Columbus Day Reflections In Pan American Unity
In a Waterloo Courier piece, Columbus Day is framed not as Christopher Columbus’ birthday but as the date he landed at San Salvador, celebrated for vistas opened and the broader Pan American bond. The essay notes Columbus’ voyages linking Europe, Latin America, and the Americas, urging reflection on free nations, diplomacy, and peaceful cooperation across the western hemisphere. It cites the Pan American Union’s aim to foster relations while recognizing misunderstandings about U.S. policy, and calls for closer Americas ties, mutual liberty, and enduring peace.
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W. H. Hartman Co
Courier Bldg
Corner Park Ave
Commercial Sq
John C. Hartman
Ccs Seesssayes Presiden
Sackson
3icCoy
Genera Anager
Scheer Ter
Waterloo
Associated Press
United Press International News
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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SORER
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Christopher Columbus
San Salvador
Columbus
North America
Columbia
West Indies
South America
Spain
Americas
Great Republic
New World
United States
Kallow
Ufe
Grea Insurance
Y M C A Waterloo Drives Three Day Campaign for Members
The Waterloo YMCA launches a three day drive to add 750 men and 500 boys to its rolls. Organizers expect to meet the goal, noting the organization supports physical training, summer camps, religious activities, and fellowship. The YMCA, with 9000 local associations and 2,090,000 members worldwide, relies on memberships for operating funds and public support.
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Young Men's Christian Association of
Waterloo
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Waterleo
The Old Comeback and Distrust of Youth Dishonesty Claims
A Philadelphia minister cited a sweeping 64 percent dishonesty claim about American youth based on inconsistent store clerk tests. The piece questions test methods and interpretation, noting varying definitions of honesty and suggesting no reliable nationwide proportion. It critiques overgeneralization across generations and ends with a sports-related misprint about Geneva Harvard football headlines amid broader social commentary.
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Philadelphia
America
United States
Coronary disease and the heart's hidden struggles
Dr William Brady explains coronary arteries and how arterial disease affects heart function. He notes digestion, energy use, and the need to pace meals, with emphasis on the margin of reserve power or compensation guiding patient activity and dietary choices.
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Brady
William Brady
Readers clash over skin absorption of medicines in Britannica debate
A reader cites Britannica editions arguing skin skin absorption occurs with liniments and plasters while another insists it does not. The column notes empirical evidence and explains local applications may offer relief through warmth friction and counter irritation, while warning against claims of systemic absorption.
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Belladonna
J. H
Passion and Rebeled Car Roars Across Campuses
A junior at Rock Island College drives a red Ford named Passion and Rebeled Columba, a custom, fuel thirsty feature built from wrecks and odds and ends. The car has a long odometer, odd slogans, and has toured the U.S. and Canada, with a top speed claimed at TA miles per hour and 42 miles per gallon.
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Rock Island
Coalurni University
Passion
Columbia
New York Street Car Company
Mexico
Canada
Georgia Tech
Broadway Oddities And Superstitions In New York
A dated New York piece notes fashion signatures and stage icons forming a moving parade of dress marks and public fascination. It recalls a Norwegian singer famed for “The Man in White” and shares anecdotes about superstitions and social routines from Broadway society.
Uncle Wiggily and the Shady Bumbler
A children story segment follows Uncle Wiggily and Mrs. Longears as Nimble and Skimble hurry to breakfast and school. The muskrat housekeeper calls them from the hollow stump home, with Uncle Wiggily watching the busy bunny children readying for the day.
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Mrs. Longears
Hollow Stump
Nimble
Skimble
Uncle Wiggler
Jane
Uncle Wiggily and the Shady Bumble Lesson
Uncle Wiggily learns a lesson in discipline as Nimble and Skimble tangles with laziness. A polite bumble bee explains it never stings and helps Skimble rise early for school by buzzing in his room. Skimble stiffens to his chores, chasing breakfast as the bee returns to the fields.
