Waterlooo Evening Courier looks at library service in America
A Manchester Guardian writer praises United States libraries for breadth and beauty. He notes American libraries exist everywhere in public, university and private buildings and admire their architectural splendor. Librarians in the U S serve as guides to literature and reference, with extensive training and college education common for librarians.
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Manchester
England
Guardian
United States
Libraines
America
University of London
Public invites crowds to help date common phrases
The Oxford English Dictionary editor Dr Onions seeks public help to locate earliest print appearances of phrases such as bedside manner and blessing in disguise. He notes no authenticated origin before 1907 yet suspects older roots and believes collective knowledge can yield valuable results.
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Dr. Onions
Onions
Governor Alfred E. Smith Granted Annuity
Former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith receives a $6100.51 annuity from the state for over 25 years of service. The payment equates to about $508 monthly or $102 weekly, issued as long as he lives, with a certificate of membership in the Employer Retirement system.
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Gov. Smith
Childs Cafe Business Faces Revenue Drop Amid Dining Out Rise
Tourists know the Childs cafes for decor and service. 1928 income fell a million dollars from 1927 with a weak first half but better finish. William Childs regains control as more people dine out, including working girls.
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Childs
Childs Company
Savoy Plaza
New York
Wiliam Childs
Bel
Litter and Ice Halt City Cleanup Debate Amid Growth
A report notes rising patronage for eating places but many firms go bankrupt due to rapid cafe proliferation. Philadelphia fears street untidiness and newspapers push for cleanup. Iowa may delay action as snow and ice six to fourteen inches cover litter and waste.
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Philadelphia
Iowa
Sousa and the flu lessons in a Virginia winter tale
Personal Health Service recounts John Philip Sousa's February horseback journey from Hot Springs to Staunton, noting barefoot children and a mother's warning about pneumonia. It recalls the 1918 flu era quarantine of Sousa’s naval reserve band, Dobell's solution use, and a port embarkation where rigorous gargling reportedly kept one company free from the epidemic.
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Sousa
John Philip Sousa
Hot Springs
Virginia
Washington Post
Jim
Druw
Staunton
Jackson River
Naval Reserve
Treasury Department
Frankel
Hospital Corps
Dobell
Dobeli
Nto
Dodell
United States
Remedies for snoring and cancer concerns in advice column
Snoring remedy includes chin straps and adhesive strips to keep the mouth closed during sleep. Snoring often results from nasal passage congestion and may require examination by a nose and throat specialist and possible general fitness to reduce flabbiness. A reader asks about a cancer history. the answer stresses that cancer is not inherited, recommends a physician examination, and notes that Dr. Brady will answer brief health letters with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Brady
Wiliam Brady
The Art of Living Well by Glenn Frank review
A 1923 critique highlights Leon C Marshall’s The Story of Human Progress as a vivid, accessible call to educate and unite society. It outlines fourteen factors shaping how people live together, including resources knowledge tools and human leadership, and argues progress depends on wise use of these elements and cooperative spirit.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper
Leon C. Marshall
Tess Mir
Marshall
Hag
Mecpien
Spring Training Boosts Spirits at Fiboride Texas Camp
A lighthearted sports item notes big league clubs began training in Fiboride Texas California as optimism returns amid jokes on aging, youth, and seasonal warmth. The piece blends witty quotes about bonds of friendship and public figures, with a playful jab at headlines and a nod to early baseball chatter.
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Fiboride
Texas
California
Brain Tests and Word Associations Card
A society page item reports a brain test exercise with word association rules. Readers are asked to identify direct associations for given words like CHURCH and FISH and to justify which terms do not belong. The page notes a scoring approach and invites participation.
Lent and My Work Meditation and Prayer
Topic for the week centers on Lent and work with memory verse from John 17 4. Read Mark 1 28 33. Meditation reflects on sowing and reaping and unfinished tasks. Prayer asks God to bless labor, ease doubt, and assure that effort offered to Him is not wasted.
Fifty Years Ago In This Courier February 19 1879
Local items note re election of George P Beck as chief engineer L F Walker as first assistant and Jacob Demmel as second assistant at a fire department meeting. Others report temperance club progress 1200 blue ribbon wearers in La Porte City saloons shrinking. People's Building and Loan celebrates fiftieth anniversary. city council lowers livery stable license to 15 and beer license to 60. Gilbertville marriage of Thomas Gilley and Maggis Miller. sales trips by George W Barnes for Red Jacket hand pump fire engine. editor receives deer skin gloves from California.
