Waterlooo Evening Courier Class Matter and Rates 1879
Waterloo Evening Courier details class matter status at the Post Office date March 3 1879 and lists price structures with carrier weekly mail subscriptions within 50 miles six months and annual rates. The notice notes Associated Press United Press and National News affiliations and outlines advertising policies and office representation in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco. Waterles
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Neren
Rerrenenmeenne
W. H. Courier
Corner Park Ave
Enya Fees John Co. Hamman
Eee
Sreasees
Jackson Nmccoy Creees Ureasurer
Associated Press
United Press National News
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Atari
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Why the duffer fuels our sports fan base
The piece argues that the avid spectator, the duffer, sustains athletics by fueling interest and funding. It cites Walter Camp and Francis Ouimet on spectators lacking technique yet driving excitement, noting duffers bankroll courses, clubs, and professionals while supporting tournaments. It emphasizes duffers originate from modest beginnings, shaping fan culture across golf, baseball, basketball, and tennis.
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Walter Camp
Duffer
Francis Ouimet
Tennessee
Chicago
Helen Wills
Francis Hunter
Mrs. Mallory
William Tilden
Europe
Lim
Passing the Buck in Farm Relief Debate
The St Paul conference of Midwest farm groups favors McNary Haugen as the best basis for relief but urges modifications to curb objections. Congressman Dickinson argues diversification does not fix prices and warns it merely shifts burdens among crops while calls for stabilizing prices through legislation.
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Conference of
Midwest Farm Organizations
St. Paul
Coolidge
Congressman Dickinson
Iowa
Northwest
Illinois
Dickinson
Misdirected energy and flagpole stunts spark copycat trends
Misused publicity drives a wave of flagpole sitters after Shipwreck Kelly's Newark feat. The piece cites Dr. O R Sweeney suggesting silk from cornatalks and notes the craze mirrors past record chasers in coffee, burgers, gum, and dance. It laments the pursuit and imagines a more constructive outlet.
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Kelly
Newark
N. J
Iodized Rochester Water Cut Goiter Rates
Dr George W Goler led Rochester New Yorks public health effort to iodize the municipal water to prevent simple goiter. Since 1923, 21 applications of 16 6 pounds of sodium iodid twice yearly achieved 14 to 28 parts per billion, costing about 1 cent per person annually. Goiter among children dropped from 3844 to 2010 in two years.
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Rochester
C. H. Mayo
Working in a Basement Healthful for Workers
Reader questions on basement work at a dry goods store. Answer: basement is as healthful as any floor with fresh air and light work. Also includes other items on corn remedies and nerve health testimonials, with instructions to send stamped envelopes for replies from Dr. Brady.
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Brady
Willian Brady
School and Community by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues the community is a living school that shapes individuals as much as formal education. He contends social order informs lifelong learning, urges saving school and society together, and notes schools thrive within the common life, not in isolation.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper
Orient
South Sea
Europe
The Sun Dial Lesson on Forgetting Pain
Mason Guy writes about a famous sun dial inscription that urges forgetting past evils and recalling only uplifting days. He argues the mind acts as an evaporator, erasing unhappy memories, and that life improves when one forgets mistakes. The sun dial’s hours record only shadows, not past sorrows.
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Mason Guy Globe-Gazette
Indiana Corruption Claims Stir State Politics
The Rock Island Argus denounces alleged corruption in Indiana while noting D. C. Stephenson, a Klan leader jailed for crimes, expresses loneliness and seeks company from former associates. The piece frames Stephenson’s desires as a societal craving and questions Hoosier state integrity.
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Rock Island Argus
Indiana
D. C. Stephenson
Hoosier
Stephenson
East Side street market life and vaudeville praise
July 14 report portraits the New York East Side push cart market with colorful stalls and old world traders. It notes rituals, superstition, and daily bargaining, then shifts to a tribute to vaudeville wire walker Will Mahoney and his ribbing with the orchestra leader as the act ends.
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New York
East Side
Manhattan
Uncle Wiggily's Redberries Berrying Adventure
Uncle Wiggily and his bunny brood go berrying for redberries in a sunlit field. They fill baskets while a roadside lemonade stand run by Baby Bunty struggles, then Uncle Wiggily riffs on lemonade color with redberries, helping Bunty sell all glasses and raise funds for city mice to visit the country.
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Mr. Longears
Bimble
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Stumble
Uncle
Jingle and
Jangle
Uncle Wiggily
Bunnies
Uncle Wiggzgily
Bumble
Jingle
Baby Bunty
Bunty
Abe Martin Wea Vacation Tales Spark Dress Dreams
Mrs. Joe Kite quips about Emmy wearing a dress if Slim Lindbergh ever settles down, reflecting small town humor as Abe Martin Wea notes people on vacation and not returning.
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Emmy
Slim Lindbergh
Joe Kite
The Story So Far A Pullen Family in Gossip and Plans
Mrs. Pullen faces social ostracism over rumors stirred by Mrs. Hamilton as a costly lacquered chest and its sale to two Chinese men draw attention. Attorney Parks probes a mortgage on Mrs. Hamilton's house while Julia endures flirtations and hints of a romance with Sam Carlile. Fred Pullen works on a new house, but setbacks threaten the project.
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Fred Pullen
Hamilton
Pullen
Pullens
Mrs. Pullen
Julia
Miss Pullen
Parks
Fred
Elsie
Sam Carlile
Sam
Mrs. Carlile
Still Optimistic at 93 Says Chaunicey Depew
Des Moines Register reports Chaunicey Depew at age 93 remains hopeful and upbeat. The piece notes his enduring optimism despite age and modern challenges.
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Des Moines Register
Chaunicey Depew
Friendly Chetek Hotelier Helps Traveler In Lake Country
In Lake Chetek a hospitable hotel owner, Earl Cutsforth, treats the visitor like an old friend. He drives to Rice Lake with his daughter Betty, shares a nature folder, and shows nearby cottages for rent on Lake Pokegama. The writer notes country friendliness contrasts city manners and mentions local fishing for crappies, pike, pickerel, black bass and an 18 pound pickerel.
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Lake Chetek
Vis
Chetek
Earl Cutsforth
Rice Lake
Betty
Prairie Lakes
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Waterloo Evening Courier
O. R. Sweeney
Personal Health Service
R. L
K. H
C. O. McGintyre
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Grand Street
Essex Street
East Broadway
Lilith
Adam
Mulberry Bend
Will Mahoney
Howard R. Garis
Daddicums
Shavertt
Joe
Bette
Maine
Wight
Abe Martin
Uncle Ray’s
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