Word: bidder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...preparing punch from Medford Rum.* He started out at the Murray Hill as assistant night clerk, soon rose to manager. He saved his money, increased it by speculation. When the hotel went on the auction block, he held a mortgage on all the furnishings, became the natural and successful bidder. Ben Bates had one firm resolution: the Murray Hill must not change. He would not permit sandblasting of its dirtied outer walls: every brick was washed by hand. He spent half a million for renovations, but almost all went for duplicates of the original furnishings. Nothing new was added, except...
Ellison was head of the bond and stamp-selling division of the committee, having succeeded Richard Swift '44, in the previous change of officers. Under his tutelage, such innovations as the selling of bonds at foot ball games by auctioning off the ball to the highest bidder, were introduced...
...group called the Friends of St. Francis stepped up and bid $32,500 for the castle and 240 acres of the 940-acre estate. It was the only bid. Real-estate men, though tempted by such a bargain, held their peace. When the castle went to the lone bidder, the spectators cheered...
...first time, the football used in a Varsity game will be auctioned off tomorrow to the highest bidder for war bonds. Application blanks will be given out by the ushers and will be collected between the halves, and during the third quarter...
...Because local steel ingot capacity is insufficient, Youngstown Sheet & Tube is offering to dismantle its Brier Hill (Ohio) plate mill, ship its equipment to any interested bidder. Reported bidders: American Rolling Mill, perhaps for its new Texas operations; Henry J. Kaiser, for his new California plant...