WarGerea daily issue header and notices
The page shows the WarGerea issue volume 26 number 952 from Garner Park Ave. and Commercial St. with editor Hartman and treasurer McGoy. It lists subscription prices by carrier and mail, ad policies, and Associated Press membership details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hartman
Courier
Garner Park Ave
Commercial St
Hartman
Stereorey
Jackson McGoy
Srs Enner
Waterloo
Tows
Associated Press
United Press International News
Estimated Median Annual Incomes by Education and Age
A chart titled Estimated Median Annual Incomes of Workers with Various Degrees of Education According to Age of the Individual shows earnings by age 14 to 70 for grade school high school and college graduates. It notes college graduates earn about twice as much on average and that high school earners may surpass college earners between ages 22 and 27.
Outlawing War Contest Draws Youth Participation
National contest directs 100 educators and publicists to judge speeches on treaties to outlaw war. Louisiana leads entries among 37 states and one territory. a Simpson College student wins third prize of 200 dollars. The piece notes wide national interest and hopeful prospects for peace among young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement M. Biddle
New York City
Louisiana
Montana
Ohio
California
Texas
West Virginia
Oregon
Indiana
New Jersey
Iowa
New York
Virginia
Simpson College
Indianola
United States
Mars
Remarkable Two Man European Barnstorming Trek
The excursion stars Thornton Wilder and James J. Tunney. Wilder, famed author of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and Tunney, the world heavyweight boxing champion, plan a Europe tour filled with culture and sport as they travel across the Atlantic and Pyrenees seeking conversation and spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Thornton Wilder
James Joseph Tunney
Wilder
Lin Auister
Tunney
Atlantic
English Channel
Pyrenees
Napoleon
Westminster Abbey
Lafayette
Mr. Tunney
Band Concert Etiquette for a Quiet Musical Public
An ideal republic would admit only attentive listeners to band concerts. Distracting laughter and firecrackers would be barred, and parents would police their children to prevent disturbances. The piece argues for stern measures to protect concerts by worthwhile groups like the local American Legion band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Fortissimo
Junior
American Legion
Public manners at musical events noted by observers
A commentary on audience behavior during indoor and outdoor performances. The piece observes persistent chatter indoors and noise from outdoor crowds, noting the community’s need for greater decorum despite performers’ long rehearsal hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Republic
Iodized Salt andiodine in Diets and Health Myths
A reader recounts goitre in children despite iodized salt use and diet. Dr Brady explains iodized salt helps many but not all, notes iodine’s essential role, and urges continued intake through salt or seafood. He offers reader letters and explains safe iodine use and health cautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goitre
Goftre
Tony
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Great Lakes Basin
Odin
Bejtre
Engineer and Executive by Glenn Rank
A 1928 magazine extract contrasts engineer minds and executive minds. It lists notable engineers like Edison and Bell, and executives like Schwab and Morgan, urging a president who blends both traits for action and results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
University
Century Magazine
McAsure
Scongin and
Formal
Halion
Ameran
Sydm Ette
Seeinye
Eurinus
Thoms A. Edison
Charles P Steinmetz
Wilbur Wright
Glenn Custiss
Alexander Graham Bell
Charles Schwab
George Yy. Goethals
John Pershing
Judge Gary
Paul von Hindenburg
United States
Harlem Black Belt allure draws sightseers and writers
New York June 27 Harlem’s Black Belt attracts tourists with busses touring Lenox Avenue districts north of One Hundred Twenty Fifth Street. The area gains fame through plays, novels, writers and performers, with Florence Mills and Josephine Baker noted. a playful magazine excerpt includes Uncle Wiggily and woodland creatures in a children’s story segment.
