Daily Messenger of Waterloo Volume 69 Number 738
Daily newspaper page from Waterloo includes masthead with price, subscription rates, and notices. Contains Associated Press and United Press International bylines, advertising policies, and distribution details. Mentions offices in multiple cities and representation by Story Brooks Finley.
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Associated Press
United Press International News
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Art
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley
Representatives
Robert Louis Stevenson the Scotch advocate and writer
The article praises Robert Louis Stevenson as a versatile English language writer and literary model. It highlights his roles as poet, philosopher, essayist, short story artist, and novelist, noting his travels and his unfinished Weir of Hermiston. It lauds his prose style as clear and musical and his resilience in facing life’s challenges.
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Europe
America
South Seas
Samoa
Hermiston
Stevenson
R. L
Negri fades to program player while Jannings earns lasting praise
A vintage newspaper piece contrasts Pola Negri as a rising glamour icon with Emil Jannings hailed as cinema genius. It notes Negri remains in films but no longer commands top billing while Jannings, long celebrated for The Last Laugh and Faust, is acclaimed as the greatest cinema actor. The piece ends with a reflection that film rewards genius while alive.
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Pola Negri
King Louie the Steenth
France
Variety
Faust
Presence of Mind Helps Lad Lose Rough Cash
A Chicago boy, 16, finds a blanket of banknotes dropped from aloft near the Sheridan Plaza hotel. He gathers about 403 to 500 dollars before two strangers seize the money and vanish. The lad returns the rest as directed, then loses the final loads to the swindlers who exploited his shock.
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Sheridan Plaza
Florida Democrats Seek Tariff Protection for Citrus and Veggies
Democratic protectionists in Florida appeal to Washington for tariff relief to shield citrus and vegetable industries from foreign competition. They cite sharp rises in imports from Mexico and declines in Florida tomato values from 14 million to about 3.09 million, with pineapple growers harmed by European rivals. They acknowledge ironic protection sentiment in the solid south and argue tariffs work to achieve stated aims.
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Florida
Washington
Mexico
Cuba
South
The Smokers Duodenal Ulcer Complex
A medical note critiques the duodenal ulcer diagnosis, citing Dr. Irving Gray’s study of 250 cases where 32 percent showed no ulcer. It highlights tobacco use as a major, sometimes sole, cause of the symptom complex and warns against misdiagnosis.
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Douglas Vanderhoof
Irving Gray
Brooklyn
American Medical Association
Gray
Weeping sinew and coat safety discussed in letters
Readers ask about weeping sinew or ganglion and its spontaneous disappearance after years of massage and rest. A doctor notes breaking is risky and surgery is an option if troublesome. A coat issue is answered: ordinary cleaning suffices and fumigation is unnecessary.
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Rev
Amiel on Democracy by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues that democracy invites instinct and passion, citing Amiel’s 1871 critique. He notes democracy’s flaw of equating majority power with wisdom and urges diagnosing democracy’s weaknesses. He predicts the future may involve revising democracy rather than rejecting it.
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Amiel
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
The
Century Magazine
Annihilating Time. A look at supersonic travel speeds
Ottumwa Courier ponders Schneider cup speed near 2312 mph and the imagined future of rapid air and space travel. The piece contrasts with light's 186000 miles per second and muses that in a decade or two humanity could triple pace, potentially syncing departures and arrivals across cities and even maintaining solar positions via refueling.
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Ottumwa Courier
Chicago
New York
London
Paris
San Francisco
A Very Smart Firm Flappless Hiring Praised
New York Evening Post lauds a real estate firm for refusing to hire flappers and employing only elderly women, calling it an admirable display of discernment.
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New York Evening Post
New York Movies Embrace Revival and Straight Films
A New York piece notes a shift toward revival houses and straight movies amid crowded cinema districts. It describes pocket theaters on Fifth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street, the lure of arty programming, and growing demand for unvarnished cinema over lavish vaudeville.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Windsor
Lower Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Abe Martin Barclay Licklider’s second marriage ends joke style
The item jokes that Abe Martin Barclay Licklider married again yesterday while keeping hands in pockets after being stung many times. It notes the irony of an aviator’s wife feeling temporary and adds a humorous tone about repeated marriages.
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Uncle Wiggily and Squinky's Tail Tale
Howard R. Garts presents Squinky a guinea pig girl who frets over a short curl in her tail. Her mother reminds her that many others have no tails, while Squinky longs for a long straight tail like Jille the mouse girl. The piece centers on tail envy and family perspective.
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Squinky
Curly
Floppy
Jil-le
Buddy
Brighteyes
Squinky’s Tail Dreams Grow Longer Through Study
A pig girl named Squinky believes her tail will lengthen if she studies hard. She stays late at Hollow Stump School, helped by Miss Mouse and Uncle Wiggily, until a mysterious scene erupts at the locked door. Tomorrow promises the reveal of the secret.
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Squinky
Curly
Floppy
Miss Mouse
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Mr. Longears
Hollow Stump
Pig Girl
Storm on Broadway follows Tabor Wynne’s doomed pursuit of a lover and a lover’s letters
Philadelphia aristocrat Tabor Wynne, aging and betrayed, confronts a stormy collision of passion and honor as his wife June flirts with Lance Fairless and a New York actress, Jennifer Challis. After a confrontation over ten thousand dollars, Tabor hopes to reclaim his life by chasing Challis through a thunderous Broadway storm. The tale ends with Tabor in a relentless quest to force the letters from Challis, setting the stage for an irreversible descent.
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Tabor Wynne
Philadelphia
June
Lance Fairless
Altho
Effie Meade
Fairless
Tabor
New York
Effie
Jennifer Challis
Lance
Jane
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Winston
S. To
Miss Challis
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column Prompt
Inquiries to the Nature Notes Dept by HOUGHTON NE CO. for 1927 readers are invited titled Burroughs Nature Club Notes. The column promises answers to questions of general interest about nature subjects and directs readers to submit inquiries for publication.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton . Ne. Co
Nature Notes
Sealing season and mystery of bed bugs in nature notes
Tomorrow's Nature Notes answers three questions about living things. It explains sealing season timing, bed bugs origins, and Townsend Solitaire description. It also discusses why migrating birds strike lighthouses, snakes swallowing young, and Irish moss uses and color.
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Holland
Europe
North America
Carragheen
Ireland
Watt Teaches Steam Power From a Mine Pump
Uncle Ray recounts how James Watt, a poor Glasgow youth, studied Newcomb's mine pump model at the University of Glasgow. He tinkered with it, noticing flaws in compression and efficiency, planting the idea of a better steam engine. The tale links Watt’s boyhood tea kettle curiosity to later invention.
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Watt
Denis Papin
James Watt
University of Glasgow
Young Watt
Newcomb
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