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Uncle
Uncle Wiggily
Bumbler
Nimble
Skimble
Uncle Wigesty
Steepy
Shady Bumble
Bog Rabbit
Skimbie
Wonder What Columbus Thought About Seeing America First
A fragmented monologue imagines Columbus reacting to discovering the Americas. The speaker jokes about travel, marriage, and home life while recalling October 12, 1492. References to Isabella and the voyage frame a humorous look at global exploration.
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Columbus
America
Belle
Fead
The Last Arrow and a Mohawk Chief’s Brave Escape
A Mohawk chief Kiodago fights to rescue his wife and infant as French forces attack their village led by the traitor Hangost. With three arrows and a penultimate shot, he dispatches Hangost and escapes to a cave with his wife and child, pursued then spared by the cliffside cliff chase.
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Kiodago
Quebec
Hangost
Eand
Kiodage
Klodasza
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions Column
A 1926 nature Q and A column invites readers to send questions on nature topics to the Nature Notes Department. It lists question prompts such as the biggest flower known, a snail study hook for amateurs, and the chief distinction between birds and other animals. The piece encourages reader engagement with the club through inquiries answered in the column.
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Nature Notes
Anadromous fishes and their life cycle explained
A reader asks about anadromous fishes meaning they leave the sea to breed in fresh water. The article notes salmon sturgeon and shad as examples and contrasts with katadromous species that spawn at sea. It also mentions freshwater eels as a classic example that migrate to spawn and do not return.
Edna Ferber Show Boat troupe in Mississippi and Louisiana
Abe Martin notes publicity for Edna Ferber and her Show Boat troupe performing in Mississippi and Louisiana. He recalls times when people felt sympathy for the homeless and reflects on public attention to touring productions.
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Edna Ferber
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Mississippi
Louisiana
Cold intellect and passionless wit define Shaw in Midwest Review take
The Midwest Review weighs Bernard Shaw as a cold fish who thinks with his head, lacking true pathos or love, and contrasts him with Byron and Goethe in a critique noting Shaw illuminates but does not illuminate with warmth. The piece also mentions a James brothers biography recalling Missouri railroads spared by Frank and Jesse James except Burlington.
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Minneapolis
Journal
Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Goethe
Byron
Haw
Midwest Review
James
Missouri
Frank
Jesse James
Burlington
Robinson pushes national farm surpluses plan for re election
Des Moines Oct 12 Congressman T J B Robinson of Iowa’s Third District urges federal legislation to manage agricultural surpluses without depressing home markets. He backs water transportation development on the Mississippi and Great Lakes St Lawrence waterway and calls for revived hunger for land and homes. He supports independent banks, immigration issues, aviation, labor settlement, radio, tax cuts and law enforcement.
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Des Moines
T. J. B. Robinson
Iowa
Robinson
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Washington
United States
Middlewest
Midde West
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
Lawrence Water Way
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Ue Mic Somata, Syndicate, Inc
Metropolis
Jim Brady
Belasco
Louis Minn
Morris Gest
Gerry Wall
Paris
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Flo Ziegfeld
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Tommy Milard
al Bedell
Earl Carroll
Ben Bernie
Irvin Webb
Persey Hammond
Lowell Sherman
Ben al Hagsgin
Grant Clarke
George White
Ned Wayburn
Bud Fisher
Norway
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Uncle Wiggily and
the Shady Bumbler
Howard R. Garis
Taxy & Bronco
Uncle Wigerly
Dad- Geum
Ant
Andia
Sabella
Ani
Isabelle
Uncle Ray’s
Kietinen
Sioux City Journal
Sookie
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
George Bernard Shaw
Marshal Foch
Foch
Thomas Hardy
Hardy
Tess
Lord Balfour
T. P. O'Connor
O Connor
House of Commons
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Abe Martin
T. J.B. Robinson
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