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New York
Black Belt
Harlem
One
Paul Robinson
London
Claud Mur Kay
Boulogne
Florence Mills
Josephine Baker
WHS
Porgy
George Jean Nathan
Carl van Vechten
Carnegie Hall
Uncle Wiggily's Croquet Clue Stirs Quiet Classroom
Uncle Wiggily and the Lady Mouse School Teacher hush the rabbit as a puzzle on the blackboard hints at a hidden scene. The Bob Cat outside lurks while Uncle Wiggily tries to contain his laughter in his sleeve and avoid a noisy breach of order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollow Stump
Uncle Wiggily
Miss Mouse
Billife Wagtail
Bob Cat
Uncle Wigerly
Baby Bunty
Mr. Longears
Wolf
Bunny
Hal Hal
Uncle
Tam
Chan
Flo
Chippy
Puzzle tale of Uncle Wiggily and a door clue
The piece describes Uncle Wiggily solving a word puzzle with a clothes image and a door picture. He figures out the riddle as the door is shut and locked, and then the Bob figure races in, leaving the scene with the puzzle unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigany
Wiggily
Local Government and the Governors Power
Mid West Review notes that many people interact with the president and mayor of a town. It explains how streets taxes sewer water schools police and property security connect to state and local government. It highlights the governor's power to appoint commissions and set utility rates and tax assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pew
United States
Abe Martin on life ahead and fate at Niagara Falls
The column blends humor and fate as Abe Martin recalls starting life anew after Niagara Falls. Miss Pawn Lippincut comments on long marriages while a speaker at a New York convention of music merchants links his career to Bloomfield Indiana and early singing and drumming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagary Falls
Miss Pawn Lippincut
National Association of Music Merchants
New York
Indianapolis
Bloomfield
Ind
Hol EnBpps
Philharmonic Brass
Auction Block on Ocean Liner Triggers Mixed Bids
The Brooklyn Eagle reports a bizarre auction on a passenger liner where men are put up for bid while women bid for them to raise money for the seamen's fund. Most passengers enjoy the spectacle, but the male victims of low bids feel the sting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Seamen's Fund
Ummes
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Reader Qs on Garden Care Birds and Oysters
The column answers readers on dry wind damage to different garden plants, offers guidance on a meat rabbit farming book, and explains bird migration speed. It also describes how oysters move and attach to the bottom after larval stages, and identifies slate colored juncos as sparrows that feed on seeds and insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vnva Remuar
Nature
Beecher to Lecture on Wastes and Burdens of Society
Beecher will lecture in Waterloo at Burnham's Opera House in July on Wastes and Burdens of Society. City council will meet July 17 1878 to decide if 10 feet on each side of Main Street from Commercial Street should be vacated to widen the street to 80 feet. The note mentions Main Street now Park Avenue and other local notes about crops and a new steamer launched on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. D
Reba
Henry Ward Beecher
Burnham's Opera House
City of
Waterloo
Main Street
Commercial Street
J. H. Kukns
Elty
Park Avenue
Excursion on Cedar River Draws Crowds in 1888
Fort y years ago on a Friday evening forty boats sailed the Cedar River with Chinese lanterns brightening the scene. Spectators along river banks enjoyed the sight as N C Tardy adds a cement curb in front of his harness shop. A Cedar Rapids minister marries Winnie Fish to James Vaughan at D H Fish’s Waterloo home. Farmers complain of chintz bugs while Union Mill builds a 300 foot masonry breakwater at the tail race. Ed Coburn plans a shooting match for Fourth of July fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Mill Company
Ed Coburn
Grasshopper and Ant Tale From Uncle Ray's Corner
An old fairy tale recalls a grasshopper asking an ant for grain as winter nears. The grasshopper answers his summer diet by saying he spent the season clang.
The Grasshopper and Locust Facts for Readers
A compact nature note explains grasshoppers as insects with six legs and four wings that eat grass and leaves, face predators like hawks frogs and spiders, and risk mass swarms called locusts that can devastate crops. It mentions control methods once tried, including kerosene and bird usage, and cites 1913 swarm destruction across 400 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante
Ray
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bureau ofCirculations
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Prantiero
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
William Brady, M.D
Brady
Waimar
Pias
C. O. Boin'tyrs
The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Chinchilla
Vutrin
Chile
Adolphe Menjou
Comey
Howard
Formaline Rose
Times
New York Times
Abe Martin
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifferin
Mature Notes
Eicher
Cornet
N. C. Tardy
D. H. Fish
John Meyers
Meyers
Vega
Cedar River
Bert Baum
Waterloo Balloon Company
F. L. Anibal
Jack Stace
Quincy Street
B. J. Martin
Alfred Mullan
Iowa City
C. W. Mullan
Electric Park
M. Kinsella
Franklin Street
Appa
Uncle Ray’s
Grasshopper
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