Waterloo Daily Courier Classed Rates and Policies
Waterloo Daily Courier announces subscription pricing and advertising policies. It notes carriers and mail rates, payment due dates, and the paper’s standards for acceptable advertising while listing news bureau representation in New York Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco via Story Brooks Finley.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News
Buresu
Gwinnett Ig
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story, Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Mental Infidelity in Divorce Law Across Oceans
The article describes English and American divorce standards for infidelity. Constance Talmadge faced required proof of physical adultery under English law, while in America mental unfaithfulness sufficed. A Chicago couple illustrates the concept with letters from the husband to the other woman, sent to the wife by a friend, guiding a decree.
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Constance Talmadge
Capt. McIntosh
America
Chicago
Active minorities and the drive for change
A discussion on how Protestant Episcopal and other church groups show minority drive. It notes only half of recipients returned ballots, while minorities stay active, campaigning to gain members and votes, unlike complacent majorities who ignore notices and waste ballots until it is too late.
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Protestant Episcopal
New York Writers Says Sailor Models Profit Dealers
A writer notes how small shops once called junk shops along South and Pearl streets now sell curios. Ship models once $3 or $4 are now $50 to $1,500, while sailors who made them still receive about 50 cents to a dollar. Dealers gain huge margins, sailors are unorganized and left out of bargaining.
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New York
South Street
Pearl Street
Publicity stunts shift from Grauman to New York publisher
A New York publisher copies Sid Grauman’s streetcar publicity gag, pairing a refined English man with an orange book and cane on subway rides to draw attention. The tactic, though thin, proves effective as crowds crane to glimpse the volume, underscoring that in competitive fields cleverness has become essential.
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Sid Grauman
Hollywood
Altho
New York
Manhattan
Useless Noise Warns City on Health and Quiet
Ottumwa Courier urges residents to adopt a simple rule to reduce noise for a happier city. The piece argues noise increases illness, tortures night workers and invalids, and stems from carelessness and mechanical inefficiency with much of it being useless.
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Ottumwa
Personal Health Service Schaefer method of artificial respiration
This piece presents the Schaefer prone pressure method for restoring breathing after suffocation, submersion, electric shock, or gas asphyxiation. It explains the prone position, operator hand placement, rhythmic chest compression, and the 15 compressions per minute standard, plus persistence up to an hour and cases of possible resuscitation after 15 minutes.
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Schaefer
Questions and Answers on Health and Habits
A collection of reader questions with brief medical and lifestyle guidance. Topics include toilet training ages and schedules, liver-rich foods Vitamin E sources, snoring remedies, sterilizing toothbrushes, and letter responses from Dr. Brady. The tone mimics a 20th century newspaper health column with concise practical tips.
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Brady
William Brady
A Note on Salesmanship by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank President of University of Wisconsin and former Century Magazine editor discusses salesmanship as an art more than a science. He describes two gallery experiences showing how subtle display and concealment shape perception, noting the salesman often hides his technique to let the art speak for itself.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
The
Century Magazine
The Vicious Circle in Mexican Politics
The New York World criticizes President Calles for repressing opposition in Mexico. It argues that suppression fosters perpetual rebellion and civil instability, urging a conciliatory approach to rebels to break the cycle. It says Mexico lacks a leader capable of balancing repression with reconciliation to establish stable civil governance.
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New York
Mexico
Broadway Fixers and Germ Hounds in New York
A vivid portrait of Broadway informers known as fixers who know every backstage secret and move through 4 o'clock breakfasts at chop houses, with examples of their lifestyle and influence. The piece also notes an undercover espionage system in department stores and the rise of germ phobia among hotel staff, including rubber gloves and gauze masks.
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New York
Broadway
Altho
F. Ziegfeld
Flo
Shuberts
Lee
Jake
Belasco
Astor
Wey
Uncle Wiggily's Tic-Tac Halloween Prank
Uncle Butter plans a Halloween joke by dressing as a taxi cab to pick up Aunt Lettie while Uncle Wiggily contemplates joining the fun. The two animal friends banter about aging and play, hinting at mischief to come.
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Uncle Butter
Uncle
Uncle Wiggily
Hallowe'en
Abe Martin Ponders Shoes and Suspender Solvers
In a humorous aside, Abe Martin jokes that no one is fit to wear Wayne B. Wheeler's shoes without suspenders. He muses on a clever solicitor and notes that soliciting is often the last resort of the down and out.
