Word: elbert
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Samuel Wilson came to Troy from New Hampshire. Brickmaker, distiller, farmer, merchant, meat packer, he waxed rich. Everybody called him Uncle Sam Wilson. When the War of 1812 began one Elbert Anderson got a contract to provision U. S. troops. Anderson arranged with Wilson to secure and pack pork and beef for the army. On the casks and barrels Wilson had written E. A.U. S., meaning from Contractor Anderson to the United States. Visitors saw the containers thus labelled on a wharf for shipment to Newburgh and Greenbush, asked the watchman what the initials stood for. He declared...
...late great Judge Elbert Henry Gary filled his position as chairman of United States Steel Corp. until Death came to him at the age of 81. To the last he discoursed heatedly on iron and steel, men and souls...
...ELBERT H. CARVER Scottsville...
...dealer organization in the West will be at his command, and the de Vaux will probably be sold in this territory at first.* although last week Mr. de Vaux also announced he has leased building space in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Hall of de Vaux-Hall is Col. Elbert J. Hall, automobile and airplane engineer. Motors for the de Vaux will be supplied by Continental.* Advertising during 1931 is expected to total $1,000,000. New cars by big manufacturers are common. New cars by independents are increasingly rare. Last week motormakers praised Mr. de Vaux's enterprise, pointed...
...April 9, 1908, steel production was running at a rate barely half of that which had marked 1907. But on that day the late Judge Elbert Henry Gary assumed an unusual position. Said he: "The mere fact that the demand is greater than the supply does not justify an increase in price, nor does the fact that the demand is less than the supply furnish an argument for lowering the price." For the rest of 1908 the composite price of finished steel remained virtually unchanged. In January 1909 it was 1.82? a pound. Prices for succeeding months were...