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Word: thompsons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Digest's editor, James H. Thompson, initialed a three-page section called "Topics and Comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Rural Digestion | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, Wet Republican Mayor of Chicago. Reason: "Harmony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Votes Aug. 13, 1928 | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

...Pont de Nemours Co. (smokeless powder, explosives, rayon, dyestuffs, paint, varnish, alcohol, pyralin, cinema film, ammonia, nitric acid and 23% of General Motors common stock) : $30,125,125 as against $21,436,642. Telautograph Corp. (point to point handwriting device): $144,103 as against $124,302. John R. Thompson Co. (120 restaurants) : $667,656 as against $769,024. Barker Bros. Corp. (furniture, rugs): $202,410 as against $286.488. Dennison Manufacturing Co. (Dennison boxes): $330,000 as against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Profits | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

...resigned his post. Stated reason: health. The Hughes tonsils, however, had little to do with the Hughes resignation. The Hughes resignation had long been sought by citizens, including the loud Tribune, who had grown weary of Chicago's bawdy disorderliness under Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill the Builder") Thompson. The Hughes resignation seemed to indicate that an end to the whole Thompson phenomenon was in sight. Thompson and his men were beaten and discredited in the primary election this spring. Thompson has been convicted of grafting and .ordered to pay back $2,500,000 to the city. Thompson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In Chicago | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

...Divorced. fMr. McAndrew, able, no stool pigeon, has sued Mayor Thompson for libel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: McAndrew's Successor | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

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