Waterloo Daily Record ad rates and misc notices
The fragment shows newspaper advertising policy and rates with names Hartman and McCoy, contact details for Branch Exchange 6100, and list of cities for bureau offices. It includes subscription pricing, post office classification, and rights for republication along with advertising rules and payment terms.
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Rene Han
Waterloo
Iowa
Jer Oes
Associated Press
United Press International News
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Audit Bureau of Circulationa
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story, Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Musse Shoals Spelling Debate Draws Public Ledger Chief
Philadelphia Public Ledger columnist Jay E. House argues that Musse Shoals is correct spelling, while most writers use Muscle Shoals. He urges precision as misuse of comprise and compose spreads, noting AP and others often err. He cites examples like the board of directors and the union comprising the states.
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Jay E. House
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Musse Shoals
Muscle Shoals
Mr. House
Associated Press
Prohibition Debate Tied to Insurer Death Figures
A legislative committee linked to prohibition opponents used New York Life data to argue rising alcohol related deaths since Prohibition. The insurer’s analysis shows threefold higher fatalities in 1914 15 15 compared with 1924 25 26, after adjusting for policy increases.
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Association Against the
Moderation League
New York Life ™ ‘Insurance Company
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Women and Murder in New York Death Penalty Case
Commentary on Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray's execution for murder of Snyder's husband. argues gender bias in juries and in society, noting the rarity of female executions and suggesting a shift in attitudes toward women and murder.
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Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
New York State
The Rush to the City Prompts Farmer Caution
The Dows Advocate notes farmers face hard times but argues urban migration worsens slum poverty. It urges rural youth to weigh leaving home carefully, as few migrants gain significant benefit and many suffer in crowded cities.
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CIT. Dows
Times Square
Removal of Moles by Medical Treatment Trends
A health article outlines mole types from tiny birth marks to large pigmented lesions and cautions that cancer risk exists mainly in elevated or discolored moles. It stresses expert medical removal only, listing excision, diathermy, electrolysis, fulguration, and cryogenic methods as viable options with varying cosmetic outcomes.
Fancy Work Comes High in Questions and Answers
A reader letters page prints a personal health anecdote about multiple surgeries for colon and kidney issues, weight loss, and family stress. The columnist responds with humorous, satirical remarks on medical vanity and x rays, ending with guidance to address medical letters to Dr Brady with a stamped envelope.
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Brady
William Brady
Jury Box and Ballot Box: Angell on Public Mind
The piece argues Norman Angell’s critique of direct voting for all issues and urges applying jury principles to elections. It notes four assumptions of jury decisioning, including delegation, lot-based selection, safeguards against bias, and expert interpretation, and questions reforms to replace ballots with box-based judgment.
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Norman Angell
Athens
America
George Washington
Chicago
New York
Angell
Mr. Angell
Ideal Juryman Is Avoided By Trial Shake Up
In Northwood Iowa a 2 ton vacuum was found near a trial, and after 20 hours of jury wrangling the foreman learned one juror did not know the defendant's name. Judges and lawyers agreed the case could proceed, yielding a guilty verdict. The piece quips that non compos mentis status would seem a disqualification.
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Davenport
Northwood
Prohibition Divide Shapes Smith Campaign Across South
The Boston Transcript notes that southern opposition to prohibition faded as the country now welcomes candidate Al Smith. The editorial frames the shift as a reciprocal gesture and casts Smith as a unifying figure for south and nation.
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Boston Transcript
Jeanice Tucsin
al Smith
New York Nights and Street Life Echoes in Thoughts
A 1927 vignette by C. O. McIntyre surveys Union Square, Herald Square, and Times Square scenes. It vividizes passersby, vendors, actors, taxicabs, cafes, and decayed glamour. A squirrel's accident and a muggy city mood close with nightclub ripples and stewards peddling liquor from East Side baths.
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New York
Central Park
Park Department
East Side
Uncle Wiggily's Lifters Laughter at Breakfast Table
Jingle asks for a lifter prompting a chorus of requests from family and friends. Uncle Wiggily and Mr. Longears juggle meals, a noisy breakfast scene erupts as Toot er blows bubbles and Stumble nearly topples from his chair.
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Jingle
Mr. Longears
Tooter
Jangle
Bumble
Stumble
Lifters Lift Uncle Wiggily’s Bunny Adventure
Bunnies at Uncle Wiggily’s bungalow crave lifters balloons to float. Mr Longears deflates them to hide from a prankish fox but uses inflated balloons to escape a dangerous drop, returning home safe as the schoolchildren’ cheer. The tale ends with a tease of Uncle Wiggily’s next misadventure.
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Uncle Wiggily
Hollow Stump
Mr. Longears
Mr. Longeurs
Mr. Wolf
Fox
Tim
Uncle Wiggly
Mr Longears
Abe Martin Silk Stockin's Dream of Quiet White House Breakfasts
A humorous Abe Martin quip imagines silk stockings closing a peaceful White House breakfast with only the occasional link sausage blast to puncture the quiet. The light jab hints at social satire amid political ceremony.
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White House
The Gray Phantom's Romance Ends in a Disturbing Scene
The Gray Phantom haunted the crime scene seeking clues to Sylvanus Gage's killer. He is captured in a basement and chained, while a pale green circle reveals a drifting skull and a row of eerie figures, heightening a chilling, unresolved cliffhanger.
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Gray Phantom
Sylvanus Gage
Gage
Tommy Granger
Granger
Pinto
Leav
Lieut
Culligore
Somers
Helen Hardwick
Friday the thirteenth fears and old beliefs
Uncle Rays Corner recalls Friday’s shifting reputation from a day of good fortune to ill luck due to biblical ties to the crucifixion. It notes Norse origins for Friday’s name, the 13 as unlucky in some places, then answers star test questions and how to locate the North Star using the Big Dipper.
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Prise
Freya
Saturn
Burroughs Nature Club Notes asks questions on nature
The Burroughs Nature Club Notes column invites readers to send questions of general interest to the Nature Notes Department. It promises answers published in the paper and credits Houghton Mifflin Co. for 1927 copyright.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes Dept
Do Birds Migrate Without Flying in Nature Notes
In tomorrow's Nature Notes, readers are asked if birds migrate without flying. The answer recounts sea snakes giving birth to live young, vines developing tendrils to anchor, and birds like cowbird and emperor penguin broods where colonies share incubation duties to ensure offspring survival.
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Corner Park Ave
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Teun C. Hartman
Jackson McCoy
Personal Health Service
Cathay
Imana
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper
C. O. McIntyre
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Union Square
O'Hara, & Pawnbroker
Herald Square
Fifth Avenue
Charles Hanson Towne
Forty-ninth Street
Howard R. Garis
Baby Bunty
Rabbit
Jane Fuzzy Wurzay
Abe Martin
Little Gem Cafe
Herman Landon
Street and Smith Corp
Ledger Syndicate
Nimbus
Dr. Bimble
Uncle Ray’s
Freya's
Ray
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