Word: almost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...your issue of Dec. 24 is a notice of the absorption of the Shredded Wheat Co. by the National Biscuit Co. which gives considerable space to the story of Henry D. Perky's invention of shredded wheat. From first to last this story shows almost no regard for the facts. Since it is the story which has with small variations been used as advertising for many years, I want to suggest what poor copy these careless fabrications make as compared with the true story...
...Almost too easy is the question: "Why is Crown Prince Olav of Norway so much like Edward of Wales...
...arrangements for a bout between Jack Sharkey and Young Stribling, the winner to meet Jack Dempsey for the championship. Just before negotiations had crystallized into contracts, Tex Rickard died, bequeathing, to heirs unspecified in his will, a dreadful situation in the boxing business. Now there were two tasks of almost insurmountable difficulty to be encompassed. First, there must be found an heir for Tex Rickard's problems; next, an heir to Gene Tunney...
...young Minneapolis architect with an idea. He had conceived a building which he called a "cloud scraper." Simple was the construction principle ? a steel skeleton with a shelf at each floor to hold the sur face masonry. He took out patents on it. Since then, almost every skyscraper in the world has been built on Mr. Buffington's principle. Last week, Architect Buffington, 89, received a check for $2,250 as royalties on the construction on the 25-story Rand Building, in Minneapolis. It was the first time, despite eleven infringement suits, that he had ever received royalties...
...membership of the Society, while steadily increasing from less than 2,000 in 1903 to 9,286 in 1928, (excluding membership in the Technology Branch), shows an interesting rise in the last five years, almost doubling in number. Several factors contribute to this growth, one of the chief ones being the remodeling of the old store into the modern place of business in which the Society is now housed. The inclusion of graduate members was also begun during this period. These number 1,366 in the 1928 report...