Waterloo Evening Courier Rates and Policies Notice
The Waterloo Evening Courier lists subscription prices and advertising policies. It notes four delivery and mail options, column about payment due dates, and statements on ad honesty and policy with references to New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco offices.
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Watteries
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News
Audit Bureau of Circulations
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley
Representatives
A Renaissance in Prohibition Enforcement
Enforcement of the Volstead act has surged with a renaissance in pursuit of bootleggers. Federal officers report 80,000 arrests in the year ending June 30, bios 2,500,000 gallons seized, a drop from the prior year. Major violations including conspiracies and smuggling led to several rings dismantled and leaders jailed.
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Scofflaws
Charles Duke
Hollywood to Cut Salaries Across Industry
The film business faces a rough rebalance as Hollywood plans to trim pay for about 300 000 workers totaling 1 000 000 dollars annually. Big stars and executives retain high weekly earnings, with Lon Chaney Wallace Beery Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson Pola Negri and Laura La Plante cited among top earners.
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Hollywood
L. F. Parton
Consolidated Press Association
Lon Chaney
Wallace Beery
Adolphe Menjou
Gloria Swanson
Pola Negri
Laura la Plante
Rockefeller’s wealth aids world health and happiness
John D. Rockefeller retired from business long ago yet remains a magnate whose philanthropy grows with his fortune. The Rockefeller Foundation last year spent 9,741,474 dollars on global health initiatives including hookworm control in 21 governments, yellow fever work in Brazil, malaria efforts in nine North American states and territories, Porto Rico, Spain, Palestine, and the Philippines, plus medical education and related fields.
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John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Midas
Rockefeller Foundation
Brazil
North American
Porto Rico
Spain
Palestine
Philippine Islands
Mr. Rockefeller
Stingy? Alarmists target Anele Samuel over air defense funds
Critics label Anele Samuel stingy for aerial defense funding while noting Congress approved S$82,590,000 for aviation and about $25,000,000 more in contracts. Colonel Mitchell counters that a total of $197,560.00 is not stingy, underscoring the budget scope.
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Anele Samuel
Congress
Mitchell
Byrd’s landramper welcomed by travelers prone to seasickness
The ramper Byrd crossed the Atlantic without seeing water will doubtless be welcomed with enthusiasm by travelers susceptible to sea sickness.
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Byrd
Atlantic
The Posture Muscle and the Cure for Swayback
A health column argues the rectus abdominis is the key to posture elevating the pelvis and reducing spinal strain. It criticizes inadequate physical education in schools and urges proper abdominal training to prevent lordosis in children, warning against untrained teachers and unsafe braces.
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New Orleans
Questions and Answers on a Fool Proof Cough Medicine
Reader asks why the cough medicine is limited to two days and if citrate harms the heart. Answer says it targets acute cases, is harmless long term, and not effective for chronic cough. advises medical care for persistent symptoms. Also discusses lime water vs milk for teeth and confirms long use of lime water is harmless. Letters to Dr Brady require a stamped return envelope.
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Brady
Willian Brady
Janet
Unofficial statesman proposed by Glenn Frank in 1927
The piece argues for a growing class of unofficial statesmen who can bring clarity during confusion. He should merge scholarship with marketplace practicality, cross labor and capital, illuminate foreign policy, and push democratic self government to new reassessment, harness science to life, and provide steady insight for officials to drink.
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America
Publishers Move to Restrict Press Agents in California
The California Newspaper Publishers association launches a campaign against publicity agents who seek free space in newspapers for organizations and ideas. It proposes an agency to evaluate public ventures, serving only worthy causes with free publicity and directing funds formerly paid to agents to cover submission costs. The shift aims to curb profit driven publicity and ensure newspapers receive content of merit.
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Moline Dispatch
California Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Broadway Naivete and Broad Curbside Commerce Charm
New York July 16 Broadway markets and street life display a naive charm amid city bustle. The scene blends curious pedestrians, newsboys, street parades, and enticing shopfronts with a colorful mix of pitchmen, movie hype, and wax fruit sales, all under police watchful eyes.
