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Waterloo urged to build airport and radio facilities
Citizens argue Waterloo should provide airport facilities to spur future commercial travel and place the city on new maps. They question current radio absence, noting Waterloo once had two stations and now has only one way signal. A two way system and wavelength allocation are debated with estimates of 25 000 to 30 000 dollars for a 1 000 watt station.
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Times
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Washington
United States
Portraits of Six Chinese Leaders Shaping a Fragmented Nation
The Review of Reviews outlines six dominant figures in China’s volatile scene. Sun Yat-Sen, Chiang Kai-Shek, Eugene Chen, Chang Tso-Lin, Wu Pei-Fu, and Feng Yu-Hsiang are profiled from their origins to their current roles, each tied to regional power struggles, foreign influences, and shifting alliances that define the republic’s uncertain future.
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China
Far East
Sun Yat-Sen
Shanghai
Imperial Military College of Japan
Russia
Eugene Chen
Trinidad
England
Great Britain
Oos
Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Japan
Wu Pei-Fu
Chib-li
Chang
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Fengyu
America
Philippines
Shensi Province
Around the World in 80 Days Inspires New Air Flight Feats
A century after Jules Verne, travelers chased faster circumnavigations. Signor de Pinedo, the Italian aviator, predicts a globe flight in four days or less, arguing speeds above 250 mph make such a journey feasible. The piece notes aviation has shrunk the world to about 25,000 miles and hints the era of rapid air travel is near.
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de RC Vererty
Signor de Pinedo
Personal Health Service Ladies Classified
A satirical health column divides ladies into P P F F and S S classes by size and social tone. The author parodies a doctor’s advice, offering comedic “sympathy” and weight reduction guidance, with the punchline urging readers to request his help through letters and stamped envelopes.
Questions and Answers on Everyday Packaged Goods
Readers discuss the appeal of pretty packaging for foods and health products, questioning why bran is removed and later repackaged. A reader asks about nerve deafness while Dr Brady notes letters will be answered if stamped self addressed envelopes are provided.
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William Brady
The Ultimate Challenge by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank cites Anatole France on a distant future where Earth is frozen and humanity vanishes. He argues the real test for intellect may be to find a substitute for the sun, offering hope beyond despair despite grim imagery.
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Earth
Record Question: Air Routes and Time Advantage Explored
An analysis of a rare hypothetical flight path notes that flying eastward could yield a 24 hour time difference in mid Pacific routes. The piece weighs whether such a time edge would be meaningful in practice for long distance travel.
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Black Hawk County Eyes Paving Under New State Road Law
Black Hawk county, with over 69 miles of paved highways, will likely pursue paving of major routes recently graveled under the new state road law. Counties compete for bonds funding road improvements, and Black Hawk should target highways still lacking paving, or those recently graveled, to shape a strong county paving program.
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Oelwein Register
Black Hawk County
Ragged Street urchins of West Forty-seventh Street roam nightly
A vivid New York portrait describes ragged youths at West Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth streets near Broadway. They travel in packs led by a strong boy, panhandling, selling last week papers, and dodging blue uniforms while showing signs of malnutrition and homelessness. A reporter recalls Julius Tannen aiding one boy nicknamed Red McKenna, and shares anecdotes of other children including Mickey and Jimmy Geards, plus a whimsical Uncle Wiggily serenade episode involving dolls, pets, a rubber band, and a wolf.
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Money to Burn Correctionville Nets Auto Tourism Boom
The article projects 40,000,000 Americans will tour by automobile in 1927, about one third of the population, using around 10,000,000 cars. Gasoline, oil, and other costs are not yet estimated. It notes the paradox of widespread travel yet financial hardship and asserts Americans have money to burn.
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Correctionville
Laws Against Suicide Reform Call in Washington Post
The Washington Post urges reform after a Washington woman dies by her own hand following multiple attempts. It argues authorities should have power to restrain inveterate personal crisis reports and prevent further tragedies, noting such reports are largely ignored and often harming others.
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Local Notes and Gossip From Waterloo 1877
Fifty years ago on May 2 1877 weddings were reported with John R Hostetler and Miss Sadie Hoff wed April 26 at the bride’s home. A two week old applicant named Anna Smith tried to work at the Harmsley home and later stole jewelry worth hundreds, was caught near Janesville, and bound over to the grand jury as a horse thief. A group from Illinois passed through Waterloo en route northwestern Iowa. The Waterloo Foundry plans to manufacture the Tannahill lathe a tool mashup of lathe scroll saw and circular saw run by patentee Mr Tannahill. Mrs EB Wells died of typhoid pneumonia. Fourth Street commerce remains brisk. The Ray mond block debris was cleared and the old store front moved to rear lots behind the Baptist church for a storeroom. it dated to the 1850s built by T H and J Elwell.
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Harmsley
Janesville
Squire Lanfear Knapp
Cedar Falls
Grand
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Baptist Church
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Weather note and local items from May 4 1887
Weather observer J P Evans notes 86 degrees marks the time to report last winter’s snow. He logged 26 snowstorms totaling 3 feet 10.6 inches, first on Navy 16 and last on April 3. A Prairie Home seminary roof fire was extinguished with minor damage. Ice cream parlor, Turners lake hunting, cement work for local builders, Key City house reopening, and local farming activity are reported with prices and services.
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Mercury
Navy
Evans
Prairie Home Seminary
Park Avenue West
Homes Park tract to be laid out for homes and boulevard
The Home Park Investment Company voted to plat a 40 acre Homes Park race course site for 60 houses with lots at $200 cash. The plan calls for extending Home Park boulevard from Sullivan Avenue to the Chicago Great Western tracks, 100 feet wide with 20 feet in the center as parking. Waterloo loses horse racing. Cedar Valley circuit ends and Decorah replaces. Also notes death of E. T. Cowin born 1847 in Ohio, Civil War service, survived by widow and son Rhey N. attendance. Mercury at 31 degrees freezing. Miss Mattie Holt resigns as music instructor. Miss Mabel Burt to succeed.
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Home Park Boulevard
Sullivan Avenue
Chicago Great’ Western
Waterloo
Cedar Valley
Decorah
Skeletons from folded newspaper trick explained by Uncle Ray
Uncle Rays corner explains a paper folding prank using a double sheet to form seven or eight skeleton figures. Tear holes to create eyes noses and mouths, unfold to reveal full figures, then move the top edge to make the skeletons appear to dance.
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Uncle Ray
Cross and Crescent
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Seeking Reader Questions
This column invites readers to send questions on nature topics to the Nature Notes Center of the paper. It explains the column is for general interest inquiries and promises answers in the same feature.
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Seers Co
Opyright
Nature Notes
Glorious Cloudbursts Inspire Vast Flood Talk
A Los Angeles Times report extols a protracted rainfall as a godsend with floods causing bridge losses and widespread damage. Telegraphed rumors from outside Southern California inflated the flood impact, with a claimed conservative benefit of one hundred million dollars for a single season.
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Los Angeses Times
California
Abe Martin’s Rural Wit and Modern Advice
Abe Martin observes Mrs Tipton and Bud’s nephew family living comfortably while educating children at log costs and advertising for a maid. He notes farmers once contented and happy until agricultural experts arrived to show they were losing money.
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