Debating Antitrust Windfall and Giant Corporations
The piece examines late 19th and early 20th century antitrust repeal debates. It notes how big firms like Standard Oil and U S Steel shaped public opinion, questions repealing laws, and weighs economic efficiency against monopoly risk. It concludes the path is unsettled with wages and prices as key concerns.
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Standard Oil
U. S. Steel
America
Ford
Willys
General Motors
Straight Shooter Integrity in Life and Work
A columnist urges a young man to live with honesty and discipline. He argues that integrity, promptitude, and steady effort are essential for lasting success and warns that dishonesty corrodes character, trust, and achievement across sport, business, and social life.
Enforcemen t Thought on Chicago Graft Plot
A UPI report from Chicago notes a vast graft plot where 30 city agents allegedly received over 100000 in bribes. Federal officials said evidence suggested some percent of the city's payroll may be involved, prompting a drastic shake-up.
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United Press
Chicago
District Attorney's Office
Priton
Prohibition Debate Sways Yet Faces Enforcement Gaps
The discussion argues that even a capable government could reduce scandal with better law enforcement. Prohibition’s benefits are debated while some regions show enforcement gaps or limited impact, hinting at uneven success and lingering issues.
Prominent Names and Prohibition Debates Spur Texas Talk
In Houston the expectation is for Governor Smith to win on the first ballot with Robinson of Arkansas as vice president. Ludwig meets Rockefeller who stresses quiet, choosing the right people for big jobs. Bootleggers confess high demand forces price hikes, highlighting supply and demand. Democrats urged to end prohibition.
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Houston
Smith
Robinson
Arkansas
Ludwig
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
South
Moses
Samuel
Alaska
United States
Hard work and caution in a restless era
Governor Al Smith urges hard work over shortcuts at a Cathedral parochial high school graduation. He recalls his Fulton Fish Market job and warns against get rich quick schemes while noting Wall Street gyrations and a cautionary crime tale.
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al Smith
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Health and Diet Advice From Dr Frank McCoy
Questions on sleep, digestion and dieting outline insomnias caused by toxins and stimulants like coffee. Advice covers sleep hints, gas relief, and safe routines including warm drinks and enemas, plus a milk diet plan for a duodenal ulcer with orange juice fast optional and daily enemas.
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Frank McCoy
Buttered Melba Toast Question Sparks Dining Tip
Mrs K H asks if Melba toast should be buttered. The answer: butter Melba toast while eating. Experience suggests butter melting on toast may interfere with other foods.
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K. H
All Night NYC Street Life and Night Clubs in 1920s
New York City described the nocturnal scene as Manhattan stays awake past curfew with night clubs nickel odeons and speakeasies. Harlem nightlife flourishes at 2 30 am as Texas Guinan courts crowds while summer shows shrink to a single typical production.
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New York
Manhattan
Nickelodeon
Grandpa
Earl Carroll Opry House
Blackbirds
Harlem
Texas Guinan
Broadway
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Way Stops
Big Street
Coney Island
New Yorker
Hoover
Answers to Questions From Frederick J. Haskin
A compendium explaining origins of the Volta bureau named after Volta and Bell, the Morris dance, the Arlington portico Grecian Temple of Theseus model, the term paramagesia for shared recollection, Batik wax-dyeing process with example, the Pentateuch as five Hebrew Bible books, and Franklin kite experiment details clipped from a historical Q&A column.
Fragmented Cross Word Puzzle Clues Parade
Puzzle text mixes hints and garbled fragments about exclamations country emblems vertebrates and vows. It lists horizontal clues and scattered words such as patriot quote and calendar terms, with many broken phrases and unreadable bits.
War Savings stamps sales stir county activity
Ten years ago readers noted considerable county action in selling War Savings stamps as the war effort continued. The German government acknowledged progress beyond the battlefield, and Dr J L Henry and his family returned from a visit to Camp Custer. Will R Cable announced the birth of daughter Beth Adene.
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J. L. Henry
W. H. Henry
Camp Custer
Battle Creek, Mich
Will R. Cable
Beth Adene
Tex Rickard Returns to Houston as Showman of World Fame
Tex Rickard arrives in Houston by private car to attend the Democratic national convention and recounts a rags to riches career. He notes a fortune near two million dollars, ownership of a yacht, ties to Jimmy Walker, and plans to import plants for a new Miami Beach home. He praises his prize fighting shows and recalls early Texas life and diverse fortunes.
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Rodney Dutcher
Houston
Tex Rickard
Richard
Texas
Henrietta
Panhandle
Rickard
Jimmy Walker
New York
Tex
Miami Beach
Walter P. Chrysler
Hudson
Accumu
Nevada
Paraguay
Chicago
Philadelphia
Gene Tunney
Wrnter
Kite Electrification and National Science Councils
A historical note describes a kite experiment linking lightning to a key and twine. It questions whether the Chicago Great Western railroad is a nickname and explains the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council, with the latter formed in 1916 under the Academy’s charter to promote fundamental research.
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National Academy of Sciences
The
National Research Council
United States
Buses Carry Over Two Billion Annual Passengers in U S
The report states motor buses in the United States carry more than two billion passengers each year, alongside over three hundred million school children.
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United States
British fleet repulsed at Fort Sullivan Charleston Harbor
On June 28 1776 British forces were repulsed at Fort Sullivan in Charleston Harbor in a notable early naval engagement. The date marks a key American victory during the Revolutionary War.
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Fort Sullivan
Charleston Harbor
James Madison
Samuel J. Tilden
St. Louis
Congress
Germany
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Athens Messenger
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Obic Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Dailies
United Press Service
Bert £. Ward, Inc
Fifth Ave
South Wabash Avenue
Busi Publ
Chas, H. Harris
Syrus
John D
Arthur Brisbane
League of Nations
Tutankhamen
Ides
League
St. Joseph's
Charles Callan
Patent Office
Demos
John Henry
Pip
By the Way
Gilbert Swan
Park Avenue
Frederick J. Haskin
A. Volta
Napoleon
France
Alexander Graham Bell
Dr. Bell
Volta Bureau
Arlington
Theseus
Athens
Benjamin
A. i
Canada
Claire McKinstry
Carl Neff
Albany
Detroit
Clarence Butts
Hadley Bellows
Frank Schloss
Henry Osterfield
Herman Youse
Fred Gross
Harry Hill
Ernest Cornell
H. A. Harris
Gus Townsend
Russell Fuller
Chicago Great Western Railroad
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