Classifieds and policy notes from a midcentury newspaper
The page includes advertising rates and policy statements, with notes on payment due dates and submission rules. It identifies staff roles and mentions postal classifications, reprint rights, and advertising standards. Names of wire services and offices in major cities are listed, alongside rights and circulation disclosures.
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AaronTan
W. A
Corner Park
Waterloo
United Press International News
Associated Press
Bureau OF Circulations
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisce
Stary
Brooks & Finley
Representatives
ASEOS
Edison Lights Golden Jubilee Night Nationwide Broadcast
A nationwide radio program tonight marks Edison’s fifty year milestone of the incandescent lamp. Mayor Walker proclaims Edison Light Day in New York with public buildings lit in national colors.
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America
Light
Thomas A. Edison
Walker
New York
Manhattan
Lower East Side
al Smith
Edison
Waterloo
United States Patent Office
Theodore Roosevelt and Bird Conservation Legacy
Theodore Roosevelt is remembered next Sunday for his wide influence as soldier, statesman, author, and president. He fought to protect wildlife, establishing 38 bird sanctuaries including Breton Island and Freemason Islands to halt mass shootings for millinery and trade.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
White House
America
Florida
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Breton Island
Old Harbor
Freemason Islands
Indian River
Iowa Trails Neighbors in Readability and Library Access
Charles H. Brown of Ames notes 62 percent of Iowa residents lack adequate book access, a higher share than North and South Dakota and some Midwestern peers. Comparisons show Iowa spending 31 cents per capita on library activities versus Indiana Ohio and Michigan at 80 cents or more.
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North
South Dakota
Minots
Indiana
Minnesota
Ohio
Michigan
Iowa
Have a Few Laws Reportedly Enacted This Year
Legislators passed a new wave of statutes in 43 states amid a survey by Michael J. Hickey, secretary of the National Industrial union, noting 16 921 laws enacted nationwide this year and highlighting the ongoing legislative activity.
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Michael J.hickey
The
National Industrial
Legislative trends paint mixed hill progress across states
A report notes that roughly one in three bills pass overall, with 62,017 total measures submitted. In 1827 about 17,015 laws were enacted from 50,087 bills, while 1929 saw nearly 2,000 more measures reaching the floor. Des Moines enacted 366 that year, with totals of 1,074 introduced and 394 enacted. Rising support for old age pensions and higher gasoline taxes emerge amid varied progress. Georgia and South Carolina now levy six cents per gallon.
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General Assembly
Des Moines
Georgia
South Carolina
Constipation habits discouraged by medical advice
In the Personal Health column Dr. William Brady argues most bowel sluggishness comes from overstimulation by laxatives and enforces that healthy digestion needs no artificial interference. He warns against castor oil and similar remedies, cites the danger of forming a habit, and urges normal bowel function without physic except under medical care. He notes questions on hair washing and milk versus cocoa and promises brief, addressed replies to readers.
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Wes
Olinah
Ori
Echaal
Brady
Wiltom Brady
Sunlight and Sin by Glenn Frank in a provincial paper
An 1929 reprint discusses Fifty Years Ago Today from 1879, contrasting superstition with science. It argues sin reflects harm to humans, not divine fault, and urges rational understanding of behavior and health through chemistry and physiology rather than priestly or magical explanations.
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Sunlight and Sin
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin and
Formos
Century Magazine
McClurs
Madison
Market Jest and Stocks Ramble in Haphazard Whirl
A chaotic stock market overview notes unbalanced opinions and scattered predictions. Companies named include Hershey Chocolate, Pullman, Adams Express, Ajax Rubber, Atlas Powder, Aviation Gorp, American Safety Razvor, Baldwin Locomotive, City Ica Puol, Columbia Grephephone, Kraft Phenix Cheese, Indian Refining, Holland Furnacé, Florsheim Shce, Liquid Carbonic, Phoenix EHostery, and more. Passages touch on headlines, editorials, and quirky items about fashion, crime, and culture, reflecting a cluttered page of a 19th or early 20th century newspaper.
