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Early in the first half Gray's eye came into violent contact with a Columbian's head during a scrimmage; and yesterday the results of this crash were clearly evident in the beautiful shiner the Harvard leader was carrying around with him. During that game it was more than just a black eye; he got a nasty cut as well. The Lions were not rid of him, however, for he was back in there after a couple of minutes and went driving in again and again through the Columbia defense...
Ward's exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 was purchased for $100,000 by Marshall Field and in time grew into the Field Museum of Natural History. Theodore Roosevelt sent some of his African trophies to Ward's for mounting. The establishment was incorporated before the turn of the Century, but by 1928 only one Ward was active in the company. In that year the heirs turned it over to the University of Rochester. In 1930 the old building was ruined by fire and Ward's moved into a four-story brick building...
...rise last week. Chrysler Corp. voted a $5.50 payment, bringing its dividend total for the year to $12 per share. Gulf Oil Corp. proposed to split its stock two for one, added a 50? payment to the regular 25? quarterly. Eastman Kodak ordered an extra of 75? per share, Columbian Carbon $1.25, Jewel Tea $2. In some cases the tax law has prompted resumption of dividends, Western Maryland Ry. last week voting the first payment ($7) on its first preferred since it was reorganized in 1917 and Libby, McNeill & Libby the first common dividend ($1) since...
There is nothing new about private committees distributing U. S. commemorative coins at a price above face value. Congress authorized the first such issue in 1892 for the Columbian Exposition, provided for 100,000 coins to be minted for the 1937 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Celebration. The commemorative half dollar displays on one side a bear (Monarch II. Golden Gate Park grizzly), on the reverse side the bridge. Designer: Jacques Schnier...
...Cristobal Colon y Aguilera, 14th Duke of Veragua, 16th in descent from the Discoverer of America and breeder on his estates of some of the best fighting bulls in Spain. In 1893 the Duke, then a lad in short pants, was taken to see Chicago's Columbian Exposition. He never again visited the U. S. and refusing a U. S. offer of $428,000 for relics of the Great Navigator in his possession, sold them instead for $164,000 to the Spanish Government in 1926. Last week the 57-year-old Duke of Veragua was. for reasons unknown, executed...