Waterloo Evening Courier front page notice and masthead
Waterloo Evening Courier issues notice of publication details with pricing, staff roles, and affiliate agencies. Contains standard AP and UP news disclaimers, advertising rules, circulation notes, and office locations in Waterloo Iowa.
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Smoke Nuisance Questioned by Dr. William Brady
Dr. William Brady argues smoke harms public health and blocks ultraviolet sunlight essential to well being. He faults elected officials and the community for tolerating urban smoke in defiance of public welfare, likening it to undisguised sky sewers in contrast to modern sanitation standards.
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William Brady
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Auer Sees Violin Corner Among Masters
The violin world faces a corner as Stradivarius, Guarnerius and Amati instruments become scarce and costly. Leopold Auer proposes foundations buy several Cremona masterpieces and lend them to deserving students, arguing the instruments belong to the world and must be heard, not hoarded.
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Guarnerius
Amati
Daddy
Mother Bird
Two Inventions Stir Public at British Exhibition
The exhibition showcases a "quick lunch tablet" claiming to compress a square meal into a few pills and a special electric chair that purportedly provides an hour of exercise in three minutes. The piece questions taste, appetite, and the appeal of efficiency, noting the English public’s likely rejection of such harsh punishment and long-term desirability of real meals.
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Coolidge
Britannia and the Balance of Power
The article discusses British strategic doctrine of sea supremacy and maintaining balance of power. It references an Anglo-French naval treaty and cites Joseph M. Kenworthy, a former naval officer and parliament member, who criticizes current British policy in the Berlin Tageblatt.
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Predicting a renewed push for navy expansion in Congress
The article traces early 20th century diplomacy with Japan France and Russia, the impact of World War I on naval rivals, and the 1921 Washington Conference. It notes Germany’s decline in naval threat and the rise of the United States, plus 1927 talks with Coolidge that failed to curb smaller warships. Lieutenant Commander Kenworthy predicts renewed calls for extensive naval building when Congress resumes.
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Kenworthy
Testimonial Confirms Health Column's Advice Value
A reader shares a long testimonial praising health column tips. She credits beets peas and other raw vegetables for relief, notes iodine tincture and sun baths helped arthritis and blood pressure, questions which remedies truly worked, and urges continuing the weekly iodine practice as an essential health measure.
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John
Questions and Answers The Ensemble Health Q A in old fashioned column
A health advice page features letters about itch in school, milk digestion, bedbugs, tobacco and constipation. Remedies include old fashioned doctor visits, corn meal mush with butter, bran snacks, and buttered popcorn. Spotlighted questions cover olive oil versus cod liver oil and milk vitamin preservation.
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Brains and Daybooks by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues for replacing credit based college admissions with capacity requirements. He contends the current daybook system misjudges student potential and wastes opportunity, noting advances in psychological tests enable measuring ability at gates of admission and outside the old ledger.
New York By Day A Snapshot From McIntyre's Column
New York by Day by O. O. McINTYRE, dated December 7, 1928, weaves a brisk, catalog style panorama of city life. It notes taxi drivers, Gershwin, Schrafft's, Savoy Plaza, and a parade of personalities from editor E. D. Coblenz to Robert C. Benchley, pairing playful vignettes with urban observations. The piece ends with a humorous banking exchange and a riff on New York’s social and architectural shifts.
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George Gershwin
Fighting Law
Yacht Club
Jim Churchill
Schrafft’s
Walter Catlett
Savoy Plaza
Frank Sullivan
Marjorie Oelrichs
E. D. Coblenz
Robert C. Benchley
Worcester
Mass
Watterson Rothacker
Lee Shubert
Boswell
C. P. Greneker
Marx Brother
Paul Whiteman
Skylight Physical Culture Studios
Uncle Wiggily Hosts Birds Winter Picnic
A woodland crowd asks Uncle Wiggily the bunny for a winter picnic. He agrees and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy helps gather crumbs for a joyful feast. Afterward the birds plan to repay him with a secret favor revealed in a future story.
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Daddy Bird
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Little Bird
Mother Bird
Christmas Party Scene In The Carson Household
In a Carson Christmas morning a party gathers as Mrs Carson and Aunt Dorothy greet guests and children. Uncle Ray hints at tomorrow's production notes. Helen receives roller skates and a $1,400 check from Mr Carson for Aunt Dorothy, sparking a family moment of warmth and decision under the tree.
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Dorothy
Helen
Miss Barnes
Helen Barnes
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Ray
Four Cylinder Love Pathfinder Old Ford Revival
A nostalgic note laments the loss of early cars and recalls a two cylinder Ford without a windshield that could only reach 12 miles per hour. The author jokes about saving the old vehicle and predicts it will become extinct like the dodo, later prized as a relic of the "good old days."
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Henry
Navy asks for three more cruisers after postage cuts
Abe Martin notes government savings on postage and light bulbs, while Granman Pash laments missing Hoover’s era as the navy requests three additional cruisers. The remark follows a Saturday night street-crossing attempt.
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Navy
Hoover
Fortunate Wayfarer narrows life with a sudden fortune
Martin Barnes commercial traveler pauses in a cathedral town and is drawn into a strange door and a night of temptation. Lord Aldrington gifts him 80 000 pounds in front of witnesses, sparking a dramatic entanglement with Gerald Garnham and Lady Blanche Banningham. Rose Farrow and Daisy Farrow charm Barnes in a dining room scene as the evening spirals toward a choice that changes his life.
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Lord Ardrington
Gerald Garnham
Lord Aldrington
Barnes
Wayfarer
Maisie
Martin
Blanche Banningham
Gerald
Jehoshaphat
Perry Quilland
Rose Farrow
Daisy Farrow
Mr. Barnes
Percy Quilland
New York
Gaiety
Quilland
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Tye
America
Daisy
Rose
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column Preview
A brief page note from 1928’s Burroughs Nature Club notes invites readers to send questions on nature subjects to the Nature Notes Dept. It signals reader participation and directs queries for general interest topics to the column within the Houghton Mifflin publication.
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Nature Notes Dept
Do Plants Move Leaves By Themselves And Birds In Winter Feeding
Yes some plants move leaves reflexively in response to stimuli. For winter bird feeding, provide suet, mixed seed, water, and sheltered feeders. The brown wood snake with a pale ring behind the head is likely a common nonvenomous species found in forests. a local naturalist can confirm its exact name.
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