Waterloo Daily Courier masthead and policy notice
The Waterloo Daily Courier masthead lists W A Hartman Co publisher editors Jackson McCoy and Reneral Manager and outlines subscription prices and advertising policies. The paper emphasizes Associated Press and United Press International news, and notes audit bureau membership and distant office reps in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hartman Co. Courier
Corner Park Ave
Commercial Re
Sohn GC
Hartman
Wevr
Jackson McCoy
Reveree
Postoffice
Waterloo
Towa
United Press International News
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Yi Ts
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Ballyhoo and the changing face of metropolitan news
The review discusses Silas Bent's Ballyhoo criticizing press commercialization and overemphasis on publicity. It notes declines in editorials and letters from 1899 to 1923, with more space given to general and political news, sports, crime, and especially advertising. It contests whether publicity shaped public interest or reflected reader demand and ponders radio vs print for future news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Bent
Amr
Geore Leadilang
Ford Interview Discusses Installment Buying and Employment
Mr Ford comments on financing by future income and debt, noting that assured employment would make installment buying sound. He recalls 1927 layoffs, cites health and unemployment insurance as needed precursors to broader use of credit, and says insurers must lower costs before such credit gains wider traction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Ford
Henry Ford
Ford
Chicago Justice Faces Prosecution Collapse
A United States attorney told a federal judge he cannot prosecute a man as two star witnesses have been murdered. More than a dozen alleged gangsters and alcohol racketeers were taken for rides since a new section began, and the defendant went free amid claims of rampant vice and political critique in Chicago under Mayor Thompson and national figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Midwestern
Metropoly
Thompson
George Washington
Specific gravity of the human body and buoyancy
Dr William Brady discusses specific gravity as the ratio of body weight to water displaced, noting muscles brain fat and bones differ in density. He explains buoyancy in relation to chest capacity body fat and age and compares floating ease of children women and adults with practical advice for safe swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Fred
Sinclair
Henry
Bundle of Tendencies by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank surveys human impulses based on William McDougall's theory. He lists fifteen tendencies including fear anger curiosity self protection sex and social urges. He notes debates on whether these are inborn and suggests studying self as a spiritual fable of contents. Pension talk for presidents follows with opposing views and a quip about Cole Blease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McDougall
Mr. McDougall
McDougall
Bowery Through Squalor to Glitzy Veil of Progress
A 1927 New York feature portrays the Bowery as a street of stark contrasts. It notes luxury shops and theaters beside dives and missions, with landmarks like Chatham Square and Cooper Union framing a changing yet stubborn neighborhood. A moralizing view contrasts wealth and poverty, mentioning the Bowery Savings Bank and the famed bread line, while odd vignettes of Chinatown and a bear on a leash punctuate the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Bowery
Bowery
Hogarth
Plaza
the Ritz
Chatham
the Aphrodite
Park Avenue
Bowsery Savings Bank
Houston Street
Chatham Square
Chinatown
Cooper Union
Bowwerie
Peter Stuyvesant
New Netherlands
Uncle Wiggily and the Long Fish Tale of a Lost Doll
Uncle Wiggily and the fuzzy Tickle Bug comfort Jingle Longtail, a crying rabbit girl. The Tickle Bug vows to help recover Blinky, the blinking doll, after Jingle dropped her down a hole near the frozen duck pond and encounters a Christmas month resolve to make her happy again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggily
Jingle Longtail
Jingle
Blinky
Tickle
Tickle Bug
Jingle and the Doll Rescue at the Ice Hole
Abe Martin narrates a Christmas tale where Gran'man Bentley laments critics while Jingle, Uncle Wiggily, and the Tickle Bug work to retrieve Blinky the doll from an ice hole. Mr. Pickerel helps, the doll is saved, and December becomes a happy Christmas month with plans for the Bug to stay in a hollow stump bungalow with the Alarm Clock Cricket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blinky
Uncle
Jingle
Uncle Wiggily
the Bug
Duck Pond
Rabbit
Uncle Wigelly
Bunny
Mr. Longears
Bear
Uncle Wigegily
Bug
Uncle Wigerly
Mr. Pickerel
Mr. Pickerell
Wigwily
Hollow Stump
Cricket
Cadman’s A Witch of Salem to Headline 1927 28 Opera Tour
The Chicago Civic Opera will present Cadman’s A Witch of Salem in its 1927 28 season with a Boston premiere set for February 2. Critics note the work’s ambitious American theme and potential to open new fields for opera, blending Puritan Salem with supernatural and frontier elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Boston
Victor Herbert
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mary Garden
Golden West
David Belasco
Giacomo Pauccini
John Philip Sousa
Nathaniel Hawthorne
New England
Walter Damrosch
Salem
Cadman
Virginia
South
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Thomas Nelson Page
How to Make a Scrapbook Reader Letters to Uncle Rays Corner
Uncle Rays Corner shares reader replies from Garner readers in a Saturday Talk about scrapbook making. Fifth grade Sunnyside students request Nature folders and leaflets, with teachers reading the Corner aloud and joint class scrapbooks encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Ray
Lure of the Ace prompts courthouse stop waiters
Readers and citizens discuss why some stand for hours at courthouse stops waiting for numbers and the role of partisanship in civic patience. The writer, claiming no psychology credentials, argues the matter reflects red blooded American Patriotism and stubborn perseverance in waiting for the ace number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Pancake morning tale hints at Uncle Wigglly and gold combs
A playful note describes sharing sweet stuff with pancakes for breakfast and teases future details about Uncle Wigglly and his gold combs. The quirky item sets up a whimsical family anecdote with hints of treasure and breakfast lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Wigglly
Mystery Owls Club Meets On Courthouse Steps
An invitation notes the Owls club meeting on courthouse steps between November 30 and December 1, 1928. If the night is forbidding, wives may attend. One faithful sister has not missed a meeting in several years. E. M. Bartholomew, 1620 Mulberry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Bartholomew
Mulberry Street
Burroughs Nature Club Notes by Houghton Abelin
Questions from readers on nature topics appear in this column with answers promised in the next issue. The page includes inquiries about nesting birds, whether a clam is a fish, winter plumage of the scarlet tanager, how rabbits feed their young, Baltimore orioles stealing peas, and humane ways to deter thieving birds. A reader recounts observing chickadees excavating a tree hollow and finishing a nest, noting a red headed woodpecker nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Notes
Baltimore Orlair
la Porte City
Kitchnen
Creeks from Iowa Paragraphers and City Gleanings
A compact Iowa roundup mixes quirky quotes from Ames to Cedar Rapids about democracy grammar crime cinema beauty and domestic life. The clippings reference officials authors and editors with light social notes on culture and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Ames Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
Esociated Press
William Brady, M. D
Nat'l Newspaper
Qentineda
Brady
William Brady
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure
A Ie
Davenport ‘Times
Conlidge
Tor Whittle
Congress
Coolidge
Macau
Washington
Cole Blease
The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Chingtown
Wall Street
Forty-second Street
Uncle Wiggily and the
Long Fish
Howard R. Garis
Afae
Afatoe
Abe Martin
Bentley
Ried On
Uncle Ray’s
Sol
Win
Jose
M. D
Han W
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Abelin. Co
Henry L. Bernard
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Clinton Herald
Fort Madison Democrat
Cedar Rapids
Dex Moines Register
Detroit Free Press
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!