Advertising and subscription page misreads from a wartime paper
Page shows subscription rates for local and mail within and beyond 50 miles, ads policy statements, and notices about advertising practices. It lists staff roles John Hartman president and editor and Jeczeon McCoy treasurer and GM, with copies of AP Associated Press permissions and newspaper office reps in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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New York Tall
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Waterloo YWCA fund drive nears goal in crucial hour
The Waterloo YWCA campaign to lift indebtedness on the association building reaches the final stretch. Workers are within a few thousand of the target but the last contributions are slow. Leaders warn against complacency and urge individuals and organizations to finish what has been started.
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Waterloo Y. W. C. A
Association
New National Reserve Established In Sierra In Preserve Move
The United States creates a seven square mile Sierra reserve in Yosemite to protect flora and fauna. No domestic animals camping or fishing allowed. Entry limited to authorized scientific or administrative purposes.
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United States
Sierras
Yosemite
Uncle Sam
Atlantic passenger fare quandary after farewell voyage
A 16 year old Miss Fannie Bess boarded the S S France to bid farewell to a friend and did not disembark. The article questions whether the steamship company may reclaim or charge for the return voyage if she cannot pay. It considers obligations to bring her back and the practicality of collecting fares aboard.
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Fannie Bess
France
Goodby
Fannie
Europe
Atlantic
FOR LOVE OF THEIR WORK Horace Mann School Forty Years
Horace Mann School in New York City celebrated its fortieth anniversary with praise for its staff. A financial statement shows teachers are underpaid compared with public schools. Women in elementary grades earn 600 dollars less yearly and high school women 1300 dollars less. A campaign for a 1 million dollar endowment funds seeks to address this injustice.
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Horace Mann School
New York City
Horace Mann
The Summer Burden
The Minheapotia Journal notes a satirical take on colonial themes, invoking the phrase the white man's burden as a lawnmower metaphor suggesting critique of empire, labor, and social inequality during a summer moment.
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Minheapotia Journal
Fad Diet Fancies and Acne in Youth Health Lore
A New Haven skin specialist Dr John Lane warns that acne in youth often appears with starchy indigestion and excessive sugar. The piece critiques diet faddism and cautions readers against drawing firm health conclusions from vague associations.
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John Lane
New Haven
Lane
Can a person survive entire body painted skin tones
A column on extreme body painting notes a legend of Leonardo da Vinci a child died after full body painting. It explains that covering warm blooded animal skin with impermeable paint or varnish causes rapid death unless external warmth is provided. It debunks a quack claim about pores releasing toxins and invites brief health letters to Dr Brady for safe guidance.
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Leonardo da Vinci
California
Brady
William Brady
Our Bootleg Priesthoods by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues modern society is quietly reestablishing priestly guidance outside traditional churches. He cites psychoanalysis personnel management mental hygiene and factory plant mothers and other modern forms as a nascent priesthood offering counsel, guidance, and leadership amid increasing social complexity, with time determining if it replaces old authority.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Fame by Grace Or By The Sack In Sports
The New York World argues prizefighters and baseball players are paid for power over grace, citing Babe Ruth as highest paid for distance. It criticizes flaunting style, saying genuine combat remains earnest even when entertainment makes it easy to watch. It questions why athletes never bid for fame on beauty of style.
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New York
Paving in Grundy County Proposed by Courier
Reinbeck Courier argues Grundy County has time before a July 4 law limit to approve an 80 paving project at no added cost. The plan would speed a hard surfaced road across the county, with approval seen as certain to benefit residents.
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Reinbeck
Grundy County
Americans in Paris endure damp rooms and wary concierge
A writer in Paris describes American long-term renters living in crowded, lightless, damp apartments with cheap servants and tight control by concierges. They savor city beauty yet lament heavy culture shock, plus a comic aside about Uncle Wiggily and a rainy day romp with frogs.
Uncle Wiggily's Lost Rubber
Uncle Wiggily, teased by Mrs Longears, is caught attempting to leave in the rain without his rubbers. She insists he wear them, though he protests they make his oars hot. He relents to please his wife and venture outdoors, blushing at being caught.
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Mr. Longears
Uncle Wiggily
Uncle ‘Wiggily
Mr. ‘Longears
Uncle Wigsily
Funny Rabbit
Uncle Wisgill
Mrs. Longears
Rabbit
Uncle
Hollow Stump
Bunny
The Gray Phantom's Romance Chapter Cont'd
The Phantom faces Doctor Bimble and a growing mob as Helen Hardwick hides behind him. He foresees a plan to outwit the captors and turn them over to the police, while a crowd gathers above the stairs awaiting action. The Phantom notes their varied traits and plots for a bold move.
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Granger
Phantom
Bimble
Helen Hardwick
Helen
Harry
Miss Hardwick
Doctor Bimble
Vous
Beavers Dams and Their Ingenious Work Featured
Uncle Rays Corner describes beaver behavior and dam building. It explains instinct versus learned skill, details dam construction from August onward, materials like birch willow and poplar, and the use of mud and stones. Beavers store wood, swim under ice in winter, and build nocturnally with curved or straight dams as needed. Tomorrow a giraffe comes to Franc.
Girls Track Meets Boost High School and College Sports
Charles City Press notes the seasonal surge of girls track meets in high schools and colleges. It highlights healthy, happy female athletes running sprints, relays, hurdles, and throwing events, with archery and other outdoor sports forming school contest bases. It counters concerns about propriety, framing feminine athletics as wholesome and optimistic.
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Charles City
Burroughs Nature Club Notes
Nature Questions column invites reader inquiries on natural subjects to be answered in future notes. Written by Houghton Mifflin era team, 1927, promotes general interest topics and provides contact to submit questions for the Nature Notes Dept.
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Nature Notes
Why do badgers have such big claws and other notes
A reader asks why badgers bear large claws and discusses brook trout flesh color. The Nature Notes reply explains claw function for digging and identifies pink flesh in brook trout linked to diet and species traits.
Divorce Request Sparks Public Inquiry
Len Moon seeks a divorce alleging infidelity after he caught his wife looking into a hardware store window. Abe Martin Youkin comments on a proposition while assessing the scene and the public mood.
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Len Moon
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