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...This syndication makes it possible for Mr. Hearst to pay salaries which are far beyond the means of the single newspaper. Not only among his employees but those of competing syndicates, salaries of $50,000 or $60,000 for authors and cartoonists are not uncommon, while a few go well beyond the $100,000 mark. This results in semi-monopolistic control, if not of the best journalistic brains, at least of the most popular; and increases the difficulty faced by the isolated newspaper seeking to survive in competition with the member of a chain. ... To have so large a proportion...
...print exhibit was also held at the Camera Club, Manhattan, by Dr. Theron W. Kilmer, a physician who specializes in portrait studies of uncommon types in this difficult medium. This exhibition will later tour...
...orchilla, a species of lichen is very valuable and from it the natives produce a rich purple dye. This plant may have been one of the sources of supply of purple dye obtained by the Greeks. A second uncommon plant which we came across was the barilla, the leaves of which glisten as though make of ice. From it the gatherers obtain soda. Specimens of a large, black, spider, is lycosa ingens were found. This spider is smaller than the Cuban tarantula and notable for its coal blackness...
...Chicago. After the Civil War he went to England for his wife's health, and there in 1873- 1875 his revivals were attended by unprecedented crowds. His ability to phrase the thoughts of the common man, and to give imaginary conversations between Bible characters and God, created uncommon interest. With all his popularity went deep spirituality, which made him one of the greatest preachers of all time. On his return to the United States, money and gifts showered upon him, and upon his hymn writer, Ira D. Sankey, whose book netted millions . In the use of money Moody showed...
...Knock, Knock & Kuhne" because of the common difficulty in pronouncing its partners' names) its long-established business in German securities and exchange became so unprofitable that the house was compelled to enter new and previously untried financial fields. With very faulty but not uncommon judgment, the house began to float petroleum securities in the boom of 1919-20. Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public. The last venture was in Mexican Seaboard, whose sharp drop was the occasion of the firm's insolvency...