Famous cartoons of 1925 prize era and enduring works
The piece surveys celebrated 1925 journalism prize cartoons and enduring works by D. K. Fitzpatrick of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, John T. McCutcheon, H. T. Webster, Magnus G. Kettner and others, highlighting their lasting appeal and impact on public sentiment. It cites McCutcheon’s Injun Summer and Webster’s Hardin County 1809 as enduring examples, and notes Kettner’s The Canopy of Liberty as a wartime icon echoed in peace.
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D. K. Fitzpatrick
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Daily American
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
McCutcheon
Chicago
The
Tribune
Congress
Middle West
John McCutcheon
Mississippi Valley
Pulitzer
Michigan Boulevard
H. T. Webster
Webster
New York World
New York Tribune
United States
Hardin County
Kentucky
Th’ Village
Squire McLean
Washington
Madison
Ol’ Spellman
Spain
Tom Lincoln
Clare Briggs
Briggs
Mark Twain
Booth Tarkington
Henry A. Shute
Wisconsin
New York
Evening Globe
Magnus G. Kettner
Union
America
Kettner
National Capitol
American Natron
Canopy of Liberty
Stars and Stripes
Herbert Hoover
Credit Structure Built by Banking Business Keystone of Prosperity
The article argues the banking system is the keystone of American prosperity. Ninety percent of national business relies on credit, making bankers central to economic development. It calls for bankers to stay informed, exercise sound judgment, and serve the public with knowledge and responsibility.
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United States
Foundation of National Wealth Aggregate of Individual Possessions
The text argues national wealth equals the aggregate of individual possessions. It cites conversion of natural resources into daily-use goods, and says methods that quicken this conversion aid social welfare, increase earnings, and reduce prices. It lists three factors shaping a society’s progress: natural resources, industry habits, and stable government.
Great Need Today Is Loyalty to the Home the Church and the Christ
The era is marked by restlessness and disloyalty to home church and Christ. Parents abandon family life for urban amusements while loyalty to church and Savior lags. Citizens must fund, time and support religious institutions to hasten the kingdom.
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Church
the Christ
Christ
Child Labor Urged as Great Evil by Advocates
A campaign denounces child wage earners as a greater threat than convicts to adult workers. It links support for prohibition, income tax, and women suffrage to anti child labor measures and criticizes business groups for opposing federal rules and prison made goods bans. It urges protecting children from hazardous factory work and condemns profits earned from exhausted youths.
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Employers’ Associations
Chambers of Commerce
Treat the Youthful Criminal as Fool and Wrongdoer
An editorial urges society to view the young criminal as a fool and wrongdoer rather than a hero. It condemns reckless youths carried by modern mobility and media exposure, noting that incarceration often fuels bravado. It argues press coverage enhances the criminal’s aura and calls for harsher public judgment.
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Atlanta, Ga
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Volunteers of America