Waterloo Evening Courier Classified Rates and Editorial Notice
Waterloo Evening Courier published rates for carrier and mail subscriptions plus a boilerplate editorial and advertising policy. It lists pricing, policies on fraud, and notice of Associated Press and United Press International news use. The note names staff and advertising representatives and cites payment terms.
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Ruling Fixes Cost Basis for Rail Tariffs in Supreme Court Test
A federal court decision in St. Louis sets railway property original cost as the tariff base, contrasting with replacement value. The ruling impacts valuation, profits, and potential rate hikes, with the industry arguing over whether replacement value better reflects modern costs and investment. The case awaits a possible appeal to the US Supreme Court.
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St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Corse
Special Court
Supreme Court of the United States
St. Lows & O'Fallon
Costs of distribution in marketing debate
A business writer warns distribution costs exceed production, noting a 1930s study that of every dollar for corn flakes 82 cents go to production, 30 cents to distribution, and 8 cents to marketing. He argues consumer pricing hides margins while farmers receive only a small share, suggesting fewer varieties and simpler buying could cut costs.
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Commission of Agricultural Inquiry
Sixty-seventh Congress
Comic Strip Civilization in Sunday Comics Colors
In a broad Sunday display the piece touts 23 comics in colors and claims this is the largest assortment offered by any newspaper adjunct. The essay notes changes in colored Sunday supplements, once featuring a handful of famous strips like Buster Brown and Nemo, now expanding with many newer titles and formats.
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Perhipa
Gateault
Buster Brown
Chress Solly
Nemo
Natzen Jammer
Mumory Servis
Roosevelt
What Is Your Displacement In Drowning Facts
Personal Health Service by William Brady M D discusses buoyancy and displacement in drowning cases. It explains how residual and tidal air affect buoyancy, the role of arm movement in sinking or rising, and argues swimming education is essential for safety. The piece critiques misconceptions about lungs and water density in drowning.
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William Brady, M. D
Marie Roget
Poe
Dr. Brady
William Brady
Education and exercise for weak muscles and dizziness
An advice feature notes corsets do not strengthen weak muscles and urges general training at a YMCA with a qualified instructor. It also discusses occasional dizziness from sudden posture changes, recommending a medical exam if persistent, and suggests rolling somersaults nightly to improve balance with cushions for safety. readers are invited to send stamped letters to Dr. Brady via the newspaper.
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Yoorany Club
Wy IL
The Fashion Note by Glenn Frank and the politics of style
Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin and former editor of Century Magazine, argues fashion wields political power. He calls fashion the informal government influencing public opinion, elections, and national identity, suggesting style may steer democracy toward equality or deeper inequality.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
McClure
Newspaper Humor Decries Slapstick Overload
A reflective critique notes how dailies flood readers with pictorial humor and comic safaris, claiming the nation has become a culture of funny paper redders. The piece laments the overabundance of Me pow and gowlet style gags, urging a return to subtler wit and refined humor.
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Tre
Adge
New York Window Life and City Drama in Midtown
In midtown New York the daily city drama unfolds high above the streets. Office workers, lovers, cleaners, and travelers move through a colorless, skyscape panorama where strangers share narrow spaces and fleeting moments of magnetism amid towering towers. From a harried executive to a rooftop gardener, the piece sketches urban life and the hidden faces shaping a city that never rests.
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New York
Aerlé
Port Witte
Uncle Wiggily and the Money Wine Tale
Uncle Wiggily meets a jolly old man in red and white who asks not to be named San until after Christmas. They discuss the odd scene as the rabbit explains plans about money and a confused purpose in the woods.
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San
Uncle
Deerothee
Uncle Wiggaily
Otters At Play In Adirondacks And Across North America
UNCLE RAY describes otter behavior and habitats from dens near water to night hunts and pond slides. North American otters reach four feet, share burrows, leave bones and fish scales around dens, and raid poultry yards when food is scarce. They travel seasonally, bark when excited, and slide along snow or mud in moonlit evenings. Tomorrow Deer and Their Antlers.
