Swings Around the Circle in Presidential Campaigns
The piece surveys campaign travel and oratory through U S history. It highlights Bryan’s extensive touring in 1896, Roosevelt and Wilson campaigns, front porch strategies for McKinley Taft and Harding, and the rise of radio in 1928. It notes audiences rarely reflect votes and contrasts candidates’ speaking styles and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Greeley
Blaine
Nebraskan
New York City
United States
McKinley
Roosevelt
Judge Parker
Parker
Taft
Wilson
Hughes
California
Pacific Coast
Cox
Harding
Coolidge
Davis
la Follette
Hoover
Smith
Gazette
Morally Unfit for the Power of Science
Sir Alfred Ewing warns the British Association that man may be morally unfit for the power science gives him and may misuse it. He argues science is humanity’s tool, not an external force, and compares past risks of fire and taming beasts to current dangers. He notes social progress lags behind advances in physical science and calls for reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Alfred Ewing
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Sir Alfred
The Proper Study of Mankind is Man
The author argues that natural inquiry should focus on human nature with detached curiosity. He notes a contrast between examining external facts and introspection about self, warning that inherited biases hinder self-knowledge. He calls for curiosity about institutions and society, urging daring minds to explore psychic radiology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Omaha World-Herald
Commodities Lead Recovery Hope In Macomb Daily Journal
The Macomb Illinois Daily Journal argues that falling prices have halted and prices are rising, predicting a broad recovery. It says higher prices will revive demand, forcing merchants to stock up as factories restart and wages resume, returning the American standard of living with “Happy Days Are Here Again.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calico
Anaconda
United States Steel
Macomb, Illl
Daily Journal
Behind It All The Debate Over Hoover and Market Tricks
A New York Times excerpt contrasts two American factions the manipulationists and revivalists. It argues manipulationists claim stock gains are driven by Wall Street professionals aiding re election of Mr Hoover while predicting a market crash to zero once goals are reached. The piece voices cynicism about financial interests and political power.
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All America
Julius Caesar
Wall Street
Hoover
The
New York Times
Mr. Hoover
New York
Decency, dishonor and the nation's moral drift
The piece traces a century of social ascent from self respect to widespread corruption. It argues religion, law, and public opinion once upheld virtue but were eroded by lax enforcement, rotten media, and gracious public life decayed. It laments fraud and deceit and calls honesty and incorruptible agency as the cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contuyer
Ben Franklin
Ted
Aaron
West
Ziegfeld’s Twilight on Broadway’s Peak and Pride
A fragmentary reminiscence of Florenz Ziegfeld, the Broadway impresario, detailing his rise and decline. The piece recalls his dominating presence, his complex humor, and the strain of time on his fame, with anecdotes from a former press agent about Europe, celebrity life, and dramatic missteps.
Ziegfeld the Man of Eccentricities and His Quiet Death
The article recalls Florenz Ziegfeld and his English valet Sidney, detailing his eccentric offices in the New Amsterdam, ivory elephants, fuming cigars, giant atomizer sprays, and humor even in his final days. It notes his dedication to Sidney, his late-career show, and ends with a sudden tornado fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziegfeld
Sidney
Jeeves
New Amsterdam
Havana
Notice of incorporation of Mutual Fire Underwriters
A public notice details the incorporation of Mutual Fire Underwriters for a twenty nine year term under Iowa law. It lists stock structure at one hundred shares non par and authorizes expansion with existing stockholders’ consent. The document names officers, capital limits, and initial directors, with related dates and signatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Fire Underwriters
Iowa
Mary
Treassasiate
Mateo
Rct
Iene Vine
Aline
Board of Directors
Stockeholders
Shell Electrom Own
Ber
Pens
Sammars
Ersons
Peetors
Naresy J
W. L. Dutton
Ana Mi
Harry Durham
Corporal Mutual Fire
Ray J. Mills
Crissman, Linville and Bleakley
Quotes on government, taxes, and education from civic leaders
A compilation of statements from Attorney General Mitchell Senator Capper Judge Weygant and University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank. The quotes discuss federal capital jurisdiction, prohibition enforcement, tax relief from depression, charity versus self reliance, and the need for education to meet a changing postcrisis world.
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Congress
Mitchell
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Glenn Frank
University of Wis
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York
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Zeigfeld
Gene Buck
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Paris
Hastings
Tve
Second Street
the Fashion Center of
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WARE
Ares
Second Ave. East
Matt
Phil S. Hanna
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Eee
Searne Dole
Highwa
Carl V. Weygant
Cleveland
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