Waterloo Daily News advertisment and policy notice
An excerpt from the Waterloo Daily News includes imprint details, subscription prices, and advertising policies. It notes carrier and mail rates, publication as a second class matter, and states that AP and other services provide news then outlines rules on admissible and rejected advertising and payment terms. It also lists office representation in major cities and pricing for specific ads.
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W. H. Hartman
Courier
Corner Park Ave
T. Telephone Branch Exchange
John
Hartman
Aackson Mooy
S.s.e.eevy
Waterloo
Iowa
United Press
International News
Associated Press
Bureau of Circulations
Ec New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Franccisco
Story, Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Price drives response in ads say average man favors clear costs
Roy L. Gray argues advertising success hinges on copy and price disclosure. He notes readers doubt items labeled costly and prefer seeing price to avoid misperceptions. Including price can boost sale likelihood and counter the notion that offerings are prohibitively expensive.
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Roy L. Gray
Fort.Madison Clothier
America
Mr. Gray
Places to Light for Air Mail Advances in Cities
The article outlines challenges in locating landing sites for air mail, proposing elevated platforms atop postal buildings or above railway terminals and even floating dry docks at sea. It notes potential time savings from centralized urban landings and the postal service is evaluating proposals though no funds are available yet.
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United States Post Office Department
Midocean
Postal
Wight
Cotton Carry Over Sparks Congressional Debate in Deep South
The dispute centers on the use of private versus official data in crop reports. Secretary Jardine defends official surveys as stabilizing, while Representative Aswell of Louisiana pushes to curb private figures and questions data inclusion. Congress is expected to debate abolishing the federal crop reporting board.
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Congress
Agriculture Department
Jardine
Louisiana
Aswell
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Public Ownership and Telegraphs Across Nations
The piece argues that private ownership built and improved public utilities like telegraphs, while English post office control since 1870 has run deficits, totaling over 5 million dollars in 1926. It warns political management harms efficiency and ends with the moral that good work should avoid politics.
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Telephone
Telegraph
England
Post Office Department
Why not call it tuberculosis not TB or tubercular
The health columnist urges using tuberculosis rather than TB or tubercular. Accurate terms prevent misunderstanding and tragedy. Tuberculosis is the most curable chronic disease when properly treated, and frankness aids recovery and public understanding.
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Dora’ Dumb
John Doe
Answers and Advice On Wart Cure And Health Concerns
A newspaper health column offers home wart remedies with salicylic acid and tincture of iodine for hands, notes medical cautions for facial warts, and endorses diathermy as effective. It reassures cancer is non contagious and advises standard cleanliness for protection. It also answers about crickets and superstition, encouraging curiosity and natural science study to reduce fears.
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Toward a New World After War Perversities
Glenn Frank argues that forgetting wartime harms and focusing on constructive, peaceful aims is wiser than dwelling on guilt. He cites St Paul and Bernard Shaw to urge restraint, build better towns, and celebrate human culture, warning that war’s moral fallout outlives its wreckage.
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Hindenburg
Europe
Philippians
St. Paul
Edgar J. Goodspeed
Bernard Shew
Mr. Shaw
Ghost Writing and Celebrity Authorship
The Bookman examines ghost writing in a feature noting Babe Ruth as Ford Frick and Jack Dempsey as Frank Menke. It explains that some public figures provide ideas while others merely endorse the produced articles, with Dempsey testifying he has not read his pieces in a year.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Santa Claus
Bookman
Babe Ruth
Ford Frick
New York Evening Journal
Jack Dempsey
Frank Menke
New York 1% Har rison Fisher tale at dinner with star
A 1927 New York column recounts Harrison Fisher the magazine cover artist being mistaken for a guest at a movie star's birthday dinner. He awkwardly navigates a tense moment, then notes how show folk behave and jokes about the era. The piece shifts to Coney Island's dull season and a later children’s Halloween vignette featuring Baby Bunty and Uncle Wiggily with a carved pumpkin lantern.
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New York
Harrison Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Fisher
Uncle Wiggily's Pumpkin Light
In a cellar under Uncle Wiggily's stump bungalow a jolly yellow pumpkin frets about its fate. Surrounded by beets turnips and potatoes the pumpkin worries about being turned into Thanksgiving pie or a Jack o' lantern while awaiting its turn in the cold storage near the Orange Ice mountains.
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Uncle Wiggily
Orange Ice Mountains
Carrot
Hallowe’en
Puzzling Kitchen Intrigue in the Cellar
A group of farm vegetables fear discovery by Mrs Longears Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy and Uncle Wiggily as they whisper about waiting for Hallowe'en and Thanksgiving. A crunching stranger is heard on the cellar stairs prompting silence among the fruit and veg.
