Third party urges as tariff row sparks reform talk
A pro reform editorial attacks the Republican party for controlled tariff bills and lobby influence. It cites Senator La Follette warning on tariffs, notes three chemical firms earning 122 million in 1928, and calls for a new progressive party led by figures like Geo. W. Norris to champion fair tariffs and public interest.
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Congress
Senate
Washington
United States
Republican Party
Harding
la Follette
Teddy Roosevelt
Bull Moose Party
FE. I. duPont de Nemours & Co
Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
Geo. W. Norris
Power Trusts Grow Into Massive Utility Bubbles
Topics of Today discusses large power combines and new investment trusts formed to acquire control of utilities. Stock exchanges shift holdings through multi layered trust structures, inflating apparent value while actual utility worth remains unchanged. The piece warns the escalating financial manipulation could burst with a world startling impact.
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Boston Post
Massachusetts
Investment Trust
Sticking to the Farm
Former Illinois governor Frank O. Lowden urges preserving the family size farm as the nation’s backbone of agriculture. He criticizes corporate farms and predicts their demise, arguing small farms sustain individual farmers and the country alike.
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Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
Farm life as culture and community not vocation
A discussion argues that farming is a way of life and home business for families, unlikely to be dominated by corporations. It says smaller farms will prevail, rural life fosters better citizenship, and modern improvements make farm life highly desirable if returns justify capital and labor.
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Lowden
Oregon
Deleeve
Corporation Farms
United States
Vbious
Agricultural Independence Beyond Chains Urged
The text argues for maintaining independence in farming, stressing that the nation needs farmers just as much as the outputs they produce, from both sociological and economic viewpoints. It cautions against agriculture becoming a chain proposition and highlights the value of diversified, self reliant farming.
Halloween Dance by St Martha's Guild at Hardyhall
The annual Hallowe en dance hosted by St Martha's Guild of the Episcopal church will be held at Hardyhall on Thursday October 31.
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St. Martha’s Guild of the
Episcopal Church
Hardyhall
Auction sale and big dances announced in Holdrege notices
Nebraska geography details set context for a local sale, showing Omar Court Clarke Pilger apartment as the sale site on Saturday at 1 PM October 26. The town prepares for one of the year’s biggest dances at Hardy hall on Thursday October 31 with Grabill’s Merrymakers performing.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Omar Court
Clarke & Pilger
Hardy Hall
Grabill
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Tenth Avenue
Cheyenne County
Lincoln Star
Allen
Greenlees’ Inc
Sidney’s Style Store
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Sidney, Nebraska
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