Word: chaining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...buttonhole. From one window of the coach peeped the Civic Mace, out of the other stuck the Civic Sword. Along in glory on the back seat sat Most Worshipful Sir William, his robes of scarlet, black and gold, a cocked hat on his head and his heavy chain of office round his neck. In his hand he held a bouquet of sweet smelling herbs (hygienic relic of the Great Plague...
Minneapolis. Steady and rapid expansion of First Bank Stock Corp., operating in the northwest, was continued last week with the purchase of National Bank of Lewistown, Mont., and Merchants National Bank of Cavalier, N. Dak. Units in the chain total 63, resources...
Lighter events relieved such stern episodes. The Embassy Theatre became so thronged with newsreel patrons that its backers announced they would start a chain of such theatres through...
...public utilities. His method of finance: selling Foshay securities to the public. Within one year he owned public utilities in Minnesota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, was making money. Eight years later his holdings were estimated at $10,000,000 and he sold to Eastern buyers. Immediately he started another chain of utilities which in 1927 was appraised at $25,000,000 and which again Mr. Foshay sold to the East. His last chain of public utilities, operated in twelve states and five countries (Canada, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, U. S.), included as subsidiaries three Twin City banks, owned in 30 states...
Grand-Silver. Southern and Midwest nickels, dimes, quarters often went to the F. & W. Grand 5-to-25 Cent Stores. Sometimes too they were spent at the Isaac Silver & Brothers Stores (5-to-$1.00). If any Southerner or Midwesterner were ever in doubt as to which of the chain stores he would rather patronize, that difficulty was removed last week when the two merged. Their combined gross business last year: $31,000,000; combined number of stores: 140. There are 554 Kresge stores, 1,802 Woolworth...