Waterlo o Courier Ad Rates and Recreation Opinion Piece
The Waterlo o Courier lists ad rates and circulation notes for a Waterloo area paper including a discussion on municipal recreation programs. It cites AP dispatches, advertising policies, and a long essay arguing for directed, constructive recreation as a social good. It notes increases in city recreation budgets and salaried leaders while urging more value from public leisure.
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Audio Bureau of Circulations
Dbs
New York
Philadelphia
Coinage
Los Angeles
San Francists
Story, Brooks & Finley
Olation of
America
No Occasion for Joking Over Fake Radio Distress Calls
The piece denounces bogus radiograms from presumed missing crews of transoceanic flights seeking rescue. It notes such pranks follow known disappearances and warns they risk tragedy. It argues for tracing and punishing these “practical jokers” who waste lives and rescue efforts.
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Rockford
Greenland
Newfoundland
Charles City Press
Providence
Boston
Ridarly
America
Arabian Sands
Multiple Taxation Critique of Intangible Estates
The piece argues that taxing intangible personal property leads to excessive, even confiscatory, combined taxes when states levy on stocks bonds notes and other valued papers. It calls for an equitable solution to limit double taxation across residency and corporate locations to avoid socialistic outcomes.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Union
Commonwealth
Long Drive Leads Des Moines Golf Contest In Iowa
In Des Moines a state wide golf event crowned a young unknown winner with a 266 yard drive the longest of the day Others reached 259 258 and 235 yards Yet only Carl Kubec a familiar name tied for ninth stood out among champions The key lesson remains that longer tee shots do not always yield the best scores highlighting the race between power and precision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Carl Kubec
Supervised Play and Leisure in Modern Society
The text discusses how machines increasingly perform work, freeing humans to pursue desires, and frames leisure as a key problem. It argues many must be taught how to play, starting in childhood, noting growth in supervised playgrounds per the Mayground and Recreation Association’s annual report.
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Mayground and Recreation Asso
The Squandered Year in Nurse Training Debates
A health column argues against a three year nursing program, urging two years as sufficient for competent care. It warns that extended training enriches institutions more than students, notes patient needs, and cites bias from professional bodies and hospital economics shaping nursing education.
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Tme
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American Schools Association
Schools Association
State Board of Nurse Examiners
Resetting the Clocks by Glenn Frank at Sea
Glenn Frank discusses shipboard clock changes as a parable for east west civilization. He argues eastern reliance on spiritual values contrasts with western materialism and warns of cultural decline unless cross fertilization occurs within fifty years.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Copsiighy
McClure
Synditets
New York
Southampton
Cherbours
Matenaiisia
Gaddingart and Chicago’s Wandering Fiddler Portraits
A fragmented Chicago travel essay fondly recalls the city’s hustle and its iconic figures. It contrasts Broadway glamour with Prairie Avenue decline, notes taxi drivers like Absalom, and laments aging streets while praising lakefront vistas and Chicago’s enduring, restless charm.
Uncle Wiggily's Magic Garden Is Told By Garis
Uncle Wiggily and Mrs Toad discuss Old Toad’s happiness after his jumpity jump ride. Old Toad is an aged hopper who can no longer croak or catch flies, but the rubber-tamed ride lets him bounce. The scene sets up future adventures as Mr Longears plans to visit Old Toad.
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Joe
iMiss F
Whitfield
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit Genteman
Mrs. Toad
Mr. Longears
Old Toad
LT Lefe Old Toad
Uncle Wig- Bily
Toad
Baby “Bunty
Mr. Lengears
Uncle Wigwily
Mel
Uncle
Mgr
Une Rabbit
Uncle Wiggily A Magic Garden for Old Toad
Abe Martin could hop but rheumatism stops him. Uncle Wiggily sees Old Toad's weed garden and plans a magic garden with a colorful supply from Mrs Twistytail to cheer the ancient hopper. The tale foreshadows a next story about Uncle Wiggily and the queer flowers.
Governess entangles romance amid a missing paper
Patricia Wentworth presents Mary Les, engaged to Roger Mooring, infiltrating Sir George Peterson's household as governess. A web of deceit follows as a stolen diamond, a drugged coffee, and a missing code message collide, with Mary fleeing, disguising as Marion Brown, and rekindling danger as she seeks aid from Ethan Messenger and Miss Angela while facing a broken engagement.
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Mary Les
Roger Mooring
Sir George Peterson
Barbara
Paul Craddock
Sir George
Craddock
Maily
Gna Qruddeck
Mally
Roger
Mary
Lawrence Taiarrington
Ethan Messenger
Marion Brown
Candida Long
Path O Grandack
Ethap Blessenger
UNCLE RAY'S CORNER IN FAMED COLOGNE
Uncle Ray tours Cologne Germany visiting its cathedral and World Press Exposition highlights. He notes twin spires, 110 foot height, and exhibits showing medieval printer looks and innovative presses from Switzerland to the United States. He mentions the London Times copy flown in and a League of Nations press built for an American firm.
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Cologne
Germany
Rhineland
United States
Canada
London Times
England
League of Nations
Switzerland
Burroughs Nature Club Notes 1928 Q&A
The column invites readers to send nature questions to the Nature Notes Dept. It includes questions on bird behavior and identification, porcupine young, enclosed specimens, ivy flowering, and starting begonias from cuttings. Answers reference black throated blue warbler, Itea crenata, and begonia growth tips.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
W. Mo Hartman Co
Courier
Corner Park Ave
Marimion
McCoy
Caftler
Waterloo
Towa
Prey International News Ee
Associated Press
Hetela
Secon
Eet
Personal Health Service
William Brady, M. D
Dcrady
Willan Brads
Jeuta
Gaddingart
0. C. Heintyre
The
Michaughs Syndicate, Inc
Chicago
New Yorker
George Rector
Stector
Rector
Broadway
Elysian Fields
Fiddler
Absalom
Congress Hotel
Santa Fe Station
Lincoln Park
Boul Midh
Lake Michigan
Hollywood
Marshall Field’s
St. Mary‘s
Prairie Avenue
Gold Coast
Armours
Swifts
la Galle Street
Uncle Wiggily’s Magic Garden
Howard R. Garis
Mir Flower Garden
Gia Toad
Arnaway Battoom
A. Daly
By Tad
Abe Martin
Gene Tunney
HUE and Cry
Patricia Wentworth
Public Ledger
Philadelphie
Ghaee
Sue
Hte
Hergelf
Ethan
Angela
Serena
Angel
Miss. Lee
Miss
Mally Lee
Miss Angela
Miss Lee
Miss Angels
Miss Messenger
Miss. Angela
Bere
Miss Angele
Miss. Serena
Grace
Angela Ichas
Uncle Ray’s
Burroughs Nature Club Notes
Houghton Mifflin Co
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