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University of New Hampshire (Durham...
...Chicago last week the Factor case was still in a stage too early to be conclusive. The only swindled English people whose names came out were a Rev. & Mrs. Arthur Travers Faber, he the rector at Hurworth-on-Tees, Durham. This rural English couple managed to lose $55,-ooo, so they claim, in stockjobbing operations conducted by Jake the Barber in London. One job was selling stock in the so-called "Glass Casket Company," a speculation peculiarly appealing to the British investor. Another time Mr. Factor was about to mail out some 300,000 glowing descriptions of a platinum mine...
Sirs: Your mention of Buck Duke (Duke's Mixture, Duke Power Co., Duke University) in TIME, April 27, brings to mind an incident frequently quoted in this section. A new Methodist minister in Durham met his Church's famous benefactor for the first time. Asked he. "Are you the Buck Duke who belongs to -he First Methodist Church?" Answered Buck, "No, I'm the Buck Duke the First Methodist Church belongs to." BERTRAM H. BROWN...
Since your periodical has given so much praise to James Buchanan Duke's gift of $40,000,000 to Trinity College of Durham in return for taking his name and two pages of eulogy to him in TIME of April 27, you owe it to your readers to give them the following additional information concerning Buck Duke...
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