Waterlog Evening Courier Front Matter and Masthead
The Waterlog Evening Courier lists publication details with editor and manager, subscription rates, and postal information. It notes phone and office locations, wartime or historical branding, and advertising policy while identifying Associated Press and United Press International as news sources and including typical newspaper boilerplate.
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W. H. Hartman Co
Courier
Garner Park Ave
Commercial Bt
Telephone Branch Exchange
Sohn G. Wertman
Weerevecess
Enkson McCoy
Cartier
Wil News
Alee
Loser News
Boxing Promoter Criticized For Failing To Sell Fights
A column condemns promoter Tex Rickard for Tunney Dempsey era ticket practices. It argues prices, guarantees, and flattery reflect a common business trap where the public sets its own price and conditions for nonessential events. It cites overpricing and lack of quality proof as exploited by sellers.
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Tex Skickard
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempesay
Tex
Jellyfish ancestry claim ties music to ancient biology
Dr G P Bidder argues that human appreciation for music and poetry springs from a metabolism linked to jellyfish-like forebears, suggesting rhythmic foot tapping and singing are inherited traits beyond conscious control and even connect to social dances and figures like Gilda Gray.
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G. P. Bidder
Darwin and Bryan clash over human ancestry
An editor misquotes Sir Arthur Kent on evolution during an A A S address, noting the error. The science view says humans and apes share a distant common ancestor, with countless generations of arboreal forebears, making apes our extended relatives rather than direct ancestors.
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Darwin
Bryan
Sir Arthur Kent
Association For the Advancement of Science
Sir Arthur
The Business Outlook This Week in August
The United States sees higher weekly business volume in the fourth week of August, with wholesale prices recovering from lows. Cotton and wheat prices improved versus prior week and year, aiding the south and west where crops sustain business, though overall stagnation hints at a more active autumn ahead.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Hueiuc
Arthur Somers Roche’s tongue in cheek on AI themes
A quirky critique by Arthur Somers Roche hints at AI becoming a wide ranging force from bishops to birds. The piece blends humor with sly commentary on sensationalism in publishing and Roche’s own career shifts between fact and fiction.
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Arthur Somers Roche
Aimartt
Roche Fa
Arthur Somers Kochke
Physical education reform urged in public schools
A school superintendent urges that public education include vigorous physical training on par with mental education. He cites New York postwar law as an example of mandated but poorly implemented gym classes and argues taxpayers fund a sham, calling for immediate, proper physical education across schools with accountability. He also answers reader questions on goiter prevention, mosquitos, and ephedrine doses.
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Horum Runcombe
New York State
New York
Empire State
Dickery
Berntlemen
Radical Big Business and the Change Imperative
Glenn Frank argues that big business fuels radical change through funded research and disruptive innovations. He contends universities and governments should adopt a ruthless scientific mindset, while businesses should welcome sound reform both inside and outside. The piece cites US Steel and calls for a hands-off presidential stance in 1928 politics.
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Bolshevism
United States Steel Corporation
Monone
Gary
Steel Corporation
Wood memorials and Leonard Wood legacy praised in Minneapolis Journal
The Minneapolis Journal notes how Leonard Wood is honored for frontier army service from Apache campaigns to Rough Rider command in the Spanish war and head of the general staff, while highlighting his wartime efforts and postwar public health relief work. The piece credits Gen Wood as a medical man who saved millions in peace time.
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Sen
Woon
Ann Nise
Minneapolis Journal
Leonard Wood
Wood
Diary of modern Pepys recalls Broadway nights in 1927
In New York on September fifth a diarist chronicles a vivid night along Twenty-eighth Street and Madison Avenue. He meets a dentist and his family, observes brokering speak of speakeasies, outside distributors, and window displays for nightclub cards. He notes dangers of bad liquor and hotel panic calls, and reflects on changing city life and early prohibition era temptations.
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New York
Dakota
William Thaw
Broadway
Uncle Wiggily Shell Party Ends School Term Fun
Uncle Wiggily invites forty bunny boys and girls to gather shells for a seaside party before returning to school. The scene teases a playful shell scavenger hunt as the group enjoys a last day by the shore and celebrates with the idea of a shell party.
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Uncle Whelly
Meg
Baby Buney
Pem
Bunty
Uncle Wiegly
Jingle
Val
Jangle
Shell Dish Plan for Seashore Party Features Shell Creations
A playful seaside scene unfolds as the Sea Lion and bunny gentleman debate shell based foods at a party set on their last day by the shore. Timble Tumble and Stumble volunteer to gather more shells for the table in a cheerful, whimsical exchange.
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Timble
Tumble
Stumble
Strike tale from ancient Thebes told by Uncle Ray
Labor day piece recalls the first recorded strike in Thebes Egypt. A hundred masons halted work over hunger and wages, demanding food and clothing. Pharaoh and local officials granted grain, then relief ran out, and the masons seized officials before the governor ordered more grain, ending the strike. Tomorrow: Stories of Smart Dogs.
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Egypt
Thebes
Ray
Shell Party With Uncle Wiggily Ends Calmly In Thankful Tone
A seaside bunny tale describes Stumble and Tumble, shells galore, and a grand shell party hosted by Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. A Sea Lion disturbance is nipped by Hermit Crab, restoring peace as the Canine friends, birds, and a canary join the festive scene.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Questions Answers
Burroughs Nature Club Notes invites readers to submit questions on nature. The column promises tomorrow's answers on topics such as how snakes reach distant islands, whether birds feel heat, and proper names for shellfish with a brief note on sequoia propagation and seed collection.
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Dlam
Murder in Mexico Hatred and deception in a desert manor
John Moore travels from New York to Tucson and gets entangled with Philip Morton and Ruth Henshaw over a portrait and arms trafficking. In a tense aftermath Clench is murdered and a knife is raised as allies maneuver amid spying and shifting loyalties. Moore accuses Manuel Lopez and Roderiguez of the crime as Henshaw presides over a dangerous, escalating situation.
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John Moore
New York
Gocs
Tucson
Ariz
Philip Morton
Mexico
Moore
Morton
Ruth Henshaw
Ramon
Tubutoma
Clench
John Treets
Manuel Lopez
Roderigues Jana Horton Henshaw
John Monre
John
Ruth
Ento
Neeting Clench
Mr. Henshaw
Yubutama
Roderiguez
Henshaw
Roderigues
Cleath
Jalthey
Manuel
Roederiguez
Mr. Moore
Maneuth
Mr. Henshew
Inquisitor
Mr Hershaw
Mira
Minuel
Rodriguez
Jotun
Mexico." Mr. Henshaw
Unclear excerpts on biology and migration observations
Fragments discuss fertility in feQuUOlA cones, latitude effects on animal color, robin behavior and migration, rotin spring presence fading by August, and references to birds texts. The text reads like miscellaneous notes or a correspondence note rather than a single coherent report.
Outclassed Already Revolution Ship Voyage Mention Recalled
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls a plan for a revolutionary voyage ship that would cross oceans by air, asking what became of the idea as air travel expands and oceans are crossed by airplanes.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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