Wateroo Evening Courier front matter and policy notes
Waterloo Evening Courier billing, staff, and policy summary including publisher W H Hartman Co, Courier Bldg at Park Ave and Commercial St, subscription rates, postal notices, and advertising rules. Names John C Hartman, Jackson McCoy listed as President and Editor. Contacts for New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco offices noted. Public policy and fraud denial statements included.
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W. H. Hartman Co
Courier Bldg
Corner Park Ave
Commercial St
John C. Hartman Jackson McCoy
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Change in Austrian law ends need to license attire
Women in Vienna pressed for licenses to wear trousers and masculine clothing, fearing street harassment. The government reversed the legal theory after the revolution, denying licenses not as illegal wear but because nothing is forbidden unless prohibited. Now, as in the United States, people may do anything not prohibited by statute. The old system kept rulers powerful until revolution changed it.
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Vienna
United States
Hoover at Rio Speech Emphasizes Science and Opportunity
President-elect Hoover spoke in Rio de Janeiro thanking Brazil for hospitality and underscoring the bond of friendship between nations. He highlighted the interrelationship of science invention industry and government and the role of individual initiative in progress while noting his own rise from humble beginnings aided by a beneficent government.
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Hoover
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Rio
Equally Culpable in Prohibition Effort Gains Support
The Illinois Anti-Saloon League urged mandatory jail terms for second offenses and extended penalties to buyers, makers, and sellers, arguing buyers are equally culpable. The doctrine faces criticism from some pre liquor papers, but proponents say enforcement depends on holding buyers accountable as well as sellers.
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Illinois Anti- Saloon League
William H. Nichols
Springfield
Anti-Saloon League
Preliquor
Punished by Poetry Award for Melancholy Youth
A Poetry Society of England medal was withheld from 23 young competitors because judges deemed their submitted poems too melancholy and gloomy. The piece argues such a ruling misreads youthful inspiration and compares to historic youthful verse by Poe and Bryant.
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Poetry Society of England
Aad
Poe
Bryant
Youth and age mood clash over radicals and optimism
The passage argues that youth appear conservative and alarmingly ready to report radicals, while older people seem optimistic about change. It notes teachers may test Marxist ideas and face consequences, yet youths remain irrepressible but cautious, suggesting psychologists explain the paradox.
Food Allergy Is Real Says Health Column
Readers are warned against mail order toxin myths about food combinations causing poisoning. The article explains allergy and anaphylaxis as real, often due to proteins, and outlines conditions linked to food allergy such as hives angioneurotic edema asthma dermatitis and even certain digestive and menstrual issues.
Home brew health risk debate and oxalic acid query column
Answers warn home brewed beer may contain wood alcohol and is not worth the risk for family heads. Oxalic acid foods are listed with cautious notes on arthritis, while chalk for ulcerated stomach is calcium carbonate and can ease acidity but does not cure ulcers. Dr Brady offers brief replies to personal health letters.
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Brady
William Brady
Waws
Your Son's Religion in College by Glenn Frank
University president Glenn Frank analyzes nine factors shaping modern college life and their impact on student character. He notes rising religious interest, shifts from duty to interpretation, revival of worship, hostility to ecclesiasticism, and a quest for deeper life experience amid shifting moral standards.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
National Council of the Y. M. C. A
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New York Succeeds Paris as Style Capital Says By Day
Day New York reports America rising to lead global fashion with New York surpassing Paris in dress design for women. Paris houses station experts in New York as Fifth Avenue salons mirror Paris luxury while mass production grows. The piece notes bold male outfits returning, Hollywood influence on menswear, and sky-high prices for wardrobes, with anecdotes on $15,000 yearly female fashion and $5,000 gentleman’s wardrobes.
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New York
America
Paris
Fifth Avenue
East Fifties
Courturiere
Hollywood
Gotham
Uncle Wiggily's Flying Machine
Uncle Wiggily sings of Christmas mess in a hollow stump bungalow after Santa's visit. He slides down the stairs with Mr Longears and Mrs Longears noting many nut shells. Nurse Jane is summoned to sweep up the leftovers, capturing a cozy holiday moment.
