Waterloo Evening Courier front page masthead notes
Waterloo Evening Courier announces daily edition from W H Hartman Co with Jackson McCoy as president and editor. Advertising policy details warn against fraudulent ads and outline payment terms and nationwide representation by Story Brooks Finley.
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Waterloo
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United Press International News
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New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
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Brooks & Finley
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Observers and lobbying at 1927 Geneva disarmament talk
Senate probes William B. Shearer observer role at the 1927 Geneva disarmament conference and asks who funded his trip. A Justice Department inquiry into efforts to sway public opinion against naval reduction is directed by naval affairs committee amid broader calls to scrutinize lobbying methods at Washington’s cloakroom.
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United States Senate
William B. Shearer
Naval Affairs Committee
Borah
Hoover
Department of Justice
Shearer
Capitol
Washington
Congress
Proselyting Charges Roil Big Ten Recruiting Scene
Charges that Ohio State tried to lure a John Carroll star tackle with financial inducements spark fresh Big Ten controversy. Iowa’s disciplinary action prompts calls for equal enforcement across conferences, with critics alleging other schools aided recruitment while public focus centered on the Hawkeyes.
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Altho
Ohio State
John Carroll College
Iowa
John Carroll
University of Iowa
Big Ten
Qid Gold
Towa
Hawkeye
THAT FOOLISH FEELING IN QUICK RECOVERY ON THE FIELD
A football star recalls the moment a pass deflected into another player's hands for a touchdown and the foolish feeling that follows. The write up notes this slip is common beyond football, from slips of the tongue to embarrassing silences, and stresses poise through quick recovery.
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Eddie Foy, Jr
Charlie
Brian
Eddie
Foy
A Matter of Speech in 1930s Campaign Debates
Professor William Starr Myers argues that dialect influenced voters in the 1932 race. He contrasts Hoover and Al Smith, noting Western speech favored Hoover. He asserts public service quality mattered, but enunciation and delivery via radio shaped the national impression of the candidates.
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William Starr Myers
Hoover
Leukonychia concerns and reader questions from Dr Brady
Dr William Brady explains leukonychia white nail spots and their uncertain spread, noting not contagious but increasing prevalence. He recalls prior clinic notes and contrasts with paronychia causes. Readers’ health questions follow on varicose vein treatment scams and home remedies for hands, tonsil decisions, and child baths.
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United States
Canada
Union
Dominion
Jerkonychin
Brady i
William Brady
The Neurotic Adolescent by Glenn Frank
A 1929 essay outlines a questionnaire for adolescents to reveal psychological twists affecting school adjustment. It lists 40 questions probing fears, thoughts, sleep, headaches, depersonalization, paranoia, trust, self control, and social ease to guide expert help for maladjusted youths.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McQure Newspaper
Sadeben
Bryant Sanctuary at Cummington Ends As Memorial
Massachusetts Trustees of Public Reservations formally accept and dedicate the Bryant Sanctuary at Cummington, the author William Cullen Bryant’s birthplace. The 206 acre homestead near his formative scenes remains largely unchanged, preserving the hills, grove, brook, and woods that inspired his poetry. The piece reflects on Bryant’s early fame, his meditation on death, and the enduring tension between old Puritan seriousness and modern poetic variety.
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Bryant
Cummington
Hampshire County
Wiliam Cullen Bryant
New England
Mutch
Men of Fetters
Hamlet
Jesus
Sanctuary
Orl
Wordsworth
Cummington Woods
Eiber /t
Ufe
Push cart markets fade from New York tenements
New York Days notes the vanishing push cart markets of the Lower East Side, once a bustling, colorful trade on Delancey and Allen streets. Sanitation limits, restricted carts, and healthier competition shrink the tradition as tenements evolve and immigration slows.
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New York
Lfe
Lower East Side
Delancey
Rivington
Allen
Constantinople
Baxter Street
Orchard Street
Fifth Avenue
Riverside Drive
Taft Birthday Party Canceled by Chief Justice for Health
Washington notes depict Chief Justice Taft celebrating at Murray Bay with family and locals. With infantile paralysis concerns and guests departing, the annual gathering is called off. Taft enjoys safety and health as the community decorates spots and plans cakes.
Fragmented 1931 column with poems and notes
A jumble of verse, song lines, jokes, and brief items from a 1931 issue. It includes personal lines about homesickness, a note on three Filipino workers in Kan sik U, Mussolini resigning cabinet roles, nostalgia for radio, and assorted quips about entertainment and aviation.
Chief Justice Taft Hosts Grandchildren Reunion at Murray Bay
The chief justice welcomed all 11 of his grandchildren and their parents for an annual family reunion. He plans to stay at Murray Bay untill October while supervising the construction of a new house, noting the gathering as compensation for no birthday celebration.
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Goa
Murray Bay
Great Num
Bers
Mrs. Taft
Helen
Robert
Charles
Mr. Taft
Sumner
Washington
Bhief
Taft
London
Murray ‘Bay
Yesterday in the American scene by Alexander George
A retrospective look at late 19th century America recalling Steve Brodie’s Niagara Falls death defying stunt and the Canadian arrest, with editor notes on public fascination. Includes Mason City Gilbne Gazette’s note on Winston Churchill urging lasting Anglo American friendship and France Germany peace ties.
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Steve Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
Niagara
San Francisco
Steve
Horseshoe
Brodie
Clifton
Ontario
Horseshoe Falls
John Ledger
McDougall
Grand Trunk
New York
America
Mason City
Gilgbhe-Gazette
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
England
Canada
Churchill
Jerome
New York State
France
Germany
Brain Tests in Evening Post Puzzles
A brain test column from the Evening Post presents multiple choice style questions. Readers are instructed to identify which items truly describe listed words and to cross out nonqualifying options within a three minute time limit.
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Ponte-au-Flo
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Mussolini
J. J. Shubert
Guy Robertson
Agnella
Red’ Coolidge
Amherst College
Oregon
Herbert Hoover
Alexander George
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Dominion of Canada
Prent
Tari
Han Stane Brodies
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