Waterloo Daily Courier front page details and policy notes
The Waterloo Daily Courier announces publication details, pricing, and office information, listing editors John C. Hartman and Jackson McCoy, plus policy on advertising and news partnerships with United Press International and Associated Press. It notes circulation areas, payment terms, and rejection of misleading ads while naming office locations in Waterloo, Iowa.
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1927 Crops Forecast Brings Optimism Across Regions
Reports from across the country say 1927, despite dire weather warnings, will yield a good year. Canadian granaries swell with wheat while the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming show strong harvests. Corn and apples are favored in belts, pastures and forage crops are heavy, and rains aid semiarid areas. Prices remain a key prosperity factor, but farmers anticipate fair returns and uplifted morale.
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Washington
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Mississippi River
Mob Injustice Calls For Law Reform
A Georgia mob hanged a black man after a confession from authorities but spared him at the last minute when the accused recounted a story implicating an enemy of the dead man. The mob arrested a white farmer for instigating the murder. The piece argues such mob violence is unjust and urges reform of due processes rather than reviving primitive impulses.
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Georgia
Politician's Signatures Draw Fire Over Road Petitions
A Jackson County state representative who signed two diverse road improvement petitions faces criticism for politics. The piece notes voters routinely sign petitions to influence policy, often without full understanding. It argues legislators bear tougher duties than private citizens and cautions about signing without thorough consideration.
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Astate
Jackson County
Jackson
Caskets Lure the Living with New Colors
National Funeral Directors' association officials in Chicago report changing casket styles. Black and gray are out, replaced by rainbow shades such as ashes of roses, orchid, violet, Egyptian green, deep sea blue and imperial purple. Traditional symbols of mourning fade as funeral practice shifts toward cheerier tones.
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National Funeral Directors’ Association
Chicago
Harrisburg Tracking Jokes to Talk About
A brief column noting humor and social topics in Harrisburg with a lean toward commentary on fashion. The piece references a public figure described as preoccupied with women’s clothing and critiques prevailing attitudes in a concise, era-typical voice.
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Harrisburg
Hereditary syphilis in children and pregnancy risks
Dr John H Stokes cites data from over 100000 cases showing about one in 148 children aged 2 to 12 have hereditary syphilis. The disease is congenital and transmitted from mother to child, with most syphilitic births dying within a year. Warns against overreliance on Wassermann tests and notes medical treatment can arrest congenital syphilis if started early.
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John H. Stokes
Saunders Co
Philadelphia
Wasserman
Abernethy B. Cannon
Cannon
Gamp
Questions and Answers Believe It or Not
A reader asks about a nervous child with persistent foot sweating and bedwetting. Advice suggests letting the boy go barefoot daily, sprinkling talcum powder in stockings and shoes. Other queries cover bedbugs, diabetes diagnosis, and sweating hands with instructions to send stamped envelopes for personal health letters to Dr Brady.
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Brady
William Brady
Science in the Kitchen by Glenn Frank
President of the University of Wisconsin argues food quality over quantity shapes national health. He notes cooking alters foods, cereals form a diet base but lack key nutritive factors, and urges balancing with milk meat eggs fruits vegetables while science develops vitamin enrichment for cereals.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
America
Bonding day agents proposed by Dill in Washington
A Moline Ill dispatch notes opposition to the plan for prohibition agents to post bonds. The piece argues bonds are routine for police and should apply to agents, asserting responsible officers are needed while stool pigeons merely gather evidence.
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Moline. Ill
Dispatch
Senator Dill
Washington
Congress
New York Stock Exchange Seats Promised Easy Street
In Indianapolis News, a note on a bygone path to wealth describes buying NYSE seats years ago and waiting for value to rise. The excerpt highlights the era’s allure of access to elite trading floors and the speculative optimism surrounding seat ownership.
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Indianapolis News
Easy Street
New York Stock Exchange
Pugilistic devotion and social page observations
The piece surveys boxing fans around champion Jack Dempsey and his trainer Jerry the Greek, noting devoted followers, camp followers, and colorful characters from Corbett to modern pugilists. It also notes caricaturist Ralph Barton praising Chaplin, and social overload with tea rooms, five o'clock social life, and a surge of midtown coffeehouses.
