Lawyers’ Grip on Politics Across City and State
Ernest McGaffry explains how lawyers dominate politics from local courts to the legislature. He notes how bar members shape nominations, influence judgeships, and staff city offices while condemning corruption yet praising overall honesty and influence of the legal profession.
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Shelley
Law Colleges
Springfield
Hercules
Bar Association
Supreme Courts
McHugh
McHughn
Ernest M'Gaffry
Joseph B. Bowleay
Advertising as the Great Force Behind Industry and News
A survey of M. Lee Starke's arguments in Van Norden Magazine argues advertising drives national industry costing about a trillion dollars annually and 15 billion in sales. It notes the daily paper and magazines as key channels, plus the role of banners, billboards, and radio in shaping consumer demand.
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M. Lee Starke
van Norden
Starke
Macaulay
Gladstone
John Wanamaker
Horace Greeley
Lord Roseberry
England
de Weese
J. Walter Thompson
Appleton's
Seymour Eaton
Thompson
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Acting in Real Life and the Art of Disguise
The essay argues that performance shapes character from king to beggar and that mastery of acting deepens understanding of humanity. It cites Richard Mansfield and Shakespeare, contending Napoleon and Alexander were supreme actors whose leadership was performative.
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Richard Mansfield
Atlantic
Shakespeare
Napoleon
Alexander
Lodi
Tilsit
Egypt
Fontainbleau
Bellerophon
St. Helena
Alluring Opportunity in Saystiem China Trade Potential
An observer notes Saystiem in China offers vast mineral and agricultural capacity but lacks mills and modern American machinery. Cotton, grain, silk, and timber could drive production if mills, autos, and gadgets were available, highlighting a strong American trade opening.
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Saystiem
China
Hatless fad stirs mixed reactions in sun drenched column
A humorous regional piece rails against going hatless under the sun while contrasting bald figures and sun worshipers. It blends verse snippets, rural reminiscences, and brief clippings about fashion and social quirks from Illinois and Nebraska notes.
Sandwich and milk mixup at busy city cafe
A hurried patron at a popular lunchspot orders a sandwich and milk. The waiter writes a puzzled bill reading one piece pie on a milk, which the man misreads as pie. The worker admits the slip’s spelling error but explains pie and sandwich cost the same. The blonde cashier smiles and invites another visit.
Waldonia Girl Delays Ending Study Under Careful Carnivorosis
A Boston girl speaks to her mother about letting the carnivorosis quadruped of the genus cells slow its activity and drift toward a condition of total extinction. The quote appears in the Chicago Tribune reflecting a playful or satirical tone.
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Waldonia
Mamma
Boston
Chicago Tribune
The Modern Test and City Gossip
In a Parisian style exchange a man boasts of marrying Cashtaker's daughter while claiming the old man is well fixed. He mentions two investigations where the books failed to reveal money paths as another warns about Brad street confinement, reflecting the era's suspicion and rumors.
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Lato
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Halsted Street
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Holt
Illinois
Noah Swearingen
Tobias Spiech
New York
Nebraska
Boston Transcript
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