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Waterloo Daily Mercury notices show subscription rates, carrier and mail pricing, and publication details. Staff names include John Hartman and Eder Jackson McCoy. Advertising policies emphasize accuracy, public policy, and general codes with references to Associated Press and audits.
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Eder Jackson McCoy
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Reducing Taxes and School Costs Demand Fiscal Reform
The Association for Retrenchment in Public Expenditures issues Bulletin No. 7 urging tax cut and thrift in education. It cites Pritchett and U S education data to show school costs rose far faster than pupil numbers since 1890, with salaries and plant construction absorbing most of the nearly $2 billion in 1925. It warns that city politics and lavish spending inflate bills, urging a careful comparison of money spent to real advantages gained before further tax hikes and debt.
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Association For
Henry Smith Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation ‘For the Advancement of Teaching
United States Bureau of Education Statistics
State Education Department
Chicago
Pastor quits Benson church over novel readings
In Omaha Rev. Albert R. Fiske, pastor of Benson Presbyterian, read chapters from his novel Voices of Gold during Sunday services. Elders condemned the practice and demanded he stop reading or resign. He chose to resign, while parishioners debate the impact on attendance and church tradition.
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Omaha
Albert R. Fiske
Benson Presbyterian Church
Mr. Fiske
Famous but not first Lindbergh misperceptions
In noting that Lindbergh’s Atlantic flight was not the first nonstop crossing, the piece recalls Alcock and Brown’s 1919 Newfoundland to Ireland flight and clarifies how marketing myths emerged around aviation firsts. It questions common claims that Earhart or Lindbergh achieved the earliest transatlantic feats.
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Col. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Miss Earhart
Lindy
England
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
North American
Europe
Freedom and duty in choosing a life of work
A Fosdick quote frames freedom as the challenge of using it wisely. The piece contrasts the dream of leisure with the reality of needing purpose. It argues a man who shirks toil must still fill time with worthwhile effort or risk triviality, urging constructive labor.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Debated Colds and Soda Remedy in Personal Health
A Minnesota lawyer cites an anonymous letter criticizing Dr. Volney S. Cheney Armour Company physician on colds. Dr Brady endorses soda as a cure and discusses acidosis, advising cautious self treatment while urging professional judgment for each illness. The piece includes reader Q and A on cold showers and disinfecting clothing, reflecting early 20th century health advice.
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Minnesota
Brady
Volney S. Cheney
Armour Company
Cheney
Tower Eight
Deer Slayer
William Brady
Voice of the Ox Cart by Glenn Vrank
An essay recounts a roadside encounter between Michael Pupin and a Serbian peasant. The peasant sketches a life of halted journeys, oxen, tar bags sold for dinars, and simple hospitality, contrasting rural Serbian life with American machine age. The piece argues the peasant voice offers spiritual calm amid modern haste.
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Glenn Vrank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
TheoGlore Newspaper Syndicate
Michael Pupin
Mr. Pupin
Pupin
Serbia
Belgrade
New York Nightlife Slump Mirrors Cabaret Decline
Excerpted musings by O. C. MelINTYRE from 1938 discuss New York reed houses and cabaret decline, noting empty summer venues, shifting tastes, and the fading allure of once popular spots like Healy's and Bustanoby's. The piece contrasts upscale eateries with a waning scene, highlights cabmen and old time valets, and recalls nocturnal city glamour fading into quiet evenings and skeletal promenades along Central Park.
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New York
Healy
Bustanoby's
Upper Broadway
Domingo
Healy's
Sherry’s
Central Park
Kerridge
Sir
Uncle Wiggily and Billie's Run Brings A Clocklike Frog Boy
In Hollow Stump school Bully No Tail arrives with Uncle Wiggily as he draws a puzzle picture on the board. Miss Mouse questions the riddle as Charlie Chick volunteers a guess about why Bully’s picture resembles a clock.
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Hollow Stump
Uncle Wiggly
Miss Mouse
Charlie Chick
Jai
Charlie
Billy Wagtail Races to Meet the Clock
In a chaotic scene Billy Wagtail rushes to reach a deadline as characters Billy Wagtail Charlie Miss Mouse and the Iron boy react. The dialogue hints at lateness and a challenge to give the right answer amid teasing and shifting blame.
Uncle Wiggily Tells Adventures In Honey Tree Tale
The story features Uncle Wiggily narrating about Big Bears chasing Little Bears from a honey tree, and the Little Bears uniting to overwhelm the Big Bear. Susie Littletail and others cheer, then Billie Wagtail warns of the Bob Gats approaching as recess ends. The class puzzles over a chalkboard puzzle before a croquet game awaits.
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Bully
Miss Mouse
Angie
Uncle Wiggily
Susie Littletail
Lady Mouse Teather
Ting
Billie Wagtail
Billie
Woos
Uncle
Lady Mouse
Odd contrast in Burlington Gazette news items
A Burlington Gazette item notes two incongruous stories on the same day. One reports Sioux Sam Pine Bird killed by a prairie schooner, a throwback to pioneer days, while Berlin reports a Luft Hansa strike threat could disrupt the modern air line.
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Burlington Gazette
Sam Pine Bird
Berlin
Lufthansa
Joy Street Chapter LVIII Sees Blackmailer confront Gay
In a tense episode Gay faces Charlie McCabe who taunts her with blackmail while Howard Weston plans to expose the scheme. Gay reveals the full story of McCabe Webb and Floyd Barry and Weston forges a plan to trap the extortionist at the Strand hotel before confronting him at the Olympia theater. Weston seems certain of the true facts behind the murder plot as the next chapter promises major revelations.
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Charlie McCabe
Gay
War
Webb
Earl i White
White
Murphy
Charlie
Weston
Strand Hotel
Olympia Theatre
Howard Weston
Strand
Westen
Madge Dunn
New York
Crosley Webb
Floyd Barry
Samuel Howell
McCabe
UNCLE RAY S CORNER ON THE EARTH S NOISIEST INSECT
UNCLE RAY explains cicadas as the loudest insects making summer music. He traces cicadas to 9 day harvest flies and 17 year locusts with long underground life cycles, molts, root sap feeding, brief surface emergence, and male singing. The piece ends by noting Greek verse about cicadas and hints at tomorrow topic grasshoppers.
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Charles Darwin
Oloada
Abe Martin Tir Mistake On Farmers Buying Cars
Abe Martin notes farmers erred by all buying automobiles criticizing public and government involvement while suggesting caution about car ownership amid social change. The speech remarks on couples and reliance on intuition, reflecting regional attitudes.
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Nobuddy
Faulty Jury System In Windom Opinion
Windom Minnesota citizen argues the jury system, though a great institution, often fails to protect rights as jurors let prejudice and emotion rule reason. A judge would sometimes do more toward justice than a jury in many cases.
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Windom
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Burroughs Nature Club Answers and Queries
Burroughs Nature Club column offers readers questions about cicadas oysters birds and tadpoles. It provides answers on cicada wing noises oyster movement bird groups slate colored junecos and woodpecker head protection with notes on Sargasso Sea and polywogs.
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