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...Valeteria last week borrowed a truck and delivered clothing to owners whose addresses were on the charge slips and shipped the rest to the Embassy Cleaners, 300 Washington st., Somerville, where the management allowed DeTucci to leave them on deposit until called...
...last surviving figures in the Teapot Dome scandal; after a stroke; in Washington Court House, Ohio. Brother of Harding's Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, Mai refused to open his books to the Senate in 1924 (he was suspected of having part of the payoff funds on deposit), became a pariah in his own town after his conviction for misusing bank funds...
...story Lorraine Hotel to his flock's big, heavenly real-estate holdings. Making a visitation with his blonde wife and some of his "angels," he announced a new regime in Lorraine management: no drinking, profanity, or smoking, segregation of the sexes by floors. To a $25,000 cash deposit, the purchasing angels added cardboard boxes containing small bills. After two hours, four bank employees had counted...
Plant-Formed Soil. The prize virgin soils of temperate regions are the chernozems.* They develop in dryish regions like Iowa and the Ukraine, where the climate naturally favors the growth of tall grasses. The grasses deposit a great deal of organic material in the soil, forming a dark brown, almost black layer a foot or more deep. This (and the slight rainfall) keeps soluble nutrients from leaching away...
...models appeared, townsfolk of Edwardsville, Il11. (pop. 8,100) noticed that strapping Bob Knetzer was a miracle man at finding cars for people with cash. What's more, he sold them at list price, and delivered them in 30 to 90 days. All he demanded was a deposit of at least $1,000. Cadillacs and Chevrolets were his specialties...