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George P.beck
L. F. Walker
Jacob Demmel
Lving
Third Avenue West
Forty Years Ago News Brief From San Jacinto and Local Leaders
Fort Worth area notes reflect a Feb 1889 earthquake near San Jacinto Cal and minor damage. Hickelbergs plan to establish a plow factory in the city while Young signs ice contracts with Kansas City buyers. Bootlegging rises as saloons close. Wyoming seeks statehood with a population near 90 000. Col M T Owens moves to Los Angeles and dies shortly after. Orange township farmer Kenemate Kingman ships 600 pounds of homemade sausage this winter.
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Suim
Col. M. T. Owens
Los Angeles
Cal
San Francisco
Owens
California
Waterloo News Wraps Up 1909 Local Happenings
Twenty years ago on February 20 1909 Waterloo reported lively Short Course bidding at city hall with a prize of 95 dollars for a farmer’s yield. A runaway horse near Fifth and Commercial caused a dramatic crash on the Rock Island tracks. the animal collapsed after a lengthy run and was shot. Osteopath Dr Liffring prepared to set up practice in Waterloo March 1 joining attorney J D Liffring. The Pythian Building Co incorporated with 50000 dollars capital to fund a new Waterloo temple. About 400 head of horses were auctioned by William Holland for near 50000 dollars in sales at the Waterloo Live Stock Commission barns. Catholics negotiated to acquire building sites for a new church at Fourth and Randolph. Major bridge openings were planned including the Fifth Street concrete span and the Eleventh Street relocation.
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Kimball
George C. Pashby
Union Township
Fifth
Rock Island
Black Hawk Creek
Pa- Hee
E. A. Leighton
Waterloo
Fifth Avenue in New York Losing Once Fine Homes
New York February 20. Fifth Avenue is losing the once fine homes of famous families as commerce and shops creep toward Central Park. Only about five mansions remain below the plaza while many blocks north hold names like Vanderbilt Carnegie Frick and Whitney. Some estates become museums or are repurposed, yet the avenue still signals prestige even as private houses fade and caretakers occupy grand properties.
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Rictand G. Mallock
New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Plaza
Elbridge T. Gerry
Sixty First Street
John D. Wendell
Thirty-ninth Street
Public
Ninety First Street
Andrew Carmegie
Gen
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Harry Payne Whitney
Henry Clay Frick
E. H. Harriman
Otto Kahn
Socially Brent, Fer
Vanderbilt
E J. Berwing
Sophia Sherman
Henry Havemeyer
Gerry
H. McK. Twombly
Florence Vanderbilt
Commodore Gerry
Rhode Island
Peter Goelet-Gerry
Avenue
Ermine
New York Tackles Chicago Style Gangsters and Graft
New York City officials push harsher taxi rules amid widespread gang activity. Bootleg, dope, and gun-focused rackets spread from lower to midtown Manhattan with 20 000 newer gangsters, seen in upscale venues and fearsome turf battles. A socialite scandal, celebrity sandwiches, and a Will Rogers quip on the ukulele close this anecdotal page.
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New York
Tower
East Side
Times Square
Johnny’ Spenishes
Gyp the Bloods
Monk
Fifth Avenue
Forty-fifth Street
Sixtieth
Lejeune Nicknamed Gabe And Senate Barbs
Washington Daybook notes Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune known as Gabe from his Louisiana roots and famed bunk habit at Annapolis. It also recounts a Senate exchange where Senator Smoot praises Lincoln while Senator Bruce questions Lincolnian ideals in tariff framing.
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Herbert Washington
D. C
United States
Nome
Madagascar
John A. Lejeune
Gabe
Leathermeck
Lary
Lejeune
Annapolis
Louisiana Pointe Coupee Parish
New Orleans
Academy
Lausianian
Séjeune
Gabriel
Grabe
C. Plummer
United States Senate
Smoot
Utah
Florida
Hoover
Senate
Lincoln
Bruce
Paris to London airways carry 30000 in 1928
Paris February 26 Thirty thousand travelers chose the air route between Paris and London in 1928 and the share of air passengers to rail and channel travel stood at about one to one hundred. It is estimated that a little more than nine million preferred the customs ordeal at Calais Boulogne and Dieppe.
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Paris
London
Calais
Boulogne
Dieppe
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