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Uncle Wiggily
Santa Claus
Hollow Stump
Mr. Longears
Mrs. Longears
Buster
Bunty
Jane
Bungaon
Uncle Wiggily Fixes Flying Toy For Christmas
Uncle Wiggily and Mrs Longears celebrate a Christmas filled with gifts for all including Squeaky Beekie. Buster asks for his broken flying machine to be repaired. The bunny handyman fixes the airship, but a hungry Weasel tries to pounce. The repaired toy unexpectedly lifts off, saving Uncle Wiggily from danger as Buster cheers.
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Uncle Wiggily
Buster
Mr. Longears
Sly Weasel
Daddicums
Bunny Rabbit
Abe Martin on Jakey slang and subscription money
In Abe Martin’s quippy column a jab lands on folks nicknamed Jakey for being merely respectable. The piece questions pride in earning only a quarter when a subscription drive is underway.
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Jakey
Birthday Celebration and Community News of 1878
Fifty years ago on a December Friday, A J Reber marked his twenty first birthday at his father Michael Reber’s home. Also honored were Susie and Lillie Reber and William Hays. Christmas trees and gifts for Sunday school scholars followed. Diphtheria fears rose in Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls with high fatalities as doctors struggled. The Waterloo Germania Manner dissolved with a public auction raising 225 dollars, distributing among members. piano sold for 140 and flag for 20.25. Reed and Shilliam urged buyers. crop prospects in Iowa showed corn in good condition after a shorter season yet intense heat and moisture.
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Michael Reber
A. J. Reber
Susie
Lillie Reber
William Hays
Reber
Waterloo
Turner Hall
Charles Demmel
John Althouse
Forty Years Ago News From December 26 1888
This item notes local snapshots: John G. Hildebrand visits Iowa State University. Belle Bratnaber returns home from Davenport. J B Young buys and plans to dismantle a Raymond ice house for rebuilding east bank property leased to A Wood. Evangelist J B Shaw aids Rev Barley at First M E church. furnace work at Aplington Congregational. E B Smith elected Sunday school superintendent. Last Sunday springlike at 53 degrees. later ice receded then froze, temperature sharply dropped. D G Ellis fractures a leg while trimming a Christmas tree east of town. Twenty tons of straw delivered to the paper mill by farmers at $3 oats straw and $3.50 rye.
Christmas Charity Aids Many Homes in Desolate Times
J F Elingaman reports extensive charity efforts with 125 baskets of provisions and a wagonload of toys distributed on Christmas day. Mentions of families traveling, students visiting, and local civic notices accompany a snapshot of holiday relief and community life in 1908.
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J. F. Elingaman
Associated Charities
The Mohammedan Year and its New Year
Uncle Rays Corner explains the shift from December to June daylight changes and contrasts the Gregorian New Year with the Moslem year starting in 622 AD with Mohammeds flight to Medina. It notes Moslems now number about 175 million living mainly in Egypt Turkey Persia India and China and that their year 1 begins with that flight. Tomorrow The Chinese Year.
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Mohammed
Arabia
Medina
Egypt
Turkey
Persia
India
China
Uncle Ray
Iowa Crop Values Show Strong Harvest Prospects
Sioux City Journal reports Iowa crops total value 569,616,000 as of December 1 with corn valued at 314,168,000. Yield was heavy and corn quality unusually high at 91 percent marketable, keeping Iowa in a favorable position though total value slightly below 1924 record.
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Sioux City Journal
Iowa
Towa
Iowa income tax debate stirs Iowa farmers and cites exemptions
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Senator elect George Patterson aims to reintroduce an Iowa income tax bill last year’s legislature rejected. He says it would fund state taxes and help farmers, while critics warn it would tax many prosperous Iowans and drive capital out of state. The piece notes broader calls to attract investment and keep capital within Iowa, with various editorials commenting on taxation and conscience.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
George Patterson
Kossuth County
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Question Column 1928
A nature column invites readers to send general questions to the Nature Notes Dept. The Burroughs Nature Club notes offer answers in this space, guiding readers on subjects about nature and wildlife.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Answers From Tomorrow's Nature Notes
The column teases future nature notes answering questions about cherry pits sparrows and ostrich digestion. It previews topics on insect eating plants insect backbones and sparrow cold tolerance with likely explanations and historical context.
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