Campaign reform thoughts mix with gossip in Courier
A long Waterloo Evening Courier column surveys campaign finance limits urged by Senator Arthur Capper and national committee rules, advocating small contributions up to 1000 dollars to keep politics clean. It also critiques private dance studios and police efforts, ending with a light barb about congress recesses and the Congressional Record.
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Arthur Capper
Kansas
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Gapper
Senator Capper
National Committee
Hoover
Curtis
United States
Benator Capper
George 5. Worthington
Greater
New York
Democrats Split as Shaver Feud Shakes Party
A WV family dispute exposes a rift in the Democratic ranks. Clem L. Shaver backs Al Smith for president while his wife, West Virginia Woman's Democratic National Law Enforcement league chair, opposes Smith. She denounces the ticket as a boon for dry Democrats and rails against leaders she says misled the party. Morality concerns plague New York City nightlife per a 1927 report, linking speakeasies and hostesses to rising vice.
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Democratic Party
Clem L. Shaver
West Virginia
Clem
Democratic National Committee
al Smith
Tammiany
Mrs. Shaver
Josephus Daniels
Dan Moody
Joe Robinson
Carter Glass
Jed Adams
Win
Palmotor Corps
New York City
Raines Law Hotel
Olltime Ralyes Law Hotel
Readers debate cold myths in rugged lumber camp tales
A reader letter column discusses cold exposure among lumberjacks in winter and contests the idea that wet clothes cause sickness. Respondents from readers and doctors defend both sides, with anecdotes from Lake Superior and New York medical practice, urging scrutiny of traditional beliefs about colds and contagion.
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Tam
Dale
Reep
Jefferson
Winkie
Lake Superior
CG. L. M
New York City
Bharsei
The Hokum of Highbrows by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank defends a smart set critics movement, attacking pretentious critics and the mockery of middle class values. He cites Catherine Helen Elliott and The North American Review while lampooning ten common critic stereotypes as targets for a sharp novelist critique.
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Glenn Frank
University of Winconsin
Rdivor of the Century
MeCture
Apo
America
Amuubmcgs
B. Yeats
Stirines
Smarteateck
Wokum
Intelligentsia
Catherine Heten
Ely
North American Review
Sily
Maszes TL
Pera
Uncle Wiggily and the Painter adventure tale
Uncle Wiggily returns to his hollow bungalow with forty seven rabbits awaiting a puzzle. The mouse lady crafts a middle letter puzzle, the bunny brood quips over letters, and Uncle Wiggily leads them to a double feature. A playful scene unfolds with a painting monkey and a hillside crossing near moving trees.
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Uncle Wigelly
Tingle
Auster
Moose
Ganse
Tooth
Uncle Wiggily
Mr. Longeara
Bunny
New York by Bey By 0. Co
A 1928 piece discusses white slave trafficking, detailing New York as a depot for girls shipped to Europe, mainly to Buenos Aires, with many disappearing. It outlines grooming processes in dances, beauty parlors, and dress shops, and notes European centers like Paris and a notorious Parisian kingpin. vivid urban observations follow, including unrelated musings on pastry shops, strangers, and gun laws in New York.
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New York
America
Europe
East Side
Chicago
Sie
Buenos Ayres
Jeandy
le Milieu
Center
Paris
Uncle Wiggily and the painter monkey sign puzzle
Uncle Wiggily meets a monkey painting a two legged sign on the hill top. The fox’s tail gets paint splashed, the monkey mocks the puzzled rabbit as letters scatter across the board. A Kansas City Star mock crusade for repealing a speed law appears in the tale’s drift.
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Uncle Wiggily
Uncle
Uncle Wiggity
Fuzzy Fox
Stiml
Afterthoughts on a Life of Quiet Romance and Loss
A maiden writer known for guidance to the lovelorn is mourned in a quiet funeral. The obituaries note survivors as distant cousins while reflecting on loneliness, the desire for lasting offspring, and the question of life’s purpose through art and philosophy. Her years guiding others haunt the audience as they ponder mortality.
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Prince Charming
Wrigley Spends Millions On Advertising For Gum
William Wrigley Jr. spends about 6 million dollars yearly on advertising. Ads run in 25 languages. Advertising educates and drives sales while funding wages for thousands of workers who circulate wages through the economy. Advertising credits prosperity to spenders and notes its role in making Americans happier and wealthier.
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Council Blut
Nouparen
William Wrigley
Wrigley
Uncle Rays Corner Little Saturday Talk Land in Sight
Uncle Rays Corner from aboard traces leaving Cherbourg for Southampton. He notes boarding by gangplank and plans to visit Tunbridge Wells London Oxford and Stratford on Avon. He observes British customs, seagulls, and an admiring airmail plane, promising more notes next week.
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English Channel
Cherbourg
Spob
Southampton
England
Tunbridge
Wells
London
Oxford
Stratford-on-Avon
Wright
Ray
Personal Liberty Versus Speeding and Prohibition Debate
A lecturer argues government should not infringe personal liberty over speeding and condemns enforcing morality by law. He cites education over police power, questions Volstead enforcement, and notes corruption worries in politics as campaign issues amidst Tammany camouflage remarks.
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Maeneken
Sidewalks Abolished Idea Sparks Traffic Debate
An Indianapolis editorial questions why sidewalks have not been abolished to widen streets for wheeled traffic, describing the notion as odd and forward looking. The piece critiques pedestrian restrictions and urges reconsideration of urban planning priorities.
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Indianapolis News
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions and Answers
A nature column answers reader questions on topics from summer snowbirds and hatchery behavior to mole predators and coral snakes. It covers bone hollowing in birds, skunk hide prep, and jellyfish sting mechanisms with concise explanations and examples.
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Naturé
Nature Notes
Abe Martin Skeptic Sees Farmers Losing Fury
Cartoonish column jeers at political upstarts and farmers, noting the ire fades quickly. Abe Martin mocks the public mood and asks why opponents aren’t as pressingly angry as before.
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