Daily Ames Wats Reporter front page notice and masthead
The Daily Ames Wats Reporter lists publication details, prices, and staff. It includes the paper’s address and offices in Waterloo Iowa, subscription rates, wire services, and advertising policies. The notice identifies John C. Hartman, Jackson McCoy, and Chada as editors and managers, with Associated Press and United Press International affiliations and general advertising guidelines.
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Earrier
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News
Aarp Ann Ene
Audit Bureau of Circulations
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley. Representatives
The Pullman Surcharge on Tickets Debate
Congress faces unfinished business including a push to repeal the Pullman surcharge. Critics cite higher rail costs, but supporters say the extra service for sleeping and parlor cars is fair. Proponents warn abolition shifts costs to coaches and freight, risking rate-making by Congress and challenging railroad finance.
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Congress
Pullman Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
L.A. Downs
Ilinois
Pullman
From Poverty to Riches Contrast in Nations
A European aristocrat’s fall from grandeur contrasts with America’s ascent stories. Grand Duchess Olga, once grand, now lives in a six room cottage as wealth deserts the old world. Meanwhile in the United States chance and enterprise lift obscurity to affluence across a linked arc of success.
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America
United States
White House
Russia
Olga
Poland
Finland
Col. Xolukowski
Copenhagen
Reorganization themes Sparsely Sketched in Vivid Humour
A Chicago woman sues for divorce claiming her noisy conduct worsened her husband’s sleep, an observation that echoes the era’s bleak sentiment towards stability. The piece jabs at political reorganization cycles and the drift from old fashioned restraint as habits shift.
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Chicago
Scarlet fever serum study shows lower mortality rate in Cleveland
Dr. John A. Toomey reports 65 deaths among 2,058 scarlet fever cases treated at a Cleveland city hospital over 412 years ending August 1, 1926, a 3.1 percent mortality. He notes serum use may hasten fever decline when given on the third day, and cites the potential of active immunization to nearly eradicate scarlet fever among hospital residents.
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John A. Toomey
Cleveland City Hospital
Toomey
Altho
Nourishing Relishes and Nose Trouble Advice Column
Questions on relish nutrition and nose troubles are answered. Green pepper and tomato relish offers minor nourishment and aids digestion in moderation, lemon juice as food is preferable to vinegar. A family physician can treat nasal issues, with diagnostic tools aiding accuracy. Old Dan Druff dandruff queries are humorously handled by requesting a sealed letter for guidance.
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F. P
L. Bu Ans
Dan
Miss Dd. L
Dorothy
Dan Druft
Thinking with Your Eyes by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin, argues pictures and diagrams can better convey ideas than long texts. He compares journalism and education, urges reducing wordy reports in favor of charts and cartoons to boost understanding and national value.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
The
Century Magazine
Anatole France
Tam
The Sixth Avenue Job Market and New York Dawn
A New York snapshot from December 27, 1928 describes Sixth Avenue traffic and Bryant Park as the hub for unskilled workers seeking daily labor. It contrasts dawn’s quiet city stillness with the surge of opulence along Upper Sixth Avenue and notes hotel glamour, theater fronts, and the awakening metropolis.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Bryant Park
Althe
Alaska
Seattle
Orient
Montana
Uncle Wiggily's Buzzing Top
A winter visit at Uncle Wiggily's Woodland bungalow unfolds as Mr. Whitewash the Polar Bear asks to go ice fishing with the fox like rabbit and friends. Nurse Jane and the muskrat housekeeper react to holiday antics while the group prepares for a cold season adventure.
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Mr. Whitewash
Polar Bear
Uncle Wiggily
Abe Martin on salary versus promises in police gazette era
The column reflects Abe Martin musing that life balances between earned pay and promised wages, recalling haircuts once read in the Police Gazette. It evokes a rustic humor about work, wages, and old city notices. The tone is wry and observational about petty authenticity.
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Police Gazette
Uncle Wiggily and the fishing through ice tale
Uncle Wiggily, Nurse Jane, Mr Whitewash, and the Polar Bear fish through a hole in the ice. They fail to catch fish but fix Custer’s broken Christmas top found in Uncle Wiggily’s pocket. They return home cold but amused and promise more adventures with Uncle Wiggily and the crying doll.
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Nurse Jane
Mr. Whitewash
Uncle Wiggily
Andlé Wiggily
Polar Bear
Mr. Longears
Custer
Uncle Wigglly
Disarmament Movement Evident in Chicago Divorce Court
In Chicago a husband punched his wife three times and lied about it in divorce court, illustrating progress of the disarmament movement amid marital disputes.
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Springfield
Chicago
Not Every Man Marries the Girl He Wants
Cincinnati Enquirer notes social marriage patterns where many men wed partners willing to marry for security, rather than ideal mates, reflecting norms that leave some men to settle with suitable, available matches.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
The Fortunate Wayfarer and a Deadly Pact
Martin Barnes gains 89000 pounds from Lord Aldrington who vows the fortune to the first to reach his door. Aldrington recalls a past with Solomon Graunt and Victor Perle as they plot to cheat him and Laurita. He recounts faked loyalty, murder attempts, and a plan to flee with the money. TO BE CONTINUED.
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Martin Barnes
Lord Aldrington
Gerald Garnham
Ardrington
Bares
Blendie Banningham
Barnes Ao
Wwe
Barnes
Solomon Graunt
Victor Perle
Laurita
Porle
Martin
San Paulo
Solomon
Graunt
Perle
Victor Forte
Uncle Ray's Corner The Chinese Year
UNCLE RAY explains the Chinese calendar, noting the year 4625 in their count and that New Year falls after the first moon following Aquarius. The celebration lasts three days with lanterns, flowers, and red paper, and blue paper signals a death in the past year. Neighborhood greetings and rituals are described, ending with a teaser for tomorrow on the Jewish year.
Behold the Chinese boy Thomas Ege rising student and peacemaker
The Providence Journal profiles Thomas Ege a 13 year old Chinese boy living in Nashua New Hampshire who has advanced from the first to the fourth grade skipping two years. He is praised for his scholarship and remarkable ability to avoid quarrels and mediate disputes among others while maintaining popularity for cleanliness courtesy and general manners. The piece notes his cross national appeal and portrays him as a diplomat in the making and a model for American youth despite typical boyhood challenges.
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Providence Journal
Thomas Ege
Nashua
N. H
Thomas
Thomas Egg
Guardian urged for Congress overprotection of prohibition funds
The so called greatest deliberative body in the world is urged to guard the Democratic Congress as it hiked prohibition enforcement funding by a quarter of a billion dollars without debate. The measure was mockingly introduced by an outstanding wet member.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Burroughs Nature Club Notes seeks reader questions
The column invites inquiries on nature subjects to the Nature Notes Dept. Questions of general interest are welcomed and answers will be printed in this space.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
Nature Notes Questions on Bees and Birds
Inquiries cover beekeeping on farms, cherry pit poisoning, ostrich diet and digestion, and insect-hunting timing. Answers note bees possible on farms, cherry pits risk if swallowed, ostriches eat grasses, insects and small reptiles, and evening hours aid insect collection as light and heat lessen allowing quieter, more visible prey.
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