Rockefeller fortunes and stock market notes from the era
The column mixes financial commentary on John D. Rockefeller and others profiting from market downturns while disclosing Rockefeller’s substantial welfare funding. It notes subpoenas for Senator Brookhart, discusses tariff politics, tax reports revealing 3 3500 new millionaires, and critiques of political alliances. It also covers local Palace operetta attendance and Chicago gang rule observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
John D
Home Ownership Shapes Citizenship And Local Prosperity
The article argues home ownership builds citizenship and community stability, urging local residents to spend at home. It notes Rolfe pride in attractive homes, renter disadvantages, and the importance of taxes, laws, and property care. It cites a Chicago mail order firm’s May 1929 sales at 19.88 million and five‑month totals over 100 million, urging local support for homegrown commerce.
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Rolfe
Chicago
Disjointed Reflections On Slavery, Politics And Merit
A reflective essay contrasts slavery’s history with Emancipation and mocks political rhetoric. It argues merit and earned work matter, warns of inherited wealth, and urges voters to improve intelligence and only allow upward movement for those who earn it. It notes society’s complex balance of wealth, power, and information.
Mind and knowledge in a skeptical reflection
The writer argues that honesty reveals our limited understanding and finds comfort in acknowledging ignorance. Knowledge is relative, and the absence of certainty should not trouble us when others pretend to possess it.
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Stock Exchange
Wall Street
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J. J. Bruce
J. H. Lighter Family
Towg
Litempa
Cate
Brookhart
Towa
L. J. Dickinson
U. S. Senate
Des Moines
Hammill
Clark
Coolidge
Borah
Internal Revenue Department
Pocahontas County
St. Louis
Chisulm
Chisolm
Anti-Saloon League
Frontier West
Farm Bureau of Farmers’ Union
Bingham
Manufacturers’ Association
Seven Seas
Home Ownership
C. J. White
Dora Barker
Iowa
the State Savings Bank
Einstein
Edison
Pocahontas Rendering Works
E. C. Olson
Wong
Wade & Burg
Wade& Ka
Webb
Sig Rolfe
Thompson Brothers
Rolfe, Iowa
I . Baatra
State Savings Bank Rolfe
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