Waterlog Evening Convict Advertising Rates Notice
Waterlog Evening Convict print note shows publication by W H Hartman Co with address, editor, manager, and subscription pricing. Includes notices on advertising rules, payment timing, and policy against fraudulent ads. Also lists Associated Press, International News, and Audit Bureau memberships with rate variation and office contacts.
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W. H. Hartman Co
Corner Park Ave
Dohr GO. Hartman
Jackson McCoy
Td Genere
Vypeesee
Waterioo
Associated Press
Varied
Press International News
Wtas
Apects
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Tenis
Imust
Ereversz
Ay Angeles
Finley
Siar
Debating amateur status in college athletics
A discussion on fairness and amateur rules in college sports, citing the University of Iowa Big Ten ban and underwriting of athletes. Alumni generosity is blamed for undermining amateur ideals, while athletic authorities pledge not to pay players. The piece notes shifts in burden to students, faculty, and conferences amid ongoing controversy.
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Tim
Husky
University of Iowa
Big Business Faces High Overhead For Stores
A Harvard Bureau study funded by the National Retail Dry Goods Association finds department and specialty stores with $1,000,000 plus annual sales allocated 31.7 cents of every dollar to overhead in 1928. Of the remainder 66.8 cents paid for goods and 1.5 cents as profit. Overhead rose amid rising wages and higher taxes on buildings and stock, as stores strive to improve merchandising and service despite growing costs.
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Harvard Bureau of Business Research
National Retaiil Dry Goods Association
Useful and Harmless Snakes Aid Iowa Farms, Editor Says
Iowa’s nature editor argues snakes, including harmless varieties, control pests and pollinators. He notes no venomous species in the region except some rattlers in hills, urging farmers to rely on natural predators like snakes to protect grain and crops.
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Iowa
Linca
Naterdy
Cherk
Lowa
Sign of the Times on School Leadership and Belief Trends
The passage notes a growing but incorrect belief that snakes should be destroyed when encountered. It also observes that few large US school boards would hire a high school superintendent or principal unless they are church members, valuing character and training as highly as scholastic achievement.
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United States
Broncho Pneumonia and Insurance Policy Phrases
A reader notes a Washington Supreme Court decision that infection from abrasions causing septicemia counted as an accident, obligating payment of the claim. The Alabama Supreme Court later upheld limiting liability to a quarter of the death benefit if death occurred within a year from diseases termed pulmonary.
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Supreme Court of Washington
Health and Accident Insurance Company
Alabama Supreme Court
Court, of Appeals
Southern Life & Health Insurance Company
Drake
Inconsistency in Belly Breathing Advice Explained
A health column explains that natural breathing is belly breathing with the belly expanding on inhalation. It advises focusing on belly movements rather than chest expansion, while noting one should not ignore the chest. It discusses wisdom teeth growth timelines and prevalence, wax in the ear treatment, and sly cautions about baking soda as a cold remedy, with readers urged to send stamped, self addressed envelopes for letters to Dr. William Brady.
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A. Ky
Tr. Brady
William Brady
Impossible Jobs By GLANN VWRANK President of Wisconsin era
The piece argues pioneers are rare, stressing the scientist as the modern explorer who must confront vast unknowns. It laments over specialization that narrows aims and urges embracing tasks larger than current abilities to inspire growth and enduring effort.
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Glann Vwrank Presiden
Tabveralty
Wisconsin
Edline of the Century Magazine
McCinte
Fional
Explorer
Nantow
Tin
Seventy Years Ago In The Courier June 7 1859 ad items
Seventy years ago in The Courier June 7 1859 itemizes lodging at The Center House Grundy Center with travel inducements and comfort notes. It notes Judge Hubbard’s store stock of summer clothing dry goods groceries and general goods. The Black Hawk steamer service between here and Cedar Rapids carried freight, listing Cedar Rapids Waterloo and other consignments. W. H. Ayers Parmenter & Davis J C Hubbard Couch Hungerford and W W Ferry are named for goods and services. Ferry and Hallock’s ferry are described as river crossing options opposite the courthouse. Frog bridge work proceeds with timber on site and progress framing piers.
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Judge Hubbard
Black Hawk
Here
Gedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Mer
Herbert Washington
D. C
Congress
Washington
Esme Howard
Hae
Embassy Row
United States
Opening day tests for city steam fire engines begin
Fifty years ago on Wednesday June 4 1872 the opening day of competitive tests for steam fire engines. Three steamers La France Jeanie Jowell Clapp ds Jones and Silsby ran through tests measuring steam up time and water distance. Tomorrow’s contests move to Des Moines in September. Brubacher opens agricultural implement business at Fourth and Jefferson. Grundy Center cyclone damages Kerr Campbell block with brick veneer torn and front threatened.
