Waterloo Evening Courier excerpt on rates and policy
The notice outlines subscription prices, advertising rates, and general policy for the Waterloo Evening Courier. It references Associated Press and United Press bureaus, classified ads handling, and the Bell System study note on college class performance and salary outcomes.
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Waterloo
Iuwa
Associated Prest
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Philadelphs
Ghiesgo
Los Angeles
San Preca
Story
Brooks & Finley
Representatives
The Republican South and the Hoover Influence
The piece argues that southern Republicans and midwestern Democrats show little influence in national nominations. It notes 167 of 545 convention votes come from the south, often controlled by patronage, shaping the GOP nominee. Hoover faction gains from committee hearings, signaling administration leverage in delegates.
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Middlewest
Alabama
Iowa
South
United States
Hrades
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Mencken Xenial Look At Conventions And Liquor
Conflicting reports on booze arrangements at the Democratic national convention in Houston spark Mencken’s brisk critique. He argues conventions debunk myths about union focus, prohibition, and legislators abstaining from alcohol, praising his plain, concise style and provocative, life‑stirring observations.
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Houston
H. L. Mencken
Congress
Mr. Mencken
Chain stores probe spurs debate on business power
The federal trade commission inquiry into chain stores signals a broad shift in American business. The move follows requests from wholesalers and retailers for government help, while Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck stock activity shows investors betting on continued gains. A financial weekly notes surging sales for both firms, with dividends under 3 percent. The piece forecasts chain stores nearing utilities scale, despite mixed sentiment about regulation.
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Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Montgomery Ward
Seers- Roebuck
Financial Weekly
Personal Health Service in the Letters Page
Dr. Brady addresses gender bias in fertility, noting male sterility in many childless marriages and urging medical examination for men. The column includes reader questions on ivy poisoning and flea control in pets, with responses and safety cautions from Dr. Brady.
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Brady
Wiliam Brady
The Ministry of Music by Qlenn Frank
The essay extols music as a liberating force beyond commerce and private use. It reviews John Redfield’s Music A Science and an Art, noting music’s roles from war morale to worship, recreation, labor, and healing, with historical examples from Jericho to modern society.
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Ministry of Music
Qlenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure
John Redfield
Redfield
Jericho
Alor
New York City Scenes and Vaudeville Notes 1928
A collage of New York street life and entertainment sketches from 1928. Anne Nichols and Edna Ferber are mentioned amid playful city vignettes and a cartoonish parade of characters including Peter Arno and Lois Long.
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New York
Anne Nichols
Nate Collier
West
Robert Emmett MacAlarney
West Forty-second
Broadway
Bud de Sylva
Katherine Cornell
Frederick Burr Opper
Fifth Avenue
Puzzles and fashion notes from a lively morning page
A playful teacher napping through a puzzle lesson, with two board puzzles set for quick guessing. A stray remark on Uncle Whelly's Sunny watch leads into a broader Times topic about ladies with cropped hair and evolving wig fashions.
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Uncle Whelly
Uncle Wiggily and the Lazy Cat Classic story adventure from WOW and R. GARIS
Uncle Wiggily tells forty seven little bunnies of Woozie Wulf fleeing after a lively lizard imitates a lost baseball to frighten the Police Dog. Tingle, Tanble, and Daddicums join the sleepy tribute as Uncle Wiggily carries a bedtime tale into morning field wanderings in search of hungry adventures.
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Mr. Longears
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Jane Fuzzy
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Bunnies
Joy Street melodrama unfolds in transit from small town to New York
Gay Holton aresentful of her life in a small town leaves for New York to model. She meets Crosley a Wall Street man and Beverly Juneau an extra in films. Gay lands a minor role then faints from illness. Webb a man who admires her moves her to Central Park West for care. Beverly and Lottie note Webb loves Gay as the crisis deepens and a doctor orders rest.
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New York
Gay
Crosley
Wall Street
Greenwich Village
Beverly Juneau
Beverly
Paradox Studios
Nat
Guee
Webb
Lotte
Howard Weston
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Flick
Barry
Cross Jey Webb
Dow
Dastal
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Miss Juneau
Gay Hathaway
Lottile
Wehicle
Tig
Lottie
Central Park West
Miss Pb
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions on Nature Topics
This column invites readers to submit general nature questions to the Nature Notes Dept. Questions include whether dogs and cats share teeth counts and how to protect an old wisteria vine with iron fence. summer observations note caterpillars on the plant for the first time this season.
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Nature Notes
Wisteria
The Norse Version of Balder's Death
Uncle Ray presents a brief Norse myth explaining Balder’s death. Frigg seeks oaths from all beings to spare him, but a mistletoe blind spot is exploited by Loki. Hodder, aided by Loki, throws the fatal spear, Balder dies and goes to Hel. The tale myths the sun’s daily setting as Balder’s death.
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Balder
Jeff
Frigg
Heaven
Loki
Oak Tree
Hodder
Hador
Hel
Tochemi
Proud Dog Defies Snake In Kentucky Tale
A Kentucky farmer chased a large black snake moving toward his dog. The dog barked and the snake vanished into its mouth. The dog then performed cartwheels and handsprings before calmly returning to its place, portrayed as proud of its audacious owner.
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Houston Post-Dispatch
Kentucky
Abe Martin Little Myrtle Pash Awarded Knowledge Cup
The Skunk Ridge School honors Abe Martin Little Myrtle Pash with the general knowledge cup this May. The event names Pash as junior senator of Idsho, reflecting a local school recognition tradition and the era’s playful phrasing.
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Skunk Ridge
Namin’ Jo
Idsho
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