Waterloo Evening Courier front page notices and policy
The Waterloo Evening Courier lists its publication details and staff, notes circulation and advertising policies, and states AP news use rights. It details carriage and mail rates, location, and office representatives in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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W. M. Hartman Co
Courker Bldg
Corner Park Ave
Commercial St
Hatten
Gecko McCoy
Associated Press
Unite International News
Bureau of Circulations
Prigé
Root Wa
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Pressure to Repeal Admission Tax Faces Congress
Industry leaders from motion pictures drama sports and circus groups urged repeal of the 19 percent admission tax before the House Ways and Means Committee. William A. Brady argued the levy causes industry trouble and Secretary Mellon's view groups prize night business with drama. The tax yields about 15 million dollars annually to the treasury, a figure seen as small compared with proposed broader tax cuts of 225 million or 400 million by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Congress
William A. Brady
Mellon
Federal Treasury
United States Chamber of Commerce
Paris Objects A Wart on the City The New Paramount Palace
Paris objects to the new Paramount movie palace in New York City calling the white striped structure a wart on the face of the city. The Paris press contrasts the building with historic Opera houses and notes public boosters spent much money and paint to erect it.
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Paris
New York City
Boosters
Paramount Movie Palace
Copy of Stainer Violin Likely a Copy of an 18th Century Instrument
A lady asked a Chicago information bureau about the value of a violin labeled as Jakob Stainer from 1790. Experts note Stainer lived 1621 to 1683, so the instrument is probably a later copy, possibly a Stradivarius-style replica. An expert examination could confirm its value.
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Jacobus Stainer
Italy
England
Bureau of Information
Chicago
Stalver
The Careless Hunter Named Greatest Menace to Timberlands
W D Tyler Virginia coal operator in Chicago at the national forestry conference accuses the American hunter of wrecking wide forest areas through careless fire use. He claims the hunter causes economic loss and destroys game refuges, calling him the greatest menace to timberlands.
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W. D. Tyler
Virginia
National Commercial Forestry Conference
Chicago
Detective Tracks Missing Girl Across States
A Chicago detective sergeant spotted a 6 year old girl who eloped with a Harvard freshman while she waited near trains in St. Louis. He noted her distinctive appearance including long hair and lack of clothing, remarking on the striking contrast of a thin, wandered figure amid a crowded station.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Harvard
Ae Clearn
Unclear Note on Home Brew Sediment Issue
Fragmentary item discusses a settled matter about home brewing and sediment, with indirect references to the Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati area. No clear entities or events are readable.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Mind the Baby's Appetite and Feeding Advice
Dr. Aldrich advises reducing feedings at first anorexia in infants two to three months old to prevent food aversion and notes anorexia often signals the start of infection or a cold. Parents should avoid forcing meals. wait for appetite to return. The column also answers readers on itching between toes, sauerkraut as a cure, and calcium lactate for rhinitis.
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Webster
Jeast
Catlaoh
Munger
Charles A. Aldrich
Aldrich
Ming
Mra. J. D
Dudley Malone the New York society gadabout and lawyer
Dudley Field Malone is described as New Yorks most consistent gadabout a jet set lawyer with ties to Gene Tunney Gertrude Ederle and other celebrities He travels constantly from Paris to Palm Beach attending trials ringside events and society functions while maintaining a high income and frequent contact with presidents and public figures, illustrating his restless career and social reach.
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New York
Dudley Field Malone
Tony
Stopes
Tennessee
Paris
Broadway
Palm Beach
Malone
Gene Tunney
Gertrude Ederle
Tunney
Ederle
Swim
Lindbergh
Miami
Los Angeles
London
Berlin
Constantinople
Malones
Checking Up on a Prophet
Glenn Frank, former UW president, reviews Augustus Post’s 1914 aviation prophecies and 1927 forecasts. He notes Post’s predictions of commercial air lines, safer landings, city air access, oceanic flight, fog dissipation, and high altitude speeds, imagining a future where aviation reshapes travel and power transmission.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Augustus Post
Lindbergh
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Post
The
North American Review
America
Spirit of
Saint Louis
Learning and Understanding in Education Regarded
A Thibuque Herald editor argues that learning fades without understanding and that true education should translate study into lasting comprehension. School tasks should prepare students to interpret life, not merely memorize facts.
