Standard disclaimer notes for Waterloo Evening Courier
The Waterloo Evening Courier carries standard newspaper notices about copyright news service, circulation, advertising policies, payment terms, and ethical standards. It lists Associated Press rights, local republication rules, and advertising acceptance criteria with dates and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
United Press International News
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Tate
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
Flight Requirements Suggest Safeguards for Transoceanic Flyers
Edward P. Warner urges strict registration and high licenses for aviators in ocean flights with demonstrations of navigation and instrument skills. Experts oppose rigid laws, trusting public opinion to enforce safeguards. Seaplanes preferred. pilots, navigators, and technicians essential. passengers discouraged. Public interest notes excess publicity by wealthy flyers as hindrance to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Warner
Navy
Warner
Department ‘of Commerce
Atlantic
Byrd
Lindbergh
Warmer
Joyriding bans reduce college enrollments
A University of Michigan freshman class is smaller this year, officials attributing the dip to a ban on student auto use at school. Illinois saw a similar move, with several universities banning cars. The piece argues that parental checks, not the rule, should curb joyriding, noting that such restrictions filter out undisciplined students while risking ostracizing those who value class work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gan
University of Illinois
Evolution of the Telephone Across Eras
The article traces early milestones from Bell's 1876 Boston telephone talk with Watson to long distance radio telephone in 1928 between New York and London. It notes Lamont villagers’ distant call to Texas, and outlines Sweden’s plan to link with the United States via a London central. A Swedish engineer will study transmissions in London for a Sweden to America connection opening later this year or winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas
A. Watson
Boston
Lamont
Texas
New York
London
Sweden
United States
Department of Commerce
Stockholm
America
London Central
The Spider And The Fly
American tourists to France gripe at high tourist prices echoed by 150000 boxing fans who filled Chicago for Dempsey Sunney. Hotels and theatres raised rates and tickets soared from £4.40 to £37.70 as Mesars Dempsey and Tunney profited from visitor gullibility, painting Chicago as a vast spider web of greed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mesars
Richard
Dempsey
Tunney
I Decline to Read Anonymous Letters Here
An editorial note from a columnist explains a rule of reading only signed correspondence. The writer stresses confidentiality, pledges to respect readers who reveal their identity, and urges sincerity by signing letters for personal advice or information.
Doctor and private health letters from a newspaper page
Letters discuss TB diagnosis vs tests, a worker with pimples and oil contamination spreading germs, and a 74 mile daily commute. The page also notes readers can mail health questions to Dr. William Brady for non diagnosis queries with self addressed envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
William Brady
Habit and Radicalism by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank argues that habit defends the established order against radicalism. He cites William James on habit as the social flywheel that keeps people within traditional norms, restrains upheaval, and shapes thought and action across classes in cold climates and frontier life. He notes habit both stifles innovation and guards stability, while explaining inertia preserves the status quo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William James
James
Emergency funds eyed to repair Mississippi levees now
Washington Post reports assurances from the budget director that despite a comptroller general ruling the rivers and harbor fund cannot be used for levee repairs, the government will find money if an emergency exists. Authorities warn delay risks repetition of last spring disasters. action and funding urged immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Comptroller
Life and glamour in early Hollywood West
A Los Angeles field note describes movie industry life, money, and real estate in the 1930s. It notes actors and staff earning high salaries, Poverty Row studios, portable radios in cabs, Wilshire landmarks, and rapid nightlife decline, with LA real estate rising from steady demand and dignified sales practices.
Uncle Wiggily Visits Boppy for Quiet Home Day
Uncle Wiggily the rabbit plans a quiet visit to Boppy and Um in the Bungbeump while Nurse Jane and Mrs. Longears dust around the hollow stump home. The scene notes the absence of his forty seven bunny children at a picnic, and mentions Baby Bunty as a remaining detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Wiggily
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Mrs. Longears
Jane
Bunny Uncle
Boppy
Bungbeump
Nurse Jane
Longears
Baby Bunty
Mr. Longears
Uncle Wig
Abe Martin Aaron Shot and Odd Portraits at County Home
Veteran of the Mexican War Abe Martin Aaron Shot died today at the County Home. His mustache stretched 21 inches tip to tip and his whiskers reached below the knees. A mattress factory will handle his remains. Miss Blondy Purviance of the Monarch 5 and 10 is described as thrifty and smokes a pipe while teaching her brother to be a bond salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
Blondy Purviance
Uncle Wiggily and the Bungleump Dish Washing Escapade
Uncle Wiggily visits Bungleump where Boppy bounces in a dishpan to wash dishes with soapy water. Um and the Wogglejigs, Mudturtles and a wooden lady friend join in. The bobcat ambushes Uncle Wiggily as the scene shifts toward danger.
