Edison successor offer sparks reader letters to The Times
The Times urges Indiana youths to compete for a potential Edison successor by seeking heavy technical training in electricity. It notes Edison’s demanding standards, the unlikely choice of a top student, and the chance a night-working messenger could prove the true innovator. The paper invites readers to nominate boys and pledges to assist.
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Thomas A. Edison
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Douglas Fairbanks
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Power Company Press Exposes Paper and Power Ties Across Nation
A federal trade commission hearing reveals International Paper and Power Company holdings in eleven newspapers across eight cities with further negotiations to control more outlets. Critics warn that power interests threaten press independence and influence public policy through hidden propaganda networks.
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International Paper and Power Company
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Chicago Daily News
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Boston Traveler
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Albany Evening News
Ithaca
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Journal-News
Augusta
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Cycle of Mist and Cloud in Weather Changes
The text explains an endless cycle of evaporation and precipitation linking oceans lakes rivers soil and vegetation. It cites Dr. W J Humphreys listing factors affecting evaporation including surface area water temperature wind speed and atmospheric moisture content with notes on how heating speeds drying and cloudy weather slows it.
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Humphreys
Bate
Dry lobbyists push prohibition in Washington power struggles
The piece condemns Methodist board activity in Washington as a powerful dry lobby. It cites Bishop Cannon and Mabel Willebrandt pressuring Mellon and Hoover, Copeland’s accusation of lobbying, and Wilson's defense. It notes public resentment toward sober lobby groups and closes with a quip on Henry Ford's view of success.
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Anti-Saloon League
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Mabel Walker Willebrandt
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Hoover
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South
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New York
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Wilson
Deets
Methodist Board
Washington
Edison scholarship contest aims to find young talent
M E Tracy notes Edison Laboratory offers a free technical education at Orange New Jersey for one candidate from each state and D C. forty nine finalists undergo a written questionnaire, with winner entering Edison’s employ after training. The piece argues age does not predict future prowess and minds grow beyond youth.
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Edison
District of Columbis
Edison Laboratories
Orange
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Mussolini in Italy Compared with U S Tyranny in Opinion Piece
A column notes Mussolini's rapid consolidation of power while America faces stricter enforcement of politeness in court. It cites Giovanni Giuriti's resignation, Mussolini taking over duties, and eight of thirteen cabinet posts. It contrasts dictatorship risk with perceived federal meddling and legal overreach in the United States.
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Italy
Edison
Benito Mussolini
Giovanni Giuriti
Mussolini
Il Duce
Washington
United States
Health Superstitions No 29 Cats Never Kill Babies
Dr Morris Fishbein debunks the belief that cats suffocate infants, noting historical cases and modern risks from infants bedded with adults or pillows. He traces associations of cats with moon gods and witchcraft, but says superstition does not prove causation and stresses common accidental infant deaths.
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United States
Immorality in Sermons Upsets Heywood Browne Church Critique
Heywood Browne argues modern sermons fixate on sin and decadence, not spiritual uplift, urging authorities to curb anti social preaching. He notes playwrights and media celebrate vice while churches dampen hope, calling for cleaner, healthier church messaging and restraint from sensationalism.
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Congress
Grand Jury
Margaret Sanger
Mary Ware Dennett
Quotations of Notables Echo to Feed the Mind
A collection of remarks from Ed Howe St John Ervine Archibald Stevenson John L Davie La Guardia George Bernard Shaw John G Lonsdale Babe Ruth Will Durant George Jean Nathan and Oliver Wendell Holmes across topics of sex prohibition theater aviation and human potential. Notable voices weigh opinions on art governance and society with wry humor and blunt insight.
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George Jean Nathan
Babe Ruth
Invention Aids Bankers While Threatening Bandits
A satirical piece by Frederick Landis offers a so called invention that would protect bankers from robbers. It envisions bank floors turning into traps and ceilings suspending note renewers, delivering a biting critique of banker arrogance and social inequality.
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America
Going Down One Thousand Years From Today
Dr Clyde A Malott of Indiana University told Indiana University Extension students at the public library that Indianapolis will be one foot lower in 9 000 years due to river erosion. He outlined five geologic time divisions and explained time units span millions of years.
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Indiana University
Indiana University Extension
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