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...Philadelphia bosses the eastern end of the State. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon and his nephew William Lorimer Mellon in Pittsburgh administer the western end. When the U. S. Senate refused to seat Mr. Vare, Governor John Stuchell Fisher, a Mellon man, appointed Joseph Ridgeway Grundy of Bristol, arch-lobbyist for the Tariff, active raiser of campaign funds. Long used to dictating to politicians though never before a large officeholder, Mr. Grundy greatly enjoyed his transition and soon regarded himself as the G. O. P. boss of the whole State. An upright Quaker, he scorned Boss Vare. Solidly...
Coins denominated the puffin and half-puffin-respectively worth a British penny and half-penny-have just gone into circulation among the 40 dwellers on Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, also called "Puffin Island." Both half and whole puffins bear the likeness of Martin Coles Harman, Esq., London merchant, who bought Puffin Island in 1925 and plays at being its king. On the "tails" side of a puffin is the head of a puffin (sea bird with a parrotlike beak and white cheeks). Puffin Islanders also have puffin stamps. red and green, in puffin and half-puffin de nominations...
Frank A. Black, Vice President and Publicity Manager, William Filene's Sons Company. Boston: Don Bridge, Advertising Director, Indianapolis News, Indianapolis: Lee H. Bristol, Vice President, Bristol-Myers Company, New York: Allan Brown, Advertising Manager, Bakelite Corporation, New York: Ray H. Griswold. The Griswold-Eshleman Company. Cleveland; Robert L. Johnson, Advertising Manager, Time. New York; William A. Kittredge. The Lakeside Press. Chicago: Bernard Lichtenberg, Alexander Hamilton Institute, New York: Joseph Platt, Art Director, Delineator, New York: Raymond Rubicam. Inc., New York; Melvin T. Copeland. Professor of Marketing. Harvard Business School; Neil H. Borden. Associate Professor of Advertising. Harvard Business School...
...first time since March 4, 1927, all 96 seats in the U. S. Senate were last week legally filled. Governor John S. Fisher of Pennsvlvania rounded out the roster by appointing Joseph R. Grundy of Bristol in place of William Scott Vare, rejected. The transformation of Mr. Grundy ?"Old Joe" as he likes his friends to call him?from a tariff archlobbyist to a full-fledged Senator caused some of his more volatile colleagues to gag and splutter furiously. In the end, for all the uproar against him, he took his seat with the apparent certainty of retaining...
With 319 passengers aboard, the S. S. Andalucia Star limped into Falmouth, rudderless. In the Bristol Channel, the Radyr went down with all hands...