Jupiter as the night sky’s brightest ruler and its curious moons
An almanac style note extols Jupiter as the autumn night’s brightest naked-eye beacon, detailing its size, distance, orbital period, and steady glow. It recalls Galileo’s discovery of its four moons, Roemer’s light-speed insight, and the planet’s mythic ties, while noting limited current knowledge and the allure of its elusive features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Planets
Diana
Earth
Wordsworth
Lucy
Galileo
Ganymede
Roemer
Battle of Atlanta Spirit Shines Amid War Image
Uncle Rays Corner recalls a Atlanta visit to view The Battle of Atlanta painting. German artists spent three years on a 40 foot high canvas circle showing Civil War clash with blue and gray uniforms. A Union soldier offers water to a wounded Confederate. two brothers from Tennessee meet the fray in historic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
South
Georgina
Sherman
Georgia
Abe
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Uncle Ray
Uncle Wiggily and the Bob Cat Bounce Clash
In a playful clash, Boppy bounces wildly toward the Bob Cat and lands a big strike atop its head. The Bob Cat yelps as Boppy boasts, while Mr. Longears praises Boppy and hints at more antics with Uncle Wiggily’s adventures and sugar lumps to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boppy
Bob Cat
Mr. Longears
Uncle Wiggily
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Question Column
Readers are invited to send general nature questions to the Nature Notes Dept. of this paper seeking answers in this column. The notice, dated 1927, references the Burroughs Nature Club Notes and invites inquiries on nature subjects for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes
When was the great auk exterminated and other Nature Notes questions
Answers in tomorrow's Nature Notes address three reader queries. The great auk was driven to extinction in the mid-19th century, with the last widely cited individuals dying in the 1840s. The “Stars and Stripes” squirrel is not a recognized species. Climbing fish exist in popular curiosity but there is no scientifically described fish that regularly climbs like a mammal.
British football pay rule sparks amateur sports debate
Des Moines Tribune Capital argues the Olympic committee should allow association football players to be paid during time away from their ordinary work. It condemns the strict amateur rule as harming those who must earn a living and calls for revision to protect both fair play and opportunity to compete internationally. It suggests supervisory methods to curb abuse without eliminating participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des .Moines
Dick Turpin Returns a Modern Hold Up Tale
Philadelphia Ledger notes an armed man robs six passengers on aEnglish railway car and, attributing it to dementia, questions whether such violence would occur in a country with strict gun laws and swift punishment. The piece contrasts Britain’s crime culture with American expectations and asks if US hold ups will ever be rare enough to merit overseas coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
America
Dick Turpin
England
London
Valuable Lives Reflect Loss and Service
Des Moines Tribune-Capital notes that a life’s value lies in service and impact rather than wealth. It cites Dr. Frederick Banting of Toronto, a co discoverer of insulin whose work saved thousands, yet who did not profit from insulin himself. His value is illustrated by a $5,000,000 life insurance policy taken to insure his professional services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. EL
Des Moines
Tribune-Capital
Frederick B. Banting
Toronto
Banting
Dr. Banting
Champion Tunney Readies Defense With Dempsey Bout
One million dollars is to be paid Champion Tunney for defending his title against Jack Dempsey. The sum would fund a fine library and social secretaries, but hopes say it should not buy a higher hat than Tunney already wears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Tunney
Jack Dempsey
German farming praised as efficient model in wartime era
Ottumwa Courier reports travelers describe large German farms as efficient models of management before the war. Seeman is cited as willing to work long hours while Germany reorganizes its economy amid questions about industry and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Germany
Ceelent
Seeman
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Waterloo Evening Courier
W. FH. Hartman C
Ceurier Bidg
Corner Park Ave
Commercil
Seen
Hartman Deskeen McCoy
Emrens Ene
Mrcorp Inrearera
Aeeeeneagee
Aeone
Flight Requirements
College Joxriders
The
University of Michi
Spider and the Fly
France
Personal Health Service
William Brady, M. D
Nat'l Newspaper Service
H. J
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
McClure Newspaper
McIntyre
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Beverly
L. A
Broadway
Variety
Broadway News
Poverty Row
East Side
New Yorker
Wilshire Boulevard
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood
R Howard R. Garis
Abe Martin
Evening Star
Halley
Diety
Juno
Denver
Colo
Springfeld
Mass
Uncle Ray’s
Turpin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!