Word: coke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Imbued with a lust for power, he looks upon the Ruhr with cruel eyes, and, " Hugo Stinnes, master of coke so long that he has come to look like a piece himself," waits for his opportunity...
Hugo Stinnes would probably agree with very little of this. He would almost certainly deny that his patriotism is only a shield to his own ambitions. He might be right. Coke is an agent in producing many beautiful things, and Stinnes may yet prove his policy noble, and for the benefit of the German people and the Fatherland...
Even in Boston, it is almost impossible to get a pound of hard coal. To alleviate this hardship, the city government undertook to sell coke, which it had put up in bags by convict labor to lessen the cost. The price, however, of this aid to the poor was five dollars a ton higher than the price of coke sold by private concerns. A few days ago, in North Cambridge and Somerville, several families paid eighteen dollars a ton for an excellent grade of crushed rock, powdered with wet soft coal dust, which an affable stranger offered them in unlimited...
...effect of the coal strike since April 1 has not materially affected business conditions, although it has been felt in the iron and steel market and coke prices have increased sharply. It is not within the scope of scientific economic research to forecast the probable duration of this contest, but a prolonged tie-up in coal-production would undoubtedly, have a serious effect on business improvement...
...Adele Luehrmann, contains all the necessary ingredients for the proper detective-thriller salad. There are enough murders (three) to give body, with tasty additions of diamond mines, dark-skinned strangers, secret service men, and lovely intrigues. The required dash of the bizzarre is obtained through the introduction of a coke-addict and a squirrel cap. Of course, the volume would seem more pleasing if the old theme of the opera singer and the wily conductor were not made so prominent, but the absence of the traditional sleuth with his magnifying glass is enough of a relief to make one forget...