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Baby Bunty
Jane
Hallowe’en
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Jackie
Peetie Bow Wow
Nurse Jane
Bunty
Ankie Wig
Uncle
Peetie
Unkie Wig
Mr. Longears
Scarecrow
Hallowe'en
Mrs. Longears
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column Inquiry
A 1927 column from Burroughs Nature Club Notes asks readers to send general interest questions on nature to the Nature Notes Department for answers published in this paper.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
Answers From Tomorrow's Nature Notes
Goldfish can live up to several years in captivity with proper care. In world history warm-blooded animals are older than cold-blooded ones. Eagles lay eggs that are commonly described as oval and leathery in the shell.
October Pleasures and Politics of Quiet Life
The essay reflects on October as a beloved, sunlit month with vivid natural details and nostalgia for boyhood wanderings, contrasting carefree vagabondage with adult work and family obligations. It shifts to a political note on minority leaders, arguing their value and differing temperaments in opposition.
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Sol
Bliss Carman
A Little Saturday Talk From Uncle Rays Corner
Uncle Rays Corner shares school visits and reader questions about stars planets and quizzes. He notes fan turnout and urges readers to request the How to Keep a Corner Scrapbook leaflet while guiding on mail delays and address requests.
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Mars
Saturn
Venus
Uncle Ray
Death in the Natural World And Snakes Feeding Habits
The text compares death in wild and domestic animals, noting natural predators and human impacts on livestock. It explains how snakes kill or immobilize prey, with some striking venomous bites before death and others constricting to suffocate, while some prey are swallowed alive.
Reckless Driving Blamed After Child Safety Crashes
A Mason City Globe-Gazette analysis notes that every year thousands of children in the United States are killed or gravely injured in street crashes. The piece argues reckless drivers are the primary cause and calls for stronger safety measures and enforcement.
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Mason City
Street safety and parental neglect urged for children
The text argues that parental neglect is a factor in danger to children. It stresses training children to stop and look before crossing streets and to avoid playing in streets. It condemns impudent youths who cross in the middle of blocks and challenge drivers.
Reed Outspoken in Missouri Senatorial Critique
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, a vehement Democratic presidential contender, is praised as a useful opponent akin to insurgent Republicans. He and other critics guard minority rights, acting as essential checkers in a healthy political system and helping steer the nation away from dangerous drift.
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Newark Evening News
James A. Reed
Missouri
The Guarded Mind
A Chicago Evening Post column discusses the value of an open mind while warning against unwarranted openness. It notes some people boast openness yet reveal biases when examined, with certain prejudices locked behind closed windows.
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Chicago Evening Post
St Louis student regains Latin grammar blown away
A Tornado hurls misfortune on a St Louis University High School student when a Latin grammar book is carried away by the storm to Mount Olive Illinois. The finder mails it back and the student resumes Latin studies.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St.Louis University High School
Mount Olive
Til
Let Them Talk and Social Expectations Abroad
A Cincinnati Inquirer column advises that living beyond means invites criticism and so does keeping within them. It argues that people will judge possessions and lifestyle regardless of choices, making worrying about others pointless.
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Cincinnati Inquirer
Open country unguarded invites vandalism claims
In a Syracuse Post Standard piece, the author argues that open country remains the property of landowners despite automobile use. The widespread invasions of lands by motorists are condemned as vandalism, asserting motorists gain no rights to raid wayside lands.
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Syracuse
Crossed in love and politics in Ohio editorial clash
A stray Ohio State Journal note sketches tensions among editors as Democratic love for Al Smith collides with party loyalties to E T Meredith. The piece paints a fraught moment for Republican editors torn between personal devotion and party alignment.
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Ohio State
Journal
al Smith
E.T. Meredith
A Handy Way It Is In Mexican Politics
The Atchison Globe notes Mexico’s method of removing presidential contenders. It suggests Senator Oscar Underwood might have been shot by a firing squad on the second day of the famous Democratic convention if held in Mexico.
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Atchison Globe
Mexico
Oscar Underwood
No man will run after the presidency says Gov. Lowden
The Topeka Capital quotes Gov. Lowden denying any responsible man would pursue the presidency and suggests the remark extends to a widow’s stance, calling the description inartistic. The opinion reflects editorial scrutiny of political ambition and public behavior in cautious terms.
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Topeka
Lowden
Interlocutory ruling limits snuff price fixing impact
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders a snuff company to halt price fixing and analysts doubt it will reach fifteen shoe makers before mid next summer. Mrs Cassie Chadwick’s fate between Wooster Ohio and Pittsburgh remains unclear.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Cassie Chadwick
Wooster
Ohio
Pittsburgh
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