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la France
Jeanie Jowell
Clapp Ds Jones
Silsby
Grundy Center
Kerr & Campbell
Johnstown Disaster and Local Civic News in 1889
The issue recalls the 1889 Johnstown flood with Conemaugh Lake dam breach causing massive devastation and suggesting a potential smaller overflow threat locally. It also reports on graduates of Waterloo Exist High, the First Methodist church bid extension, Thomas Cescaden hiring for a large brick building, evangelist Sam W. Small’s lecture, Waterloo Exist High commencement at Grace Church, Neely & Co moving to a new Fourth Street office, and local building plans and projects.
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Johnstown
Conemaugh Lake
United States
Asi High
Wy Alumni Association
First Methodist Church
Waterloo
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
A. Eggert
Iowa State University
Twenty Years Ago Highlights From June 5 1909
A memorial note on Jesup merchant David Casmer who died after years of ill health. Black Hawk county reported over 85000 acres of corn last year per County Auditor Rainbow. Franciscan Sisters hospital funding short by 6000, plans to regate on Independence Avenue. Mrs Joh Gorten of Fox Township died from paralysis at 85. Commencement at Waterloo East High with 21 graduates. Sacred Heart Catholic church site broke ground on Fourth Street West. Old West High graduates 33, diplomas issued with a cantata Building the Ship.
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Black Hawk County
Rainbow
St. Louis
Board of Trade
Independence Avenue
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Fourth Street
Old West High
A.T. Hukill
Syndicate Theatre
Mystery Thrillers Rule Nightly Markets in New York
New York reports rising demand for mystery and detective tales as editors and publishers race to supply thrillers. Edgar Wallace and S. S. Van Dine are highlighted among top writers, with a Crime Club imprint expanding prepublication access. The piece notes market fatigue from low quality tales and cites notable readers and figures.
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New York
Edgar Wallace
America
Phillips Oppenheim
Willard Huntington Wright
S. S. van Dine
The
Crime Club, Inc
Premier Bridwin
England
Woodrow Wilson
Theorloye Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Aupreme Court
Caften
Bellamy
The Miracle and a Vacationist Tally
A nostalgic column blends jokes on vacations and daily quirks with brief notes on fashion, finance, and the press. It references a traveler who deserts wire money, jokes about taxis, and hints at political and legal snippets from Minneapolis and Iowa.
Washington Society Favors Annapolis Roads Club Summer refuge
Washington's elite, sidelined by Congress, turns to the Annapolis Roads club near Annapolis for summer recreation. The seaside retreat offers a sandy beach, golf modeled on top courses, yachts on Chesapeake Bay, and a luxurious club house, with notable officials among its governance.
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Washington
Annapolis Roads Club
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Florida
California
Mediterranean
Annapois
Holts
Annapolis Roads
Piping Rock
Prestwick
St. Andrews
Scotland
Biarritz
Lido
The
National
Chicago Golf Club
Redan
Board of Governors
Charles P. Summerall
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
United States Navy
Jonas Tagran
Paul Dashiell
Annepolis
Danuglas Howard
State acts as assistant collection agent promoting private business
The piece argues the act serves mainly to aid private business, not public welfare, questioning why fault in accidents allows ongoing road use if damages unpaid. It cites surety bonds for public officials and notes gas tax collections in Burlington, reporting £603,546.39 by April, totaling five years and exceeding 1928’s similar period.
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Burlington Gazette
Gas tax funds Iowa road progress praised in report
The report notes $10,000 for FR. S. Johnson as treasurer of atnite and shows year to May 1 collections totaling 3 153 689 compared with 3 146 182 79 in 1928. It argues gas tax funds the state highway commission, aiding in lifting Iowa from the mud and expanding road traffic amid rising gasoline costs.
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FR. S. Johnson
Atnite
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Inventions Blunting Rackets Columnists Urge Caution
Mrs Em Hanger quips about being mistaken for Al Capone while driving through town. Her husband Mr Leslti Hanger claims to have invented a run shock absorber for congressmen trunks, showcased at the Winslow show in the Monarch 4 & 10 cent store.
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Nature
Courier
William Brady, M. D
D. S. Wass
Times
Chants
H. N. Ayers
Parmenter & Davis
J. C. Hubbard
Couch 4
Hungerford
W. W. Ferry
Lewis
Hallock’s Ferry
Des Moines
Brubacher
Fourth and
Jefferson Streets
Thomas Cescaden
B. C. Eaton
Cascaden
Sam W. Small
Georgia
West Side Opera House
Neely & Co
David Casmer
Jesup
Joh Gorten
Fox Township
Western Avenue
Waterloo East High
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Hfe
Broadway
Jim Brady
Houston Street
Dante
Columbia School of Journalism
Walter Winchell
Peagy Joven
Meade
Gost
U. S
Patent Office
By C. D. Batchelor
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Peet
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Ocean
Lady
Kresge
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Main
Mon
Leraine Devaney
Madison
K. C. Ma
Jess
Ohfeaco
Utis Skinner
Siack Exchange
Advt
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Minnesota Senate
House
Sioux City Tribune
Atlantic Seaboard
Evening Post
Indig
Donbed
Pantaleon
Mars Mosct
Crosa Ak
Abe Martin
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