Competition and Trusts in the American Economy
In the current campaign the old debate on trusts and monopolies resurfaces. The piece contrasts European government involvement in large firms with the United States absence of public treasury aid, arguing that U S policy may shape trust growth and international competition. It notes utilities consolidation and the rise of subsidiary firms, while asserting public power to limit big business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
American Industry Trust
Tself
Why Rocks Rise From Frozen Ground
A Nebraskan farmer asked about rocks and stobes in fields. The Ureological survey explains that frost action lifts rocks as ice forms beneath them. When ice melts the rock remains higher, supported by displaced soil, causing boulders to creep upward over time.
New Rubber Supply Discovery From Domestic Plant
A Bureau of Standards test found suavule rubber from a shrub native to Mexico and California compares with imported plantation rubber after eight months of weather exposure. With U S rubber currently 100 percent imported, mainly from Great Britain, a domestic source could ease potential wartime shortages and price disadvantage. The article also tangentially notes unrelated social commentary and disjointed phrases about royal and religious figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
Mexico
California
United States
Great Britain
Fork Mason ad sparks publicity stunt for magazine
The Times-Republican notes a Fork Mason, Ta, publicity stunt promoting a magazine’s discovery and a space writer’s paycheck. The effort is described as highly successful, with the average town kept in the background as the shopkeeper and residents are used in the promotion.
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Sola
Marsheilinen
Times-Republican
Fork Maasson
Thie
Cancer Quacks and Safe Treatments Urged by Dr Brady
A medical column condemns quack cancer cures while stressing early stage curability and safe surgical removal. It argues against secrecy and fraud, urges hygiene education in schools, and notes reader questions on eye treatment devices, leg pains, milk comparisons, and frost bite dermatitis with cautious medical guidance.
Diary of a Broadway Life by Pepys and New York Night Notes
Diary style column recounts visits from Major Raymond Dickson at a ranch in Mexico, remarks on Edwin Balmer’s book Dangerous Business and theater outings to Manhattan Mary with Ed Wynn’s humor. It notes writer George White’s Broadway influence and evolving Broadway crowd, with reflections on anonymous letters and theater fashion.
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New York
George Walte
Manhattan
Mary
George
Ed Wynn
Jay C. Fiippen
George White
White
Broadway
Swifty
Fighting and Thinking Biv Glenn Frank and Wiscurtsin
The piece contrasts physical, intellectual, and spiritual warfare. It argues truth fades in propaganda and combat, praising calm laboratory inquiry while warning revolutionary conflict corrupts culture. It cites Renaissance and Reformation tensions and notes blame shifted between Catholics and Protestants amid state power.
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Biv
Glenn Frank Ot
Wiscurtsin
Sentary Magazine
Metsure
Dean Inge
Son
Chrisiani
Huberty
Ellis
Tran Sn
Prosperity’s Price in the Chicago Journal of Commerce
An analysis notes prosperity costs, linking current gains to past misfortunes of affected groups. It argues survivors gained by exclusion of others from industry, with reduced cattle and Tiereds, and a steady contraction in supply driving higher prices.
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Chicago Journal of Commerce
Betig
Uncle Wiggily Fiddle Adventures with Nurse Jane
Uncle Wiggily recalls playing a fiddle in youth. Mrs. Long ears teases him and seeks music for her party. The scene shows light humor as the rabbit hero muses on past tunes.
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Mrs. Longears
Mrs. Long
Parix
Cat Fiddler Prompts Party Amid Forgotten Tunes
A story fragment shows a cat playing a violin urged to perform at a party. A rabbit, a gentleman, and a nurse bustle about preparations while Uncle Wiggily laments his faded fiddling skills. The scene centers on reluctant musicians and a social gathering.
Uncle Wiggily Finds Fiddle for Wife's Party
Abe Martin describes Uncle Wiggily seeking a fiddle to play at his wife’s party. He learns from Hi Diddle Diddle the cat to use cornstalks as a fiddle and bow, practicing until he performs in Woodfind near the Orange Ice Mountains. The party becomes a lively success with his music.
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Uncle
Uncle Wigerly
Qole
Rabbit
Old King Cole
Lily
Mr. Longears
Diddie Diddie
Iesson
Diddle Diddle
Uncle Wiggily
Virgily
Diddle
Woodfind
Orange Ice Mountains
Gily
Tabor and Fairless clash as backstage tensions boil over
In a dim backstage scene, Tabor brutalizes Lance Fairless after a confrontation about a stolen tryst involving Jenny Challis. Arlington coolly observes, questions the affair, and muses about Jenny’s talent and romantic motives, hinting at Jenny’s possible love interest and a possible divorce offer.
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Max Anders
Tabor
Arlington
Philadelphia
Blodd
Fairless
Jenny Challis
Jenny
Tye
Jboy
Burroughs Nature Club Notes 1927 Q A Answers to Questions
The Burroughs Nature Club column offers reader questions on wild geese migration waters and bee egg laying, plus answers about hummingbird and swallow speeds, animal captivity in gardens, and how plants breathe through stomata and gas exchange.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin CO
Nature Notes
Bronx Zoological Garden
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