Classified Rates and Notices From Waterloo Newspaper
A fragment from a Waterloo Iowa newspaper shows advertising and subscription details, carrier and mail rates, publishing notes, and policy statements. It mentions circulation areas and rates, Associated Press attribution, and advertising guidelines, with references to offices in major cities and newspaper representatives.
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Wea
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United’ Press International News Co
Associated. Press
Bureau of Circulations
Errett
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San’ Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Debts Past Due Face Scottish Firm's Persistent Effort
The Aberdeen area Scots law firm Kinnear and Falconer, based in Stonehaven, persists in collecting long‑dead claims from southern states defaulted over 50 years ago. Despite slim chances, the case seeks $325 million from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Carolinas, arguing federal action could honor international moral standards.
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Kinnear & Falconer
Stonehaven
Scotland
Union
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
A Strange World A glimpse of a distant easy future
The passage envisions a future where food tablets replace meals and technology lets people see and hear globally from home. It imagines remote work, automated labor, capsule fitness, and a life of effortless ease, concluding such a world, though possible, would lack fun.
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Lodore
Prominent efficiency expert arrested over missing 1927 auto tags
A noted efficiency expert was arrested this week for not displaying 1927 automobile tags. The incident drew attention as a publicized lapse by a well known figure in the field.
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Ohio State Journal
Ingress of insurgent statesmen in Mexican and Central Americas
A World-Herald opinion notes the difficulty of finding a Mexican or Central American statesman who has not at some point been labeled an insurgent. It treats insurgent history as a common thread across the region's leadership trajectories.
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Omaha World-Herald
Advice to Boys and Girls on Bowel Habits by Arbuthnot Lane
A health writer criticizes the belief that bowels must move only once daily. He contrasts Sir Arbuthnot Lane's controversial views with scientific caution, arguing against autointoxication theory and urging recognition of natural peristaltic urges multiple times daily or weekly as appropriate.
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Sim Arbuthnot
Hart
Sir Arbuthnot
Prevent
Battle Creek
Arbuthnot
Lane, Bart
America
Lane
Health Q and A from a historical newspaper column
Personal health questions on baking soda safety for ulcers and cancer fear, infant colic versus cold stomach, and child sleep needs. A physician notes soda may affect ulcers but not cancer. rest from soda a few weeks unlikely to harm. Colic usually not from cold. consult a doctor. Eight year olds need 11 to 12 hours of sleep for school. letters answered by Dr Brady with stamped envelope.
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B.L
Brady
William ‘Brady
When Words Betray Us By Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues that words shape opinions more than deeds and warns against overuse of labels in public discourse. He urges periodic vocabulary revisions to keep language aligned with reality and cautions against relying on epithets like Bolshevik Socialist and Internationalist in shaping political attitudes.
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Glenn
Frank
University of Wisconsin and
the Century Magazine
Anatole France
Earth
Tekamah Horse Outruns Car Crash With Stoic Gait
A Tekamah farm horse halted an approaching car by standing firm on the highway. The impact smashed the auto’s radiator windshield and fender while the horse rose unhurt and trotted away, leaving the wreck behind. The quirky incident contrasts with typical auto collision outcomes, highlighting the animal’s unusual resilience.
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Omaha World-Herald
Tekamah
Legislative Consistency in Masority Globe-Gazette
The writer ridicules local legislators for blocking a road bond vote while allowing voters to choose 11 district highway commissioners. The piece contrasts a clear bond question with the murky selection process for commissioners, calling this inconsistency a critical flaw.
Diary of a modern New Yorker in bustling New York
The writer reflects on a day of misadventure and social observations in New York, noting a self critical tour through incidents with a razor, a couple reuniting after a ship sail, and a long discussion on men in business. He lingers on waitstaff, customer behavior, and the vitality of taxis and buses in the metropolis.
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New York
John D.’ Rockefeller
Uncle Wiggily in the Sugar and Spice Grocery
Uncle Wiggily hops through a toy shop scene where a dog clerk bags sugar and jokes about boxes. The rabbit asks for empty boxes as flavors of mischief swirl with crackers and marbles among the cast of animal shopkeepers.
Empty Pasteboard Boxes Spell a Quiet Heist Plan
A grocery dog complains of boxes with nothing inside while Mr. Longears requests empty pasteboard boxes. The dog offers piles of empty containers used for oatmeal and crackers. Uncle Wigelly, with a stash of boxes, hurries back to his hollow stump bungalow as the scene unfolds.
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Mr. Longears
Playhouse Surprise Sparks Bunny Parade at Uncle Wiggily House
Uncle Wiggily builds a cardboard playhouse for Jingle Jangle and friends. The bunnies rush to play but a March Wind tosses the structure, scattering the group. Baby Bunty ends up in a tree box rescue scene as the family restores the playhouse and plans more fun after the escape.
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Wiggy
Mr. Longears
Bunty
Nurse Jane
Rabbit
Buster
Custer
Bumble
Baby Bunty
Uncle
Nurse
Jane
Uncle Wiggily
Mrs. Longears
Uncle Wigglly
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Q&A Column
Question prompts readers to send inquiries to the Nature Notes Department for general interest topics. The column invites reader engagement and promises answers in this paper. Copyright notice 1927 appears alongside the department name.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton. Mifflin Co
Nature
Answers in Tomorrow's Nature Notes
The notes explain that nuts spoil faster than grains due to higher fat content which turns rancid. shells offer some protection but fats oxidize. Apes have been observed using simple tools in the wild and captivity for foraging. Parrots imitate sounds by copying notes from other birds and sounds they hear, showing flexible vocal learning beyond basic mimicry.
Hangbird name for little bush tit and its mossy nest described
The text notes the bush tit, sometimes called hangbird in California, famed for a purse shaped moss nest tied around a living branch. It adds details on a dragon fly Epineschnna heros, and explains how horse teeth aging is observed through incisor and molar wear, with a lawyer and witness dialogue about answering.
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California
Land of the Rising Sun Japan profile
Uncle Ray describes Japan in the western Pacific as a nation of hundreds of islands formed from mountain peaks. It notes the name origin Ji pan meaning Source of the Sun, its population around 77 million, Fuji yama as a sacred peak, Oshima volcano at Yokio bay, and frequent but mostly minor earthquakes with serious quakes about once every six years. Tomorrow: Women of Japan.
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Pacific
Japan
California
Texas
China
India
United States
Soviet
Russia
Formosa
Oshima
Yokio Bay
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