A Czar for Wall Street and Other Editorial Notes
A magazine argues for a Wall Street ethics referee to protect small investors amid new market dynamics. The piece questions a national dictator role, suggesting a narrowly scoped referee for bond sales rather than a countrywide dictator. It notes small investors now number about twenty million with two billion dollars in power. The column also discusses declines in church attendance tied to economic strain and mobility, and muses on public belief and political issues in the forthcoming election.
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Wall Street
Hayes
Landis
Magazine of
Paul
Antioch
Ttle
Armen
Yishbors
Peter Betzing
Presidential year beliefs drive business and boxing talk
The piece notes a superstition that presidential years hurt business, while cotton prices rise and a potential rematch between Dempsey and Tunney is discussed. It mentions Sharkey’s hospital stay after a bout with Dempsey and blames fights for profit schemes, arguing a Dempsey Tunney rematch would be more profitable.
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Sharkey
Dempsey
Tunney
Oil Octopus In Russian Affairs Sparks Global Debate
The Isvestiya reports Standard Oil operates on both sides of Russian oil matters. Standard Oil of New Jersey shuns Russia while Standard Oil of New York, with Vacuum Oil, expands Russian franchises. The piece contrasts Bolshevism rhetoric with business practices in a modern oil empire.
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Isvestiya
Standard Oil
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Royal Shell Company
Russia
Standard of New York
Happy Little Oil
Vacuum Oil
Great Britain
Standard
Octopus
S. O. Octopus
Investija
Straton Sees Devil Behind Atheist Pamphlet Battle
The Rev. Dr. Straton of New York declares belief in a genuine devil active in earth and accuses an atheist of a doomed bid to convert him. He sues the pamphleteer, while noting prayers against temptation and a note on Wall Street’s bear market as prices rise and fall.
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Dr. Straton
New York
Doctor Straton
General Motors Stock Hits New High After Volatile Ten Days
Over a ten day run GM stock reached a new high and paused at 225. A bettor who wagered 1000 dollars that GM would rise 50 points before a 50 point drop collected his payout yesterday after the stock moved higher.
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General Motors
Green corn aids constipation and digestion says Dr McCoy
An Athens Messenger health note discusses using green corn to ease constipation, noting its soft cellulose and lower starch versus cornmeal. It advises pairing corn with greens and a salad, avoiding acid fruits, and includes reader questions on cabbage meat age and gas from cabbage.
Random notes from Manhattan ramble in By the Way column
In New York July 23 Random notes stroll through Manhattan with mentions of Daddy Brown in a maroon Rolls Royce, a Broadway newspaper vendor with mournful buyers, and a caution about talent in jazz circles. Greenwich Village fashion, acrobats, and Roger Wolfe Kahn turning to flying color the bohemian scene and youth culture.
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New York
Manhattan
Browning
wWoMan
Greenwich Village
Roger Wolfe Kahn
Otto
Europe
Advice for flat feet and large abdomen
The reader requests help for flat feet and a large abdomen. The answer suggests reducing food intake to slim the abdomen and performing the "setting-up" exercises twice daily to improve condition.
Fashion Drives Down Potato Consumption in New York
Style trends influence dietary choices as women shun potatoes to maintain slim figures, reducing per capita intake in New York.
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New York
Local notes and visits circle town families
Mrs. Frank Dean and son Frank Lin visit Carbondale relatives for the week. Miss Ina Beverage travels to Columbus for a week with kin. Edward Finsterwald stays a few days with relatives in Beebe. Prof D J Evans called to Jackson for his sister's serious illness. Ten years ago Mrs Carl Stickney hosted a luncheon on North Congress. Congress debates money for soldiers. Mrs L D Poston returns from Dayton visit. Thor Olson to meet Perry Schad of Flint at the university athletic field Thursday.
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D. J. Evans
Jackson
Carl Stickney
North Congress Street
Thor Olson
Perry Schad
Flint
Michigan
Theuniversity Athletic Field
Moncada Emerges as Popular Choice for Nicaragua Presidency
Washington reports Moncada, the former Liberal army commander who led a jungle march to the Atlantic and Pacific, is now the most popular figure in Nicaragua. His election would likely gain backing from the U.S. State Department, says Evarista Caruso-Morales, who represents Moncada in the United States.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Nicaragua
Jose M. Moncada
United States Marines
Moncadistas
Moncada
Department of State
Evarista Caruso- Morales
Sacasa
T. S. Vaca
Carasa
Morales
Boaca
Granada
Carazo
Caraso-Morales
Soulard and Charless Streets Named for City Pioneers
Soulard Street in St Louis is named for Antoine Soulard, the first surveyor of the city. Charless Street commemorates Joseph Charless, the first printer and publisher of St Louis. Eugene Field, born 1850 in St Louis, became a Chicago Daily News columnist and prolific writer known for childhood poetry and humor. He died in 1895.
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Eugene Field
J. P. A. Eugene Field
St. Louis
Massachusetts
Vermont
Missouri
New England
Chicago Daily News
Sharpa
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Talleyrand
Ate
Clarence Dillon
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Boston
Jack Dempsey
Wise Octopus Family
Arthur Brisbane
Nik
Iae
Asia
America
Frank McCoy
McCoy
Barbara
V. G
By the Way
Gilbert Swan
East Side
Broadway
Sims
Bessey
Braucher
Bering
Béring
Frank Dean
Franklin
Carbondale
Miss Ina Beverage
Columbus
Edward Finsterwald
Beebe
Congress
L. D. Poston
Dayton
Diaz
Donca
Managua
Frederick J. Haskin
Buckeye
Buckeye State Building and Loan Rat
Goiter
Happy
Morton
Mortons
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