody terms. The piece argues for restricting sensational testimony to chambers if courts avoid public airing, preserving press freedom while eliminating objectionable details.
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Hollywood
England
Thieving joyriders in city fleets prompt bright emblem redress
An eastern city faced with employees taking evening joyrides aboard city cars added a prominent legend to the vehicles to deter misuse. The Canal Zone government, contending with fuel shortages, has begun dyeing gasoline green to curb improper use, noting odd methods to bypass heaters.
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Baltimore
Canal Zone
Absorption of Poisons Through Skin Questioned
A column reviews myths about skin absorption of poisons and sprays, noting tests show absorption is unlikely unless fumes or ingestion occur. It argues that occupational exposure mainly harms via inhalation or ingestion, not through unbroken skin, and ends with a personal note on optimism.
P. P. Zone Guide and Body Weight Rule Explained
A column critiques dieting myths and a so called pleasingly plump standard using a Georgia case. Dr Brady invites reader letters on personal health matters and explains muscle versus fat and the old style Victorian weight tables.
The American Eagle Has Wings Let Him Use Them
A reflection on civil aviation as a peaceful national project. Emphasizes aviation linking cities, boosting business, and building a trained pilot reserve without militarism. Calls for government leadership with a visionary promoter, comparing Lindbergh to Mercury and urging sustained progress.
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Lindbergh
Mercury
America
Canada
Mexico
South America
H. G. Wells
James J. M
Diary Notes On Polo Pony And Park Avenue Life
Diary entry from August 22 recounts Frank Shutts joking about pronunciation polo pony and a visit from Jim Tully with Circus Parade. Describes yacht purchase from Henry Ford, tea with an actress, a venison pasty dinner, and late-night talks. Then vivid contrast of Park Avenue wealth and Harlem poverty, with scenes of tenement life, push carts, and Black Belt prosperity on Lenox Avenue and The Row housing Florence Mills and others.
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New York
Frank Shutts
Jim Tully
Archie Andrews
Henry Ford
Park Avenue
New York Central
Upper Park Avenue
Lower Avenue
Harlem
Lenox Avenue
Broadway
Twenty-fifth
Fortieth
Silver’s Row
Stanford White
Florence Mills
Uncle Wiggily's Seaweed House on the Beach
Uncle Wiggily and wife stroll the shore as seaweed washes up in large piles. He muses to build a seaweed house while Baby Bunty and forty seven rabbits play nearby, but his wife doubts the idea compared to a shell cottage.
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Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Mrs. Longears
Mr. Longtars
Uncle Wiggily Builds a Seaweed House and Clam Bake
Uncle Wiggily the rabbit crafts a seaweed and driftwood cottage on the beach. A pursuing Sea Lion corners him but a fierce wind lifts the house, sending rabbit and structure airborne to a pine needle grove where the tale promises a safe escape and a future doll’s eye moment.
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Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Jane
Fuzzy Fox
Sea Lion
Bunny
Mrs. Congears
Mr. Congears
Doll's Eye
Mexico Fairy Tale Turns Real in Tubutama Journey
Five lay Gupta accompanies New York businessman John Moore to a Mexico border area near Tubutama Arizona, where a portrait owner Ruth Henshaw prompts a mistaken identity. Moore and Ruth build tension amid a castle like ranch, towers and villages while a comic, drifting tone reveals secrets and romance as they head toward a promised meeting with Ruth’s uncle and Rodrigue.
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Juint Moore
New York
Tucson
Arizona
Philip Marton
Mexico
Soth
Moore
Morton
Ruth Henshaw
Ramon
Tubutama
Clench
Roderiguez
Ruth
John
Pedro
Concha’s
John Moore
Gulf of California
Tabutama
Burroughs Nature Club Notes 1927 Queries
The Burroughs Nature Club Notes column invites readers to submit questions on nature subjects to the Nature Notes Department. It promises answers published in this paper, with no specific topics or dates given.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Nature Notes Q&A on birds fishes and fungi
Answers cover gray seal gulls and white gulls relation to age or species, starling feather tips and seasonal plumage, fish spine bending including mud minnows, and fox fire as bioluminescence from phosphorus in decaying wood or a figurative false report.
Uncertain 2024 Race Shapes Fairfield Political Field
The Fairfield Ledger notes the next presidential candidate is unknown with leading contenders obscured as voting nears. Analysts warn a dark horse could rise, while a misstep by a front runner could ruin public opinion.
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Fairfield Ledger
A Drink for the Horse in Forest of Adventure XVI
In a tense Forest of Adventure episode, Douglas collapses near Peg and others fall trying to help. They seek water, find a nearly full well, and Hobby retrieves a bucket from the Lady Impossible to fill Peg and grant the horse relief. The group then climbs aboard as Peg lowers his head.
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Douglas
Leonora
Peg
Bobby
Harold
Hobby
Uncle Ray
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