Register and Vote in Iowa City Elections Soon
A detailed notice urges residents in Iowa cities with 6000 plus population to register during the last three days of the current week and on Saturday November 3. It explains absent and remote voting options, the need to rejoin the poll book, and highlights strong turnout potential with women voting in record numbers.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Gattaraugus
William Bryant
Otto
East Otte
Little Valley
Newspapers adopt restrained Hickman execution coverage
The Minneapolis Journal and Kansas City Star lead a new approach by omitting graphic execution details from front page items. Both papers offer brief summaries with editorials suggesting readers seek full details inside. The move aims to spare readers distasteful content while preserving essential news.
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Pioneer
Minneapolis Journal
Kansas City Star
Hickman
Parker
Star
Isaues
Radio coverage vs print in Hoover campaign debate
An analysis notes radio's rise in the 1930s campaign economy yet finds printed reports still dominant. It cites Republican releases showing strong demand for Hoover Palo Alto speeches and GOP talks by Borah. The piece argues printed accounts provide permanence and reflection that radio lacks.
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Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Senator Borah
Crazy but not insane arraignment in rainbow car case
A 19 year old Detroit youth on a sneeding charge tells the judge his painted car colors were “to be crazy.” The judge orders a week of observation, finds him free from mental disturbance, and fines him on the speeding charge before releasing him. The case is noted as potentially setting a legal precedent.
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Detroit
City
Althou
Tne
Editor laments slangy subtitles and flivvers on screens
An Iowa editor rails against subtitle writers who pepper captions with slang and malapropisms. He worries poor grammar might shape youth, while arguing for censorship. The piece notes the car craze and calls for balance in satire and civility.
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Iowa
The Good Old Slumber Time Keeps Health In Check
Dr William Brady discusses sleep needs across ages and stresses the health value of proper bedding and warmth. He cautions against extreme sleep cuts seen in dance marathons, notes infants and children require long rest, while adults need eight hours. He also offers advice on comfortable beds and night covers and invites readers to submit health questions.
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Uow
Scientife
Napoleon
Edison
Pheter
Yenin
Heretics progress and the tyranny of uniform thought
GLENN PRANK argues that most so called heresies arise from reactions to autocracy rather than hunger for freedom. He says true progress comes when individuals become artists of their own philosophy and avoid enforcing beliefs on others. He cites Havelock Ellis on personal experience and the danger of converting rebellion into new orthodoxy.
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Havelock Ellis
New York Memories and Vivid Late Night Moments
A mosaic of New York bygone scenes and figures from Central Park to Coffeehouse chatter. It recalls Big Joan the traffic cop at Seventy second Street, visiting ball players near the Ansonia, the L guard like Jim Corbett, Faust's Mt cafe on Columbus Circle, Nellie Revell the first woman theatrical press agent, and Texas Guinan in vaudeville. Also notes price jumps at Kicker bar, Mary Miles Minter on set, and fragments about pawnshops, crowds, and era characters.
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New York
Big Joan
Seventy Second Street
Bustanoby's
Edward W. Browning
Nellie Revell
Texas Guinan
Kickerbocker
Cafe Martin
Valeska Surratt
Kid McCoy
Metropolitan
Iedies
Mlionaire Stokes
Hammerstein's
Mtur Pays
Rigo
Gipsy Violinist
Little Hungary
Thirtyninth Street
Earl Carrall
Churchill
Brefsteak Charlies
Vernon Castle
Long Beach
Harris Merton Lyon
Robert BE. MacAlarney
Women's Night Court
Columbus Avenue
West Fifty-seventh Street
Mary Miles Minter
Diamond Dhim Brady
Dolly Sister
Uncle Wiggily and the Popping Stones Tale
Uncle Wiggily and the Fox and Bob Cat share a cold campfire scene. The tilly-tailed Bart surprises them with popping stones from wand work, while Uncle Wiggily ponders their nature and motives. The encounter hints at a forthcoming trick as the story unfolds.
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uUncle
Bart Chan
Uncle Wilegily
Wiggily
Uncle Wiggily
Bob Cat
Mr. Lengeats
Sea Anemones and the Ocean’s Small Hunters
UNCLE RAY describes sea anemones with their landlike name origin the fixed cylinder body on rocks or shells and their long feeding tentacles. They drift their slimy tongues and can digest small fish while remaining largely immobile. Their bright colors and tough bodies deter predators, aided by stinging cells. Tomorrow Starfish.
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Uncle Ray
Uncle Wiggily Tricks Fox and Bob Cat with Chestnuts
Uncle Wiggily outsmarts the Fox and Bob Cat with popping chestnuts pressed into a trap. The chestnuts burst when near the fire, striking the hunters and forcing them to flee. Mrs. Bushytail later uses the safe chestnuts for pudding while Uncle Wigglly continues his woodland tales.
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Fox
Bob Cat
Uncle Wiggily
Uncle Wig Bly
Uncle Whigelly
Uncle
Wigglly
Bob Gat
Mrs. Hushytail
Uncle Wigelly
Jennnie
Billie
Uncle Wigally
Abe Martin on campaign checks and relief planks
Local columnist Abe Martin quips about funding a political campaign and the temptation to ignore others when writing checks. The informal remarks reflect humor and gendered phrasing from a past era.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Q&A Digest
Questions on local nature topics prompt expert replies in this Burroughs notes column. Readers seek woodpecker identifications, cloning catalpa trees from seed, and reasons woodchuck fur lacks value, with answers previewed for tomorrow.
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Catalpa
Fifty Years Ago In Tha Ca
Fifty years ago in Tha Ca reports a Cedar Falls circus visit with Robbins troupe and Diabolo, manager Sewell from La Porte City, winter quarters in Janesville, snow, a drunken arrest, rising prices, a local stage production, Water loo post office hours, Oniontown lore of Wethersfield onions, and a markets page with daily prices for flour wheat corn and livestock.
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Burr Robbins
Cedar Falls
John R. Morty
Diabolo
W. A. Sewell
Monager
la Porte City
Robbins
Janesville
Mandy
Waterloo West
Cedar Falls talk on tariff reform and local marriage notice
Forty years ago 1888 reports D B Henderson to speak on tariff reform at Cedar Falls opera house next Saturday. Also announced marriage of Klingaman and Stout at the Klingaman home on Hammond Avenue. The column reflects era commentary on political rallies and local society news from Waterloo area.
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Col
D. B. Henderson
Opera House
Cedar Falls
Nese GC. Klingamian
W. A. Stout
Topeka
Kan
J. G. Klingaman
Hammond Avenue
J. O. Stevenson
Coast to coast bus pioneers amid cross country air race era
Alvany Knickerbocker Press notes the arrival of the first coast to coast bus in New York City after a five day fourteen hour trip from Los Angeles. Regular service will run three buses daily from New York and three from the west, signaling a slower alternative to anticipated air routes.
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Alvany Knickerbocker Press
Air Mail
New York City
Los Angeles
New York Terminal
Canat
New York
California
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Clay Gilbert
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Miss P. Moen
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Hattie
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W.S. Robinson
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Emma
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John & Glover
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