Red Herring Politicians and Rising Telecommunication Rates
A critical DC era editorial denounces the American telegraph, telephone, electric, and radio combine for eight percent returns and control over all non mail communications. It accuses railroads of underperforming while the wire and phone trusts dominate pricing, tolls up 50 percent, and laments little reform response from figures like Brookhart and La Follette, labeling the issue a deliberate political feint.
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American Telegraph and Telephone and Electric and Radio Combination
Elayver
American Telegraph and Telephone
General Electric
Northwestern Bell Telephone Companies
Senator Bowman Addresses Bedford Farmers Union Picnic
Senator Bowman of Watering spoke at a Bedford Farmers Union picnic with Howard Clark present. He said telegrams asked about his senate candidacy but repeated his Dubiaque speech and would not run if it harms Senator Brookhart. The remark satirizes overconfident local politicians clinging to imagined voter fears.
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Bedford
Howard Clark
Senate
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Government crops and prices shift with heat waves
Des Moines weather and crop representative reports Towarorn crop has been severed 20,000,000 bushels by last week's heat. There is a ratifying advance in cereal prices, especially wheat and corn, as grain agencies discount the government's report through alternate information channels.
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Agricultural Department
Des Moines
Rippling Rhymes of the Gangster Legend
A fragmentary verse by Walt Mason portrays a gangster's bustling life and sudden downfall. The piece hints at crime, treason, and the gangster's entangled fate as a crowd and crowner figure bring about his end.
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Walt Mason Ee
Pinchot's Senate Bid Raises Administration Dust
Charles P. Stewart reports Pinchot eyes a Senate seat in Mellon state amid friction with the current administration. The critic accuses Secretary Mellon of distillery interests and questions enforcement of the law, noting Pinchot’s sharp attacks probe political tension.
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Wren
Mellon
Pinchot
Senate
Pepper
Inchoy
Clap-Trap Politicians Halt Good Road Program in Iowa
Washington column laments Iowa politicians for opposing road improvements, praising Maryland and Virginia for gas tax funded road building on a pay-as-you-go plan. Narrator cites Maryland land values near Frederick, and notes traffic rule changes in Washington. Reporter E P Chase plans travel impressions through Potomac, Boston, and New York as summer dictates shifting routines.
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Sweney
Marin
Hicks
Towan
Potomac
Norfolk
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New York
E. P. Chase
The Gangster as Guarded Burden in Verse
A reflective verse ponders the gangster’s paradoxical nature. Once bright and capable, he descends from virtue and bears a ghastly burden to incite fear. He might have chosen honest trades but now nurtures grudges until judgment to the pen.
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Ehroud
George
Matthew Adams
Anti Evolution Law S May Be Placed in Federal Statutes
Dayton Tennessee July 16 The United States faces a national campaign to place an anti evolution law in federal statutes. A bill in Congress is to be introduced by Representative W L Upshaw of Georgia or Representative J Will Taylor of Tennessee to ban teaching evolution in public schools. Walter White of Rhea County spearheads the plan and claims both congressmen consented to sponsor the measure.
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J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
Walter White
Rhea County
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