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New York
Jerry
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Tunney
Sharkey
Jim Corbett
Corbett
Uncle Wiggily and the Red Apple
Uncle Wiggily and the Red Apple features Jingle and Jangle with Baby Bunty as Nedgie Stubtail a boy bear carries a red apple. Jingle teases and asks if the apple is for him but Nedgie replies it is not. The passage notes growling as the bear’s speech.
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Jangle
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Hollow Stump
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Neddie
Jimmie Wibblewobble
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Buddy
Guinea Pig
Red apple prank foiled by Uncle Wiggily tale
In a playful scene Neddie shares a red apple with Uncle Wiggily as Jingle Jangle and Baby Bunty scheme to swap it with a painted potato. The trio plans a trick, but Uncle Wiggily reveals a real apple from Mr Stubtall and offers to split it among them, ending the ruse.
Abe Martin Th' many friends o Wash Pusey
Wash Pusey, an old town boy, will be glad to learn his wife has gun off. He is noted for saying nothing is too good for him and that farming yields more money after it is earned.
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Wash Pusey
Wash
Venus Morning Star Brightens as October Skies Awe
An astronomy column describes Venus rising before dawn and brightening toward Earth, dominating a sky with Orion and winter constellations. It discusses historical names Lucifer and Hesperus, daylight visibility on Oct 21, observed crescent phase, and Venusian mysteries including rotation, distance, and possible life, noting infrared photography may reveal clouds.
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Orion
Sirius
Canopus
Procyon
Hesperus
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Science
Tropics
Uncle Rays Corner Encourages School Scrapbooks
Uncle Rays column invites readers to join in school scrapbook projects built from his Corner tales. Ina Averett's fifth grade writes for picture and history help, while Uncle Ray plans a leaflet on How to Make a Corner Scrapbook with clipping and pasting tips for classroom and private scrapbooks.
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Uncle Ray
Uncle Wiggily Forgives Bunnies Over Apple Prank
Uncle Wiggily learns of a planned joke when Bunty and friends try to swap a red potato for his red apple. They feel ashamed, but he forgives them as they end up enjoying the apple. A hint of a new tale promises Uncle Wiggily's golden apple if a water squirting rubber ball fails its aim.
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Uncle Wiggily
Bunty
Mr. Longears
Bunnies
Correcting Dante A New View of the Iowa State Fair
A New York Times piece critiques Dante Melville Pierce publisher of The Iowa Homestead and Wisconsin Farmer. It notes his claim that 400000 people, mostly farmers and families, could save the day if they attended the Iowa state fair, and argues the idea is misguided and incomplete.
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New York Times
Dante Melville Pierce
Iowa Homestead
Wisconsin Farmer
Pierce mocks Brand's farm relief talk at the fair
The article notes 15000 paid admissions to horse races and band concerts while only 500 attended the free talk by Congressman Brand of Ohio. It quotes Mr. Pierce claiming Iowa farmers seek amusement to lift their spirits, arguing Brand's message fails to move them.
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Pierce
Iowa
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Sousa
Russia All Citizens Ordered To Buy Gas Masks
TheRus total mobilization message highlights government demand for gas masks as a precautionary measure. Sovielism stance favored free speech while asserting control over public discourse and participation in national safety efforts.
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Toledo Blade
Russia
Burroughs Nature Club Notes from 1927 column
Questions on nature answered by Morekova in the Burroughs Nature Club Notes. Topics include swift wing action and hummingbird relations, cow hair twist, and gypsy moth foliage impact. Previous Qs cover domesticated geese charcoal diet, fisher name and behavior, and Jerusalem cherry toxicity and distribution.
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Tomorekovw
America
Florida
The Enduring House
A Philadelphia Public Ledger meditation on immortality and permanence. The piece argues humans crave enduring names, deeds, and possessions, shaping life for a tomorrow and building an eternal home for the spirit through knowledge, affection, and memory.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Bad Boys of Public Service
The secretary of the navy debates disciplining Rear Admiral T. P. Magruder after his critique in Saturday Evening Fest. Critics like Mileses, Roosevelts, Sims, and Mitchells are cited. while insubordination is a concern, the argument urges caution. Discipline is needed, yet the nation cannot afford to suppress these voices that sometimes save lives.
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Kansas City Star
Secretary of the Navy
T. P. Magruder
Navy
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