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North America
Adirondack Mountains
Uncle Wiggily and the golden pine cone combs
In a children's tale, Uncle Wiggily helps Bunty cure her doll’s tangled hair using pine cone combs painted gold and silver. The Rabbit family and Old Gentleman characters join in a playful forest adventure ending with the promise of more to come.
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Baby Bunty
Mr. Longears
Mr. Whiskers
Bunty
Rabbit
Uncle Wignity
Shoo
Uncle Wigelly
Uncle Wiggily
Riris
Murse Jane Pury
Abe Martin Constable Plum’s Son-In-Law Sells Ridin’ Horse
Abe Martin Constable Plum’s son-in-law has sold his riding horse and now uses bulges for his liver. The fountain pets JS are messier than the sword.
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Plum
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier December 12 1877
A river drowning ends a three year old boy’s life as he wandered from his mother to the George Witt home. City council rejects Sunday barber shop closures and a calaboose, supports gas street lamps, and bars snow and ice removal rule. Raymond Brothers install a street lamp at Commercial and Fourth with a pipe from their gas machine. Waterloo brewery adds an ice house to keep beer at a constant temperature. Bruce Ham, formerly a telegraph operator, becomes B. R. & N. agent replacing George Hill. T. Goodlidge of New York plans a Waterloo dry goods store in the Manson block. Local grain and livestock prices listed.
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Joseph K. Thompson
George Witt
Raymond Brothers
Fourth Streets
BE. Ham
George Hill
T. Gootldge
New York City
Waterloo
Manson Block
First National Bank
Hoff appointed city marshal amid Waterloo changes
Forty years ago on Wednesday December 14 1887 Samuel M Hoff was named city marshal by the ality council Holt served as an early marshal in Waterloo and deputy sheriff A Commercial National Bank statement to the comptroller of the currency at December 7 shows assets of 161870 capital stock 50000 surplus and undivided earnings 10117 F L Gilbert cashier Mrs E T Cawin traveled to New York after her mother's death Mrs William Cox 71 visited here last summer George Gallamon passed railway mail clerk exam Mary Louise daughter of George Miller died last week in Trinidad Colo remains brought here for burial funeral services held at Jefferson Street M E Church Frank Harriman named road supervisor for Illinois Central between here and Dubuque W W Strayer moved to California to enter partnership with Weller in hardware business Buyers paid 5 for best hogs Miss Hattie E Brush sister of Rev Frank E Brush to sing at Grace M E church concert Dec 3 Miss Brush and Miss Gertie Buanel were students at New England Conservatory Roslcn Mass
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Samuel M. Hoff
Ality Council
Holt
Waterloo
Commercial National Bank
Comptroller
F. L. Gilbert
E. T. Cawin
New York
William Cox
Cox
Hattie E. Brush
Frank E. Brush
Grace M. E. Church
Miss Brush
Gertie Buanell
New England Conservatory
Roslon
Mass
Local notes recall 1907 Iowa Falls passenger tragedy and town memories
Twenty years ago on a December Saturday Bert Edwards, 6, fell from an Illinois Central train in Iowa Falls and died. Survived by wife Elna Robinson and family, the report also mentions relatives, birthdays, marriages, and local business moves, including Miss Susie Green and Floyd McRae marriage, E S Phelps death in Seattle, and Ernest Velkmann purchasing a Waterville farm for 43 an acre, reflecting Cedar Township history and community ties.
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Bert W. Edwards
L. H. Edwards
Illinois Central
Iowa Falls
Elna Robinson
Ernest Velkmann
Waterville
Volkmann
Jacob Fuess
Burroughs Nature Club Notes and Questions
Questions and answers from the Burroughs Nature Club Notes column discuss insect control on parsnips a guide to identifying large snakes the finest singing bird and a case on chinchilla furs versus dyed squirrel pelts plus how to tell a male canary from a female by behavior and observations.
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Peru
Chile
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