Newspaper Masthead and Advertising Policy Notes
The local paper lists John C. Hartman as President and Editor and Dackban McCoy as Treasurer and GM. It outlines subscription prices, carrier areas, and payment terms. It notes copyright, Associated Press membership, and advertising policies including rate information and anti-fraud and public policy protections. It mentions offices in major cities and representation by Story, Brooks & Finley.
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John CG. Hartman
Dackban McCoy
Esaeas
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press - International News
Ents
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Beee
Si Iene Oa Ae
Nng
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story, Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Cussed Words and Birth Control Query Spark Reader Letter
A reader asks for strong, pronounceable expletives and cites Frederick M. Temerity in a plea for cuss words to vent marital frustration. The letter also questions birth control information and recommends sources, urging readers to provide guidance for young people contemplating childless marriage.
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Frederick M. Temerity
Frederick
Roger
New York 3% A Night at the Theatre and More
A brisk chronicle mixes New York show life with theater notes and a comic Uncle Wiggily tale. It catalogs premiere nerves from Mayor Walker to critics, plus fashion and backstage energy, then shifts to a playful children’s story about Uncle Wiggily and friends, ending with a note on desserts and daily life.
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New York
Texas Guinan
Tommy
Karl Kitchen
Mayor Walker
George Jean Nathan
Grand and Glorious Feeling of Vacation Promises
A reader vent shows frustration over employer offering two weeks pay for vacation after four months of work. The message laments planning friends’ vacations and being invited to join, despite unclear pay and timing. It captures workplace expectations and personal frustration in a folk voice.
Courier Adopts Ionic Type For Easier Reading
The Courier introduces Ionic type across its news columns, aiming to reduce eyestrain and prevent hairlines from breaking in production. The new face promises clearer, more legible letters and a cleaner appearance, with readers gradually adjusting as the change takes hold.
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Courier
The
Debate Over Special Congress Session For Flood Relief
The piece contrasts New York World and Washington Post stances on a possible special congressional session to address flood relief. It notes World accuses President Coolidge of blocking an extra session while the Post says no emergency requires immediate action. Red Cross funding is cited as sufficient for current sufferers, with December as a time to discuss long term flood control. The writer criticizes partisanship shaping editorial policy.
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Congress
New York World
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Post
Red Cross
Air bubbles to tame the sea coast line defense
A Princeton engineer reports a new device to protect coastlines from breakers using an air compressor and a perforated pipe on the ocean bed. Bubbles rising to the surface are said to break wave force, with tests claimed to save structures such as California piers, offering an unconventional approach to storm and wave resistance.
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Princeton
California
America needs stronger air defense says Iowa editor
The Iowa editor questions Col. William Mitchell’s push for a larger air force noting recent long distance flights by single planes do not prove overall air service strength. While Lindbergh and Chamberlin inspire progress, the speaker warns against complacency and urges broader military, naval, and commercial aviation development.
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Iowa
William Mitchell
America
Mitchell
Col. Mitchell
Navy
New York
Lucky
Notice on Advertising Habits by Glasgow Merchant
A Glasgow Herald item questions merchants who avoid advertising, suggesting those who do not advertise may miss wide reach and promotional benefit. The witty remark links advertising choices to business visibility and success.
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Glasgow Herald
Ear and Man book and sweating hands remedies
Questions and Answers column notes where to obtain the book Ear and Man from F A Davis Philadelphia and how to address health queries. It provides chemical and lanolin based remedies for sweaty hands to protect art objects, advising daily palm application and a weeklong regimen along with a note on sending stamped self addressed envelopes to Dr William Brady for personal health letters.
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H. D
F. A. Davis Company
Philadelphia
Dr. Brady
William Brady
The Myth Of Success And The Art Of Creativeness
A reflective essay contrasts authentic success with artificial ease. It cites two Texas UT students sleeping in a state treasury to fund schooling, then argues real progress comes from alert, creative leadership while complacent admin roles reward inertia and compliance over reform. It urges moral courage to pursue genuine innovation.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Statute Books
Texas
State Treasury
Edward Winston
Sam Wheeler
Tuncounter
America
Nertia
Vote Slackers Warned in Washington Post Editorial
The Washington Post condemns vote slackers in the United States as a serious vice of intelligent citizens. It argues a dictatorship could arise if people fail to govern themselves and urges voters to fulfill their civic duty to prevent government abuses.
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Washington Post
United States
Mussolini
Italy
America
Uncle Wiggily and the Wild Cherries Adventure
Uncle Wiggily, Jackie Bow Wow, and Peetie Bow Wow start a cherry quest in cloudy weather. They invite the rabbit to join as he checks for rain with an umbrella. The trio hops toward cherry trees, then a mud turtle interrupts their venture with a sudden strike.
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Uncle
Mr. Longears
Jackie
Peetie
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Bear
Peetie Bow Wow
Brella
Peetle
Burroughs Nature Club Notes column inquiry prompts
Notes from Burroughs Nature Club invite reader questions on nature subjects. The column, issued under Houghton Miffin Company copyright 1927, directs readers to send questions to the Nature Notes Department and promises column answers.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
Nourishment in water in nature notes
Nature notes discuss agua nourishment and how some waterborne organisms obtain minerals from liquid sources. It notes minimal direct food value for most animals relying on solid prey or plant matter. Water serves hydration and sometimes dissolved nutrients rather than a primary feed source for animals like moose or birds.
Answers on asbestos use and bee foraging life
The text traces asbestos in artifacts to Charlemagne era and a 1678 Chinese handkerchief, notes lamp wicks and funeral cloth usage, then estimates bee nectar trips from one to two hours depending on bloom quality and season, and mentions domestic fowls being known for about seven thousand years with early China connections.
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China
Julia Pullen Entangled in Mysterious Suitor Plot
Fred Pullen and daughter Julia grapple with a mysterious fat suitor amid vanished gifts a caracul coat and a lacquered chest. Julia’s slap on her father heightens tension as Sam Carlile joins the walk home and Mrs Pullen fuelled by romance asks if Julia may marry the wealthy stranger in a life of diamonds and motor cars.
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Sam Carlile
Carlile
Julia
Pullen
Sam
Mr. Carlile
Fred Pullen
Mrs. Pullen
Fred
Elsie
Papa
Turkeys and a camel at new railway opening
In Philadelphia Record a satire about a Turkish rail opening led by Premier Ismet. The ceremony reportedly included sacrifices of 100 sheep and one camel. The piece mocks the idea of animals paying for progress and imagines camels finding a worse fate as freight carriers.
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Philadelphia
Ismet
Canada balsam fir and tamarack trees described
UNCLE RAY explains the Canada balsam fir is a tall evergreen from Labrador to Alaska and into Virginia, notes resin blisters used as glue, turpentine, and medicine, and contrasts it with the tamarack or larch its northern relative that drops needles in autumn. Tomorrow: The Giant Redwoods.
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Labrador
Alaska
United States
Virginia
Illinois
Uncle Ray
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Personal Health Service
0. C. McIntyre
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Carmen
Fourteenth Street
ATA
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure
Cherries
Howard R. Garis
Uncle Ray’s
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