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New York
Broadway
Calliope
Uncle Wiggily's Bird Bath
Mrs Longears and Uncle Wiggily observe heat on the porch of their hollow stump bungalow. Nurse Jane notes four sparrows three robins and two bluejays panting under a currant bush with beaks open while the birds long for a cooling bath. A robin notes a brook bath would help but says it is of no use to go.
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Uncle Wiggily
Mrs. Longtail
Squeakie Kekie
Squeakie Hekie
Squeakie Eekie
Squeakie
Mr. Robin
Mouse
Mr. Longears
Uncle Wreggily
Mrs. Longears
Hollow Stump
Jane Fuazy Wuzzy
Wiggily
Nurse Jane
Birds Seek Bath in Dry Brook as Uncle Wiggily Helps
Mrs Robin laments drought and pleads for water while the muskrat housekeeper notes the brook is dry. Uncle Wiggily proposes using a shallow earthen dish in the yard and fills it with water from a sprinkling can for the birds to bathe. Nurse Jane provides a red clay faucial satchel pot to hold the water.
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Uncle
Jane
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column Prompted Questions
The Nature Notes column invites readers to send questions of general interest about nature to the Nature Notes Dept. Answers appear in the column. Copyright 1927 by Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Partridge brood vanishes without moving or flying away
A nature note poses questions about how a brood of young partridges seems to melt from sight, whether monkeys can swing by their tails, and identifying the most common American butterfly, signaling forthcoming answers in tomorrow's Nature Notes.
Are peacocks poultry and do skunks raid hives
The text discusses whether peacocks count as poultry under domestic fowls, listing species like fowls and peafowl. It also notes bee keepers’ claims that skunks raid bee hives at night by scratching at hive frames, provoking guard bees to release honey-rich insects.
Weather control dream spurs Iowa highway bond plan
In a reflective column Austin Tims recalls Sir Oliver Lodge’s weather control dream and notes practical limits. The piece muses on weather as a weapon, the ethics of atmospheric power, and ties it to Iowa’s push for cross state highways funded by a $150 million bond issue to reduce mud and boost connectivity.
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Iowa
Flying Squirrel Pet Tale in Uncle Ray's Corner
In a backyard elm, a flying squirrel nest brings a child’s tale of catching a wild animal, showing it at school, then releasing it after a week. The writer praises the humane choice and invites more reader letters about wild pets and summer bird friends. Janet Werner, age six, also shares a bright letter about the Uncle Ray column.
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Ray
Carl Kelly
Carl
Janet Werner
Uncle Ray
Dean Franklyn
Love
The Skunks Immune and Beet Bee Interaction
The text notes that skunks resist bee stings or that bees may be confused and eaten before stinging. It then questions lizards and amphibians in damp caves, stating lizards hatch from eggs with some live birth, their dry habitats, and salamanders as amphibians living near brooks or springs with colorful patterns.
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Umestone
Iowa Enters Upon a New Era Select Highway Commission
Davenport Times reports that five men composing the state highway commission have full control of the primary road system, marking a pivotal shift in Iowa's transportation governance and policy direction.
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Iowa
Davenport
State Highway Commission
Iowa Establishes State Highway System Under New Law
The Iowa law effective July 4 creates a unified state highway system with full commission supervision over maintenance and construction beyond county lines. Counties may vote bonds up to 3 percent of property value, repaid from motor vehicle taxes, gasoline taxes, and federal aid. The program aims to modernize roads, promising motor travel on par with neighboring states within a century. fourteen million dollars will be available.
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Iowa
Reliability tour in aviation proves endurance over speed
The Burlington Hawk Eye notes a 14-plane reliability tour starting in Detroit covering 4,000 miles with 49 passengers. The race rewards load, horsepower, and speed, showing planes can outpace autos in endurance. Glenn I Martin notes high finish rates and the doubling of distance from 2,000 to 4,000 miles this year, challenging public assumptions about aviation reliability.
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Burlington
Detroit
Glenn I. Martin
Indianapolis
Cost of Poor Roads Shaves Gasoline Costs Across States
A Charles City Press summary notes an automotive engineer found North Carolina motorists saved 16.76 dollars per car due to better roads as fuel use fell from 521 to 454 gallons. Additional studies suggest savings of 2.4 to 2.5 cents per mile for motorists and up to five cents per mile for motor trucks on paved vs unimproved roads.
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Charles City
North Carolina
Illinois
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