Word: careers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Davis, whose popular fame rests largely upon the cup he donated to international tennis, is rich, 50, a Harvard man. He began his career as Public Baths Commissioner of St. Louis. During the War he served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Regular Army, won the Distinguished Service Cross "for extraordinary heroism" in operations at Baulny and Chaudron Farm, France, Sept. 29-30, 1917. He became an Assistant Secretary of War in 1923, was the first World War army veteran to be advanced to the head of that department...
Sirs: In reading your magazine of April 29, I note on page 26 under the caption "Life, Tom Mix last week agreed to quit cinema and work for the 101 Ranch Wild West Show for the rest of his career. Alleged inducement: $15,000 per week." Mr. Tom Mix has a signed contract with the Sells Floto Circus Company for his services starting on May 26 and lasting-I hope forever. . . . ZACK TERRELL...
Nick Keart is a small Syrian, a "bookie" at the racetrack. His career has been interrupted by a sentence to the Washington, D. C.. jail. Well does he know Rancocas stable and its fast horses-Zev, Mei Foo, Greylag...
Entrance of Mr. Ungerleider into the brokerage field in 1919 was prompted by some unfortunate experiences as an outside investor. During his early business career, Mr. Ungerleider had been a distiller, getting into the liquor business. When still a very young man, he went to work for a saloon keeper and in two years owned the saloon. Selling out his distillery business with the approach of prohibition (1919), Mr. Ungerleider tried to retire, found the burden of leisure too heavy to endure. He began to play the market and quickly discovered the expenses of that pastime. He soon decided that...
Author Stribling, sometimes called the Sinclair Lewis of the South, began his writing career with stories for Sunday-school publications. He passed on to plotty melodramas for paper-pulp magazines, rose to heights in Birthright and Teef-tallow. Strange Moon drops back to the pulp level. Possibly it is a resurrection from his serial days. Or perhaps it just reflects Author Stribling's habit of writing in a reclining position...