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Hershey Chocolate
Pullman
Adams Express
Ajax
Atlas
Aviation Gorp
American Safety
Razvor
Baldwin Locomotive
City Ica & Puol
Columbia Grephephone
Cuwlet-Hammer
Bears
Florsheim Shce
Holland Furnacé
Fitischmann
Phoenix Ehostery
Light My Y By Rev John Re Gain Joyful Habit For Life
A devotional urging cultivation of a joyful heart drawn from Psalm 35 9. It argues faith and steady effort beat despondency and that joy sustains work and guards against temptation. It notes joyful souls endure adversity and invites readers to submit questions to the author with a self addressed stamped envelope.
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Rev
John RE. Gain
Capper Pushes Gun Embargo Plan in December Session
Washington notes Senator Capper Republican Kansas will press his arms embargo joint resolution in the December session. The measure, on the foreign relations committee, would bar export of arms and munitions to signatories violating the Kellogg Briand pact. Backers cite pro pacifist sentiment and the MacDonald Hoover talks as momentum.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
MacDonald
Congress
Arthur Capper
Kansas
United States
Capper
Foreign Relations Committee
Shaw Antipathies and Thornton’s Rail Triumph
The British Who's Who lists George Bernard Shaw as preferring recreation “Any thing except sport.” Ramsay MacDonald looks forward to meeting Sir Henry Thornton in Canada this week, noting Thornton’s success running the Canadian National railways since 1922. Thornton, a Hoosier born in Logansport 68 years ago, turned CN into a profitable, treasury-contributing system after leading English railway management and wartime transport. Nationalization debates loom as Labour residents tout Thornton’s road in Parliament and campaign talks.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Canada
Ramsay MacDonald
Canadian National Railways
Sir Henry W. Thornton
Thornton
Logaensport
Canadian National
England
France
Dominiion Treasury
Labor Party
Mace Donald
Apar Hament
Abe Martin II The Prince Of Wates Faces Career Dilemma
Abe Martin II the prince of Wates remains poor and undecided between becoming an electrical engineer or a doctor. He has been married long ago, and the Democratic national executive committee notes the party is slipping away from him amid shifting political currents.
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Prince of
New York Day By Day by O. O. McIntyre diary notes
Diary entries recount a day of social events in New York and Connecticut, remarks on celebrity sightings, shopping for glassware from Amon Carter in Fort Worth, plans for a pool and jazz band, plus musings on jockeys, hotels, and Central Park trees with sly humor about urban life.
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New York
al Meer Pepys
Will Mahoney
Frazer
Emma Hunt
Beck
Alberta
Seb
London
Amon Carter
Ft. Worth
Ray Long
Connecticut
Hugh
Sadie Murray
Hattie Bells Johnston
Eva Steinmetz
Otis Ralston
Reinald
Verna Werrenwrath
Central Park
Acadian Louisiana Native Montet Wins Louisiana’s Third District Seat
Numa Montet, a direct Acadian descendant from Louisiana’s Teche country, opens his Capitol Hill office to fill the 18 month term of the late representative. He dominates French in campaign speeches, hunts and cooks gumbo, courtbouillon, and sauce piquant, and is noted for visiting numerous dance halls and meeting halls to reach voters. He previously served as general counsel for the Louisiana state highway commission and was a Democratic national convention delegate in 1924.
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Washington, D. C
Hayou
Louisiania
Evangéline
Congress
Numa Montet
pMce
Capitol Hill
Martin
Louisiana
Sugar Bowl
Monet
Teche
Washington
Montez
Asecretary
Monter
New York
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Camfort
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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New York Times
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Worcester
Mass
Market Street
Andes
Senators
Gen. Dawes
Dawes
Great Britain
Hoover
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Marine
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Uncle Sam
Wall Street
Wright Brothers
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
B. Pendleton Herring
Institute For Government Research
Brookings Institution
Chamber of Commerce of the
American Federation of Labor
Federal Employes Union
National League of Women Workers
Anti-Saloon League
Veterans’ Organizations
Anne Hoefer
U. S
Patent Office
By C. D. Batchelor
Cincinnati Enquirer
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Houston Post Dispatch
Glasgow Evening Standard
Buffalo Courier-Express
Prexy
Morristown
Jerseyman
Abe Martin
Fuere
Carrot
Iver
O. O. McIntyre
Fifty-seventh Street
Britain
Taney Inn
Broadway
Ted Sloane
Julia Saunderson
Walters
Scotland
Loch Awe
Metropolis
Jock
A. Washington
Herbert C. Plummer
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