Word: curtisisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most splendiferous museum piece in Philadelphia's tradition-cluttered Independence Square is the twelve-story palace that houses 48-year-old Curtis Publishing Co. Most imposing thing about Curtis Publishing Co. is the combined circulation (8,406,431) of its publications: Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Country...
Like most other U. S. businesses, Curtis Publishing hit its earnings zenith in 1929, when it reported a net of $21,534,265, an all-time high for any publishing enterprise. Holders of its 7% preferred (of which 722,714 of 900,000 shares are now held by the public...
Except by comparison with its past records and its huge preferred dividend requirements, Curtis did not do badly in Depression or Recovery. But for 1938 Curtis was able to report a net of only $1,279,163, declared only $1.50 for the year on its preferred. For the first nine...
By this time Curtis preferred stockholders had a thumping $12,339,273 coming to them in preferred dividends, and not even the sharp eyes of President Walter Deane Fuller could see the money in sight. Meanwhile the holders of the common, headed by the Bok family, descendants of the late...
But the reversal of the field with the quarter brought a reversal in Harvard play. Spreyer, George Heiden, and later Fran Lee ripped through the now sieve-like Princeton line. After Gene Lovett intercepted an Allerdice pass in the second period, Lee broke away for a 47-yard touchdown dash...