Waterloo Evening Courier front matter and policy notes
The Waterloo Evening Courier lists staff roles and contact details and presents advertising and circulation policies. It notes ownership by W. H. Hartman Co with addresses at Corner Park Ave and Commercial St, Waterloo. It outlines pricing for subscriptions, advertising rules, and rights reserved, plus Associated Press affiliations and circulation auditing.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
AMD WaThAhad Daily
Arforter
Ippermiar In
W. H. Hartman Co
Couxler
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story, Brooks & Pinley, Representatives
Waterloo
Town
Associated Press
United Press International News
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Vestris Disaster Inquiry Clears Lamport & Holt
Testimony in the federal probe into the Vestris sinking clarifies that no radio exchange about the ship’s condition occurred before Capt Carey sent the SOS. Lamport & Holt appear absolved of direct blame for Carey’s actions, though they may face lawsuits over the tragedy. The captain’s delay, inspectors’ laxity, and company responsibility are weighed against the 111 lives lost.
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Vestris
Carey
Lamport & Holt
Adomaytis Case Highlights City Soft Drink Parlor Crime
A 16 year old boy was killed by a liquor and gambling den operator in Chicago. The owner faces manslaughter charges as investigators expose nearby schools’ linked dens selling beer and moonshine to youths. Reporters found officers drinking with patrons. Authorities promise action amid graft and political rottenness.
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William Adomaytis
Chicago
Windy City
William
Christmas Cards and the Rise of a $55 Million Industry
The piece notes the Christmas and New Year card trade as a $55,000,000 business with 40 factories and 5,000 workers. It traces origins from 19th century cards to today, highlighting secrecy, exclusive designs, high fees for artists, and the shift toward family and close friends greetings over elaborate gifts.
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Thomas Shorrock
Leith
Scotland
Henry Cole
Fifth Avenue
Dueling and War See Skeptics on Abolishing War
A Christian Science Monitor correspondent, long abroad, challenges arguments against abolishing war by recalling the decline of dueling. He notes how the once esteemed practice has eroded, using it as a historical parallel to modern warfare and the shifts in attitudes toward violence among nations.
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Christian Science Monitor
Europe
Dueling Out of Style in Paris and War’s Parallel Decline
The piece notes two challenges issued to poets and writers that were ridiculed, showing dueling fades as a gentlemanly recourse. It argues war is a mass duel, equally costly and indecent, and that world opinion shifts toward civilization, though slowly.
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Paris
Neurasthenia myth debunked by Kellogg in health note
In a health column, the author rejects neurasthenia as a real energy deficit, arguing there is no scientific basis for nerve energy or brain energy. The piece notes fatigue is a temporary muscular or overall energy drop and urges rest or brisk outdoor activity for relief.
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John Harvey Kellogg
Battle Creek
Dr. Kellogg
Wholesome Reading Versus Morbid Health Q A
A newspaper health feature answers readers private health questions in a personal tone. Dr Brady explains flaxseed use for constipation and colitis, debunks grape seed myths, and invites stamped self addressed envelopes for letters.
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E. J
Brady
Wiliam Brady
Terman On the Bright Child
Glenn Frank discusses Lewis M. Termans Genetic Studies of Genius, outlining how gifted children show early achievement, balanced abilities, and need different schooling. He cautions that school marks do not reveal brightness and notes gifted youths often face nervous instability and classroom neglect. Fathers are urged to read Termans two volumes.
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Lewis M. Terman
Stanford
Altho
America
Terman
New York City Snares Victims With Clever Tricks
In New York, a city of sharp vanity, several visitors fall prey to pickpockets and blackmail schemes after brief hotel stays. Suspects lure strangers with dropped handkerchiefs and polite notes, leading to stolen wallets, luxury apartments, and police involvement. The piece warns of the fine yet risky social games and the ease with which visitors can be manipulated in crowded urban spaces.
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New York
The Fortunate Wayfarer fortune gift changes Barnes life
Lord Aldrington offers Martin Barnes a vast fortune with a legal deed and medical certificate backing it. Barnes contemplates wealth and a possible future away from his commercial travels while the other men dispute the method. The scene ends as Barnes departs to deposit the fortune in a bank, awaiting fate. TO BE CONTINUED.
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Lord Aldrington
Martin, Barnes
Norwich
Shrives & Welshman
Bermondsey
Barnes
Bordon
Mr. Bordon
Dr. Helsby
Martin
Moncey
Lord Ardvington
Mr. Barnes
Ash Hill
Martin Barnes
Lord Ardrington
Lord Ardington
Uncle Wiggily Announces To Let For Low Rent
Uncle Wiggily plans to rent his empty stump house for winter and summer, asking one snowball in winter and one blade of grass in summer, hoping a new neighbor will join for adventures. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy and others react with amusement at the idea of cheap rent.
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Uncle Wiggily
Mr. Longears
Jackie Bow Bow
Sly Weasel
Wiggily
Hallowe'en
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Nurse Jane
Uncle
Mr. Long
Fort Dodge residents urged to adopt water softening plant
Fort Dodge readers learn from a Columbus chemist that soft water brings benefits unseen until used. Private home softeners reduce heating coil corrosion, porcelain staining, laundering difficulty, and soap waste. The article notes lime treatment could cut soap costs dramatically, though heating coils remain prone to corrosion with hard water.
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Fort Dodge Messenger
Fort Dodge
Charles P. Hoover
Columbus
Fort Dodgers
Her Advantage by Robert Quillen
A homely girl has one advantage she can get mad without looking much worse, a wry social observation from Robert Quillen on appearance and emotion.
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Robert Quillen
Measuring the Heat in Uncle Ray’s Corner
Uncle Ray explains thermometer origins, the Fahrenheit scale, and the centigrade system. He notes zero at water freezing, historical extremes like 130 degrees in New South Wales and 79 degrees below zero in 1905, and compares Fahrenheit’s mercury tube to Europe’s broader scales. Tomorrow.
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Europe
New South Wales
Amundson
Canada
United States
Ray
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Question Column
The Nature Notes Dept invites readers to send questions on nature subjects for answers in this column. Copyright 1928 Burroughs Nature Club notes published by Houghton Mifflin Co. seeks general interest inquiries.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
Answers From Tomorrow's Nature Notes
The notes address gulls at Great Salt Lake feeding on worm-like lake shore scales, queen bees laying many eggs, and whether wild buffaloes cross with domestic cattle. Also covered are bird populations versus pre settlement levels, edible lizards like iguana, and flea control for sea shore cottages with hot suds gasoline or coal oil. Also mentions heart trouble in youth linked to rheumatism.
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Great Salt Lake
Nature
Tawney Apple recalls mortifying moment in show window
Miss Tawney Apple describes feeling mortified after mistaking her thigh for an underskirt while walking past a shop window. The quote ends with a wry note on salvation. Aimee McPherson plans to open in Glasgow, Scotland, this week.
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Miss Tawney
Aimee McPherson
Glasgow
Scotland
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