Daily Courier Rates and masthead from Wes Hartman Co
The Waterloo journal masthead lists Wes Hartman Co as publisher with John C Hartman as president and editor and Jackson McCoy as treasurer and GM. Subscription rates show weekly carrier 10 cents, mail options with 50 mile and 60 mile terms and annual plans. notices indicate Associated Press and United Press International bureaus and a 1879 act postmark. The page includes advertising policy statements and office locations in major cities.
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Courier
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Waterloo
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Representatives
Legge defends Farm Board role amid senate grilling
Alexander Legge, former head of International Harvester, accepts the Farm Board chairmanship at Hoover's request, giving up a 100000 salary. He faces a hostile senate hearing where critics probe qualifications and plans, and Legge defends his duties, warning critics that removal is possible.
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Alexander Legge
International Harvester Company
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
Legge
Congress
Senate
Novice Drivers Scheme Provokes Debate on Safe Streets
Minneapolis Journal reports New York police commissioner proposes novice only streets to confine learners as a training device. Critics question uniform skill levels, entry rights, and need for pedestrians and other vehicles to practice. The piece notes the concept may fail without a prepared course and warns against dangerous self sacrifice.
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New York
New York Police
Minneapolis Journal
The Ancient and Modern Art of Shaving
A quirky historical look at shaving from its ancient origins to modern home routines. It notes soldiers cutting whiskers to thwart grips in combat, the Victorian era trends, the ornate shaving mug, and the rise of safety razors shaping daily routines. It ends with differing times to shave and tips on the rite.
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Young Simpkins
Hoy
Noonday Shave and Boss Daughters Bring Satire
A humorous note on the strain of mid day routines and ambition. A Three Hours for Lunch club chestnut mocks noon time indulgences and the college boy urged to snobbery. A cynic's daughter named Bolshevik showcases chaotic family life and social disruption.
Health Advice From Dr Brady Riffs On Bankers And Stimulators
Public health column by Dr William Brady addresses bankers and nerve specialists about stimulators, urging skepticism toward quack devices. Includes reader questions on cancer, girls basketball, and arch support with Brady's practical medical responses and notes on how to seek personal health guidance.
The Quest of Comfort by Glenn Frank
The piece argues comfort is humanitys heavy handicap to both body and mind. It contrasts ease with challenge, warning that ease dulls intellect and vigor. It cites science as a restless pursuit of certainty and urges vigilance against complacent thinking.
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Glenn Frank
University of Wirconsin
Century Magazine
McChire
Ase
Cafe de Luxe
Bernadin
Last of the town criers Julius Myers dies in city
A long obituary recalls Julius Myers the town crier known for his bass voice and era of street notices. He wandered streets announcing games, sales, and events shaping memories of a vanished community institution. Residents recall his voice, daily calls, and the nostalgia of a town’s sound.
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Julius Myers
Julius
Erlers
Erler
San Antonio
Fort Worth
W—'s
T—— Hall
Yellow Journal
James K. Folk
Here
Yan
Rover
Woes and Wisdom From a Fractured Page of History
A collage of notes and quotes spans reflections on monarchy, politics, and literary figures. It mixes verse snippets, brief riffs on public figures, and book mentions, highlighting Carrie Nation, Ann Pennington, and biographies of La Fayette and Beaumarchais alongside editorials and humorous asides from a Wisconsin Herald Tribune context.
New Cartie Nation Biography From Asbury Highlights
New York reporters review the Carrie Nation biography by Herbert Asbury. The book compiles sources from autobiographies and interviews to recount Carrie Nation born in Kentucky in 1848 and her temperance campaign, noting she did not drive her first husband to drink.
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Medicine Lodge
Kan
Kansas
W. C. T Wu
Asbury
America
New York
Carrin Nation
Herbert Asbury
Kateweleer
Cartrie Nation
Carre
Kentucky
Missouri
Dr. Gloyd
Gloyd
Cartle
Abe Martin Reminiscence on Treatment of Women
Abe Martin muses that women used to slink away and cry under mistreatment, while now if given the worst they rise up and beat ears down. He jokes that tradesmen have never sent decent hand addressed notes announcing arrivals, as people are easily fooled.
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Arcles
Rome
Brady
Jank
T Navn Bern
Millionaire Club
Upper Avenue
Adams's Breed and the Well of Loneliness echoed in prize stories
A brief review notes Hall's prize winning Adams's Breed trails Well of Loneliness as a gentle sympathetic tale about an Italian family's transplantation to England. It highlights a sensitive boy's adjustment and remarks the story as perhaps the author's best work.
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Radclyffe
Hall
Adams
England
Time and Chance in the Life of Men
Rev John R Gunn argues time and chance shape most people's destinies more than genius or circumstance. He compares time to freightage, a book, a tree, and a ladder, urging decisive action to use opportunities. He invites readers to submit questions for further guidance with a self addressed stamped envelope.
Brain Tests to Predominating Letters In Post
The clipping shows a word game from the Evening Post with multiple letter tests asking for the most frequent letter in each sample. It includes sequences like Q MwWwaGaGkK..., RPHQOUDGEREURKU, MASDFGHJIDKLWAD, and YNTOLTDXWTXQZ, plus prompts for the predominant letters and a note about Answers on Society Page.
Missing Guido Bruno Stirs New York Village Echoes
New York Day by Day recalls Guido Bruno a Greenwich Village figure whose absence from coffee shops and his shuttered book shop mark a fading era. The piece surveys Bruno as a romantic catalyst for Village imagination, contrasts him with Hartman Harris and George M Cohan, and notes club life at The Players Lambs and Friars.
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New York
Guido Bruno
Greenwich Village
Tim
Grace Goodwin
Bruno
Washington Square
Diplomat Bachelor Life and Embassy Social Scene in Washington
Washington Daybook notes the diplomat bachelor enjoys a life of constant social access, with embassies listing eligible bachelors. It highlights Carlo Andrea Scardi joining the Italian embassy, described as a tall blue eyed northerner about to begin a diplomacy career, and recalls Newton D. Baker receiving the Distinguished Service Medal after multiple ceremonial retakes. It also mentions a Nevada senator Key Pittman residence with illuminated gate posts.
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Washington
Cupid
Pio Macchi Dei Canti di Cellere
Count Ai Cellere
Carlo Andrea Geardi
Italy
Mme. de Martino
Rome
Wardman Park
M. Scardi
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
United States Senate
Key Pittman
Nevada
Ridge Road
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