Advertising policy and classifieds guidelines notice
A dense notice outlines newspaper advertising rules including rates, payment terms, and editor responsibilities. It mentions the Associated Press rights, circulation audits, and the paper’s authority to edit or reject ads to maintain public policy and avoid misleading content. It cites offices in major cities and outlines representative firms.
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Seco
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press National News
Associated Press
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley
Representatives
Aestheticism in sports contributes to Mexican baseball rise
The essay contrasts Mexican baseball culture with American sports, noting Mexico City hosts over 60 sandlot teams linked to Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb legends. It argues baseball’s grace and poise contrast with American aggression, criticizing prizefighting and basketball for prioritizing results over beauty, and suggests adopting bullfighting’s elegance into American athletics.
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Mexico
United States
Mexico City
New York
Babe Muth
Ty Cobb
Spain
The Final Volume of the New English Dictionary
A monumental work to be completed this year as the complete English lexicon is compiled. Hartley Coleridge began the project in 1861 and A H Murray led editors who labored long hours to define every word with quotations. The dictionary embraces Americanisms and Chaucerian English, with examples like put showing 54 senses.
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Europe
United States
Hartley Coleridge
A. H. Murray
Winning the Skeptics Across the Early Flight era
Editorial summary notes the decline of aviation skepticism with progress in air, radio, and TV. It recalls past bets like $1,000 prize for a moon trip and a $1,000,000 challenge for an Atlantic flight, and suggests betting on a future physics or policy breakthrough despite uncertainties.
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Jules Verne
Bacon
The
Boston Globe
Ed Howe
Kansas
Atlantic
Howe
Lucky Lindbergh
Coolidge Cites Lifespan Rise to Boost Third-Term Bid
President Coolidge argues the average working life of English speaking men has nearly doubled in 50 years amplifying his case for a third term, claiming long health and vitality bolster his candidacy and sweep away opposition.
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Coolidge
Wastingtom
Personal Health Clinic Odd Notes from an Odd Clinic
Case studies from Minnesota and Michigan present a mix of optimistic patients and warnings about fear of surgery. A 47 year old Iowa woman reports pleasant anesthesia, no post op pain, and robust health after several operations. A Michigan man overcomes fear of gall bladder and appendix removal, urging others not to delay surgery. Signed letters on personal health addressed to Dr Brady offer brief replies.
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Habitat Minnesota
Minnesota
Brady
Willan Brady
Spiritual Specialization By Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues that early Christian leadership embodied a division of spiritual labor with roles for apostles prophets missionaries pastors and teachers. He urges modern churches to adopt diverse specialized gifts including administrators and part time leaders to avoid overburdening single preachers.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
The
Century Magazine
St. Paul
Ephesians
Leonardo da Vinci
Dimm ers and headlight use urged on hilly stretches
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald notes that appeals for using dimmers are down and not always required, but drivers should headlights when advisable. On level roads a vehicle is visible in time to turn out safely, yet on steep hills at speed the crest may hide oncoming traffic, risking a sudden, serious accident.
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Dubuque
Farmland Tax Burden and Policy Shifts
Davenport Times argues local taxes heavily burden farmers while federal tax cuts under President Coolidge do not relieve the average farm operator. The piece calls for raising farm income to ease the tax load and urges national action to bridge gaps between agriculture and other sectors to restore buying power and spark industry growth.
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Davenport
Coolidge
Washington
Welcome to Washington The Nation's Capital
The piece extols Washington as a peaceful welcoming city for visitors noting slower pace in transit and restful corridors. It highlights the capitol library and historical objects that evoke belonging for all visitors, rich or poor, as part of a shared national inheritance.
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Los Angeles
Capitol
Uncle Wiggily Teaches School On Island Adventure
Uncle Wiggily and children skip school in the Hollow Stump tone. With Lady Mouse absent the bunny teaches geography by taking the class to a pond island, using a wash tub boat to show land surrounded by water. Longears and Susie Pilot pupils, then Lady Mouse returns to finish lessons. Lollypops are shared. school ends at noon before the voyage ends.
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Susie
Johnnie
Jackie
Wiggily
Lady Mouse
Peetle
Mr. Longears
Jackie Bow Wow
Miss Mouse
Uncle Wiggily
Squeakie Eakie
Charlie Chick
Johnnie ‘Bushytall
Jeegogary
Diary of a modern Pepys a travelogue and recollections
From New York on June 20 C O McIntyre recounts early morning train arrivals a depot lunch at tasting oyster stew and a dinner with friends. He muses on public blushing trips explanations of fear for steel workers and a balloonist turned vaudeville rider while noting Lindy and the changing balloon business.
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New York
Modern Pepys
Jack Harkaway
W. V. McNitt
C. B. Driscoll
Ohio
Abe Martin on Lessons Borne by Burned Light
A quip from Abe Martin about the sting of realized limits. The line notes the burden of leaving the furnace room light on all night and the class of learning that follows overconfidence.
Family turmoil over gifts and rumors rocks Pullen house
Fred and Mrs Pullen confront a tangle of gifts to Julia and rumors of a mysterious fat donor. Mrs Pullen denies the affair while gossip spreads, prompting Julia to plan to summon neighbor Sam Carlile and reveal the truth. Mrs Pullen fears social disgrace as tensions rise.
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Fred Pullen
Pullen
Julia
Sam Carlile
Blind Boone to retire after 47 years of tours
In Iowa Kan Register notes Blind Boone, a gifted pianist born with limited sight, is retiring after 47 years of concert touring. Under a trusted manager he built a modest fortune, earning about $17,000 a year in his final years as a life of music nears its end.
UNCLE RAY'S CORNER THE KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE
Early Kentucky settlers learned a drink from boiled seeds of a local tree that tasted like coffee. The Kentucky coffee tree grows in Kentucky Ontario and Arkansas but seeds are no longer used for drinks. Real coffee comes from tropical shrubs. Brazil leads in production while Java coffee is prized. A reader asks why flying up keeps you from reaching New York or Chicago. gravity and Earth rotation explain it. If you rose a mile over Chicago you would hover and fall back as you move with the surface. Tomorrow—Why the Seas Are Salty.
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Pullen
Julia
Sam Carlile
Sam
Kentucky
Ontario
Arkansas
Brazil
Java
New York
Chicago
Ray
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Hollow Stump
Peetie Bow Wow
Billie Bushytail
Squirrel Boys
Susie Littletail
Rabbit
Pre
GarnEle
C. O. McIntyre
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
al Davis
America
Lindy
Real Sport
Abe Martin
Elsie
Mrs. Pullen
Moses
Mama
Julis
Papa
Sam Cable
Blind Boone
Uncle Ray’s
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