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Thibuque
rringrapa-Herald
Uncle Wiggily and Lettie's Window As Statesmanlike Image
A comic scene shows Charlie Day posed as governor candidate, with Uncle Wiggily observing Nobby Hop the toad boy carrying sandpaper. The piece blends political imagery with a playful woodland tale as Wobbly moves toward a hinted winter sleep among the toad family.
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Nobby
Toad Boy
Rabbit Gentleman
Mr. Longears
Uncle Wiggily
Uncle Wigsily
Rabbit
Tim
Nobby, “Thank You For Making Me Feel Better, Uncle Wiggily
Flat Tail
Aunt Lettie
Bunny Gengtleman
Uncle Wigzily
Nobby Hop
Bobby
Wobby
Gentleman Hops to Snow Hole In Winter Tale
Fragmentary lines describe a rabbit and a gentleman seeking shelter from snow. The scene references frost, a warm hole, and a cautious approach as spring arrives. The text resembles a fable or playful verse with missing context from a St. Paul Pioneer.
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St. Paul
Downtown quarterback label sparks Miami style critique
Minneapolis journalist Marvin Nydahl laments self styled experts in crowds who offer empty football advice from the stands. He compares them to persistent bleacher critics who demand heroic plays while never playing themselves and warns they can become nuisances beyond the game.
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Minneapolis
Marvin Nydahl
Minnesota
Kiy
Buisance
Mr. Nydahl
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Selections from 1927
A 1927 Burroughs Nature Club column from HOUGHTON MIFFLIN asks readers to send questions on nature subjects and provides answers to earlier queries. The piece discusses bird mating, mole eyes, and cold blooded creatures with brief explanations of animal behavior and physiology.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
Fifty Years Ago In The Courier November 14 1877
Read notes from Waterloo and surrounding towns about Dr J H Crippen considering a move to Warsaw Illinois, J Q A Crosby namecheck, Union Thanksgiving services led by Rev J R Berry, Raymond Bros selling 1000 barrels of New York apples, D S Yates planning a Fourth Street restaurant, W Gobb selling his livery stable, newspaper clubbings, Catholic church fair in Union Hall with low-cost meals, buffalo robes priced at 8 to 12 dollars, Love Alford returning from Maine to see his ill father, a local choir and Grace M E church supper and admission prices, Union Company milking buckwheat flour daily, 25 pounds flour 85 cents, 12-pound sack 45 cents, and local incidents including Judd Lamb’s fall and E C Lane becoming cashier of Guthrie State Bank.
Local Notices and Obituaries in 1907 Chronicle
Ferguson Bros. rent 124 Fourth Street East for Mercantile use. Mrs Trottie Horton plans Bermuda winter, then England visit. Mrs Mary Hungerford widow of Nathan S Hungerford dies at 712 Park Ave W. Adelaide Couch and Carlton C. survive. Jacob Fuess returns from New York state with Utica farm purchase. D M Ferry of Detroit, seedman, dies from heart disease. Olive French recovering after appendicitis operation. The Courier promotes Hamm’s Beer with Nicholas Pederspiel as agent.
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Mary M. Hungerford
Nathan S. Hungerford
Park Avenue West
C. F. Couch
Adelaide
Carlton C
Chicago
Olive French
Presbyterian Hospital
J. W. Krapfel
Park Avenue East
M- Mess
Uncle Rays Corner contrasts English life and customs
The narrative notes British driving on the left, sidewalk terms like pavement, clothing differences, and Wales women wearing high hats. It recounts a visit to the British Museum with Egyptian mummies and cat mummies, and ends with a joke about a Frenchman in a boat under a low bridge.
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Atlantic
Tom
England
Wales
London
British Museum
Egypt
Ray
Paria
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