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Wayne B. Wheeler
Uncle Wiggy Plans Tic Tac Prank Ends in Bitter Splash
Uncle Wiggily the rabbit imagines disguising as a boy and plotting a tic tac prank on the kitchen window. He sneaks with a dangling nail and string to tap the glass but is drenched by Nurse Jane when the muskrat wife mistakes him for a burglar fox. He jokes he sought adventure and found it.
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Uncle Butter
Mr.Longears
Uncle Wiggily
Jane
Nurse Jane
Mr. Longears
Hallowe'en
Uncle
George III
Hank Mencken
Thompson
Hank
Chicago
Morning Bus Fellowship and Its Quiet Bonds
A writer recalls riding the 6:30 bus with a small, steady group of workers each weekday. They share a quiet morning fellowship, familiar greetings, and simple rituals before the day begins. The piece notes the unglamorous routine, the subtle social ties, and the unspoken camaraderie among regular riders.
A Talk With an Old-Time Cowboy in Colorado
Uncle Ray recounts a chat on a Denver to Colorado Springs train with Charlie Evans a western Colorado cowboy of 20 plus years. Evans shares lassoing skills breaking calves at five years old riding cows tough to ride and life on the ranch observing bears wildcats coyotes and diminishing cowboy numbers due to smaller farms before moving on to Puebloan notes.
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Rocky Mountain Region
Colorado
Charlie Evans
Denver
Colorado Springs
Uncle Wiggily’s Hallowe’en teased after a pie and cheese scene
In a playful aside the storyteller notes a bedtime line and a vow to skip tic tacs. The tale hints that the apple pie will carry a piece of cheese to the movies, with Uncle Wiggily’s Halloween adventure to follow.
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Uncle Wiggily
New York District Attorney vows stage crackdown on nude performances
District Attorney Banton pledges aggressive action to shut down naked stage acts in New York. He proposes backing patrol wagons to stage doors and transporting performers to night court so judges can view the productions as audiences do. The remarks signal a legal push against public indecency in theaters.
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Indianapolis
Banton
New York
Word choice inquiry on compelled versus compelled wording
A reader questions whether compelled is the precise verb in a quoted passage. The exchange notes the possible nuance in meaning and urges careful selection to match the intended force and tone of the original text.
Pro-British Propaganda Charges In Chicago Schools
Ottumwa Courier reports Mayor Thompson pushes charges against deposed Chicago superintendent William McAndrew over alleged pro British bias in school history. A witness disputes the claim noting history used in schools isn’t pro British and another educator calls the textbook charges silly.
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Ottumwa Courier
George
George III
George V
Thompson
Chicago
William McAndrew
Illinois plan would set 20 mph minimum on main roads
Mason City Globe-Gazette notes Cook County Illinois officials propose a law establishing a minimum speed of 20 miles per hour for motor cars on main highways. The piece frames speed as a sign of a changing world and suggests loitering grows less common as progress accelerates.
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Mason City
Freshman asks older friend what to do if repeating college course
The piece asks what one would do if taking a college course again. The author notes many would focus on studying and pursuing the primary purpose of attending college, though success remains uncertain.
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Ottumwa Courier
Oa University
Sentimental Bolshevism at Grand Duke Palace
A Brooklyn Daily Eagle note derides a parade of worn out communists from China Japan Bulgaria England Germany Roumania India and America lounging in the former palace of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevitch in the Crimes district. The piece suggests Bolshevism also has its sentimentalisms and treats the spectacle as curious.
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Brooklyn Daily
Eagle
China
Japan
Bulgaria
England
Germany
Roumania
India
America
Peter Nikolaevitch
Quote on genius and opportunity from moving picture producer
Atchison Globe quotes a famed moving picture producer saying our greatest geniuses lie among the unknowns waiting for a job. The remark notes that talent is often unrecognized and thus fails to get a chance in any field.
Breaking Up Mobs Muzzle Control in Mob Psychology
Louisville Courier Journal notes that experts agree the quickest way to disperse a mob is to use a gun in the hands of a determined person, breaking collective fury into individuals.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Column Inquiry
Burroughs Nature Club invites readers to send general interest questions about nature to the Nature Notes Department. The paper promises to publish questions and answers in this column, encouraging community engagement with natural science topics.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Nature Notes
Why was the English sparrow introduced and its impact
The note explores sparrow introduction in North America, its usefulness, and potential harm to native birds, then shifts to questions about snakes, wolverines, bird anatomy, giraffe neck bones, and a museum collection of bacteria noting exhibits and safety concerns.
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North America
American Museum of Natural
Him
Tory
Srrange
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